1931–32 NHL season

The 1931–32 NHL season was the fifteenth season of the National Hockey League. Eight teams played 48 games each. The Toronto Maple Leafs swept the New York Rangers in three games for the Stanley Cup.

Regular season

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

Canadian Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Montreal Canadiens	48	25	16	7	57	128	111	450
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	23	18	7	53	155	127	625
Montreal Maroons	48	19	22	7	45	142	139	593
New York Americans	48	16	24	8	40	95	142	596

American Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
New York Rangers	48	23	17	8	54	134	112	511
Chicago Black Hawks	48	18	19	11	47	86	101	464
Detroit Falcons	48	18	20	10	46	95	108	415
Boston Bruins	48	15	21	12	42	122	117	373

Leading scorers

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes

PLAYER	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
Busher Jackson	Toronto Maple Leafs	48	28	25	53	63
Joe Primeau	Toronto Maple Leafs	46	13	37	50	25
Howie Morenz	Montreal Canadiens	48	24	25	49	46
Charlie Conacher	Toronto Maple Leafs	44	34	14	48	66
Bill Cook	New York Rangers	48	33	14	47	33

Stanley Cup playoffs

Playoff bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

C1

Montreal Canadiens

1

A1

New York Rangers

3

A1

New York Rangers

0

C2

Toronto Maple Leafs

3

C2

Toronto Maple Leafs

6G

A2

Chicago Black Hawks

2G

C2

Toronto Maple Leafs

4G

C3

Montreal Maroons

3G

C3

Montreal Maroons

3G

A3

Detroit Falcons

1G

NHL awards

1931–32 NHL awards
O'Brien Trophy:	Montreal Canadiens
Prince of Wales Trophy:	New York Rangers
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Howie Morenz, Montreal Canadiens
Lady Byng Trophy:	Joe Primeau, Toronto Maple Leafs
Vezina Trophy:	Chuck Gardiner, Chicago Black Hawks

All-Star teams

First Team	Position	Second Team
Chuck Gardiner, Chicago Black Hawks	G	Roy Worters, New York Americans
Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins	D	Sylvio Mantha, Montreal Canadiens
Ching Johnson, New York Rangers	D	King Clancy, Toronto Maple Leafs
Howie Morenz, Montreal Canadiens	C	Hooley Smith, Montreal Maroons
Bill Cook, New York Rangers	RW	Charlie Conacher, Toronto Maple Leafs
Aurel Joliat, Montreal Canadiens	LW	Bun Cook, New York Rangers
Lester Patrick, New York Rangers	Coach	Dick Irvin, Toronto Maple Leafs

First games

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1931–32 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark start in playoffs):

• Art Coulter, Chicago Black Hawks
• Earl Seibert, New York Rangers
• Ott Heller, New York Rangers

Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1931–32 (listed with their last team):

• Georges Boucher, Chicago Black Hawks
• Art Gagne, Detroit Falcons
• Carson Cooper, Detroit Falcons

References

• Hockey Database
• NHL.com