1912–13 Montreal Canadiens season

NHA hockey team season
1912–13 Montreal Canadiens
League3rd NHA
1912–13 record9–11–0
Home record4–6–0
Road record5–5–0
Goals for83
Goals against81
Team information
General managerGeorge Kennedy
CoachNapoleon Dorval
CaptainNewsy Lalonde
ArenaMontreal Arena
Team leaders
GoalsNewsy Lalonde (25)
Goals against averageGeorges Vezina (4.1)

The 1912–13 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's fourth season and fourth of the National Hockey Association (NHA). The club would post a 9–11 record and tie for third place.

Regular season

Newsy Lalonde returned to Montreal after being acquired from Vancouver of the Pacific Coast League (PCHA). Don Smith was acquired from Victoria of the PCHA. Didier Pitre signed with Quebec but the league intervened and he returned to the Canadiens.

An exhibition game was played with the Wanderers in Toronto at the new Arena Gardens on December 22. Newsy Lalonde would trip Odie Cleghorn and his brother Sprague Cleghorn then skated over and hit Lalonde on the face, opening a 12 stitch cut. Cleghorn would be charged in Toronto court and fined $50 and suspended by the league.[1]

The Canadiens would open the season with a three-game winning streak. At the halfway point, the club's record was 7–3 to lead the league, but Quebec came on strong with an eleven-game win streak to win the league championship and Montreal finished third behind Quebec and the Wanderers.

The Montreal Canadiens pose for a team photo, 1912–13

Final standings

National Hockey Association
GP W L T GF GA
Quebec Bulldogs 20 16 4 0 112 75
Montreal Wanderers 20 10 10 0 93 90
Toronto Hockey Club 20 9 11 0 86 95
Montreal Canadiens 20 9 11 0 83 81
Ottawa Senators 20 9 11 0 87 81
Toronto Tecumsehs 20 7 13 0 59 98

[2]

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against


Schedule and results

Game Day Visitor Score Home Score Record
December
1 25 Canadiens 9 Toronto 5 1–0
2 28 Toronto 5 Canadiens 8 2–0
January
3 1 Canadiens 4 Tecumsehs 3 3–0
4 4 Ottawa 7 Canadiens 3 3–1
5 8 Canadiens 4 Wanderers 3 4–1
6 11 Canadiens 3 Quebec 4 4–2
7 15 Quebec 4 Canadiens 5 5–2
8 18 Canadiens 6 Ottawa 0 6–2
9 22 Wanderers 4 Canadiens 3 6–3
10 25 Tecumsehs 4 Canadiens 5 (17' ot) 7–3
February
11 1‡ Canadiens 1 Ottawa 2 7–4
12 5‡ Tecumsehs 5 Canadiens 4 7–5
13 8‡ Canadiens 3 Toronto 5 7–6
14 12 Wanderers 4 Canadiens 6 8–6
15 15 Ottawa 3 Canadiens 2 8–7
16 19 Canadiens 2 Quebec 4 8–8
17 22 Quebec 7 Canadiens 6 8–9
18 26 Canadiens 4 Wanderers 5 8–10
March
19 1 Canadiens 3 Tecumsehs 1 8–11
20 5 Toronto 6 Canadiens 2 9–11

‡ Played with rover (7 man hockey)

Playoffs

The team did not qualify for the playoffs.

Awards and records

Milestones

  • January 18, 1913 – Georges Vezina posted the club's first shutout.[3]

References

  • Coleman, Charles L. (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.1 1893–1926 inc. National Hockey League.
  • McFarlane, Brian (1996). The Habs. Toronto: Stoddart Publishing. ISBN 0-7737-2981-X.
  • O'Brien, Andy (1971). Les Canadiens: the story of the Montreal Canadiens. Toronto, New York: McGraw Hill Ryerson. ISBN 0-07-092950-5.
Notes
  1. ^ Coleman(1966), pp. 236–237
  2. ^ Standings: Coleman, Charles (1966). Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1, 1893-1926 inc. National Hockey League. p. 239.
  3. ^ The Hockey News (A Century of Montreal Canadiens): 20. 2009.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

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