1920–21 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1920–21 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 12th season and fourth as a member of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canadiens, for the second season in a row, did not qualify for the playoffs, finishing third in the first half and second in the second half of the season.

The team saw some turnover from the previous season's team. Harry Cameron, Billy Coutu, Jack Coughlin, Howard McNamara and Don Smith were gone. In their place was Billy Bell, Dave Campbell, Jack McDonald, Harry Mummery, Dave Ritchie and Cully Wilson. Coutu was traded to the new Hamilton Tigers for Mummery. Cameron returned to Toronto and picked up Wilson. McDonald and Ritchie were picked up as free agents while Campbell was a new professional from the Laval University ranks and would only play in three games.

Regular season

Georges Vezina came third in the league in goals against average of 4.1 per game. Newsy Lalonde led the Canadiens in offence, scoring 32 goals and 10 assists to win the league scoring championship.

Final standings

First Half
	GP	W	L	Pts	GF	GA
Ottawa Senators	10	8	2	16	49	23
Toronto St. Patricks	10	5	5	10	39	47
Montreal Canadiens	10	4	6	8	37	51
Hamilton Tigers	10	3	7	6	34	38

Second Half
	GP	W	L	Pts	GF	GA
Toronto St. Patricks	14	10	4	20	66	53
Montreal Canadiens	14	9	5	18	75	48
Ottawa Senators	14	6	8	12	48	52
Hamilton Tigers	14	3	11	6	58	94

^[1] Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Note: Teams that qualified for playoffs highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	December 22, 1920	0–5	@ Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	0–1–0
2	L	December 25, 1920	4–5	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1920–21)	0–2–0
3	L	December 29, 1920	2–6	Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	0–3–0
4	L	January 3, 1921	2–8	@ Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	0–4–0
5	W	January 8, 1921	5–4	Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	1–4–0
6	L	January 12, 1921	0–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	1–5–0
7	W	January 15, 1921	6–4	Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	2–5–0
8	W	January 17, 1921	9–5	Toronto St. Patricks (1920–21)	3–5–0
9	L	January 19, 1921	2–7	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1920–21)	3–6–0
10	W	January 22, 1921	7–5	@ Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	4–6–0
Second half
11	W	January 26, 1921	5–3	Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	1–0–0
12	W	January 29, 1921	4–2	Toronto St. Patricks (1920–21)	2–0–0
13	L	February 2, 1921	5–6	@ Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	2–1–0
14	L	February 5, 1921	6–10	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1920–21)	2–2–0
15	L	February 9, 1921	3–5	Toronto St. Patricks (1920–21)	2–3–0
16	W	February 12, 1921	3–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	3–3–0
17	W	February 16, 1921	10–5	Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	4–3–0
18	W	February 19, 1921	8–1	Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	5–3–0
19	W	February 23, 1921	3–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	6–3–0
20	W	February 26, 1921	13–6	Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	7–3–0
21	W	February 28, 1921	4–0	Toronto St. Patricks (1920–21)	8–3–0
22	W	March 2, 1921	7–1	@ Hamilton Tigers (1920–21)	9–3–0
23	L	March 5, 1921	0–1	Ottawa Senators (1920–21)	9–4–0
24	L	March 7, 1921	4–6	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1920–21)	9–5–0

Player statistics

Regular season stats

Scoring

Player	#	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Lalonde, NewsyNewsy Lalonde	4	C	24	33	10	43	36
Pitre, DidierDidier Pitre	5	RW/D	23	16	5	21	25
Mummery, HarryHarry Mummery	2	D	24	15	5	20	69
Berlinguette, LouisLouis Berlinguette	6	LW	24	11	9	20	28
Arbour, AmosAmos Arbour	7	LW	23	15	3	18	40
Corbeau, BertBert Corbeau	3	D	24	11	2	13	86
Cleghorn, OdieOdie Cleghorn	8	RW/C	21	6	6	12	8
Wilson, CullyCully Wilson†	11	RW	11	6	1	7	29
McDonald, JackJack McDonald‡	10	LW	6	0	1	1	0
Bell, BillyBilly Bell	9	C/RW	4	0	0	0	2
Campbell, DaveDave Campbell	10	D	2	0	0	0	0
Ritchie, DaveDave Ritchie	9	D	6	0	0	0	2
Vezina, GeorgesGeorges Vezina	1	G	24	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Vezina, GeorgesGeorges Vezina	1441	24	13	11	0	99	4.12	1
Team:	1441	24	13	11	0	99	4.12	1

^[2]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
         MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;
         † = spent time with another team before joining Canadiens, stats reflect time with the Canadiens only;
         ‡ = loaned to another team, stats reflect time with the Canadiens only;

Playoffs

The Canadiens did not qualify for the playoffs

Transactions

traded Harry Cameron to Toronto St. Pats for cash, November 27, 1920
acquired Jack McDonald, Harry Mummery and Dave Ritchie from Hamilton Tigers for Jack Coughlin and the loan of Billy Coutu, November 29, 1920
Cully Wilson loaned for season from Toronto St. Pats, January 21, 1921
returned Cully Wilson to Toronto St. Pats, February 11, 1921
loaned Jack McDonald to Toronto St. Pats for the rest of the season, February 11, 1921
signed Dave Campbell as a free agent, February 26, 1921

Roster

Source: Mouton, p. 153

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.
Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Key Porter Books.
O'Brien, Andy (1971). Les Canadiens: the story of the Montreal Canadiens. Toronto, New York: McGrawHill-Ryerson. ISBN 0-07-092950-5.

↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
↑ "1920-21 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-19.

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

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Owners: Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Marc Bergevin
Head coach: Michel Therrien
Team captain: Max Pacioretty
Current roster

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ECHL: Brampton Beast

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See also	Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

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