1929–30 NHL season

Professional ice hockey league season August 2023 1929–30 NHL season National Hockey League Ice hockey November 14, 1929 – April 3, 1930 Regular season 44 10 Boston Bruins Nels Stewart (Maroons) Hart Memorial Trophy Cooney Weiland (Bruins) Canadian Division Montreal Maroons American Division Boston Bruins Stanley Cup 1930 Stanley Cup Finals Montreal Canadiens Boston Bruins 1930–31 NHL season 1928–29 NHL season 1930–31 1928–29 NHL thumb | right | Howie Morenz, Montreal Canadien (1930) The 1929–30 NHL season was the 13th season of the National Hockey League. Ten teams played 44 games each. The Montreal Canadiens upset the heavily favoured Boston Bruins two games to none in the Stanley Cup Finals. League business The league instituted in the new rules the standard dimensions for ice hockey rinks, that of 200 ft × 85 ft. The already-built Boston Garden 191 ft × 88 ft and the Chicago Stadium 188 ft × 85 ft, which were smaller, were exempt from the new rule.Duplacey 1996 1–2 To combat low scoring, the off-side rules were rewritten. Players were now allowed forward passing in the offensive zone, instead of only in the defensive and neutral zones. Players were now allowed to enter the offensive zone before the puck.Ross 2015 171 The only off-side rule left was that passing was not allowed from one zone to another.Duplacey 1996 143 The changes led to abuse: players sat in front of the opposing net waiting for a pass. It was joked that players like the Maroons' Nels Stewart and the Bruins' Cooney Weiland were "setting up 'light housekeeping' at the opposition goal crease."Ross 2015 171 The rule was changed in mid-season and players were no longer allowed to enter the offensive zone before the puck.Duplacey 1996 144 Arena changes The Chicago Black Hawks moved from the Chicago Coliseum to the Chicago Stadium in December 1929 after Paddy Harmon was removed from the presidency of the Stadium in November. Harmon had not been able to negotiate a deal with the Black Hawks, but within weeks of his ouster the Stadium's board of directors agreed to the Black Hawks' terms of 4,500 1929 per night and a guaranteed Sunday afternoon slot.Ross 2015 204-205 The gate receipts for the Black Hawks increased to nearly triple the previous season's receipts. The team grossed 282,350 1930 and attendance jumped to 186,920.Ross 2015 205 Regular season Cooney Weiland of the Boston Bruins took advantage of the rule changes and smashed the old NHL scoring record with 73 points. Weiland and Tiny Thompson, who won the Vezina Trophy with a 2.23 goals against average, led the Bruins to a final season standings record of 38 wins, 5 losses, and 1 tie. The Bruins set three impressive NHL records including most wins in the regular season (38), highest winning percentage (0.875), and most consecutive home ice wins (20). The 1943–44 Montreal Canadiens and the 1944–45 Montreal Canadiens would tie the record for most wins in a season at 38. But the record remained unbroken for 21 years until March 11, 1951, when the 1950–51 Detroit Red Wings notched their 39th victory in a much longer 70-game season. The record for consecutive wins at home would stand for 82 years, being matched by the 1975–76 Philadelphia Flyers and finally surpassed on February 14, 2012, by the 2011–12 Detroit Red Wings. As of no team has ever won 38 of their first 44 games or broken the Bruins' single season winning percentage record of 0.875.https://www.hockeycentral.co.uk/nhl/records/Team-Records.php NHL Team Records HockeyCentral.co.uk June 13, 2016 Conn Smythe brought up two outstanding forwards, Harvey "Busher" Jackson, and Charlie Conacher, and combined with Joe Primeau, the Kid Line was born. Conacher actually scored on his first shift in the NHL. Jackson got his nickname Busher from Tim Daly, the Toronto trainer, when asked by Daly to assist with some sticks. "I'm a hockey player, not a stickboy", Jackson told Daly, who replied, "Why you fresh young busher!" And it was Busher Jackson from that day on. On January 7, 1930, Clint Benedict became the first goalie in NHL history to don a protective face mask. He did so for five games to protect a broken nose. The next time a mask made its way into the NHL was almost 30 years later when Jacques Plante wore one in a game on November 1, 1959. Frank Frederickson badly injured his knee and the Pittsburgh Pirates fortunes went from bad to worse. Eddie Gerard resigned as manager-coach of the Montreal Maroons. He was replaced as manager by team president James Strachan. Dunc Munro was hired as coach and led the team to first place in the Canadian Division. There was a well-founded rumour that Gerard would take the coaching reins of Ottawa from Newsy Lalonde when Lalonde was not well. Dave Gill filled in during his absence and the team did much better and made the playoffs. Gerard turned down the coaching job. Final standings start break end GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold. Playoffs Playoff bracket The top three teams in each division qualified for the playoffs. The two division winners met in a best-of-five Stanley Cup semifinal series. The divisional second-place teams and third-place teams played off in a two-game total-goals series to determine the participants for the other best-of-three semifinal series. The semifinal winners then played in a best-of-three Stanley Cup Finals. 2 C2 Mtl Canadiens 3G A2 Chicago 2G C3 Ottawa 3G A3 NY Rangers 6G C1 Mtl Maroons 1 A1 Boston 3 C2 Mtl Canadiens 2 A3 NY Rangers 0 C2 Mtl Canadiens 2 A1 Boston 0 Quarterfinals (A2) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (C2) Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens Chicago Black Hawks Montreal Forum Chicago Stadium March 23 1–0 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-chi/1930/03/23/1929030121#game=1929030121,game_state=final No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring Wildor Larochelle (1) – 07:40 No scoring George Hainsworth Charlie Gardiner March 26 2–2 2 3 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-mtl/1930/03/26/1929030122#game=1929030122,game_state=final No scoring Ty Arbour (1) – 01:38 09:20 – Howie Morenz (1) Earl Miller (1) – 12:49 No scoring No scoring 11:53 – Howie Morenz (2) No scoring George Hainsworth Charlie Gardiner Montreal won series on total goals 3–2 (C3) Ottawa Senators vs. (A3) New York Rangers New York Rangers Ottawa Senators Madison Square Garden III Ottawa Auditorium March 20 1–1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-sen/1930/03/20/1929030131#game=1929030131,game_state=final Leo Bourgeault (1) – 09:45 No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring 06:45 – Art Gagne (1) John Ross Roach Alex Connell March 23 2–5 2 1 bigmouthsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1930-Stanley-Cup-Playoff-boxscores-MTL.pdf No scoring Bill Touhey (1) – 08:00 09:02 – Bun Cook (1)18:02 – Frank Boucher (1) No scoring 04:16 – Murray Murdoch (1)05:25 – Murray Murdoch (2)06:46 – Bun Cook (2) Harold Starr (1) – 13:26 John Ross Roach Alex Connell New York won series on total goals 6–3 Semifinals (A1) Boston Bruins vs. (C1) Montreal Maroons Boston Bruins Montreal Maroons Boston Madison Square Garden Montreal Forum March 20 2–1 3 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mmr/1930/03/20/1929030111#game=1929030111,game_state=final No scoring No scoring Cooney Weiland (1) – 12:34 09:41 – Dunc Munro (1) No scoring No scoring Harry Oliver (1) – 05:35 No scoring Tiny Thompson Flat Walsh March 22 4–2 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mmr/1930/03/22/1929030112#game=1929030112,game_state=final No scoring No scoring Marty Barry (1) – 04:00Harry Oliver (2) – 05:35Dit Clapper (1) – 07:30 No scoring Dit Clapper (2) – 19:24 10:07 – Hooley Smith (1)13:22 – Nels Stewart (1) Tiny Thompson Flat Walsh March 25 1–0 2 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mmr-vs-bos/1930/03/25/1929030113#game=1929030113,game_state=final No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring Archie Wilcox (1) – 06:26 Tiny Thompson Flat Walsh March 27 1–5 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mmr-vs-bos/1930/03/27/1929030114#game=1929030114,game_state=final 15:26 – Marty Barry (2) No scoring 08:11 – Lionel Hitchman (1) No scoring 06:51 – Bill Carson (1)11:30 – Marty Barry (3)17:39 – Dit Clapper (4) Dunc Munro (2) – 19:08 Tiny Thompson Flat Walsh Boston won series 3–1 (C2) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A3) New York Rangers New York Rangers Montreal Canadiens Madison Square Garden III Montreal Forum March 28 1–2 4 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-mtl/1930/03/28/1929030141#game=1929030141,game_state=final Murray Murdoch (3) – 15:34 No scoring No scoring 16:44 – Armand Mondou (1) No scoring No scoring No scoring 08:52 – Gus Rivers (1) John Ross Roach George Hainsworth March 30 2–0 2 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-nyr/1930/03/30/1929030142#game=1929030142,game_state=final No scoring Nick Wasnie (1) – 14:56Pit Lepine (1) – 15:56 No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring John Ross Roach George Hainsworth Montreal won series 2–0 Stanley Cup Finals 1930 Stanley Cup Finals After defeating the Montreal Maroons and after having not lost consecutive games all season, the Boston Bruins were swept by the Montreal Canadiens two games to none in a best-of-three series. The first game saw Boston play way below its usual form. The Canadiens then won the Stanley Cup with a 4–3 victory in game two. The Canadiens went 5–0–1 in the playoffs, making them one of the few Stanley Cup-winning teams in history to not lose a game in the playoffs. Montreal Canadiens Boston Bruins Montreal Forum Boston Madison Square Garden April 1 3–0 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-bos/1930/04/01/1929030211#game=1929030211,game_state=final No scoring No scoring Albert Leduc (1) – 08:43Sylvio Mantha (1) – 13:17 No scoring Pit Lepine (2) – 06:27 No scoring George Hainsworth Tiny Thompson April 3 3–4 2 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1930/04/03/1929030212#game=1929030212,game_state=final 09:10 – Bert McCaffrey (1)17:36 – Nick Wasnie (2) No scoring 01:33 – Sylvio Mantha (2)15:43 – Howie Morenz (3) Eddie Shore (1) – 10:42 No scoring Percy Galbraith (1) – 08:47Dit Clapper (4) – 10:59 George Hainsworth Tiny Thompson Montreal won series 2–0 Awards Nels Stewart won the Hart Trophy for the second time. Frank Boucher won the Lady Byng for the third consecutive year. Tiny Thompson won the Vezina for the first time. Thompson would go on to win the trophy four times. 1929–30 NHL awardsO'Brien Cup:(Canadian Division champion) Montreal MaroonsPrince of Wales Trophy:(American Division champion) Boston BruinsHart Trophy:(Most valuable player) Nels Stewart, Montreal MaroonsLady Byng Trophy:(Excellence and sportsmanship) Frank Boucher, New York RangersVezina Trophy:(Fewest goals allowed) Tiny Thompson, Boston Bruins Player statistics Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes PLAYER TEAM GP G A PTS PIM Cooney Weiland Boston Bruins 44 43 30 73 27 Frank Boucher New York Rangers 42 26 36 62 16 Dit Clapper Boston Bruins 44 41 20 61 48 Bill Cook New York Rangers 44 29 30 59 56 Hec Kilrea Ottawa Senators 44 36 22 58 70 Nels Stewart Montreal Maroons 44 39 16 55 81 Howie Morenz Montreal Canadiens 44 40 10 50 72 Norman Himes New York Americans 44 28 22 50 15 Joe Lamb Ottawa Senators 44 29 20 49 119 Dutch Gainor Boston Bruins 42 18 31 49 39 Source: NHL.Dinger 2011 146 Leading goaltenders Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average Player Team GP W L T Mins GA SO GAA Tiny Thompson Boston Bruins 44 38 5 1 2680 98 3 2.19 Flat Walsh Montreal Maroons 30 16 10 4 1897 74 2 2.34 George Hainsworth Montreal Canadiens 42 20 13 9 2680 108 4 2.42 Charlie Gardiner Chicago Black Hawks 44 21 16 9 2750 111 3 2.42 Alex Connell Ottawa Senators 44 21 15 8 2780 118 3 2.55 Source: NHL.http://www.nhl.com/ice/historicalstats.htm?fetchKey=19302ALLGAHSALL&sort=goalsAgainstAverage&viewName=statsLeadersSingleSeasonGoalies 1929–1930 – Regular Season – Goaltender – Goalie Season Stats Leaders – Goals Against Average nhl.com June 21, 2012July 2026 medicmedic Coaches American Division Boston Bruins: Art Ross Chicago Black Hawks: Tom Shaughnessy and Bill Tobin Detroit Cougars: Jack Adams New York Rangers: Lester Patrick Pittsburgh Pirates:Frank Frederickson Canadian Division Montreal Canadiens: Cecil Hart Montreal Maroons: Dunc Munro New York Americans: Lionel Conacher Ottawa Senators: Newsy Lalonde Toronto Maple Leafs: Conn Smythe Debuts The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1929–30 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs): Tom Cook, Chicago Black Hawks Ebbie Goodfellow, Detroit Cougars Syd Howe, Ottawa Senators Busher Jackson, Toronto Maple Leafs Charlie Conacher, Toronto Maple Leafs Last games The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1929–30 (listed with their last team): Mickey MacKay, Boston Bruins Jimmy Herbert, Detroit Cougars Clint Benedict, Montreal Maroons Frank Nighbor, Toronto Maple Leafs See also 1929–30 NHL transactions List of Stanley Cup champions 1929 in sports 1930 in sports References Sources Total Hockey Diamond, Dan Total Sports 2000 1-892129-85-X Dinger Ralph 2011 The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012 Dan Diamond & Associates 978-1-894801-22-5 registration https://archive.org/details/nationalhockeyle0000unse_u6g5 Duplacey James Diamond Dan The annotated rules of hockey 1996 Lyons & Burford 1-55821-466-6 registration https://archive.org/details/annotatedrulesof00dupl Dryden Steve Century of hockey McClelland & Stewart Ltd. Toronto, ON 2000 0-7710-4179-9 Fischler Stan Fischler Shirley Hughes Morgan Romain Joseph Duplacey James 2003 The Hockey Chronicle: Year-by-Year History of the National Hockey League Publications International Inc. 0-7853-9624-1 Fischler 2003 McFarlane Brian The Story of the National Hockey League Pagurian Press New York 1973 0-684-13424-1 registration https://archive.org/details/storyofnationalh0000mcfa Ross J. Andrew 2015 Joining the Clubs: The Business of the National Hockey League to 1945 Syracuse University Press 9780815633839 External links Hockey Database 1929 Category:1929–30 in Canadian ice hockey by league Category:1929–30 in American ice hockey by league