1930–31 Detroit Falcons season

1930–31 Detroit Falcons
Division4th American
1930–31 record16–21–7
Goals for102
Goals against105
Team information
General managerJack Adams
CoachJack Adams
CaptainGeorge Hay
Team leaders
GoalsEbbie Goodfellow (25)
AssistsEbbie Goodfellow (23)
PointsEbbie Goodfellow (48)
Penalty minutesBert McInenly (48)
Replica 1930–31 season sweater

The 1930–31 Detroit Falcons season was the Detroit National Hockey League (NHL) franchise's fifth season of play and the first known as the Detroit Falcons. The Falcons missed the playoffs

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

American Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Boston Bruins 44 28 10 6 143 90 62
Chicago Black Hawks 44 24 17 3 108 78 51
New York Rangers 44 19 16 9 106 87 47
Detroit Falcons 44 16 21 7 102 105 39
Philadelphia Quakers 44 4 36 4 76 184 12

[1]

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents


Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Ebbie Goodfellow C/D 44 25 23 48 32
Carson Cooper RW 44 14 14 28 10
Herbie Lewis LW 43 15 6 21 38
Larry Aurie RW 41 12 6 18 23
George Hay LW 44 8 10 18 24
John Sorrell LW 39 9 7 16 10
Tommy Filmore RW 39 6 2 8 10
Bert McInenly LW/D 44 3 5 8 48
Reg Noble C/D 44 2 5 7 42
Stewart Evans D 43 1 4 5 14
Stan McCabe LW 44 2 1 3 22
Frank Fredrickson C 24 1 2 3 6
Henry Hicks D 22 2 0 2 10
John Newman C/LW 8 1 1 2 0
Jimmy Creighton F 11 1 0 1 2
Leroy Goldsworthy RW 12 1 0 1 2
Harvey Rockburn D 42 0 1 1 118
Dolly Dolson G 44 0 0 0 0
Frank Steele RW/D 1 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Dolly Dolson 2750 44 16 21 7 105 2.29 6
Team: 2750 44 16 21 7 105 2.29 6

[3]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1930-31 Detroit Falcons Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.