1921–22 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1921–22 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 13th season and fifth as a member of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canadiens, for the third season in a row, did not qualify for the playoffs, finishing third.

1921–22 Montreal Canadiens
League3rd NHL
1921–22 record12–11–1
Goals for112
Goals against99
Team information
General managerLeo Dandurand
CoachLeo Dandurand
CaptainSprague Cleghorn
ArenaMount Royal Arena
Team leaders
GoalsOdie Cleghorn (21)
AssistsSprague Cleghorn (7)
Bert Corbeau (7)
PointsOdie Cleghorn (24)
Sprague Cleghorn (24)
Penalty minutesSprague Cleghorn (63)
WinsGeorges Vezina (12)
Goals against averageGeorges Vezina (3.9)

Billy Coutu returned to the Canadiens. Other additions included Odie Cleghorn's brother Sprague Cleghorn, Bill Boucher, Edmond Bouchard and Phil Stevens. Dave Ritchie retired and Cully Wilson joined the Hamilton Tigers.

Prior to the start of this season, the NHL's first multiple-player trade in its history was made when Billy Coutu and Sprague Cleghorn of the Hamilton Tigers were traded to the Montreal Canadiens for Harry Mummery, Amos Arbour and Cully Wilson.

Canadiens owner George Kennedy never recovered from the influenza he contracted in 1919, and died on October 19, 1921, at age 39. His widow sold the Canadiens to a unit that would be known affectionately as the Three Musketeers of owners, Leo Dandurand, Louis Letourneau, and Joseph Cattarinich. Dandurand became manager and coach, and immediately there were problems between him and Newsy Lalonde. At one point, Dandurand accused Lalonde of not trying, and also the fans started to boo their old hero. Finally, Lalonde walked out on the team. NHL president Frank Calder mediated the dispute and Lalonde returned to the team. But his days in Montreal were numbered.

Regular season

Georges Vezina came third in the league in goals against average of 3.9 per game. Odie Cleghorn led the Canadiens in offence, scoring 21 goals and 3 assists.

Final standings
National Hockey League
GP W L T Pts GF GA
Ottawa Senators2414823010684
Toronto St. Patricks2413101279897
Montreal Canadiens2412111258894
Hamilton Tigers2471701488105

[1] Note: 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.

Record vs. opponents
1921-22 NHL Records
Team HAM MON OTT TOR
Hamilton —1–73–53–5
Montreal 7–1—1–6–14–4
Ottawa 5–36–1–1—3–4–1
Toronto 5–34–44–3–1—

Schedule and results
Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LDecember 17, 19212–5@ Toronto St. Patricks (1921–22)0–1–0
2WDecember 21, 19213–1Hamilton Tigers (1921–22)1–1–0
3LDecember 24, 19210–10@ Ottawa Senators (1921–22)1–2–0
4LDecember 28, 19211–2 OTOttawa Senators (1921–22)1–3–0
5WDecember 31, 19215–3Toronto St. Patricks (1921–22)2–3–0
6LJanuary 4, 19223–4@ Hamilton Tigers (1921–22)2–4–0
7LJanuary 7, 19222–4Ottawa Senators (1921–22)2–5–0
8WJanuary 11, 19223–2@ Hamilton Tigers (1921–22)3–5–0
9WJanuary 14, 192210–6Hamilton Tigers (1921–22)4–5–0
10LJanuary 18, 19226–10@ Ottawa Senators (1921–22)4–6–0
11LJanuary 21, 19223–5Toronto St. Patricks (1921–22)4–7–0
12LJanuary 25, 19221–3@ Toronto St. Patricks (1921–22)4–8–0
13WJanuary 28, 19223–2Hamilton Tigers (1921–22)5–8–0
14LFebruary 1, 19222–4@ Ottawa Senators (1921–22)5–9–0
15LFebruary 4, 19221–3@ Toronto St. Patricks (1921–22)5–10–0
16WFebruary 8, 19226–4Toronto St. Patricks (1921–22)6–10–0
17WFebruary 11, 19223–1@ Hamilton Tigers (1921–22)7–10–0
18TFebruary 15, 19226–6 OTOttawa Senators (1921–22)7–10–1
19WFebruary 18, 19226–4Toronto St. Patricks (1921–22)8–10–1
20LFebruary 22, 19223–4@ Ottawa Senators (1921–22)8–11–1
21WFebruary 25, 19226–1Hamilton Tigers (1921–22)9–11–1
22WMarch 1, 19223–2@ Hamilton Tigers (1921–22)10–11–1
23WMarch 4, 19222–1Ottawa Senators (1921–22)11–11–1
24WMarch 8, 19228–7@ Toronto St. Patricks (1921–22)12–11–1

Player statistics
Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Sprague CleghornD241792680
Odie CleghornRW/C242132426
Billy BoucherRW241752218
Louis BerlinquetteLW241351810
Newsy LalondeC20951420
Bert CorbeauD22371026
Billy CoutuD244378
Didier PitreRW/D2324612
Edmond BouchardLW/D181564
Billy BellC/RW61010
Jack McDonaldLW30000
Phil StevensC/D40000
Clement Piché?10000
Georges VezinaG240002
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Georges Vezina14692412111943.840
Sprague Cleghorn2100000.000
Team:14712412111943.830

[2]

Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Playoffs

They didn't qualify for the playoffs

Transactions

Trades
Date From Canadiens To Canadiens
November 15, 1921 To Hamilton Tigers
 Billy Coutu(return from loan)
November 26, 1921 To Hamilton Tigers
Amos Arbour,
Harry Mummery		 Sprague Cleghorn
January 6, 1922 To Ottawa Senators
Billy Bell		 (loan for season as compensation ordered by NHL for Cleghorn)

Source: "Hockey Transactions Search Results". prosportstransactions.com. Retrieved 2009-05-19.

Roster

Source: Mouton, p. 154

See also

References
  • Coleman, Charles L. (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1 1893–1926 inc. National Hockey League.
  • Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Key Porter Books.
  • "1921–22 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  1. 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.
  2. "1921-22 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
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