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
League	3rd NHL
1921–22 record	12–11–1
Goals for	112
Goals against	99
Team information
General manager	Leo Dandurand
Coach	Leo Dandurand
Captain	Sprague Cleghorn
Arena	Mount Royal Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Odie Cleghorn (21)
Assists	Sprague Cleghorn (7) Bert Corbeau (7)
Points	Odie Cleghorn (24) Sprague Cleghorn (24)
Penalty minutes	Sprague Cleghorn (63)
Wins	Georges Vezina (12)
Goals against average	Georges 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 Senators	24	14	8	2	30	106	84
Toronto St. Patricks	24	13	10	1	27	98	97
Montreal Canadiens	24	12	11	1	25	88	94
Hamilton Tigers	24	7	17	0	14	88	105

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	MTL	OTT	TOR
Hamilton	—	1–7	3–5	3–5
Montreal	7–1	—	1–6–1	4–4
Ottawa	5–3	6–1–1	—	3–4–1
Toronto	5–3	4–4	4–3–1	—

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	December 17, 1921	2–5	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1921–22)	0–1–0
2	W	December 21, 1921	3–1	Hamilton Tigers (1921–22)	1–1–0
3	L	December 24, 1921	0–10	@ Ottawa Senators (1921–22)	1–2–0
4	L	December 28, 1921	1–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (1921–22)	1–3–0
5	W	December 31, 1921	5–3	Toronto St. Patricks (1921–22)	2–3–0
6	L	January 4, 1922	3–4	@ Hamilton Tigers (1921–22)	2–4–0
7	L	January 7, 1922	2–4	Ottawa Senators (1921–22)	2–5–0
8	W	January 11, 1922	3–2	@ Hamilton Tigers (1921–22)	3–5–0
9	W	January 14, 1922	10–6	Hamilton Tigers (1921–22)	4–5–0
10	L	January 18, 1922	6–10	@ Ottawa Senators (1921–22)	4–6–0
11	L	January 21, 1922	3–5	Toronto St. Patricks (1921–22)	4–7–0
12	L	January 25, 1922	1–3	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1921–22)	4–8–0
13	W	January 28, 1922	3–2	Hamilton Tigers (1921–22)	5–8–0
14	L	February 1, 1922	2–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1921–22)	5–9–0
15	L	February 4, 1922	1–3	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1921–22)	5–10–0
16	W	February 8, 1922	6–4	Toronto St. Patricks (1921–22)	6–10–0
17	W	February 11, 1922	3–1	@ Hamilton Tigers (1921–22)	7–10–0
18	T	February 15, 1922	6–6 OT	Ottawa Senators (1921–22)	7–10–1
19	W	February 18, 1922	6–4	Toronto St. Patricks (1921–22)	8–10–1
20	L	February 22, 1922	3–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1921–22)	8–11–1
21	W	February 25, 1922	6–1	Hamilton Tigers (1921–22)	9–11–1
22	W	March 1, 1922	3–2	@ Hamilton Tigers (1921–22)	10–11–1
23	W	March 4, 1922	2–1	Ottawa Senators (1921–22)	11–11–1
24	W	March 8, 1922	8–7	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1921–22)	12–11–1

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Sprague Cleghorn D 24 17 9 26 80 Odie Cleghorn RW/C 24 21 3 24 26 Billy Boucher RW 24 17 5 22 18 Louis Berlinquette LW 24 13 5 18 10 Newsy Lalonde C 20 9 5 14 20 Bert Corbeau D 22 3 7 10 26 Billy Coutu D 24 4 3 7 8 Didier Pitre RW/D 23 2 4 6 12 Edmond Bouchard LW/D 18 1 5 6 4 Billy Bell C/RW 6 1 0 1 0 Jack McDonald LW 3 0 0 0 0 Phil Stevens C/D 4 0 0 0 0 Clement Piché ? 0 0 0 0 0 Georges Vezina G 24 0 0 0 2
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Georges Vezina 1469 24 12 11 1 94 3.84 0 Sprague Cleghorn 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 Team: 1471 24 12 11 1 94 3.83 0

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;

Clement Piché had signed a contract with the Canadiens on December 6, 1921. Later that month, on December 21, he was slated to play versus the Hamilton Tigers. He did noy play due to the flu, yet he had been erroneously been credited with playing one shift in that game.

"A daily newspaper from yesterday announced that Piché had been sent on the ice in the game of two nights ago. That was an error, as Piché suffers from the flu and will not even be able to play Saturday night in Ottawa [the article was published on Friday]. The doctor recommended that he not go out this week and he will not be able to resume training before Sunday."

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.

See also

• 1921–22 NHL season

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.