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The 1922–23 Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

season was the team's sixth

Montreal Canadiens seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Montreal Canadiens professional ice hockey club. This list documents the records and playoff results for all seasons the Canadiens completed in both the National Hockey Association and the National Hockey League .-NHA :Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins,...

season

Season (sports)

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in the NHL

National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

and fourteenth overall. The Canadiens finished second in the league and reached the NHL finals, losing to the eventual Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup

The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...

champions, the Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators (original)

The Ottawa Senators were an amateur, and later, professional, ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Canada which existed from 1883 to 1954. The club was the first hockey club in Ontario, a founding member of the National Hockey League and played in the NHL from 1917 until 1934...

. It also marked the debut of Aurel Joliat

Aurel Joliat

Aurèle Émile "Mighty Atom, Little Giant" Joliat was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens....

, who would spend the next sixteen years with the club.

Game log

1922-23 Game Log

December: 2-2-1 (Home: 2-1-0; Road: 0–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	December 16	Montreal	2 - 7	Toronto Toronto St. Patricks The Toronto St. Patricks professional men's ice hockey team started as an amateur ice hockey organization. In 1919, the club purchased the Toronto National Hockey League franchise from the NHL. The club renamed the franchise the Toronto St. Patricks club and operated the franchise until 1927, when...	0-1-0	0
2	December 20	Hamilton	3 - 7	Montreal	1-1-0	2
3	December 23	Ottawa Ottawa Senators (original) The Ottawa Senators were an amateur, and later, professional, ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Canada which existed from 1883 to 1954. The club was the first hockey club in Ontario, a founding member of the National Hockey League and played in the NHL from 1917 until 1934...	3 - 0	Montreal	1-2-0	2
4	December 27	Montreal	2 - 2	Ottawa	1-2-1	3
5	December 30	Toronto	2 - 8	Montreal	2-2-1	5

EWLINE

January: 5-3-1 (Home: 3-1-0; Road: 2-2-1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
6	January 3	Montreal	4 - 1	Hamilton	3-2-1	7
7	January 6	Hamilton	3 - 2	Montreal	3-3-1	7
8	January 10	Montreal	2 - 6	Ottawa	3-4-1	7
9	January 13	Montreal	2 - 2	Toronto	3-4-2	8
10	January 17	Ottawa	1 - 2	Montreal	4-4-2	10
11	January 20	Toronto	1 - 3	Montreal	5-4-2	12
12	January 24	Montreal	5 - 1	Hamilton	6-4-2	14
13	January 27	Montreal	2 - 4	Toronto	6-5-2	14
14	January 31	Hamilton	4 - 5	Montreal	7-5-2	16

EWLINE

February: 4–4–0 (Home: 4-0-0; Road: 0–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
15	February 3	Ottawa	1 - 4	Montreal	8-5-2	18
16	February 7	Montreal	0 - 3	Ottawa	8-6-2	18
17	February 10	Toronto	3 - 5	Montreal	9-6-2	20
18	February 14	Montreal	2 - 4	Hamilton	9-7-2	20
19	February 17	Montreal	0 - 2	Ottawa	9-8-2	20
20	February 21	Hamilton	3 - 5	Montreal	10-8-2	22
21	February 24	Montreal	3 - 4	Toronto	10-9-2	22
22	February 28	Toronto	0 - 3	Montreal	11-9-2	24

EWLINE

March: 2–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 1–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
23	March 3	Ottawa	0 - 1	Montreal	12-9-2	26
24	March 5	Montreal	4 - 1	Hamilton	13-9-2	28

Skaters

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

	Regular season					Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Billy Boucher Billy Boucher William Martin Boucher was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger.Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he played in the National Hockey League for the Hamilton Tigers, Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins and New York Americans. He also played for the New Haven Eagles and Bronx Tigers of the...	24	23	4	27	55	2	1	0	1	2
Odie Cleghorn Odie Cleghorn James Ogilvie "Odie" Cleghorn was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger, linesman and referee...	24	19	6	25	18	2	0	0	0	2
Aurel Joliat Aurel Joliat Aurèle Émile "Mighty Atom, Little Giant" Joliat was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens....	24	12	9	21	37	2	1	0	1	11
Sprague Cleghorn Sprague Cleghorn Henry William Sprague "Peg" Cleghorn, , was a Canadian professional hockey player from Westmount who played for the Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Renfrew Creamery Kings and Toronto St. Patricks in the National Hockey Association and National Hockey League...	24	9	8	17	34	1	0	0	0	7
Billy Coutu Billy Coutu Wilfrid Arthur Coutu was a professional Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, the Hamilton Tigers, and the Boston Bruins...	24	5	2	7	37	1	0	0	0	22
Louis Berlinquette Louis Berlinquette Louis Dieudonné Berlinguette was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 8 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons and Pittsburgh Pirates...	24	2	4	6	4	2	0	2	2	0
Didier Pitre Didier Pitre Joseph George Didier "Cannonball" Pitre was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He was nicked named "Cannonball". One of the first players to join the Montreal Canadiens, Pitre's French-Canadian heritage helped give his line-mates the nickname the Flying Frenchmen, brought upon by his...	22	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	0
Joe Malone	20	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
Edmond Bouchard Edmond Bouchard Edmond Bouchard was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who sometimes doubled as a defenceman.-External links:...	2	0	0	0	4	--	--	--	--	--
Billy Bell	19	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

		Regular season									Playoffs
Player		GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA		GP	Min	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Georges Vezina Georges Vézina Joseph-Georges-Gonzague Vézina was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played seven seasons in the National Hockey Association and nine in the National Hockey League , all with the Montreal Canadiens...		24	1488	13	9	2	61	2	2.46		2	120	1	1	3	0	1.50

Roster

1 Georges Vezina
Georges Vézina
Joseph-Georges-Gonzague Vézina was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played seven seasons in the National Hockey Association and nine in the National Hockey League , all with the Montreal Canadiens...
2 Sprague Cleghorn
Sprague Cleghorn
Henry William Sprague "Peg" Cleghorn, , was a Canadian professional hockey player from Westmount who played for the Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Renfrew Creamery Kings and Toronto St. Patricks in the National Hockey Association and National Hockey League...
3,9 Bill Coutu
3 Bert Corbeau
Bert Corbeau
Bertram Orian "Pig Iron" Corbeau was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, Hamilton Tigers, Toronto St. Pats, and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was a member of the Montreal Canadiens first Stanley Cup championship...
4 Aurel Joliat
Aurel Joliat
Aurèle Émile "Mighty Atom, Little Giant" Joliat was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens....
4 Newsy Lalonde
Newsy Lalonde
Édouard Cyrille "Newsy" Lalonde was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward in the National Hockey League and a professional lacrosse player, regarded as one of hockey's and lacrosse's greatest players of the first half of the 20th century and one of sport's most colourful characters...
5,13 Bill Boucher
5,10 Didier Pitre
Didier Pitre
Joseph George Didier "Cannonball" Pitre was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He was nicked named "Cannonball". One of the first players to join the Montreal Canadiens, Pitre's French-Canadian heritage helped give his line-mates the nickname the Flying Frenchmen, brought upon by his...
6 Louis Berlinquette
Louis Berlinquette
Louis Dieudonné Berlinguette was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 8 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons and Pittsburgh Pirates...
7 Odie Cleghorn
Odie Cleghorn
James Ogilvie "Odie" Cleghorn was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger, linesman and referee...
9 Bill Bell
11 Edmond Bouchard
Edmond Bouchard
Edmond Bouchard was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who sometimes doubled as a defenceman.-External links:...
11 Joe Malone
12 Marchand

Source: Mouton, p. 154.

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