1929–30 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1929–30 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 21st season. The team placed second in the Canadian Division and qualified for the playoffs. The team won three series to win the Stanley Cup, for the third time in team history, and the second time in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season

To combat low scoring, a major rule change was implemented. Players were now allowed forward passing in the offensive zone, instead of only in the defensive and neutral zones. This led to abuse: players sat in front of the opposing net waiting for a pass. The rule was changed again mid-season in December 1929, and players were no longer allowed to enter the offensive zone before the puck. Hence the birth of the modern-day offside rule. The Canadiens doubled their scoring output compared to the previous season.

Highlights

On December 14, 1929, Alfred Lepine scored four goals and added one assist in the second period of a game versus Ottawa, won 6–4 by Montreal. As of 2009, this feat is still the Canadiens' record for goals and points in one period.^[1]

Final standings

Canadian Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Maroons	44	23	16	5	141	114	51
Montreal Canadiens	44	21	14	9	142	114	51
Ottawa Senators	44	21	15	8	138	118	50
Toronto Maple Leafs	44	17	21	6	116	124	40
New York Americans	44	14	25	5	113	161	33

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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.

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	November 14, 1929	3–3 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	0–0–1
2	T	November 16, 1929	4–4 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	0–0–2
3	L	November 19, 1929	1–5	@ Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	0–1–2
4	W	November 21, 1929	3–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	1–1–2
5	W	November 24, 1929	3–2 OT	@ New York Americans (1929–30)	2–1–2
6	W	November 26, 1929	9–2	Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30)	3–1–2
7	W	November 30, 1929	3–1	New York Americans (1929–30)	4–1–2
8	L	December 3, 1929	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1929–30)	4–2–2
9	L	December 5, 1929	4–5	Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	4–3–2
10	W	December 7, 1929	1–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	5–3–2
11	W	December 10, 1929	5–3 OT	Detroit Cougars (1929–30)	6–3–2
12	L	December 12, 1929	3–8	@ New York Rangers (1929–30)	6–4–2
13	W	December 14, 1929	6–4	Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	7–4–2
14	T	December 17, 1929	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30)	7–4–3
15	W	December 19, 1929	7–2	New York Rangers (1929–30)	8–4–3
16	T	December 21, 1929	1–1 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	8–4–4
17	L	December 28, 1929	2–3	Boston Bruins (1929–30)	8–5–4
18	W	January 1, 1930	3–2 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	9–5–4
19	L	January 2, 1930	0–4	@ Detroit Cougars (1929–30)	9–6–4
20	L	January 4, 1930	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	9–7–4
21	L	January 7, 1930	1–2	Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	9–8–4
22	L	January 11, 1930	1–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	9–9–4
23	W	January 16, 1930	6–1	Detroit Cougars (1929–30)	10–9–4
24	W	January 21, 1930	5–2	@ New York Americans (1929–30)	11–9–4
25	L	January 25, 1930	1–2	Boston Bruins (1929–30)	11–10–4
26	W	January 28, 1930	3–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	12–10–4
27	W	January 30, 1930	1–0 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	13–10–4
28	L	February 1, 1930	1–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	13–11–4
29	W	February 4, 1930	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	14–11–4
30	T	February 6, 1930	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	14–11–5
31	T	February 8, 1930	2–2 OT	Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	14–11–6
32	T	February 13, 1930	4–4 OT	Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	14–11–7
33	W	February 16, 1930	2–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	15–11–7
34	W	February 18, 1930	2–0	@ Detroit Cougars (1929–30)	16–11–7
35	W	February 22, 1930	9–2	New York Americans (1929–30)	17–11–7
36	L	February 25, 1930	2–4	@ New York Americans (1929–30)	17–12–7
37	W	February 27, 1930	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	18–12–7
38	W	March 1, 1930	4–2	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30)	19–12–7
39	L	March 4, 1930	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1929–30)	19–13–7
40	L	March 6, 1930	0–4	@ Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	19–14–7
41	W	March 8, 1930	6–0	New York Rangers (1929–30)	20–14–7
42	T	March 11, 1930	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1929–30)	20–14–8
43	T	March 13, 1930	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30)	20–14–9
44	W	March 18, 1930	8–3	New York Americans (1929–30)	21–14–9

Playoffs

The Canadiens, by placing second had to play in the first round series versus the Chicago Black Hawks. The Canadiens won the two-game total-goals series 3–2. Next, were the New York Rangers who had defeated the Ottawa Senators in their first round series. The Canadiens swept the Rangers two games to none in a best-of-three series. The teams played 68 minutes and 52 seconds of overtime in the first game before Gus Rivers scored to win the game for the Canadiens.

Finals

For more details on this topic, see 1930 Stanley Cup Finals.

The Canadiens advanced to the final against the Boston Bruins. The Bruins were heavily favoured, after winning all meetings with the Canadiens during the regular season. However, it meant little as the Canadiens swept the Bruins in two straight (3–0, 4–3) to win the Stanley Cup.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Morenz, HowieHowie Morenz	C	44	40	10	50	72
Lepine, PitPit Lepine	C	44	24	9	33	47
Joliat, AurelAurel Joliat	LW	42	19	12	31	40
Larochelle, WildorWildor Larochelle	RW	44	14	11	25	28
Mantha, SylvioSylvio Mantha	D	44	13	11	24	108
Wasnie, NickNick Wasnie	RW	44	12	11	23	64
Leduc, AlbertAlbert Leduc	D	44	6	8	14	90
Burke, MartyMarty Burke	D	44	2	11	13	71
Mondou, ArmandArmand Mondou	LW	44	3	5	8	24
Mantha, GeorgesGeorges Mantha	D/LW	44	5	2	7	16
McCaffrey, BertBert McCaffrey	RW/D	28	1	3	4	26
Carson, GerryGerry Carson	D	35	1	0	1	8
Rivers, GusGus Rivers	RW	19	1	0	1	2
Fraser, GordGord Fraser	D	10	0	0	0	4
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	G	42	0	0	0	0
Murray, MickeyMickey Murray	G	1	0	0	0	0
Worters, RoyRoy Worters	G	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	2680	42	20	13	9	108	2.42	4
Worters, RoyRoy Worters†	60	1	1	0	0	2	2.00	0
Murray, MickeyMickey Murray	60	1	0	1	0	4	4.00	0
Team:	2800	44	21	14	9	114	2.44	4

† Worters was loaned from the New York Americans for one game on February 27, 1930, vs. Toronto.

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Lepine, PitPit Lepine	C	6	2	2	4	6
Wasnie, NickNick Wasnie	RW	6	2	2	4	12
Leduc, AlbertAlbert Leduc	D	6	1	3	4	8
Morenz, HowieHowie Morenz	C	6	3	0	3	10
Mantha, SylvioSylvio Mantha	D	6	2	1	3	18
McCaffrey, BertBert McCaffrey	RW/D	6	1	1	2	6
Mondou, ArmandArmand Mondou	LW	6	1	1	2	6
Joliat, AurelAurel Joliat	LW	6	0	2	2	6
Larochelle, WildorWildor Larochelle	RW	6	1	0	1	12
Rivers, GusGus Rivers	RW	6	1	0	1	2
Burke, MartyMarty Burke	D	6	0	1	1	6
Carson, GerryGerry Carson	D	6	0	0	0	0
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	G	6	0	0	0	0
Mantha, GeorgesGeorges Mantha	D/LW	6	0	0	0	8

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	481	6	5	0	6	0.75	3
Team:	481	6	5	0	6	0.75	3

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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;

Montreal Canadiens 1930 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

Centres

7 Howie Morenz
9 Alfred Pit Lepine

Wingers

Defencemen

Goaltenders

1 George Hainsworth

Coaching and administrative staff

Louis Athanase David (President), Joseph Cattarinich (Vice President/Owner)
Leo Dandurand (Secretary-Treasurer/Owner), Cecil Hart (Manager-Coach)
Louis Letourneau (Director/Owner), Edouard St. Pere (Vice President)
Henry Gray, Anerdee Monet Juce, Georges Richer, Fernand Rinfeet (Directors)
Dr. J.A. Corrigan (Team Physician), Ed Dulfour (Trainer)
Jim McKenna (Ass't Trainer), J.P. Lepetite( Ass't Trainer/left off cup-on team picture).

Stanley Cup engraving

Mistake – Georges Richer was engraved as a Physician, but his official title was a member of the board directors.
Mistake – Co-Owner Louis A. Letourneau was misspelt H.A. LETOURNEAU.

Sources:

Mouton, p. 157
"Players". NHL. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books. ISBN 1-55168-261-3.

References

Coleman, Charles L. (1969). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc. National Hockey League. pp. 82–106.
Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Toronto, Ontario: Key Porter Books. ISBN 1-55013-051-X.
"1929–30 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

↑ "Season records – Individual records". Montreal Canadiens. Archived from the original on 10 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
↑ "1929-30 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-05.

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Marc Bergevin
Head coach: Michel Therrien
Team captain: Max Pacioretty
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: St. John's IceCaps; Laval Rocket (beginning in 2017–18)

ECHL: Brampton Beast

General managers

Head coaches

Media

TV	City (English) Sportsnet East (English) Réseau des sports (French) TVA Sports (French)

Radio	English TSN Radio 690 French 98,5 FM

Culture and lore

Montreal Canadiens seasons

1900s	1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1929–30 NHL season

Canadian Division	Mtl Canadiens Mtl Maroons NY Americans Ottawa Toronto

American Division	Boston Chicago Detroit NY Rangers Pittsburgh

See also	Stanley Cup Finals

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1929–30 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Highlights

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Finals

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Montreal Canadiens 1930 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

Stanley Cup engraving

See also

References