1920–21 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 NHL 1920–21 1920 Montreal Canadiens 3rd (1st half), 2nd (2nd half) 4–6–0 (1st half), 9–5–0 (2nd half) 9–3–0 4–8–0 112 99 George Kennedy Newsy Lalonde Newsy Lalonde Mount Royal Arena Newsy Lalonde (33) Newsy Lalonde (10) Newsy Lalonde (43) Bert Corbeau (84) Georges Vezina (13) Georges Vezina (4.12) The 1920–21 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 12th season and fourth as a member of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canadiens, for the second season in a row, did not qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 1911–12 season and the 1912–13 season, finishing third in the first half and second in the second half of the season. 2 The team saw some turnover from the previous season's team. Harry Cameron, Billy Coutu, Jack Coughlin, Howard McNamara and Don Smith were gone. In their place was Billy Bell, Dave Campbell, Jack McDonald, Harry Mummery, Dave Ritchie and Cully Wilson. Coutu was traded to the new Hamilton Tigers for Mummery. Cameron returned to Toronto and picked up Wilson. McDonald and Ritchie were picked up as free agents while Campbell was a new professional from the Laval University ranks and would only play in three games. Regular season Georges Vezina came third in the league in goals against average of 4.1 per game. Newsy Lalonde led the Canadiens in offence, scoring 32 goals and 10 assists to win the league scoring championship. Final standings MTL Record vs. opponents MTL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1920–21 regular season1920-21 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1921_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 8, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; First half Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||December 22, 1920||0–5 || align="left"| @ Hamilton Tigers (1920–21) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||December 25, 1920||4–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto St. Patricks (1920–21) ||0–2–0 |- |3||L||December 29, 1920||2–6 || align="left"| Hamilton Tigers (1920–21) ||0–3–0 |- |4||L||January 3, 1921||2–8 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1920–21) ||0–4–0 |- |5||W||January 8, 1921||5–4 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1920–21) ||1–4–0 |- |6||L||January 12, 1921||0–2 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1920–21) ||1–5–0 |- |7||W||January 15, 1921||6–4 || align="left"| Hamilton Tigers (1920–21) ||2–5–0 |- |8||W||January 17, 1921||9–5 || align="left"| Toronto St. Patricks (1920–21) ||3–5–0 |- |9||L||January 19, 1921||2–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto St. Patricks (1920–21) ||3–6–0 |- |10||W||January 22, 1921||7–5 || align="left"| @ Hamilton Tigers (1920–21) ||4–6–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; Second half Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |11||W||January 26, 1921||5–3 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1920–21) ||1–0–0 |- |12||W||January 29, 1921||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto St. Patricks (1920–21) ||2–0–0 |- |13||L||February 2, 1921||5–6 || align="left"| @ Hamilton Tigers (1920–21) ||2–1–0 |- |14||L||February 5, 1921||6–10 || align="left"| @ Toronto St. Patricks (1920–21) ||2–2–0 |- |15||L||February 9, 1921||3–5 || align="left"| Toronto St. Patricks (1920–21) ||2–3–0 |- |16||W||February 12, 1921||3–1 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1920–21) ||3–3–0 |- |17||W||February 16, 1921||10–5 || align="left"| Hamilton Tigers (1920–21) ||4–3–0 |- |18||W||February 19, 1921||8–1 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1920–21) ||5–3–0 |- |19||W||February 23, 1921||3–1 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1920–21) ||6–3–0 |- |20||W||February 26, 1921||13–6 || align="left"| Hamilton Tigers (1920–21) ||7–3–0 |- |21||W||February 28, 1921||4–0 || align="left"| Toronto St. Patricks (1920–21) ||8–3–0 |- |22||W||March 2, 1921||7–1 || align="left"| @ Hamilton Tigers (1920–21) ||9–3–0 |- |23||L||March 5, 1921||0–1 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1920–21) ||9–4–0 |- |24||L||March 7, 1921||4–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto St. Patricks (1920–21) ||9–5–0 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season stats Scoring Player # Pos GP G A Pts PIM Newsy Lalonde 4C 24 33 10 43 36 Didier Pitre 5RW/D 23 16 5 21 25 Harry Mummery 2D 24 15 5 20 69 Louis Berlinguette 6LW 24 11 9 20 28 Amos Arbour 7LW 23 15 3 18 40 Bert Corbeau 3D 24 11 2 13 86 Odie Cleghorn 8RW/C 21 6 6 12 8 Cully Wilson† 11RW 11 6 1 7 29 Jack McDonald Jack Patrick McDonald‡ 10LW 6 0 1 1 0 Billy Bell Billy Bell (ice hockey) 9C/RW 4 0 0 0 2 Dave Campbell Dave Campbell (ice hockey) 10D 2 0 0 0 0 Dave Ritchie Dave Ritchie (ice hockey) 9D 6 0 0 0 2 Georges Vezina 1G 24 0 0 0 0Goaltending PlayerMIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Georges Vezina 1441 24 13 11 0 99 4.12 1 Team: 1441 24 13 11 0 99 4.12 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-19 1920-21 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1921.html Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes         MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;          † = spent time with another team before joining Canadiens, stats reflect time with the Canadiens only;         ‡ = loaned to another team, stats reflect time with the Canadiens only; Transactions traded Harry Cameron to Toronto St. Pats for cash, November 27, 1920 acquired Jack McDonald, Harry Mummery and Dave Ritchie from Hamilton Tigers for Jack Coughlin and the loan of Billy Coutu, November 29, 1920 Cully Wilson loaned for season from Toronto St. Pats, January 21, 1921 returned Cully Wilson to Toronto St. Pats, February 11, 1921 loaned Jack McDonald to Toronto St. Pats for the rest of the season, February 11, 1921 signed Dave Campbell as a free agent, February 26, 1921 See also 1920–21 NHL season References The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1 1893–1926 inc. 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