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National Hockey League (NHL) Season Review 1924-1925
The NHL expanded adding two teams, the United States based Boston Bruins and the Montreal Maroons. The Bruins represented the first non Canadian team in the NHL. The regular season was also expanded from 24 games to 30 games, enabling every team to play each other 5 times in a season.
The increase in regular season games, created a labor relations problem with the players. The players of course expected to have their salaries raised for the additional games. All the franchises but Hamilton's reached agreement. The Tigers didn't complain until after they had won the regular season title with a 19-10-1 record. The Tigers went on strike saying they would not play in the NHL championship series unless each player received $200 compensation for playing the extra games. The league wouldn't budge and Frank Calder suspended each of the players on Hamilton and finned them $200 dollars.
Under a new playoff format, the first place team from the regular season would play the winner of a series between the second and third place teams. This was revised so that the second place team the Toronto St Pats played the third place team the Montreal Canadiens to determine the NHL championship. Montreal downed Toronto 3-2 in the first game and 2-0 in the second advancing to the Stanley Cup finals.
Toronto's Babe Dye was the scoring champion with 38 goals 6 assists for 44 points.Georges Vezina was the Canadiens and the leagues top goalie with a 1.9 goals against average and five shutouts. Billy Burch of the Hamilton Tigers captured the Hart Trophy for leagues' most valuable player, and Frank Nighbor won the Lady Byng Trpohy. This was a new trophy added for the 1924-25 NHL season. The Lady Byng Trophy was donated by Lady Bying, wife of Viscount Byng of Vimy, to be handed out to the player who showed the best sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with performance.
In the west, the PCHA Vancouver Maroons folded, and the two remaining PCHA teams joined the Western Canada Hockey League, resulting in the disbanding of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. Victoria Cougars finshed third in the league but defeated Calgary and Saskatoon in the playoffs to meet Montreal in the Stanley Cup finals. They beat Montreal in the first two, lost the third, and downed the Canadiens in the fourth to take the Stanley Cup. Victoria has the distinction of being the last non-NHL team to win the Stanley Cup.
National Hockey League (NHL) pages on Rauzulu's Street:
^ topNational Hockey League (NHL) Season Standings 1924-1925
| Team | GP |
W |
L |
T |
Pts |
GF |
GA |
||
| Hamilton Tigers | 30 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 39 | 90 | 60 | ||
| Toronto St. Pats | 30 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 90 | 84 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 36 | 93 | 56 | ||
| Ottawa Senators | 30 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 35 | 83 | 66 | ||
| Montreal Maroons | 30 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 20 | 45 | 65 | ||
| Boston Bruins | 30 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 49 | 119 | ||
National Hockey League (NHL) Trophy Winners 1924-1925
| Award | 1925 Winner |
| Stanley Cup | Victoria Cougars |
| O'Brien Trophy | Montreal Canadiens |
| Hart Memorial | Billy Burch, Hamilton Tigers |
| Lady Byng | Frank Nighbor, Ottawa |
National Hockey League (NHL) All Star Team Selections 1924-1925
Voting for the NHL All Star Teams is conducted by the representatives of the Professional Hockey Writers Association at the end of the season. These are separate selections from the annual All Star game. Other years selections are listed under NHL All Star Selections. The first All Star Team selected in this manner is the 1930-31 season.
^ topNational Hockey League (NHL) Points Leaders 1924-1925
|
Player
|
GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|
Babe
Dye
|
29 | 38 | 8 | 46 | 41 |
|
Cy
Denneny
|
29 | 27 | 15 | 42 | 16 |
|
Aurel
Joliat
|
25 | 30 | 11 | 41 | 85 |
|
Howie
Morenz
|
30 | 28 | 11 | 39 | 46 |
|
Red
Green
|
30 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 81 |
|
Jack
Adams
|
27 | 21 | 10 | 31 | 67 |
|
Billy
Boucher
|
30 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 92 |
|
Billy
Burch
|
27 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 10 |
|
Shorty
Green
|
28 | 18 | 9 | 27 | 63 |
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Jimmy
Herbert
|
30 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 55 |
National Hockey League (NHL) Assist Leaders 1924-1925
|
Player
|
GP | A |
|
Cy
Denneny
|
29 | 15 |
|
Red
Green
|
30 | 15 |
|
Billy
Boucher
|
30 | 13 |
|
Hooley
Smith
|
30 | 13 |
|
Hap
Day
|
26 | 12 |
|
Aurel
Joliat
|
25 | 11 |
|
Howie
Morenz
|
30 | 11 |
|
Reg
Noble
|
30 | 11 |
|
Jack
Adams
|
27 | 10 |
|
Sprague
Cleghorn
|
27 | 10 |
National Hockey League (NHL) Leading Goal Scorers 1924-1925
|
Player
|
GP | G |
|
Babe Dye
|
29 | 38 |
|
Aurel Joliat
|
25 | 30 |
|
Howie Morenz
|
30 | 28 |
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Cy Denneny
|
29 | 27 |
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Jack Adams
|
27 | 21 |
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Billy Burch
|
27 | 20 |
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Red Green
|
30 | 19 |
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Shorty Green
|
28 | 18 |
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Billy Boucher
|
30 | 17 |
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Jimmy Herbert
|
30 | 17 |
National Hockey League (NHL) Penalty Minute Leaders 1924-1925
|
Player
|
GP | PIM |
|
Georges Boucher
|
28 | 95 |
|
Billy Boucher
|
30 | 92 |
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Sprague Cleghorn
|
27 | 89 |
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Aurel Joliat
|
25 | 85 |
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Red Green
|
30 | 81 |
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Hooley Smith
|
30 | 81 |
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Punch Broadbent
|
30 | 75 |
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Bert Corbeau
|
30 | 74 |
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Jack Adams
|
27 | 67 |
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Reg Noble
|
30 | 64 |
National Hockey League (NHL) Stanley Cup Playoffs 1924-1925
Stanley Cup Finals
Mar. 21 at Victoria Victoria 5 Canadiens
2
Mar. 23 at Vancouver Victoria 3 Canadiens
1
Mar. 27 at Victoria Canadiens
4 Victoria 2
Mar. 30 at Victoria Victoria 6 Canadiens
1
Victoria Cougars defeated
Montreal Canadiens 3 games to 1.
A more detailed breakdown of the championship is located here.