1931–32 Detroit Falcons season

The 1931–32 Detroit Falcons season was the sixth season of the Detroit franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Falcons placed third in the American Division to qualify for the playoffs. The Falcons lost a two-game total-goals playoff to the Montreal Maroons.

1931–32 Detroit Falcons
Division	3rd American
1931–32 record	18–20–10
Goals for	95
Goals against	108
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Jack Adams
Captain	Carson Cooper
Arena	Detroit Olympia
Team leaders
Goals	Ebbie Goodfellow (14)
Assists	Ebbie Goodfellow (16)
Points	Ebbie Goodfellow (30)
Penalty minutes	Reg Noble (72)
Wins	Alec Connell (18)
← 1930–31 1932–33 →

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Rangers	48	23	17	8	134	112	54
Chicago Black Hawks	48	18	19	11	86	101	47
Detroit Falcons	48	18	20	10	95	108	46
Boston Bruins	48	15	21	12	122	117	42

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Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

Vs. American Division 1931–32 NHL records^[2] Team BOS CHI DET NYR Total Boston — 2–4–2 3–1–4 2–4–2 7–9–8 Chicago 4–2–2 — 3–4–1 1–5–2 8–11–5 Detroit 1–3–4 4–3–1 — 3–3–2 8–9–7 N.Y. Rangers 4–2–2 5–1–2 3–3–2 — 12–6–6

Vs. Canadian Division 1931–32 NHL records Team MTL MTM NYA TOR Total Boston 3–2–1 1–4–1 2–3–1 2–3–1 8–12–4 Chicago 1–4–1 2–1–3 4–1–1 3–2–1 10–8–6 Detroit 2–3–1 3–3 2–2–2 3–3 10–11–3 N.Y. Rangers 2–3–1 3–2–1 4–2 2–4 11–11–2

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 12, 1931	2–5	New York Americans (1931–32)	0–1–0
2	W	November 15, 1931	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1931–32)	1–1–0
3	L	November 17, 1931	0–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1931–32)	1–2–0
4	W	November 19, 1931	3–1 OT	Montreal Maroons (1931–32)	2–2–0
5	L	November 22, 1931	1–2	@ New York Americans (1931–32)	2–3–0
6	L	November 24, 1931	1–6	@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32)	2–4–0
7	W	November 29, 1931	3–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	3–4–0
8	T	December 3, 1931	1–1 OT	New York Rangers (1931–32)	3–4–1
9	L	December 5, 1931	0–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	3–5–1
10	T	December 10, 1931	1–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1931–32)	3–5–2
11	L	December 12, 1931	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	3–6–2
12	L	December 16, 1931	1–4 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	3–7–2
13	W	December 17, 1931	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	4–7–2
14	T	December 20, 1931	2–2 OT	@ New York Americans (1931–32)	4–7–3
15	L	December 22, 1931	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1931–32)	4–8–3
16	W	December 27, 1931	1–0	New York Americans (1931–32)	5–8–3
17	L	December 29, 1931	2–4	@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32)	5–9–3
18	L	January 1, 1932	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1931–32)	5–10–3
19	W	January 3, 1932	3–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	6–10–3
20	L	January 6, 1932	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	6–11–3
21	T	January 7, 1932	0–0 OT	Boston Bruins (1931–32)	6–11–4
22	W	January 10, 1932	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	7–11–4
23	L	January 12, 1932	4–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	7–12–4
24	W	January 14, 1932	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	8–12–4
25	W	January 17, 1932	4–2	New York Rangers (1931–32)	9–12–4
26	W	January 21, 1932	4–3	Montreal Maroons (1931–32)	10–12–4
27	W	January 23, 1932	2–0	@ Boston Bruins (1931–32)	11–12–4
28	L	January 24, 1932	3–4 OT	@ New York Rangers (1931–32)	11–13–4
29	L	January 27, 1932	1–2 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	11–14–4
30	W	January 28, 1932	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	12–14–4
31	L	January 30, 1932	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	12–15–4
32	L	February 2, 1932	3–4	@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32)	12–16–4
33	W	February 7, 1932	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	13–16–4
34	W	February 14, 1932	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	14–16–4
35	T	February 16, 1932	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1931–32)	14–16–5
36	T	February 18, 1932	0–0 OT	Boston Bruins (1931–32)	14–16–6
37	T	February 21, 1932	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	14–16–7
38	L	February 23, 1932	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	14–17–7
39	W	February 25, 1932	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	15–17–7
40	W	February 28, 1932	2–1	Montreal Maroons (1931–32)	16–17–7
41	L	March 3, 1932	1–2	New York Rangers (1931–32)	16–18–7
42	T	March 6, 1932	2–2 OT	@ New York Americans (1931–32)	16–18–8
43	L	March 8, 1932	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1931–32)	16–19–8
44	W	March 13, 1932	1–0	New York Americans (1931–32)	17–19–8
45	T	March 16, 1932	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	17–19–9
46	T	March 18, 1932	1–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1931–32)	17–19–10
47	L	March 20, 1932	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	17–20–10
48	W	March 22, 1932	5–4	New York Rangers (1931–32)	18–20–10

Playoffs

(C3) Montreal Maroons vs. (A3) Detroit Falcons

Detroit Falcons vs Montreal Maroons

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Mar 27	Montreal M.	1	Detroit	1
Mar 29	Detroit	0	Montreal M.	2

Montreal M. wins a total goal series 3 goals to 1.^[3]

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ebbie Goodfellow	C/D	48	14	16	30	56
Frank Carson	RW	31	10	14	24	31
Larry Aurie	RW	48	12	8	20	18
Herbie Lewis	LW	48	5	14	19	21
Hec Kilrea	LW	47	13	3	16	28
Alex Smith	D	48	6	8	14	47
Hap Emms	LW/D	20	5	9	14	27
John Sorrell	LW	48	8	5	13	22
Doug Young	D	47	10	2	12	45
Danny Cox	LW	47	4	6	10	23
Carson Cooper	RW	48	3	5	8	11
Reg Noble	C/D	48	3	3	6	72
Art Gagne	RW	13	1	1	2	0
Bert McInenly	LW/D	17	0	1	1	16
Alec Connell	G	48	0	0	0	0
Tommy Filmore	RW	9	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Alec Connell	3050	48	18	20	10	108	2.12	6
Team:	3050	48	18	20	10	108	2.12	6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
John Sorrell	LW	2	1	0	1	0
Larry Aurie	RW	2	0	0	0	0
Frank Carson	RW	2	0	0	0	2
Alec Connell	G	2	0	0	0	0
Carson Cooper	RW	2	0	0	0	0
Danny Cox	LW	2	0	0	0	2
Hap Emms	LW/D	2	0	0	0	2
Ebbie Goodfellow	C/D	2	0	0	0	0
Hec Kilrea	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Herbie Lewis	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Reg Noble	C/D	2	0	0	0	0
Alex Smith	D	2	0	0	0	4
Doug Young	D	2	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Alec Connell	120	2	0	1	3	1.50	0
Team:	120	2	0	1	3	1.50	0

^[4]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

• 1931–32 NHL season

References

1. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
3. Diamond 2000, p. 35.
4. "1931-32 Detroit Falcons Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.

Bibliography

• Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Hockey. Total Sports. ISBN 1-892129-85-X.

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