1932–33 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1932–33 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 24th season. The Canadiens again qualified for the playoffs, finishing third in their division. The club again met and lost to the New York Rangers in the playoffs.

1932–33 Montreal Canadiens
Division	3rd Canadian
1932–33 record	18–25–5
Goals for	92
Goals against	115
Team information
General manager	Leo Dandurand
Coach	Newsy Lalonde
Captain	George Hainsworth
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Aurel Joliat (18)
Assists	Johnny Gagnon (23)
Points	Aurel Joliat (39)
Wins	George Hainsworth (22)
Goals against average	George Hainsworth (2.39)
← 1931–32 1933–34 →

The offseason led to changes in the Canadiens organization. First, a change occurred in the team ownership. Louis Letourneau, regarded as a positive influence on the team, "generous in his praise and encouragement" sold his interest in the Canadiens to his partners Leo Dandurand and Joe Cattarinich.^[1]

After the disappointing 1931–32 season, Cecil Hart faced pressure from fans to resign his position in favour of a French-Canadian. When Hart, an independent insurance broker, had signed on as coach, the season was four and a half months and 36 games. Now it was 48 games and seven months. A combination of the pressure, and the negative effects on his business, led him to resign in August 1932. Former Canadiens star Newsy Lalonde would take over as coach.^[2]

Regular season

Economic conditions in Montreal, part of the Great Depression caused attendance to decline. Over 40,000 families and 150,000 individuals were receiving social assistance. The team would lose $20,000 dollars on the season.^[3]

On the ice, the Canadiens under new coach Lalonde spent much of the season in last place, but managed to make the playoffs when they rallied to finish third. Howie Morenz, who had previously led the league in scoring, declined in production, and Aurel Joliat took over as the team leader in scoring.

Final standings

Canadian Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	24	18	6	119	111	54
Montreal Maroons	48	22	20	6	135	119	50
Montreal Canadiens	48	18	25	5	92	115	41
New York Americans	48	15	22	11	91	118	41
Ottawa Senators	48	11	27	10	88	131	32

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

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Canadian Division 1932–33 NHL records^[5] Team MTL MTM NYA OTT TOR Total M. Canadiens — 2–3–1 2–3–1 4–2 3–3 11–11–2 M. Maroons 3–2–1 — 3–3 3–3 2–3–1 11–11–2 N.Y. Americans 3–2–1 3–3 — 2–3–1 3–2–1 11–10–3 Ottawa 2–4 3–3 3–2–1 — 0–6 8–15–1 Toronto 3–3 3–2–1 2–3–1 6–0 — 14–8–2

Vs. American Division 1932–33 NHL records Team BOS CHI DET NYR Total M. Canadiens 1–4–1 3–3 2–3–1 1–4–1 7–14–3 M. Maroons 2–4 2–2–2 4–1–1 3–2–1 11–9–4 N.Y. Americans 2–2–2 2–2–2 0–3–3 2–3–1 6–10–8 Ottawa 1–3–2 1–2–3 1–4–1 0–3–3 3–12–9 Toronto 1–4–1 2–2–2 3–2–1 4–2 10–10–4

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 12, 1932	0–4	Boston Bruins (1932–33)	0–1–0
2	W	November 17, 1932	1–0 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1932–33)	1–1–0
3	L	November 20, 1932	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33)	1–2–0
4	L	November 22, 1932	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1932–33)	1–3–0
5	L	November 24, 1932	0–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33)	1–4–0
6	W	November 26, 1932	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33)	2–4–0
7	L	December 1, 1932	4–5 OT	Montreal Maroons (1932–33)	2–5–0
8	L	December 4, 1932	2–4	@ New York Americans (1932–33)	2–6–0
9	L	December 6, 1932	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1932–33)	2–7–0
10	L	December 8, 1932	0–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1932–33)	2–8–0
11	W	December 10, 1932	3–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (1932–33)	3–8–0
12	T	December 13, 1932	1–1 OT	New York Rangers (1932–33)	3–8–1
13	W	December 17, 1932	3–1	@ Montreal Maroons (1932–33)	4–8–1
14	L	December 20, 1932	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33)	4–9–1
15	W	December 24, 1932	4–0	New York Americans (1932–33)	5–9–1
16	L	December 27, 1932	0–1	@ Boston Bruins (1932–33)	5–10–1
17	T	December 29, 1932	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1932–33)	5–10–2
18	L	January 1, 1933	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33)	5–11–2
19	L	January 5, 1933	1–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1932–33)	5–12–2
20	W	January 7, 1933	1–0	Ottawa Senators (1932–33)	6–12–2
21	W	January 12, 1933	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33)	7–12–2
22	L	January 17, 1933	2–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1932–33)	7–13–2
23	L	January 19, 1933	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1932–33)	7–14–2
24	W	January 21, 1933	5–2	Boston Bruins (1932–33)	8–14–2
25	L	January 24, 1933	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1932–33)	8–15–2
26	T	January 26, 1933	1–1 OT	New York Americans (1932–33)	8–15–3
27	L	January 28, 1933	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33)	8–16–3
28	W	January 31, 1933	3–1 OT	Ottawa Senators (1932–33)	9–16–3
29	L	February 2, 1933	0–5	@ New York Americans (1932–33)	9–17–3
30	L	February 4, 1933	2–7	Montreal Maroons (1932–33)	9–18–3
31	W	February 7, 1933	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33)	10–18–3
32	L	February 12, 1933	0–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33)	10–19–3
33	W	February 14, 1933	6–2	Detroit Red Wings (1932–33)	11–19–3
34	W	February 16, 1933	6–0	@ Ottawa Senators (1932–33)	12–19–3
35	L	February 18, 1933	1–3	New York Rangers (1932–33)	12–20–3
36	L	February 21, 1933	0–10	@ Boston Bruins (1932–33)	12–21–3
37	W	February 23, 1933	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1932–33)	13–21–3
38	T	February 25, 1933	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1932–33)	13–21–4
39	W	February 28, 1933	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33)	14–21–4
40	W	March 2, 1933	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1932–33)	15–21–4
41	W	March 4, 1933	2–0	New York Americans (1932–33)	16–21–4
42	L	March 7, 1933	1–2 OT	@ New York Americans (1932–33)	16–22–4
43	W	March 9, 1933	3–1	Montreal Maroons (1932–33)	17–22–4
44	L	March 12, 1933	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1932–33)	17–23–4
45	L	March 14, 1933	1–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1932–33)	17–24–4
46	W	March 16, 1933	2–1	New York Rangers (1932–33)	18–24–4
47	T	March 18, 1933	0–0 OT	Boston Bruins (1932–33)	18–24–5
48	L	March 23, 1933	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1932–33)	18–25–5

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Playoffs

In the first round the Canadiens met the New York Rangers, who had placed third in the American Division. The Canadiens lost the two-games total-goals series 8–5.

New York Rangers vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date	Visitor	Home	Score	Record
March 26	Montreal Canadiens	New York Rangers	2–5	2–5
March 28	New York Rangers	Montreal Canadiens	3–3	5–8

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Aurel Joliat	LW	48	18	21	39	53
Howie Morenz	C	46	14	21	35	32
Johnny Gagnon	RW	48	12	23	35	64
Pit Lepine	C	46	8	8	16	45
Wildor Larochelle	RW	47	11	4	15	27
Sylvio Mantha	D	48	4	7	11	50
Georges Mantha	D/LW	43	3	6	9	10
Albert Leduc	D	48	5	3	8	62
Gerry Carson	D	48	5	2	7	53
Art Giroux	RW	40	5	2	7	14
Marty Burke	D	29	2	5	7	36
Leo Gaudreault	LW/C	24	2	2	4	2
Armand Mondou	LW	24	1	3	4	15
Gizzy Hart	LW	18	0	3	3	0
Leo Bourgeault	D	15	1	1	2	9
Hago Harrington	LW	24	1	1	2	2
Art Alexandre	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Len Grosvenor	C/RW	4	0	0	0	0
George Hainsworth	G	48	0	0	0	0
Walter McCartney	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Leo Murray	C/LW	6	0	0	0	2
Paul Raymond	RW	16	0	0	0	0
Harold Starr	D	15	0	0	0	6

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
George Hainsworth	2980	48	18	25	5	115	2.32	8
Team:	2980	48	18	25	5	115	2.32	8

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Aurel Joliat	LW	2	2	1	3	2
Howie Morenz	C	2	0	3	3	2
Johnny Gagnon	RW	2	0	2	2	0
Hago Harrington	LW	2	1	0	1	2
Wildor Larochelle	RW	2	1	0	1	0
Albert Leduc	D	2	1	0	1	2
Gizzy Hart	LW	2	0	1	1	0
Sylvio Mantha	D	2	0	1	1	2
Leo Bourgeault	D	2	0	0	0	0
Gerry Carson	D	2	0	0	0	2
Art Giroux	RW	2	0	0	0	0
Len Grosvenor	C/RW	2	0	0	0	0
George Hainsworth	G	2	0	0	0	0
Pit Lepine	C	2	0	0	0	2
Harold Starr	D	2	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
George Hainsworth	120	2	0	1	8	4.00	0
Team:	120	2	0	1	8	4.00	0

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

• February 14, 1933. – Marty Burke was traded to Ottawa by Montreal with future considerations (Nick Wasnie, March 23, 1933) for Leo Bourgeault and Harold Starr.
• March 23, 1933 – Marty Burke was traded to Montreal by Ottawa for Nick Wasnie.

See also

• 1932–33 NHL season

Citations

1. Jenish, p. 80
2. Jenish, pp. 80–81
3. Jenish, pp. 81–85
4. 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.
5. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
6. "1932–33 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
7. "1932-33 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 5, 2009.

References

• Coleman, Charles L. (1969). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc. National Hockey League. pp. 109–134.
• Jenish, D'Arcy (2008). The Montreal Canadiens: 100 years of glory. Doubleday Canada. ISBN 978-0-385-66324-3.
• Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Toronto, Ontario: Key Porter Books. ISBN 1-55013-051-X.