1937–38 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1937–38 1937 Canadian 3rd 18–17–13 13–5–6 5–12–7 123 128 Cecil Hart Cecil Hart Babe Siebert Montreal Forum Georges Mantha (23) Paul Haynes (22) Georges Mantha (42) Babe Siebert (56) Wilf Cude (18) Wilf Cude (2.53) 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. 2 Regular season 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.Coleman, pg. 314 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 MTL Record vs. opponents MTL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1937–38 regular season1937-38 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1938_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||T||November 9, 1937||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) ||0–0–1 |- |2||L||November 11, 1937||0–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) ||0–1–1 |- |3||W||November 13, 1937||5–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) ||1–1–1 |- |4||L||November 14, 1937||1–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) ||1–2–1 |- |5||T||November 18, 1937||6–6 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) ||1–2–2 |- |6||T||November 23, 1937||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) ||1–2–3 |- |7||W||November 27, 1937||2–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1937–38) ||2–2–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |8||W||December 2, 1937||2–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1937–38) ||3–2–3 |- |9||T||December 4, 1937||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) ||3–2–4 |- |10||W||December 5, 1937||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) ||4–2–4 |- |11||W||December 7, 1937||5–1 || align="left"| Montreal Maroons (1937–38) ||5–2–4 |- |12||W||December 11, 1937||4–3 OT|| align="left"| New York Americans (1937–38) ||6–2–4 |- |13||T||December 12, 1937||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Americans (1937–38) ||6–2–5 |- |14||L||December 14, 1937||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) ||6–3–5 |- |15||L||December 16, 1937||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) ||6–4–5 |- |16||T||December 19, 1937||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1937–38) ||6–4–6 |- |17||W||December 28, 1937||2–0 || align="left"| Montreal Maroons (1937–38) ||7–4–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |18||L||January 1, 1938||4–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) ||7–5–6 |- |19||W||January 2, 1938||4–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) ||8–5–6 |- |20||L||January 4, 1938||0–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) ||8–6–6 |- |21||W||January 8, 1938||6–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1937–38) ||9–6–6 |- |22||L||January 11, 1938||7–11 || align="left"| @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) ||9–7–6 |- |23||T||January 13, 1938||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) ||9–7–7 |- |24||L||January 16, 1938||0–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) ||9–8–7 |- |25||L||January 18, 1938||1–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1937–38) ||9–9–7 |- |26||L||January 20, 1938||2–4 || align="left"| Montreal Maroons (1937–38) ||9–10–7 |- |27||W||January 22, 1938||4–0 || align="left"| New York Americans (1937–38) ||10–10–7 |- |28||W||January 27, 1938||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1937–38) ||11–10–7 |- |29||W||January 30, 1938||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1937–38) ||12–10–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |30||W||February 1, 1938||6–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) ||13–10–7 |- |31||L||February 3, 1938||0–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) ||13–11–7 |- |32||T||February 5, 1938||3–3 OT|| align="left"| New York Americans (1937–38) ||13–11–8 |- |33||L||February 6, 1938||0–8 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) ||13–12–8 |- |34||W||February 10, 1938||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) ||14–12–8 |- |35||L||February 13, 1938||0–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) ||14–13–8 |- |36||L||February 15, 1938||0–4 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1937–38) ||14–14–8 |- |37||W||February 19, 1938||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Montreal Maroons (1937–38) ||15–14–8 |- |38||W||February 22, 1938||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1937–38) ||16–14–8 |- |39||T||February 24, 1938||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (1937–38) ||16–14–9 |- |40||T||February 27, 1938||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) ||16–14–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |41||L||March 1, 1938||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1937–38) ||16–15–10 |- |42||T||March 3, 1938||1–1 OT|| align="left"| New York Americans (1937–38) ||16–15–11 |- |43||L||March 6, 1938||3–6 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) ||16–16–11 |- |44||L||March 10, 1938||1–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) ||16–17–11 |- |45||T||March 12, 1938||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) ||16–17–12 |- |46||W||March 15, 1938||3–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) ||17–17–12 |- |47||W||March 17, 1938||6–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) ||18–17–12 |- |48||T||March 19, 1938||1–1 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (1937–38) ||18–17–13 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs 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 Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Georges Mantha D/LW 47 23 19 42 12 Paul Haynes Paul Haynes (ice hockey) 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 George Brown (ice hockey) C 34 1 7 8 14 Armand Mondou LW 7 2 4 6 0 Marty Burke D 38 0 5 5 31 Gus Mancuso Gus Mancuso (ice hockey) 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 Paul Gauthier (ice hockey) G 1 0 0 0 0 Bill MacKenzie D 11 0 0 0 4 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Wilf Cude 2990 47 18 17 12 126 2.53 3 Paul Gauthier Paul Gauthier (ice hockey) 70 1 0 0 1 2 1.71 0 Team: 3060 48 18 17 13 128 2.51 3 Playoffs Scoring 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 Paul Haynes (ice hockey) 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 George Brown (ice hockey) 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 Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Wilf Cude 192 3 1 2 11 3.44 0 Team: 192 3 1 2 11 3.44 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-05 1937-38 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1938.html European tour 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 Toe Blake – NHL Second All-Star team Babe Siebert – NHL First All-Star team See also 1937–38 NHL season Notes References The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc. Coleman Charles L. 1969 National Hockey League 314–334 The Montreal Canadiens: 100 years of glory Jenish D'Arcy 2008 Doubleday Canada 978-0-385-66324-3 The Montreal Canadiens Mouton Claude Key Porter Books 1987 1-55013-051-X Toronto, Ontario Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens Category:1930s in Montreal