1924–25 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1924–25 1924 Montreal Canadiens 3rd 17–11–0 10–5–0 7–6–2 93 56 Leo Dandurand Leo Dandurand Sprague Cleghorn Montreal ForumMount Royal Arena Aurel Joliat (30) Billy BoucherAurel JoliatHowie Morenz (12) Aurel Joliat (42) Billy Boucher (92) Georges Vezina (17) Georges Vezina (1.81) yes yes The 1924–25 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 16th season and eighth as a member of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canadiens once again made it to the Stanley Cup Final but lost to the Victoria Cougars. 2 Regular season This was the first season for the Montreal Maroons and Boston Bruins – the first American NHL team. The Montreal Forum, was built to house the Maroons. However, it was the Canadiens who played in it first. The season started earlier, on November 29, and because the Mount Royal Arena couldn't produce ice, it was decided to move a game against the Toronto St. Patricks to the Forum. The Canadiens beat the St. Patricks 7–1, as Billy Boucher scored a hat trick before 8000 fans.Coleman(1966), pg.468 To facilitate the change in venue, the Canadiens paid the Mount Royal Arena 1,000 1924 to play at the Forum.Ross 2015 116 The Canadiens improved their scoring, scoring 93 goals in 30 games, giving up 56. Georges Vezina led the league in goals against average of 1.9 per game. All six team's starting goalie had a GAA under 4. Aurel Joliat led the Canadiens on offence, scoring 29 goals. Final standings MTL Record vs. opponents MTL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1924–25 regular season1924-25 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1925_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 8, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||November 29, 1924||7–1 || align="left"| Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) ||1–0–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |2||L||December 3, 1924||1–2 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1924–25) ||1–1–0 |- |3||W||December 8, 1924||4–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1924–25) ||2–1–0 |- |4||W||December 10, 1924||5–0 || align="left"| Montreal Maroons (1924–25) ||3–1–0 |- |5||W||December 13, 1924||6–2 || align="left"| Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) ||4–1–0 |- |6||W||December 17, 1924||5–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) ||5–1–0 |- |7||W||December 20, 1924||3–2 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1924–25) ||6–1–0 |- |8||W||December 25, 1924||5–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1924–25) ||7–1–0 |- |9||T||December 27, 1924||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Montreal Maroons (1924–25) ||7–1–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |10||L||January 1, 1925||2–4 || align="left"| @ Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) ||7–2–1 |- |11||W||January 3, 1925||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) ||8–2–1 |- |12||L||January 7, 1925||0–2 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1924–25) ||8–3–1 |- |13||L||January 10, 1925||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1924–25) ||8–4–1 |- |14||T||January 14, 1925||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Montreal Maroons (1924–25) ||8–4–2 |- |15||L||January 17, 1925||2–4 || align="left"| @ Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) ||8–5–2 |- |16||L||January 21, 1925||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) ||8–6–2 |- |17||W||January 24, 1925||3–2 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1924–25) ||9–6–2 |- |18||W||January 27, 1925||4–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1924–25) ||10–6–2 |- |19||W||January 31, 1925||5–0 || align="left"| Montreal Maroons (1924–25) ||11–6–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |20||L||February 4, 1925||0–3 || align="left"| Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) ||11–7–2 |- |21||L||February 7, 1925||4–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) ||11–8–2 |- |22||W||February 11, 1925||10–3 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1924–25) ||12–8–2 |- |23||W||February 14, 1925||5–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1924–25) ||13–8–2 |- |24||W||February 18, 1925||1–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Maroons (1924–25) ||14–8–2 |- |25||W||February 21, 1925||2–1 || align="left"| @ Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) ||15–8–2 |- |26||L||February 25, 1925||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) ||15–9–2 |- |27||L||February 28, 1925||0–1 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1924–25) ||15–10–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |28||L||March 3, 1925||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1924–25) ||15–11–2 |- |29||W||March 7, 1925||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Maroons (1924–25) ||16–11–2 |- |30||W||March 9, 1925||4–1 || align="left"| Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) ||17–11–2 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs NHL Championship The third seed Montreal Canadiens played against the second seed Toronto St. Patricks in a total goals series. The winner of that series was to go on and play the first seed team, the Hamilton Tigers. But it was not to happen that way. During the total goals series, the Hamilton players demanded 200 1925 each for the extra six games played during the regular season and the league threatened to suspend the players and the team. Last-ditch efforts to reach a compromise failed and the Tigers were suspended. It was suggested that the Ottawa Senators be included in the playoffs, but St. Patricks manager Charlie Querrie and Canadiens' coach Leo Dandurand cited a fourth-place finish didn't qualify Ottawa a playoff berth and it was decided that Montreal and Toronto had played for the league title. NHL president Frank Calder announced that the Canadiens played home games at the Forum, but Leo Dandurand said that they would be played at Mount Royal Arena unless it were necessary to move to the Forum, citing home games were home games, and the Canadiens played better in front of their own fans. Calder backed down from his stand. Montreal won the series against Toronto and was awarded the Prince of Wales Trophy and earned the right to play for the Stanley Cup. Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto St. Patricks Date Team Score Team Score NotesMarch 11Montreal Canadiens3Toronto St. Patricks2March 13Montreal Canadiens2Toronto St. Patricks0 Montreal wins total goals series 5 goals to 2 Final 1925 Stanley Cup Final Over in the Western Canada Hockey League, the third place Victoria Cougars won their league championship and would face the Montreal Canadiens for the Stanley Cup championship. Victoria easily beat Montreal three games to one out-scoring the Canadiens 16 to 8. Games one, three and four of the series were played at the Patrick Arena in Oak Bay, a suburb municipality of Victoria, British Columbia; game two was played at the larger Denman Arena in Vancouver.Montreal Gazette https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19250319&printsec=frontpage First Game Saturday March 19, 1925 14 September 5, 2014 This marks the first, and last, time since the inception of the NHL (1917) that a non-NHL team won the Stanley Cup. As a foot-note, the Seattle Metropolitans could have claimed the Stanley Cup during the flu-cancelled season of 1919, but chose not to as a display of good-sportsmanship. Montreal Canadiens vs. Victoria Cougars Date Away Score Home Score NotesMarch 21Montreal Canadiens2Victoria Cougars5March 23Montreal Canadiens1Victoria Cougars3March 27Montreal Canadiens4 Victoria Cougars2March 30Montreal Canadiens1Victoria Cougars6 Victoria Cougars win best-of-five series 3 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup Awards and records O'Brien Cup – NHL champion Prince of Wales Trophy – NHL champion (not awarded in 1925, but inscribed on the Trophy later) References The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.1 1893–1926 inc. Coleman Charles L. 1966 National Hockey League 465–485 Ross J. Andrew 2015 Joining the Clubs: The Business of the National Hockey League to 1945 Syracuse University Press 978-0-8156-3383-9 See also 1924–25 NHL season Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Montreal Montreal