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1925–26 Montreal Canadiens season

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League
  
7th NHL

Goals for
  
79

General Manager
  
Leo Dandurand

1925–26 record
  
11–24–1

Goals against
  
108

Coach
  
Cecil Hart

The 1925–26 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 17th season and ninth as a member of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canadiens lost their star goalie Georges Vezina to tuberculosis and struggled as a team, not making the playoffs. The league added teams in Pittsburgh and New York, New York taking the players of the former Hamilton Tigers franchise.

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The team had a large turnover of personnel, partly due to Vezina's leaving. Alphonse Lacroix, Herb Rheaume and Bill Taugher all appeared in the Canadien's net. New players included Bill Holmes, Wildor Larochelle, Albert Leduc, Alfred Lepine, Hector Lepine, Joe Matte and Roland Paulhus. Departures included the Cleghorn brothers, Odie and Sprague. Odie signed with Pittsburgh as playing-coach and Sprague was traded to the Boston Bruins for $5,000 on November 8, 1925. Cecil Hart took over as coach from Leo Dandurand, and Billy Coutu was named team captain.

Regular season

From 1911 Georges Vezina had been the Montreal Canadiens goaltender, and had led them to the Cup in 1924. In the first game of this season, he collapsed on the ice as the second period got underway. It was found that he had contracted tuberculosis and could no longer play. He went home to Chicoutimi, Quebec, where he died in March 1926. The team struggled with several goaltenders before Herb Rheaume won the job, but the team finished last.

In the second half of the season, the team had a twelve-game losing streak, from February 13, losing 0–3 to Pittsburgh, until March 16, winning 6–1 over Toronto.

Final standings

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

Playoffs

The Canadiens did not qualify for the playoffs.

Scoring leaders

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

Leading goaltenders

GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = shutouts, GAA = Goals against average

Awards and records

  • Prince of Wales Trophy – awarded for winning first game in Madison Square Garden, December 15, 1925.

    • Roster

  • Georges Vezina, Alphonse Lacroix, Herb Rheaume, Bill Taugher
  • Billy Boucher, Billy Coutu, Bill Holmes, Aurel Joliat, Wildor Larochelle, Albert Leduc, Alfred Lepine, Hector Lepine, Sylvio Mantha, Joe Matte, Howie Morenz, Roland Paulhus, Dave Ritchie

    • Source:

  • Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Key Porter Books. p. 155. 

    • References

    1925–26 Montreal Canadiens season Wikipedia
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