1931-1932 Toronto Maple Leafs Season

1931-1932 Toronto Maple Leafs
Stanley Cup Champions
	Season: 1931-1932 Toronto Maple Leafs	Division: 2nd, Canadian	Conference: N/A
	Overall Record: 23–18–7	Home Record: 17–4–3	Away Record: 6–14–4
	General Manager: Conn Smythe	Head Coach: Art Duncan (0–3–2) Dick Irvin (23–15–5)	Captain: Hap Day
	Team Leaders
	Goals: Charlie Conacher (34)	Assists: Joe Primeau (37)	Points: Busher Jackson (53)
	Penalty Minutes: Red Horner (97)	Wins: Lorne Chabot (22)	Goals Against Average: Lorne Chabot (2.36)

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Playoffs -

Main Discussion

The 1931-1932 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto-based franchise's fifteenth season in the National Hockey League, and fifth as the Maple Leafs. The team recorded its best season to date, as they set a team record in wins with 23, and tied a team record from the previous year in points with 53. The Maple Leafs would continue their regular season success into the playoffs, as they went on to win the Stanley Cup Championship in the NHL playoffs of 1932.

Regular Season

Prior to the season, the NHL announced that the schedule would increase from 44 games to 48. Also, the Maple Leafs announced they were moving from Mutual Street Arena, which had been their home since entering the NHL in 1917, to the newly constructed Maple Leaf Gardens.

Toronto would start the season off slowly, going winless in their first 5 games, which cost head coach Art Duncan his job. The Maple Leafs would hire former Chicago Black Hawks head coach Dick Irvin as a replacement. The Maple Leafs responded well to the coaching change, as they recorded a 9–3–2 record in his first 14 games as coach. The Maple Leafs continued their strong play for the remainder of the season, finishing with a team record 23 victories, and tying the club record with 53 points. Toronto finished in second place in the Canadian Division, behind the Montreal Canadiens, and qualified for the playoffs for the second straight season.

The Leafs offense was led by Busher Jackson, who led the NHL with 53 points, as he scored 28 goals and added 25 assists in 48 games. Linemate Joe Primeau led the league with 37 assists, and finished second to Jackson in league scoring with 50 points. Charlie Conacher posted an NHL high 34 goals, and finished fourth in league scoring with 48 points. Defenceman King Clancy provided the offense from the back half, scoring 10 goals and 19 points, while Red Horner provided a physical presence on the team, receiving a club high 97 penalty minutes.

In goal, Lorne Chabot had another very solid season, winning a team high 22 games while posting a 2.36 goals against average, and earning 4 shutouts along the way.

Final Standings

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Montreal Canadiens	48	25	16	7	128	111	57
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	23	18	7	155	127	53
Montreal Maroons	48	19	22	7	142	139	45
New York Americans	48	16	24	8	95	142	40

GP=Games Played

W=Wins

L=Losses

T=Ties

PTS=Points

GF=Goals For

GA=Goals Against

Game Log

     Wins      Losses      Ties

Game #	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	November 12	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–1–0	0
2	November 14	Montreal Canadiens	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–1–1	1
3	November 18	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks	0–1–2	2
4	November 21	New York Rangers	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–2–2	2
5	November 26	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–3	Montreal Canadiens	0–3–2	2
6	November 28	Boston Bruins	5–6	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–3–2	4
7	December 1	New York Americans	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–3–3	5
8	December 3	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–8	Montreal Maroons	1–4–3	5
9	December 5	Montreal Maroons	0–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–4–3	7
10	December 8	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–2	New York Rangers	3–4–3	9
11	December 12	Detroit Falcons	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–4–3	11
12	December 15	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–2	New York Americans	4–4–4	12
13	December 19	Montreal Maroons	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–4–4	14
14	December 20	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–1	Chicago Black Hawks	5–5–4	14
15	December 22	New York Americans	3–9	Toronto Maple Leafs	6–5–4	16
16	December 24	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–1	Montreal Canadiens	7–5–4	18
17	December 26	Montreal Canadiens	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs	7–6–4	18
18	December 29	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–0	New York Americans	8–6–4	20
19	December 31	Montreal Maroons	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	9–6–4	22
20	January 3	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–3	Detroit Falcons	9–7–4	22
21	January 5	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–3	Boston Bruins	9–7–5	23
22	January 10	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–2	New York Rangers	9–8–5	23
23	January 12	Detroit Falcons	4–7	Toronto Maple Leafs	10–8–5	25
24	January 14	Toronto Maple Leafs	6–4	Montreal Maroons	11–8–5	27
25	January 17	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–4	New York Americans	11–9–5	27
26	January 19	New York Americans	3–11	Toronto Maple Leafs	12–9–5	29
27	January 21	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–3	Montreal Canadiens	12–10–5	29
28	January 23	Montreal Canadiens	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	13–10–5	31
29	January 30	New York Rangers	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs	14–10–5	33
30	February 3	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–7	Chicago Black Hawks	14–11–5	33
31	February 6	Boston Bruins	0–6	Toronto Maple Leafs	15–11–5	35
32	February 7	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–3	Detroit Falcons	15–12–5	35
33	February 13	Montreal Maroons	0–6	Toronto Maple Leafs	16–12–5	37
34	February 16	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–3	Boston Bruins	16–13–5	37
35	February 18	New York Rangers	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs	17–13–5	39
36	February 20	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–3	Montreal Maroons	17–14–5	39
37	February 23	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–4	New York Americans	17–14–6	40
38	February 25	Detroit Falcons	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	17–15–6	40
39	February 27	Chicago Black Hawks	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	18–15–6	42
40	March 1	New York Americans	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	19–15–6	44
41	March 5	Montreal Canadiens	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs	19–15–7	45
42	March 10	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–3	Montreal Maroons	19–16–7	45
43	March 12	Boston Bruins	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs	20–16–7	47
44	March 15	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–6	Boston Bruins	20–17–7	47
45	March 17	Toronto Maple Leafs	6–3	New York Rangers	21–17–7	49
46	March 19	Chicago Black Hawks	3–11	Toronto Maple Leafs	22–17–7	51
47	March 20	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2	Detroit Falcons	23–17–7	53
48	March 22	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–4	Montreal Canadiens	23–18–7	53

Statistics

Players

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Busher Jackson	48	28	25	53	63
Joe Primeau	46	13	37	50	25
Charlie Conacher	44	34	14	48	66
Andrew Blair	48	9	14	23	35
Bob Gracie	48	13	8	21	29

Goaltenders

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA
Lorne Chabot	44	2698	22	16	6	106	4	2.36
Benny Grant	5	320	1	2	1	18	1	3.38

Playoffs

The Maple Leafs would open the playoffs against the Chicago Black Hawks in a two game, total goal series. The Black Hawks had a record of 18–19–11, earning 47 points, and finished in second place in the American Division. The Maple Leafs dropped the opening game by a close 1–0 score at Chicago Stadium. However, after returning home for the second game, Toronto easily defeated the Black Hawks 6–1, and won the total goal series by a score of 6–2, advancing to the second round of the playoffs.

     Wins      Losses

Toronto Maple Leafs 6 - Chicago Black Hawks 2

Game #	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	March 27	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–1	Chicago Black Hawks	0–1
2	March 29	Chicago Black Hawks	1–6	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–1

• Toronto wins by total goal differential.

Toronto's next opponent was the Montreal Maroons in another two game, total goal series. The Maroons finished behind Toronto in the Canadian Division, as they finished with a 19–22–7 record, registering 43 points. The Maroons defeated the Detroit Falcons in the opening round of the playoffs. The series opened at the Montreal Forum, and the game ended in a 1–1 tie. The second game was played at Maple Leaf Gardens, and Toronto used home ice to their advantage, defeating the Maroons 3–2 in overtime to win the series 4–3, and move to the Stanley Cup finals.

     Wins      Losses      Ties

Toronto Maple Leafs 4 - Montreal Maroons 3

Game #	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	March 31	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–1	Montreal Maroons	0–0–1
2	April 2	Montreal Maroons	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–0–1

• Toronto wins by total goal differential.

Stanley Cup Final

The Maple Leafs would play the New York Rangers in a best-of-five series to determine the winner of the 1932 Stanley Cup Finals. The Rangers finished in first place in the American Division with a 23–17–8 record, earning 54 points. They had defeated the Montreal Canadiens in four games to advance to the finals. The series opened at Madison Square Garden in New York, but it was the Maple Leafs who earned the first victory, defeating the Rangers 6–4. The second game of the series was moved from New York to the Boston Garden due to the circus having been booked for the Rangers home arena. Toronto took full advantage of this, and easily defeated the Rangers 6–2 to come within a victory of the Stanley Cup. The series moved to Toronto for the third game, and Toronto completed the sweep, defeating New York 6–4, and winning their third Stanley Cup in team history, and first since 1922, when they were still named the Toronto St. Patricks. The "Kid Line" of Jackson, Conacher, and Primeau combined for 8 goals in the 3 games.

     Wins      Losses

Toronto Maple Leafs 3 - New York Rangers 0

Game #	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 5	Toronto Maple Leafs	6–4	New York Rangers	1–0
2	April 7	Toronto Maple Leafs	6–2	New York Rangers	2–0
3	April 9	New York Rangers	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–0

• Game 2 played in Boston

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