1930–31 Detroit Falcons season

1930–31 Detroit Falcons
1930–31 Detroit Falcons
Division	4th American
1930–31 record	16–21–7
Goals for	102
Goals against	105
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Jack Adams
Captain	George Hay
Team leaders
Goals	Ebbie Goodfellow (25)
Assists	Ebbie Goodfellow (23)
Points	Ebbie Goodfellow (48)
Penalty minutes	Bert McInenly (48)
	← 1929–30 1931–32 →

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

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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

Vs. American Division

1930–31 NHL records^[2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	PHI	Total
Boston	—	2–4	4–1–1	4–0–2	5–0–1	15–5–4
Chicago	4–2	—	2–3–1	4–1–1	6–0	16–6–2
Detroit	1–4–1	3–2–1	—	2–3–1	4–2	10–11–3
N.Y. Rangers	0–4–2	1–4–1	3–2–1	—	6–0	10–10–4
Philadelphia	0–5–1	0–6	2–4	0–6	—	2–21–1

Vs. Canadian Division

1930–31 NHL records
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	OTT	TOR	Total
Boston	1–2–1	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–1–1	12–6–2
Chicago	0–3–1	0–4	3–1	4–0	0–4	7–12–1
Detroit	2–2	0–3–1	0–2–2	2–2	2–1–1	6–10–4
N.Y. Rangers	2–2	2–1–1	1–0–3	3–1	1–2–1	9–6–5
Philadelphia	0–3–1	1–3	0–3–1	0–3–1	1–3	2–15–3

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

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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

References

^ 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.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1930-31 Detroit Falcons Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.

External links

[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.

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1930–31 Detroit Falcons season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Vs. American Division

Vs. Canadian Division

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

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