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1924–25 Toronto St. Patricks season

The 1924–25 Toronto St. Patricks season was Toronto's eighth in the National Hockey League (NH). The St. Pats qualified for the playoffs, finishing second. The St. Pats lost to the Montreal Canadiens in what turned out to be the NHL championship when Hamilton was suspended..

1924–25 Toronto St. Patricks
League2nd NHL
DivisionNHL
1924–25 record19–11–0
Goals for90
Goals against84
Team information
General managerCharles Querrie
CoachEddie Powers
CaptainJohn Ross Roach
ArenaArena Gardens

Offseason

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The team's majority shares held by Percy and Fred Hambly were sold to the partnership of mining magnate J. P. Bickell and movie theater impresario Nathan L. Nathanson, managing director of the Famous Players Theatre chain. Part-owner Charlie Querrie retained his minority ownership.[1]

Regular season

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Final standings

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National Hockey League
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Hamilton Tigers 30 19 10 1 90 60 39
Toronto St. Patricks 30 19 11 0 90 84 38
Montreal Canadiens 30 17 11 2 93 56 36
Ottawa Senators 30 17 12 1 83 66 35
Montreal Maroons 30 9 19 2 45 65 20
Boston Bruins 30 6 24 0 49 119 12

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

Record vs. opponents

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1924–25 NHL Records [3]
Team BOS HAM MTL MTM OTT TOR
Boston — 1–5 2–4 3–3 0–6 0–6
Hamilton 5–1 — 3–3 4–2 3–2–1 4–2
M. Canadiens 4–2 3–3 — 4–0–2 3–3 3–3
M. Maroons 3–3 2–4 0–4–2 — 2–4 2–4
Ottawa 6–0 2–3–1 3–3 4–2 — 2–4
Toronto 6–0 2–4 3–3 4–2 4–2 —


Schedule and results

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No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L November 29, 1924 1–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1924–25) 0–1–0
2 W December 3, 1924 5–3 Boston Bruins (1924–25) 1–1–0
3 L December 5, 1924 3–10 Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) 1–2–0
4 W December 10, 1924 6–3 @ Ottawa Senators (1924–25) 2–2–0
5 L December 13, 1924 1–3 Montreal Maroons (1924–25) 2–3–0
6 L December 17, 1924 2–5 Montreal Canadiens (1924–25) 2–4–0
7 W December 22, 1924 10–1 @ Boston Bruins (1924–25) 3–4–0
8 L December 25, 1924 1–8 @ Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) 3–5–0
9 L December 27, 1924 3–4 Ottawa Senators (1924–25) 3–6–0
10 W January 1, 1925 2–1 @ Montreal Maroons (1924–25) 4–6–0
11 L January 3, 1925 1–3 Montreal Canadiens (1924–25) 4–7–0
12 W January 5, 1925 3–2 @ Boston Bruins (1924–25) 5–7–0
13 W January 10, 1925 3–1 Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) 6–7–0
14 W January 14, 1925 3–2 Ottawa Senators (1924–25) 7–7–0
15 L January 17, 1925 1–2 @ Montreal Maroons (1924–25) 7–8–0
16 W January 21, 1925 4–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1924–25) 8–8–0
17 W January 24, 1925 4–3 Boston Bruins (1924–25) 9–8–0
18 L January 28, 1925 0–4 @ Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) 9–9–0
19 W January 31, 1925 2–1 @ Ottawa Senators (1924–25) 10–9–0
20 W February 4, 1925 3–2 Montreal Maroons (1924–25) 11–9–0
21 W February 7, 1925 5–4 Montreal Canadiens (1924–25) 12–9–0
22 W February 10, 1925 5–1 @ Boston Bruins (1924–25) 13–9–0
23 W February 14, 1925 3–1 Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) 14–9–0
24 W February 18, 1925 4–2 Ottawa Senators (1924–25) 15–9–0
25 W February 21, 1925 2–1 @ Montreal Maroons (1924–25) 16–9–0
26 W February 25, 1925 3–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1924–25) 17–9–0
27 W February 28, 1925 5–1 Boston Bruins (1924–25) 18–9–0
28 L March 4, 1925 2–3 @ Hamilton Tigers (1924–25) 18–10–0
29 L March 7, 1925 0–3 @ Ottawa Senators (1924–25) 18–11–0
30 W March 9, 1925 3–0 Montreal Maroons (1924–25) 19–11–0

Playoffs

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The St. Pats lost to the third-place Montreal Canadiens in a two-game, total-goals series 5–2. As the Hamilton Tigers went on strike, the Canadiens were named NHL champion.

Date Home team Score Visiting team Score Note
March 11 Montreal Canadiens 3 Toronto St. Patricks 2
March 13 Toronto St. Patricks 0 Montreal Canadiens 2

Montreal wins series 5 goals to two.

Player statistics

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Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Babe Dye RW 29 38 8 46 41
Jack Adams C 27 21 10 31 67
Hap Day D 26 10 12 22 33
Bert McCaffrey RW/D 30 10 6 16 12
Bert Corbeau D 30 4 6 10 74
Albert Holway D 25 2 2 4 20
Mike Neville C 13 1 2 3 4
Lloyd Andrews LW 7 1 0 1 0
Alvin Fisher RW 9 1 0 1 4
Reg Noble C/D 3 1 0 1 8
Reg Reid LW 27 1 0 1 2
Rod Smylie W 11 1 0 1 0
Billy Stuart D 4 0 1 1 2
Charlie Cotch LW 5 0 0 0 0
Stan Jackson LW 3 0 0 0 7
John Ross Roach G 30 0 0 0 0
Chris Speyer D 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
John Ross Roach 1800 30 19 11 0 84 2.80 1
Team: 1800 30 19 11 0 84 2.80 1
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Jack Adams C 2 1 0 1 7
Bert McCaffrey RW/D 2 1 0 1 4
Bert Corbeau D 2 0 0 0 10
Hap Day D 2 0 0 0 0
Babe Dye RW 2 0 0 0 0
Albert Holway D 2 0 0 0 0
Mike Neville C 2 0 0 0 0
Reg Reid LW 2 0 0 0 0
John Ross Roach G 2 0 0 0 0
Rod Smylie W 1 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
John Ross Roach 120 2 0 2 5 2.50 0
Team: 120 2 0 2 5 2.50 0

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ross 2015, pp. 335–336.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "1924-25 Toronto St. Patricks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved July 22, 2009.

Works cited

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  • Ross, J. Andrew (2015). Joining the Clubs: The Business of the National Hockey League to 1945. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815633839.
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