1924–25 Boston Bruins season

The 1924–25 Boston Bruins season was the team's first in the NHL. Along with the Montreal Maroons, the Bruins were the first expansion franchise in the NHL and the league’s first American-based club. The Bruins finished sixth and last in the league standings. The Bruins' debut season home games were played in the only surviving "debut" rink of any of the Original Six NHL teams — Boston Arena, the world's oldest indoor multi-sports facility, that is still used for ice hockey at any level of competition.^[1]^[2]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Hamilton Tigers	30	19	10	1	90	60	39
Toronto St. Patricks	30	19	11	0	90	84	38
Montreal Canadiens	30	17	11	2	93	56	36
Ottawa Senators	30	17	12	1	83	66	35
Montreal Maroons	30	9	19	2	45	65	20
Boston Bruins	30	6	24	0	49	119	12

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

Schedule and results

1924–25 Game Log

December: 1–8–0 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 0–5–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	December 1	Maroons	1–2	Boston	1–0–0	2
2	December 3	Boston	3–5	Toronto	1–1–0	2
3	December 8	Canadiens	4–3	Boston	1–2–0	2
4	December 10	Boston	1–7	Hamilton	1–3–0	2
5	December 15	Ottawa	10–2	Boston	1–4–0	2
6	December 17	Boston	2–6	Maroons	1–5–0	2
7	December 22	Toronto	10–1	Boston	1–6–0	2
8	December 25	Boston	0–5	Canadiens	1–7–0	2
9	December 29	Boston	1–2	Hamilton	1–8–0	2

January: 1–9–0 (Home: 0–4–0; Road: 1–5–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
10	January 1	Ottawa	5–2	Boston	1–9–0	2
11	January 3	Maroons	4–3	Boston	1–10–0	2
12	January 5	Boston	2–3	Toronto	1–11–0	2
13	January 10	Canadiens	2–3	Boston	2–11–0	4 (OT)
14	January 12	Boston	2–4	Hamilton	2–12–0	4
15	January 17	Ottawa	3–2	Boston	2–13–0	4
16	January 20	Boston	0–2	Maroons	2–14–0	4
17	January 24	Toronto	4–3	Boston	2–15–0	4
18	January 27	Boston	0–4	Canadiens	2–16–0	4
19	January 31	Hamilton	8–3	Boston	2–17–0	4

February: 2–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 1–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
20	February 3	Boston	1–3	Ottawa	2–18–0	4
21	February 7	Maroons	0–1	Boston	3–18–0	6
22	February 10	Boston	1–5	Toronto	3–19–0	6
23	February 14	Canadiens	5–1	Boston	3–20–0	6
24	February 17	Boston	1–2	Hamilton	3–21–0	6
25	February 21	Ottawa	3–0	Boston	3–22–0	6
26	February 24	Boston	2–1	Maroons	4–22–0	8
27	February 28	Toronto	5–1	Boston	4–23–0	8

March: 2–1–0 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 1–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
28	March 3	Canadiens	2–3	Boston	5–23–0	10
29	March 7	Boston	2–0	Hamilton	6–23–0	12
29	March 9	Ottawa	4–1	Boston	6–24–0	12

Playoffs

The Bruins did not qualify for the playoffs.

Player statistics

Leading scorers

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
Jimmy Herbert	30	17	5	22	50	–	–	–	–	–
Carson Cooper	12	5	3	8	4	–	–	–	–	–
Red Stuart	24	5	2	7	32	–	–	–	–	–
Stan Jackson	24	5	0	5	36	–	–	–	–	–
George Redding	27	3	2	5	10	–	–	–	–	–
Smokey Harris	6	3	1	4	8	–	–	–	–	–
Bernie Morris	6	2	0	2	0	–	–	–	–	–
Lionel Hitchman	18	2	0	2	22	–	–	–	–	–
Normand Shay	18	1	1	2	14	–	–	–	–	–
Bobby Rowe	4	1	0	1	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
Doc Stewart	21	1266	5	16	0	65	2	3.08	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Hec Fowler	7	400	1	6	0	43	0	6.10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Transactions

November 2, 1924 – Acquired Alf Skinner from Vancouver Maroons (PCHA) for cash
November 2, 1924 – Acquired Bobby Rowe from Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) for cash
December 14, 1924 – Acquired Bill "Red" Stuart from Toronto St. Patricks for cash
December 17, 1924 – Released Bobby Rowe
December 19, 1924 – Acquired George Carroll from Montreal Maroons for the rights to Ernie Parkes
December 21, 1924 – Traded Smokey Harris to Vancouver Maroons (WCHL) for cash
January 3, 1925 – Traded Alf Skinner to Montreal Maroons for Bernie Morris and Bob Benson
January 10, 1925 – Acquired Lionel Hitchman from the Ottawa Senators for cash
January 18, 1925 – Traded Stan Jackson to Ottawa Senators for cash

Roster

#12 – Bobby Benson (d)
#2 – George Carroll (d)
#2 – Lloyd Cook (d)
#7 -Carson Cooper (rw)
#1 – Hec Fowler (g)
#8 – Smokey Harris (lw)
#11 – Fern Headley (d)
#4 -Jimmy Herbert (c)
#2,3 -Lionel Hitchman (d)
John Ingram (c)
#3 – Stan Jackson (lw)
#1 – Howie Lockhart (g)
#6 – Herb Mitchell (lw)
#5 – Bernie Morris (c)
#10 – George Redding (lw)
#3 – Bobby Rowe (rw)
#9 – Werner Schnarr (c)
#7 – Normand Shay (d)
#5 – Alf Skinner (rw)
#15 Emory Sparrow (rw)
#1 -Doc Stewart (g)
#14 -Red Stuart (d)

References

Coleman, Charles L. (1964), Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol I., Sherbrooke: National Hockey League, OCLC 7485243

Klein, Jeff Z.; Reif, Karl-Eric (1997), The Klein & Reif Hockey Compendium, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, ISBN 978-0-7710-4529-5

Vautour, Kevin (1997), The Bruins Book, Toronto: ECW Press, ISBN 978-1-55022-334-7

Footnotes

↑ Katy Fitzpatrick (October 2, 2009). ""New Season Brings Renovated Arena for Northeastern," ''USCHO.com'', October 2, 2009". Uscho.com. Retrieved March 18, 2011.
↑ "Northeastern University Athletics Official Website". Gonu.com. Retrieved March 18, 2011.
↑ "Hockey Practice at Arena Held Up". Boston Globe. November 28, 1925.
↑ Coleman 1964, p. 468
↑ Vautour 1997, p. 38
↑ Klein & Reif 1997, p. 56
↑ 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.

Boston Bruins

Founded in 1924 Based in Boston, Massachusetts

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History	All-time roster Records Award Winners 1956 exhibition game in Newfoundland

Personnel	Owner Jeremy Jacobs President Cam Neely General manager Don Sweeney Head coach Claude Julien Team captain Zdeno Chara Current roster

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Rivalries	Montreal Canadiens

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Boston Bruins seasons

1920s	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

1924–25 NHL season

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See also	Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

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