1922–23 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1922–23 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's sixth season in the NHL and 14th overall. The Canadiens finished second in the league and reached the NHL finals, losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Ottawa Senators. It also marked the debut of Aurèle Joliat, who would spend the next sixteen years with the club.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Ottawa Senators	24	14	9	1	29	77	54
Montreal Canadiens	24	13	9	2	28	73	61
Toronto St. Patricks	24	13	10	1	27	82	88
Hamilton Tigers	24	6	18	0	12	81	110

^[1]^[2] 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.

Schedule and results

1922–23 Game Log

December: 2–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	December 16	Montreal	2–7	Toronto	0–1–0	0
2	December 20	Hamilton	3–7	Montreal	1–1–0	2
3	December 23	Ottawa	3–0	Montreal	1–2–0	2
4	December 27	Montreal	2–2	Ottawa	1–2–1	3
5	December 30	Toronto	2–8	Montreal	2–2–1	5

January: 5–3–1 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 2–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
6	January 3	Montreal	4–1	Hamilton	3–2–1	7
7	January 6	Hamilton	3–2	Montreal	3–3–1	7
8	January 10	Montreal	2–6	Ottawa	3–4–1	7
9	January 13	Montreal	2–2	Toronto	3–4–2	8
10	January 17	Ottawa	1–2	Montreal	4–4–2	10
11	January 20	Toronto	1–3	Montreal	5–4–2	12
12	January 24	Montreal	5–1	Hamilton	6–4–2	14
13	January 27	Montreal	2–4	Toronto	6–5–2	14
14	January 31	Hamilton	4–5	Montreal	7–5–2	16

February: 4–4–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 0–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
15	February 3	Ottawa	1–4	Montreal	8–5–2	18
16	February 7	Montreal	0–3	Ottawa	8–6–2	18
17	February 10	Toronto	3–5	Montreal	9–6–2	20
18	February 14	Montreal	2–4	Hamilton	9–7–2	20
19	February 17	Montreal	0–2	Ottawa	9–8–2	20
20	February 21	Hamilton	3–5	Montreal	10–8–2	22
21	February 24	Montreal	3–4	Toronto	10–9–2	22
22	February 28	Toronto	0–3	Montreal	11–9–2	24

March: 2–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 1–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
23	March 3	Ottawa	0–1	Montreal	12–9–2	26
24	March 5	Montreal	4–1	Hamilton	13–9–2	28

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

	Regular season					Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Billy Boucher	24	23	4	27	55	2	1	0	1	2
Odie Cleghorn	24	19	6	25	18	2	0	0	0	2
Aurel Joliat	24	12	9	21	37	2	1	0	1	11
Sprague Cleghorn	24	9	8	17	34	1	0	0	0	7
Billy Coutu	24	5	2	7	37	1	0	0	0	22
Louis Berlinquette	24	2	4	6	4	2	0	2	2	0
Didier Pitre	22	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	0
Joe Malone	20	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
Edmond Bouchard	2	0	0	0	4	–	–	–	–	–
Billy Bell	19	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

		Regular season									Playoffs
Player		GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA		GP	Min	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Georges Vezina		24	1488	13	9	2	61	2	2.46		2	120	1	1	3	0	1.50

Playoffs

They went against Ottawa for the championship and lost 3 goals to 2, or 2–3.

Roster

Source: Mouton, p. 154.

References

Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Key Porter Books. ISBN 1-55013-051-X.

↑ http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/hockey/nhlrecords/nhl1923.htm
↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

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

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: St. John's IceCaps; Laval Rocket (beginning in 2017–18)

ECHL: Brampton Beast

General managers

Head coaches

Media

TV	City (English) Sportsnet East (English) Réseau des sports (French) TVA Sports (French)

Radio	English TSN Radio 690 French 98,5 FM

Culture and lore

Montreal Canadiens seasons

1900s	1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1922–23 NHL season

NHL	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	Transactions Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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