1931–32 New York Americans season

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1931–32 New York Americans
Division4th Canadian
1931–32 record16–24–8
Team information
General managerEddie Gerard
Coach Eddie Gerard
Captain Billy Burch
Team leaders
Goals Joe Lamb (14)
Assists Norman Himes (14)
Points Norman Himes (28)
Penalty minutes Mervyn Dutton (109)
Wins Roy Worters (12)
Goals against average Moe Roberts (1.00)
  1930–31
1932–33  

The 1931–32 New York Americans season was the Americans' seventh season of play. The team again finished out of the playoffs, finishing fourth in the Canadian Division.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Canadian Division
GPWLTGFGAPTS
Montreal Canadiens 482516712811157
Toronto Maple Leafs 482318715512753
Montreal Maroons 481922714213945
New York Americans 48162489514240

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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

Game log

No.RDateScoreOpponentRecord
1WNovember 12, 19315–2@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32)1–0–0
2TNovember 15, 19311–1 OT@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)1–0–1
3LNovember 17, 19310–3@ New York Rangers (1931–32)1–1–1
4WNovember 22, 19312–1 Detroit Falcons (1931–32)2–1–1
5TNovember 26, 19311–1 OT Montreal Maroons (1931–32)2–1–2
6WNovember 28, 19313–1 OT@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32)3–1–2
7TDecember 1, 19312–2 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)3–1–3
8WDecember 6, 19312–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)4–1–3
9WDecember 8, 19313–2@ Boston Bruins (1931–32)5–1–3
10LDecember 10, 19310–3 Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)5–2–3
11LDecember 13, 19311–2 New York Rangers (1931–32)5–3–3
12TDecember 15, 19312–2 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)5–3–4
13LDecember 17, 19310–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)5–4–4
14TDecember 20, 19312–2 OT Detroit Falcons (1931–32)5–4–5
15LDecember 22, 19313–9@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)5–5–5
16LDecember 25, 19310–6@ New York Rangers (1931–32)5–6–5
17LDecember 27, 19310–1@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32)5–7–5
18LDecember 29, 19310–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)5–8–5
19LJanuary 1, 19322–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)5–9–5
20TJanuary 3, 19320–0 OT Boston Bruins (1931–32)5–9–6
21WJanuary 5, 19322–1 OT@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)6–9–6
22WJanuary 7, 19321–0 Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)7–9–6
23LJanuary 9, 19322–4@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32)7–10–6
24WJanuary 12, 19322–0 Montreal Maroons (1931–32)8–10–6
25WJanuary 17, 19324–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)9–10–6
26LJanuary 19, 19323–11@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)9–11–6
27LJanuary 21, 19320–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)9–12–6
28WJanuary 26, 19323–2 Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)10–12–6
29WJanuary 31, 19324–2 Montreal Maroons (1931–32)11–12–6
30WFebruary 2, 19324–3@ Boston Bruins (1931–32)12–12–6
31LFebruary 4, 19320–5 Boston Bruins (1931–32)12–13–6
32LFebruary 6, 19321–3@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32)12–14–6
33LFebruary 9, 19321–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)12–15–6
34LFebruary 14, 19321–3 Boston Bruins (1931–32)12–16–6
35LFebruary 16, 19321–7@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32)12–17–6
36LFebruary 18, 19321–3 Montreal Maroons (1931–32)12–18–6
37WFebruary 21, 19323–2@ New York Rangers (1931–32)13–18–6
38TFebruary 23, 19324–4 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)13–18–7
39LMarch 1, 19321–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)13–19–7
40LMarch 4, 19321–6@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)13–20–7
41TMarch 6, 19322–2 OT Detroit Falcons (1931–32)13–20–8
42LMarch 8, 19321–6@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)13–21–8
43WMarch 10, 19325–1 New York Rangers (1931–32)14–21–8
44LMarch 13, 19320–1@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32)14–22–8
45WMarch 15, 19325–2 Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)15–22–8
46LMarch 17, 19324–10@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)15–23–8
47LMarch 20, 19322–4 New York Rangers (1931–32)15–24–8
48WMarch 22, 19328–6@ Boston Bruins (1931–32)16–24–8

Playoffs

The Americans did not qualify for the playoffs.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring
PlayerGPGAPtsPIM
Normie Himes 48721289
Charley McVeigh 4812152716
Joe Lamb 4814112571
Billy Burch 487152220
Bert McInenly 301261844
Tommy Filmore 31861412
Wally Kilrea 48381118
Bill Brydge 48281077
John Keating 225386
Red Dutton 47358107
George Patterson 2060626
Vern Ayres 4524682
Al Shields 4841545
Roy Burmister 163252
Albert Hughes 181128
George Massecar 1411212
Eddie Convey 2110121
Hap Emms 1310111
Johnny Sheppard 51012
Eddie Jeremiah 90110
Jake Forbes 60000
Len Grosvenor 120000
Dave Kerr 10000
Moe Roberts 10000
Hub Wilson 20000
Roy Worters 400000
Goaltending
PlayerMINGPWLTGAGAASASVSV%SO
Roy Worters 245940122081102.685
Jake Forbes 3606330162.670
Moe Roberts 60110011.000
Dave Kerr 60101066.000
Al Shields 412000913.170
Team:298048162481422.865

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Playoffs

The Americans did not qualify for the playoffs.

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

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References

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