1930–31 Toronto Maple Leafs season explained

The 1930–31 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 14th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). This was the team's last season in the old Arena Gardens. The Maple Leafs would build Maple Leaf Gardens before the next season.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	November 13, 1930	0–0 OT	New York Americans (1930–31)	0–0–1
2	W	November 15, 1930	4–0	Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	1–0–1
3	W	November 18, 1930	3–0	@ Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	2–0–1
4	T	November 20, 1930	0–0 OT	@ New York Americans (1930–31)	2–0–2
5	W	November 22, 1930	2–0	Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	3–0–2
6	L	November 25, 1930	1–2	@ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	3–1–2
7	W	November 29, 1930	4–2	Detroit Falcons (1930–31)	4–1–2
8	L	December 2, 1930	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1930–31)	4–2–2
9	W	December 6, 1930	4–2	New York Rangers (1930–31)	5–2–2
10	L	December 9, 1930	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	5–3–2
11	L	December 13, 1930	3–7	Boston Bruins (1930–31)	5–4–2
12	L	December 18, 1930	1–2	Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	5–5–2
13	W	December 20, 1930	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	6–5–2
14	T	December 23, 1930	4–4 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	6–5–3
15	L	December 25, 1930	1–10	@ Detroit Falcons (1930–31)	6–6–3
16	W	December 28, 1930	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	7–6–3
17	W	January 1, 1931	2–0	New York Americans (1930–31)	8–6–3
18	W	January 3, 1931	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	9–6–3
19	T	January 6, 1931	2–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	9–6–4
20	W	January 8, 1931	1–0	Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	10–6–4
21	L	January 10, 1931	1–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	10–7–4
22	T	January 15, 1931	1–1 OT	@ New York Rangers (1930–31)	10–7–5
23	W	January 17, 1931	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	11–7–5
24	W	January 22, 1931	4–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	12–7–5
25	W	January 24, 1931	5–2	Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	13–7–5
26	L	January 27, 1931	2–3	@ New York Americans (1930–31)	13–8–5
27	W	January 29, 1931	3–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	14–8–5
28	W	January 31, 1931	3–2	Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	15–8–5
29	L	February 1, 1931	0–2	@ Detroit Falcons (1930–31)	15–9–5
30	L	February 3, 1931	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	15–10–5
31	W	February 7, 1931	2–0	New York Americans (1930–31)	16–10–5
32	T	February 14, 1931	1–1 OT	Detroit Falcons (1930–31)	16–10–6
33	L	February 19, 1931	1–2	Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	16–11–6
34	W	February 21, 1931	4–2	Boston Bruins (1930–31)	17–11–6
35	T	February 24, 1931	1–1 OT	@ New York Americans (1930–31)	17–11–7
36	L	February 26, 1931	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1930–31)	17–12–7
37	T	February 28, 1931	5–5 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1930–31)	17–12–8
38	W	March 3, 1931	5–1	@ Philadelphia Quakers (1930–31)	18–12–8
39	L	March 5, 1931	5–6	Montreal Maroons (1930–31)	18–13–8
40	W	March 7, 1931	5–2	New York Rangers (1930–31)	19–13–8
41	T	March 10, 1931	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1930–31)	19–13–9
42	W	March 15, 1931	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	20–13–9
43	W	March 19, 1931	8–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1930–31)	21–13–9
44	W	March 21, 1931	9–6	@ Ottawa Senators (1930–31)	22–13–9

Playoffs

The Maple Leafs were defeated by the Chicago Black Hawks in a two-game total goal series,g 4–3.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	RW	37	31	12	43	78
	RW	40	23	19	42	46
	C	38	9	32	41	18
	LW	43	18	13	31	81
	LW	43	12	17	29	45
	D	44	7	14	21	63
	C	44	11	8	19	32
	D	44	1	13	14	56
	D	42	1	11	12	71
	C/LW	8	4	2	6	4
	C	1	1	0	1	0
	D	8	0	1	1	2
	G	37	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0
	RW	6	0	0	0	0
	G	7	0	0	0	0
	RW	2	0	0	0	4
	RW/D	21	0	0	0	12

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2300	37	21	8	8	80	2.09	6
	430	7	1	5	1	19	2.65	2
Team:	2730	44	22	13	9	99	2.18	8

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	D	2	0	3	3	7
	RW	2	1	1	2	0
	C	2	1	0	1	0
	D	2	1	0	1	0
	RW	2	0	1	1	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0
	LW	2	0	0	0	2
	D	1	0	0	0	0
	C/LW	2	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	4
	LW	2	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0
	C	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	139	2	0	1	4	1.73	0
Team:	139	2	0	1	4	1.73	0

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Transactions

• July 30, 1930: Signed Free Agent John Gallagher
• October 30, 1930: Acquired King Clancy from the Ottawa Senators for Art Smith, Eric Pettinger, and $35,000
• December 4, 1930: Loaned Roger Jenkins from the Chicago Black Hawks
• December 8, 1930: Released Babe Dye
• December 8, 1930: Signed Free Agent Herb Hamel
• December 26, 1930: Loaned Benny Grant to the Boston Tigers of the Can-Am League for cash
• February 3, 1931: Returned Roger Jenkins to the Chicago Black Hawks
• February 27, 1931: Signed Free Agent Bob Gracie
• March 2, 1931: Signed Free Agent Alex Levinsky

See also

• 1930–31 NHL season

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-11 . 1930-31 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.