1914–15 Montreal Canadiens season

1914–15 Montreal Canadiens
League	6th NHA
1914–15 record	6–14–0
Goals for	65
Goals against	81
Team information
General Manager	George Kennedy
Coach	Jimmy Gardner
Captain	Newsy Lalonde
Arena	Jubilee Rink
Team leaders
Goals	Didier Pitre (30)
Goals against average	Georges Vezina (4.1)
<1913–14	1915–16>

The 1914–15 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's sixth season and sixth of the National Hockey Association (NHA). After finishing first in 1913–14, the club posted a 6–14 record and fell to last place in the league.

Regular season

Five new players joined the Canadiens in 1914–15: Albert Corbeau, Jack Fournier, Nick Bawlf, Ed Lowrey and Marcel Beliveau. Didier Pitre returns to the Canadiens from Vancouver after a cash deal with the Millionaires. Newsy Lalonde holds out in a contract dispute, prompting the team to penalize him $100 per week. After Lalonde returns in January, he plays poorly and is suspended by the team again. He only plays seven games of the season.

On January 13 in a game versus Quebec, Georges Vezina is penalized and tossed from the game for hitting Joe Hall. With the Bulldogs behind 2–1, Jack Laviolette takes over in goal, and Quebec ties the game. As was then permitted, Vezina returns in extra play, only to surrender the third Quebec goal in a game that went on record as the longest overtime to that point, taking fifty minutes and 28 seconds to settle the contest.

Final standings

National Hockey Association

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Ottawa Senators	20	14	6	0	74	65
Montreal Wanderers	20	14	6	0	127	82
Quebec Bulldogs	20	11	9	0	85	85
Toronto Hockey Club	20	8	12	0	66	84
Toronto Ontarios-Shamrocks	20	7	13	0	76	96
Montreal Canadiens	20	6	14	0	65	81

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against

Results

Month	Day	Visitor	Score	Home	Score
Dec.	26	Toronto	4	Canadiens	3
	30	Quebec	8	Canadiens	7
Jan.	2	Canadiens	1	Ontarios	4
	6	Ottawa	4	Canadiens	2
	9	Canadiens	4	Wanderers	5 (6'45" OT)
	13	Canadiens	2	Quebec	3 (50'20" OT)
	16	Ontarios	7	Canadiens	1
	20	Canadiens	1	Ottawa	3
	23	Canadiens	7	Wanderers	2
	27	Canadiens	1	Toronto	2
	30	Ontarios	3	Canadiens	4
Feb.	3	Quebec	2	Canadiens	5
	6	Canadiens	4	Toronto	3
	10	Canadiens	3	Wanderers	6
	13	Canadiens	3	Ottawa	5
	17	Canadiens	2	Quebec	6
	20	Toronto	2	Canadiens	7
	24	Ottawa	2	Canadiens	3
	27	Wanderers	7	Canadiens	3
Mar.	3	Canadiens	2	Ontarios	3

Playoffs

The team did not qualify for the playoffs.

Transactions

• In November, Didier Pitre returned to Montreal from the Vancouver Millionaires for cash.
• In February, Donald Smith is traded to the Wanderers for cash.

Roster

• Georges Vezina (goaltender)
• Marcel Beliveau, Nick Bawlf, Louis Berlinguette, Bert Corbeau, Ernie Dubeau, Jack Fournier, Alphonse Jette, Gagné, Jimmy Gardner, Bert Hunt, Newsy Lalonde, Jack Laviolette, Ed Lowrey, Didier Pitre, Harry Scott, Donald Smith

Source:

• Coleman (1966), pp. 274–275.

See also

• 1914–15 NHA season