1910–11 Montreal Canadiens season

Team business

Regular season

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Roster

References

Final standings

The 1910–1911 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's second season and also the second season of the National Hockey Association (NHA). The club would improve to an 8–8 record, second in the league. It was the first season for Georges Vezina and he would lead the league in goals against average (GAA) with a record of 3.9 goals per game. Newsy Lalonde joined the team from Renfrew and led the team with 19 goals.

This was the first season under new owner George Kennedy. After the 1910 NHA season, Kennedy who was an owner of the Club Athlétique-Canadien claimed the name 'Canadiens'. It was his intention that he would be granted admission to the NHA and if refused would insist that the Canadiens name be dropped.^[1] Kennedy and partner Joseph-Pierre Gadbois had previously shown interest in the Montreal Wanderers but a purchase was not completed. The Club Athletique de Canadien (CAC) joined the NHA at the NHA meeting of November 12, 1910 for $7,500. At the same meeting, both Haileybury and Cobalt teams dropped out and Quebec joined the league. The new Canadiens organization would operate the Haileybury franchise and Quebec operate Cobalt's franchise. Ambrose O'Brien owner of the Haileybury, Cobalt and Les Canadiens franchise, kept the Canadiens franchise and let it lie dormant. It is not clear why the transfer of the Canadiens from O'Brien to the CAC was done this way. Later news reports brought up the disposition of the players as an issue. The players of the Haileybury and Cobalt teams were not transferred. Both the Haileybury and Cobalt teams resumed play in the Temiscaming League. At the same time, the league was fighting with the players over a salary cap and it was not clear if the players were property of the teams or free agents.

After securing a franchise, Kennedy demanded Newsy Lalonde's return from Renfrew or the team would not operate. At first, Renfrew claimed that Lalonde was their property, but Kennedy signed Lalonde on December 12. Terms of the contract were kept secret, as the league had imposed a $5,000 salary cap and the newspapers had rumoured an offer or $2,500. Offers of $500 per season were being turned down by the players, who instead tried to form a rival league. Kennedy signed Jack Laviolette to manage the team. The club moved out of the Jubilee Rink, instead signing a lease with the Montreal Arena along with the Montreal Wanderers. The two teams effectively crowded out any rival league from playing at the Arena. The Jubilee Rink was owned by the Wanderers owners and could keep any rival league out. The players eventually capitulated to the NHA owners.

After an exhibition match by the Canadiens in Chicoutimi, Quebec against a team with Georges Vezina in goal, Joseph Cattarinich the then-goaltender of the Canadiens was so impressed by Vezina's play that he suggested to team management that they sign Vezina and he would step aside. It was Cattarinch's final game playing with the club. He would later become part-owner of the club.

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

No.	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record
1	Dec. 31	Ottawa	5	Canadiens	3	0–1
2	Jan. 7	Canadiens	4	Quebec	1	1–1
3	Jan. 14	Renfrew	1	Canadiens	4	2–1
4	Jan. 18	Canadiens	4	Wanderers	5	2–2
5	Jan. 21	Canadiens	4	Ottawa	5 (overtime)	2–3
6	Jan. 24	Quebec	5	Canadiens	9	3–3
7	Jan. 27	Canadiens	6	Renfrew	5	4–3
8	Feb. 1	Wanderers	8	Canadiens	3	4–4
9	Feb. 7	Canadiens	6	Wanderers	2	5–4
10	Feb. 11	Quebec	2	Canadiens	3	6–4
11	Feb. 15	Canadiens	4	Quebec	7	6–5
12	Feb. 21	Renfrew	2	Canadiens	4	7–5
13	Feb. 28	Wanderers	2	Canadiens	3	8–5
14	Mar. 2	Canadiens	3	Renfrew	5	8–6
15	Mar. 8	Ottawa	4	Canadiens	3	8–7
16	Mar. 10	Canadiens	0	Ottawa	5	8–8

The team did not qualify for playoffs.

Adolphe Lecours (coach)
Georges Vezina (goaltender)
Arthur Bernier, Lorenzo Bertrand, Hector Dallaire, Newsy Lalonde, Jack Laviolette, Edgar Leduc, Eugene Payan, Evariste Payer, Didier Pitre, Skinner Poulin, 'Rocket' Power

Source:

Coleman, Charles L. (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.1 1893–1926 inc.
Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Key Porter Books. p. 149.

Ottawa Hockey Club

Montreal Canadiens

Renfrew Creamery Kings

Montreal Wanderers

Quebec Bulldogs

Coleman, Charles L. (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.1 1893–1926 inc. National Hockey League.
Jenish, D'Arcy (2008). The Montreal Canadiens: 100 Years of Glory. Toronto, Ontario: Doubleday Canada. ISBN 978-0-385-66324-3.
McFarlane, Brian (1996). The Habs. Toronto: Stoddart Publishing. ISBN 0-7737-2981-X.
O'Brien, Andy (1971). Les Canadiens: the story of the Montreal Canadiens. Toronto, New York: McGrawHill-Ryerson. ISBN 0-07-092950-5.

↑ Jenish, p. 33
↑ Standings: Coleman, Charles (1966). Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1, 1893-1926 inc. National Hockey League. p. 210.

Montreal Canadiens seasons

1900s	1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1910–11 NHA season by team

NHA	Montreal Canadiens Montreal Wanderers Ottawa Quebec Renfrew

See also	Transactions

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