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
League	2nd NHL
1924–25 record	19–11–0
Goals for	90
Goals against	84
Team information
General manager	Charles Querrie
Coach	Eddie Powers
Captain	John Ross Roach
Arena	Arena Gardens

Regular season

Final standings

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

1924-25 NHL Records
Team	BOS	HAM	MON	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

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

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

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;

Transactions

• October 21, 1924: Lost Free Agent Wilf Loughlin to the Regina Capitals (WCHL)
• November 12, 1924: Signed Free Agent Reg Reid
• December 8, 1924: Signed Free Agent Ernie Parkes
• December 8, 1924: Traded Ernie Parkes to the Boston Bruins for cash
• December 9, 1924: Signed Free Agent Hap Day
• December 14, 1924: Traded Red Stuart to the Boston Bruins for cash
• December 17, 1924: Lost Free Agent Stan Jackson to the Boston Bruins
• January 14, 1925: Signed Free Agent Mike Neville
• February 9, 1925: Signed Free Agent Charlie Cotch

See also

• 1924–25 NHL season

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. "1924-25 Toronto St. Patricks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-22.