1914–15 Montreal Canadiens season

IcehockeyTeamSeason
Season=1914–1915
League=NHA
LeagueRank=6th
Record=6–14–0
Coach=George Kennedy
Captain=Newsy Lalonde
GeneralManager=Jack Laviolette
Arena=Jubilee Rink
GAALeader=Georges Vezina (4.1)
GoalsLeader=Didier Pitre (30)
GoalsFor=65
GoalsAgainst=81
Team=Montreal Canadiens

The 1914–1915 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's sixth season and sixth of the National Hockey Association (NHA). After finishing first in 1913–14, the club posted a 6–14 record and fell to last place in the league.

Regular season

Five new players joined the Canadiens in 1914-15: Albert Corbeau, Jack Fournier, Nick Bawlf, Ed Lowrey and Marcel Beliveau. Didier Pitre returns to the Canadiens from Vancouver after a cash deal with the Millionaires. Newsy Lalonde holds out in a contract dispute, prompting the team to penalize him $100 per week. After Lalonde returns in January, he plays poorly and is suspended by the team again. He only plays seven games of the season.

On January 13 in a game versus Quebec, Georges Vezina is penalized and tossed from the game for hitting Joe Hall. With the Bulldogs behind 2-1, Jack Laviolette takes over in goal, and Quebec ties the game. As was then permitted, Vezina returns in extra play, only to surrender the third Quebec goal in a game that went on record as the longest overtime to that point, taking fifty minutes and 28 seconds to settle the contest.

Results

Playoffs

The team did not qualify for the playoffs.

Player stats

Awards and records

Transactions

*In November, Didier Pitre returned to Montreal from the Vancouver Millionaires for cash.
*In February, Donald Smith is traded to the Wanderers for cash.

Roster

* Georges Vezina (goaltender)
* Marcel Beliveau, Nick Bawlf, Louis Berlinquette, Bert Corbeau, Ernie Dubeau, Jack Fournier, Alphonse Jette, Gagné, Jimmy Gardner, Bert Hunt, Newsy Lalonde, Jack Laviolette, Ed Lowrey, Didier Pitre, Harry Scott, Donald Smith

Source:
* Coleman (1966), pp. 274–275.
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References

*cite book |title=The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1 1893–1926 inc. |last=Coleman |first=Charles L. |year=1966 |publisher=National Hockey League |pages=pp. 267–275
*cite book |title=The Habs |last=McFarlane |first=Brian |year=1996 |publisher=Stoddart Publishing |location=Toronto |isbn=077372981X
*cite book|title=Les Canadiens: the story of the Montreal Canadiens |last=O'Brien |first=Andy |year=1971 |publisher=McGrawHill-Ryerson |isbn=0070929509 |location=Toronto, New York

ee also

* 1914–15 NHA season