1937–38 Montreal Canadiens season

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1937–38 Montreal Canadiens
Division3rd Canadian
1937–38 record18–17–13
Goals for123
Goals against128
Team information
General managerCecil Hart
CoachCecil Hart
CaptainBabe Siebert
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsGeorges Mantha (23)
AssistsPaul Haynes (22)
PointsGeorges Mantha (42)
WinsWilf Cude (18)
Goals against averageWilf Cude (2.68)

The 1937–38 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 29th season of play. The Canadiens placed third in the Canadian Division and qualified for the playoffs. Montreal met and lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Chicago Black Hawks in the quarter-finals.

Regular season[edit]

A Morenz Benefit All-Star game was held at the Forum on November 2, 1937. 8,683 fans attended, contributing $11,447 to a total pot of over $20,000 for Howie Morenz's family.[1]

This was the last season for Pit Lepine, Aurel Joliat and Marty Burke. Burke had returned from Chicago in a trade for Bill MacKenzie.

Final standings[edit]

Canadian Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Toronto Maple Leafs 48 24 15 9 151 127 57
New York Americans 48 19 18 11 110 111 49
Montreal Canadiens 48 18 17 13 123 128 49
Montreal Maroons 48 12 30 6 101 149 30

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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[edit]


Schedule and results[edit]

Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 T November 9, 1937 2–2 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) 0–0–1
2 L November 11, 1937 0–3 @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 0–1–1
3 W November 13, 1937 5–2 Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 1–1–1
4 L November 14, 1937 1–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 1–2–1
5 T November 18, 1937 6–6 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) 1–2–2
6 T November 23, 1937 1–1 OT @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) 1–2–3
7 W November 27, 1937 2–1 New York Rangers (1937–38) 2–2–3
8 W December 2, 1937 2–0 Boston Bruins (1937–38) 3–2–3
9 T December 4, 1937 3–3 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) 3–2–4
10 W December 5, 1937 3–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) 4–2–4
11 W December 7, 1937 5–1 Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 5–2–4
12 W December 11, 1937 4–3 OT New York Americans (1937–38) 6–2–4
13 T December 12, 1937 4–4 OT @ New York Americans (1937–38) 6–2–5
14 L December 14, 1937 2–3 OT @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 6–3–5
15 L December 16, 1937 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) 6–4–5
16 T December 19, 1937 2–2 OT @ New York Rangers (1937–38) 6–4–6
17 W December 28, 1937 2–0 Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 7–4–6
18 L January 1, 1938 4–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) 7–5–6
19 W January 2, 1938 4–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) 8–5–6
20 L January 4, 1938 0–3 Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 8–6–6
21 W January 8, 1938 6–2 Boston Bruins (1937–38) 9–6–6
22 L January 11, 1938 7–11 @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 9–7–6
23 T January 13, 1938 2–2 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) 9–7–7
24 L January 16, 1938 0–1 @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) 9–8–7
25 L January 18, 1938 1–3 OT @ New York Rangers (1937–38) 9–9–7
26 L January 20, 1938 2–4 Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 9–10–7
27 W January 22, 1938 4–0 New York Americans (1937–38) 10–10–7
28 W January 27, 1938 4–2 New York Rangers (1937–38) 11–10–7
29 W January 30, 1938 4–2 @ New York Americans (1937–38) 12–10–7
30 W February 1, 1938 6–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) 13–10–7
31 L February 3, 1938 0–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) 13–11–7
32 T February 5, 1938 3–3 OT New York Americans (1937–38) 13–11–8
33 L February 6, 1938 0–8 @ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 13–12–8
34 W February 10, 1938 2–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) 14–12–8
35 L February 13, 1938 0–1 OT @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) 14–13–8
36 L February 15, 1938 0–4 @ New York Americans (1937–38) 14–14–8
37 W February 19, 1938 4–3 OT Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 15–14–8
38 W February 22, 1938 2–1 @ New York Rangers (1937–38) 16–14–8
39 T February 24, 1938 1–1 OT Boston Bruins (1937–38) 16–14–9
40 T February 27, 1938 1–1 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 16–14–10
41 L March 1, 1938 2–4 @ New York Americans (1937–38) 16–15–10
42 T March 3, 1938 1–1 OT New York Americans (1937–38) 16–15–11
43 L March 6, 1938 3–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) 16–16–11
44 L March 10, 1938 1–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) 16–17–11
45 T March 12, 1938 3–3 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) 16–17–12
46 W March 15, 1938 3–2 Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 17–17–12
47 W March 17, 1938 6–3 @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 18–17–12
48 T March 19, 1938 1–1 OT New York Rangers (1937–38) 18–17–13

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Playoffs[edit]

The Canadiens drew the third-place finisher of the American division, the Chicago Blackhawks. Montreal lost the best-of-three series 2–1.

Player statistics[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Scoring[edit]

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Georges Mantha D/LW 47 23 19 42 12
Paul Haynes C 48 13 22 35 25
Toe Blake LW 43 17 16 33 33
Rod Lorrain RW 48 13 19 32 14
Johnny Gagnon RW 47 13 17 30 9
Polly Drouin LW 31 7 13 20 8
Babe Siebert LW/D 37 8 11 19 56
Pit Lepine C 47 5 14 19 24
Walt Buswell D 48 2 15 17 24
Joffre Desilets RW 32 6 7 13 6
Aurel Joliat LW 44 6 7 13 24
Red Goupille D 47 4 5 9 44
Don Willson C 18 2 7 9 0
George Brown C 34 1 7 8 14
Armand Mondou LW 7 2 4 6 0
Marty Burke D 38 0 5 5 31
Gus Mancuso RW 17 1 1 2 4
Armand Raymond D 11 0 1 1 10
Oscar Asmundson C 2 0 0 0 0
Wilf Cude G 47 0 0 0 0
Tony Demers RW 6 0 0 0 0
Paul Gauthier G 1 0 0 0 0
Bill MacKenzie D 11 0 0 0 4

Goaltending[edit]

Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Wilf Cude 2990 47 18 17 12 126 2.53 3
Paul Gauthier 70 1 0 0 1 2 1.71 0
Team: 3060 48 18 17 13 128 2.51 3

Playoffs[edit]

Scoring[edit]

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Toe Blake LW 3 3 1 4 2
Johnny Gagnon RW 3 1 3 4 2
Paul Haynes C 3 0 4 4 5
Red Goupille D 3 2 0 2 4
Babe Siebert LW/D 3 1 1 2 0
Georges Mantha D/LW 3 1 0 1 0
George Brown C 3 0 0 0 2
Walt Buswell D 3 0 0 0 0
Wilf Cude G 3 0 0 0 0
Joffre Desilets RW 2 0 0 0 7
Polly Drouin LW 1 0 0 0 0
Pit Lepine C 3 0 0 0 0
Rod Lorrain RW 3 0 0 0 0
Bill Summerhill RW 1 0 0 0 0
Don Willson C 3 0 0 0 0

Goaltending[edit]

Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Wilf Cude 192 3 1 2 11 3.44 0
Team: 192 3 1 2 11 3.44 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;

European tour[edit]

Main article: 1938 Detroit Red Wings – Montreal Canadiens European tour

After losing in the playoffs, the Canadiens embarked on a tour of Europe with the Detroit Red Wings. Prior to departure, the two teams played three exhibition games in Nova Scotia. In Europe, the teams played a nine-game series in England and France. The Canadiens won the series with a record of 5–3–1

Awards and records[edit]

Transactions[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Coleman, pg. 314
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "1937–38 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  5. ^ "1937-38 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 5, 2009.

References[edit]

  • Coleman, Charles L. (1969). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc. National Hockey League. pp. 314–334.
  • 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.
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