1924–25 Montreal Maroons season

The 1924–25 Montreal Maroons season was the first season of the new Maroons franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The club finished fifth and did not qualify for the playoffs.

1924–25 Montreal Maroons
League	5th NHL
1924–25 record	9–19–2
Goals for	45
Goals against	65
Team information
Coach	Cecil Hart Eddie Gerard
Captain	Punch Broadbent
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Punch Broadbent (14)
Assists	Reg Noble (11)
Points	Punch Broadbent (20)
Penalty minutes	Punch Broadbent (75)
Wins	Clint Benedict (9)
Goals against average	Clint Benedict (2.12)

Offseason

This was the first season of the Montreal Maroons. Cecil Hart was hired as the first coach. But after 19 games into the season, he was replaced by former Ottawa player Eddie Gerard.

Regular season

The Maroons played their first game on December 1, 1924, at Boston against the Boston Bruins and December 3, 1924, at their new home, the Montreal Forum.

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.

Record vs. opponents

1924-25 NHL Records
Team	BOS	HAM	MON	MTM	OTT	TOR
Boston	—	1–5	2–4	3–3	0–6	0–6
Hamilton	5–1	—	3–3	4–2	3–2–1	4–2
M. Canadiens	4–2	3–3	—	4–0–2	3–3	3–3
M. Maroons	3–3	2–4	0–4–2	—	2–4	2–4
Ottawa	6–0	2–3–1	3–3	4–2	—	2–4
Toronto	6–0	2–4	3–3	4–2	4–2	—

Game log

Number	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	December 1, 1924	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1924–25)	0–1–0
2	L	December 3, 1924	0–2	Hamilton Tigers (1924–25)	0–2–0
3	W	December 6, 1924	3–1	Ottawa Senators (1924–25)	1–2–0
4	L	December 10, 1924	0–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1924–25)	1–3–0
5	W	December 13, 1924	3–1	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25)	2–3–0
6	W	December 17, 1924	6–2	Boston Bruins (1924–25)	3–3–0
7	L	December 20, 1924	1–3	@ Hamilton Tigers (1924–25)	3–4–0
8	W	December 23, 1924	2–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1924–25)	4–4–0
9	T	December 27, 1924	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1924–25)	4–4–1
10	L	January 1, 1925	1–2	Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25)	4–5–1
11	W	January 3, 1925	4–3	Boston Bruins (1924–25)	5–5–1
12	W	January 7, 1925	6–2	@ Hamilton Tigers (1924–25)	6–5–1
13	L	January 10, 1925	0–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1924–25)	6–6–1
14	T	January 14, 1925	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1924–25)	6–6–2
15	W	January 17, 1925	2–1	Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25)	7–6–2
16	W	January 20, 1925	2–0	@ Boston Bruins (1924–25)	8–6–2
17	L	January 24, 1925	0–1	Hamilton Tigers (1924–25)	8–7–2
18	L	January 28, 1925	1–2	Ottawa Senators (1924–25)	8–8–2
19	L	January 31, 1925	0–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1924–25)	8–9–2
20	L	February 4, 1925	2–3	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25)	8–10–2
21	L	February 7, 1925	0–1	Boston Bruins (1924–25)	8–11–2
22	L	February 11, 1925	2–3	@ Hamilton Tigers (1924–25)	8–12–2
23	L	February 14, 1925	2–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1924–25)	8–13–2
24	L	February 18, 1925	0–1	Montreal Canadiens (1924–25)	8–14–2
25	L	February 21, 1925	1–2	Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25)	8–15–2
26	L	February 24, 1925	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1924–25)	8–16–2
27	W	February 28, 1925	1–0	Hamilton Tigers (1924–25)	9–16–2
28	L	March 4, 1925	1–5	Ottawa Senators (1924–25)	9–17–2
29	L	March 7, 1925	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1924–25)	9–18–2
30	L	March 9, 1925	0–3	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25)	9–19–2

Playoffs

The Maroons did not qualify for the payoffs.

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Punch Broadbent RW 30 14 6 20 75 Reg Noble C/D 27 8 11 19 56 Sam Rothschild LW 28 5 4 9 5 Dunc Munro D 27 5 1 6 16 Louis Berlinguette LW 29 4 2 6 22 Francis Cain D 28 4 0 4 27 Chuck Dinsmore C 30 2 1 3 26 Ganton Scott RW 28 1 1 2 0 Alf Skinner RW 17 1 1 2 16 Gerry Munro D 30 1 0 1 37 Fred Lowrey RW 27 0 1 1 6 Clint Benedict G 30 0 0 0 2 George Carroll D 5 0 0 0 2 Ernie Parkes RW 17 0 0 0 2
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Clint Benedict 1843 30 9 19 2 65 2.12 2 Dunc Munro 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 Team: 1845 30 9 19 2 65 2.11 2

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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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

See also

• 1924–25 NHL season

References

1. 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.
2. "1924-25 Montreal Maroons Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-08-04.

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