1912–13 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Awards and records

References

Final standings

Milestones

NHA hockey team season

1912–13 Montreal Canadiens
League	3rd NHA
1912–13 record	9–11–0
Home record	4–6–0
Road record	5–5–0
Goals for	83
Goals against	81
Team information
General manager	George Kennedy
Coach	Napoleon Dorval
Captain	Newsy Lalonde
Arena	Montreal Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Newsy Lalonde (25)
Goals against average	Georges Vezina (4.1)
← 1911–12 1913–14 →

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.

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

^[2]

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

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)

The team did not qualify for the playoffs.

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

Quebec Bulldogs

Montreal Wanderers

Toronto Hockey Club

Montreal Canadiens

Ottawa Senators

Toronto Tecumsehs

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

^ Coleman(1966), pp. 236–237
^ Standings: Coleman, Charles (1966). Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1, 1893-1926 inc. National Hockey League. p. 239.
^ The Hockey News (A Century of Montreal Canadiens): 20. 2009.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

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