1930–31 Montreal Maroons season

1930–31 Montreal Maroons
1930–31 Montreal Maroons
Division	3rd Canadian
1930–31 record	20–18–6
Home record	13–5–4
Road record	7–13–2
Goals for	105
Goals against	106
Team information
Coach	Dunc Munro; Georges Boucher
Captain	Nels Stewart
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Nels Stewart (25)
Assists	Hooley Smith; Nels Stewart (14)
Points	Nels Stewart (39)
Penalty minutes	Babe Siebert (78)
Wins	Dave Kerr (14)
Goals against average	Dave Kerr; Flat Walsh (2.33)
	← 1929–30 1931–32 →

The 1930–31 Montreal Maroons season was the seventh season for the National Hockey League franchise.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Canadian Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Montreal Canadiens	44	26	10	8	129	89	60
Toronto Maple Leafs	44	22	13	9	118	99	53
Montreal Maroons	44	20	18	6	105	106	46
New York Americans	44	18	16	10	76	74	46
Ottawa Senators	44	10	30	4	91	142	24

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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

1930–31 NHL records^[2]
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	OTT	TOR	Total
M. Canadiens	—	3–1–2	5–0–1	5–0–1	3–2–1	16–3–5
M. Maroons	1–3–2	—	1–5	4–1–1	2–3–1	8–13–4
N.Y. Americans	0–5–1	5–1	—	4–2	1–2–3	10–10–4
Ottawa	0–5–1	1–4–1	2–4	—	1–4–1	4–17–3
Toronto	2–3–1	3–2–1	2–1–3	4–1–1	—	11–7–6

Vs. American Division

1930–31 NHL records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	PHI	Total
M. Canadiens	2–1–1	3–0–1	2–2	2–2	3–0–1	12–5–3
M. Maroons	1–3	4–0	3–0–1	1–2–1	3–1	12–6–2
N.Y. Americans	2–2	1–3	2–0–2	0–1–3	3–0–1	8–6–6
Ottawa	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–3	3–0–1	6–13–1
Toronto	1–2–1	4–0	1–2–1	2–1–1	3–1	11–6–3

Schedule and results

1930–31 regular season^[3]

November

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 11, 1930	0–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	0–1–0
2	L	November 16, 1930	0–1	@ New York Americans (1930–31)	0–2–0
3	L	November 18, 1930	0–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	0–3–0
4	L	November 20, 1930	1–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	0–4–0
5	W	November 22, 1930	4–3	New York Americans (1930–31)	1–4–0
6	W	November 25, 1930	5–2	New York Rangers (1930–31)	2–4–0

December

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
7	W	December 2, 1930	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	3–4–0
8	W	December 6, 1930	1–0	Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	4–4–0
9	L	December 9, 1930	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1930–31)	4–5–0
10	W	December 11, 1930	3–2	Detroit Falcons (1930–31)	5–5–0
11	W	December 14, 1930	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	6–5–0
12	W	December 18, 1930	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	7–5–0
13	W	December 20, 1930	5–1	Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	8–5–0
14	T	December 23, 1930	4–4 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	8–5–1
15	L	December 25, 1930	1–2	@ New York Americans (1930–31)	8–6–1
16	T	December 28, 1930	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Falcons (1930–31)	8–6–2
17	T	December 30, 1930	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	8–6–3

January

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
18	W	January 1, 1931	3–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	9–6–3
19	W	January 3, 1931	5–3	Boston Bruins (1930–31)	10–6–3
20	L	January 6, 1931	1–5	@ New York Rangers (1930–31)	10–7–3
21	L	January 8, 1931	0–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	10–8–3
22	L	January 10, 1931	3–4 OT	@ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	10–9–3
23	W	January 13, 1931	6–1	Detroit Falcons (1930–31)	11–9–3
24	L	January 15, 1931	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	11–10–3
25	W	January 17, 1931	3–2	Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	12–10–3
26	L	January 22, 1931	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	12–11–3
27	W	January 25, 1931	3–2 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	13–11–3
28	W	January 27, 1931	2–1	@ Detroit Falcons (1930–31)	14–11–3
29	T	January 31, 1931	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1930–31)	14–11–4

February

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
30	L	February 3, 1931	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1930–31)	14–12–4
31	T	February 5, 1931	4–4 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	14–12–5
32	L	February 10, 1931	2–4	New York Americans (1930–31)	14–13–5
33	L	February 14, 1931	2–4	Boston Bruins (1930–31)	14–14–5
34	L	February 17, 1931	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	14–15–5
35	L	February 19, 1931	2–4	@ New York Americans (1930–31)	14–16–5
36	T	February 21, 1931	3–3 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	14–16–6
37	W	February 24, 1931	3–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	15–16–6
38	W	February 28, 1931	4–1	Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	16–16–6

March

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
39	W	March 5, 1931	6–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1930–31)	17–16–6
40	W	March 7, 1931	6–2	Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	18–16–6
41	W	March 12, 1931	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	19–16–6
42	W	March 14, 1931	3–2	@ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	20–16–6
43	L	March 17, 1931	1–2	New York Americans (1930–31)	20–17–6
44	L	March 21, 1931	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1930–31)	20–18–6

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

They went against the New York Rangers in the first round and lost 8 goals to 1, or 1–8.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Nels Stewart	C	42	25	14	39	75
Babe Siebert	LW/D	43	16	12	28	76
Hooley Smith	C/RW	39	12	14	26	68
Jimmy Ward	RW	41	14	8	22	52
Dave Trottier	LW	43	9	8	17	58
Baldy Northcott	D/LW	22	7	3	10	15
Merlyn Phillips	C	43	6	1	7	38
Lionel Conacher	D	36	4	3	7	57
John Gallagher	D	35	4	2	6	35
Jack McVicar	D	40	2	4	6	35
Archie Wilcox	RW/D	39	2	2	4	42
Earl Roche	LW	42	2	0	2	18
Al Huggins	LW	20	1	1	2	2
Paul Haynes	C	19	1	0	1	0
Dunc Munro	D	4	0	1	1	0
Des Roche	RW	19	0	1	1	6
Georges Boucher	D	30	0	0	0	25
Glenn Brydson	RW	14	0	0	0	4
Dave Kerr	G	28	0	0	0	0
Flat Walsh	G	16	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Dave Kerr	1769	29	13	11	4	70	2.37	1
Flat Walsh	961	16	7	7	2	36	2.25	2
Team:	2730	44	20	18	6	106	2.33	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Nels Stewart	C	2	1	0	1	6
Baldy Northcott	D/LW	2	0	1	1	0
Glenn Brydson	RW	2	0	0	0	0
Lionel Conacher	D	2	0	0	0	2
John Gallagher	D	2	0	0	0	0
Dave Kerr	G	2	0	0	0	0
Jack McVicar	D	2	0	0	0	2
Merlyn Phillips	C	1	0	0	0	2
Earl Roche	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Babe Siebert	LW/D	2	0	0	0	6
Dave Trottier	LW	2	0	0	0	6
Jimmy Ward	RW	2	0	0	0	2
Archie Wilcox	RW/D	2	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Dave Kerr	120	2	0	2	8	4.00	0
Team:	120	2	0	2	8	4.00	0

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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

References

^ 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.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1930-31 Montreal Maroons Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
^ "1930-31 Montreal Maroons Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.