1912–13 Montreal Canadiens season

IcehockeyTeamSeason
Season=1912–1913
League=NHA
LeagueRank=3rd
Record=9–11–0
HomeRecord=4–6–0
RoadRecord=5–5–0
GeneralManager=Jack Laviolette
Coach=George Kennedy
Captain=Newsy Lalonde
Arena=Montreal Arena
GAALeader=Georges Vezina (4.1)
GoalsLeader=Newsy Lalonde (25)
GoalsFor=83
GoalsAgainst=81
Team=Montreal Canadiens

The 1912–1913 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's fourth season and fourth of the National Hockey Association(NHA). The club would post a 9–11 record and tie for third place.

Regular season

Newsy Lalonde returned to Montreal after being acquired from Vancouver of the Pacific Coast League (PCHA). Don Smith was acquired from Victoria of the PCHA. Didier Pitre signed with Quebec but the league intervened and he returned to the Canadiens.

An exhibition game was played with the Wanderers in Toronto at the new Arena Gardens on December 22. Newsy Lalonde would trip Odie Cleghorn and his brother Sprague Cleghorn then skated over and hit Lalonde on the face, opening a 12 stitch cut. Cleghorn would be charged in Toronto court and fined $50 and suspended by the league. [Coleman(1966), pp. 236-237]

The Canadiens would open the season with a three-game winning streak. At the halfway point, the club's record was 7–3 to lead the league, but Quebec came on strong with an eleven-game win streak to win the league championship and Montreal finished third behind Quebec and the Wanderers.

Results

‡ Played with rover (7 man hockey)

Playoffs

The team did not qualify for the playoffs.

Roster

* Georges Vezina (goaltender)
* Louis Berlinquette, Hector Dallaire, Louis Degray, Ernie Dubeau, Clayton Frechette, Guevremont, Alphonse Jette, Jack Laviolette, Marchand, Eugene Payan, Fred Povey, Didier Pitre, Don Smith

Source:
*cite book |title=The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.1 1893–1926 inc. |last=Coleman |first=Charles L. |year=1966 |pages=pp. 239–241
*

References

*cite book |title=The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.1 1893–1926 inc. |last=Coleman |first=Charles L. |publisher=National Hockey League |year=1966
*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

* 1912–13 NHA season