1931–32 New York Americans season

1931–32 New York Americans
Division	4th Canadian
1931–32 record	16–24–8
Goals for	95
Goals against	142
Team information
General manager	Eddie Gerard
Coach	Eddie Gerard
Captain	Billy Burch
Arena	Madison Square Garden
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)

The 1931–32 New York Americans season was the Americans' 7th season of play. The Americans finished 4th in the Canadian Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Canadian Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	48	25	16	7	128	111	57
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	23	18	7	155	127	53
Montreal Maroons	48	19	22	7	142	139	45
New York Americans	48	16	24	8	95	142	40

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.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	November 12, 1931	5–2	@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32)	1–0–0
2	T	November 15, 1931	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	1–0–1
3	L	November 17, 1931	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1931–32)	1–1–1
4	W	November 22, 1931	2–1	Detroit Falcons (1931–32)	2–1–1
5	T	November 26, 1931	1–1 OT	Montreal Maroons (1931–32)	2–1–2
6	W	November 28, 1931	3–1 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32)	3–1–2
7	T	December 1, 1931	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	3–1–3
8	W	December 6, 1931	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	4–1–3
9	W	December 8, 1931	3–2	@ Boston Bruins (1931–32)	5–1–3
10	L	December 10, 1931	0–3	Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	5–2–3
11	L	December 13, 1931	1–2	New York Rangers (1931–32)	5–3–3
12	T	December 15, 1931	2–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	5–3–4
13	L	December 17, 1931	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	5–4–4
14	T	December 20, 1931	2–2 OT	Detroit Falcons (1931–32)	5–4–5
15	L	December 22, 1931	3–9	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	5–5–5
16	L	December 25, 1931	0–6	@ New York Rangers (1931–32)	5–6–5
17	L	December 27, 1931	0–1	@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32)	5–7–5
18	L	December 29, 1931	0–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	5–8–5
19	L	January 1, 1932	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	5–9–5
20	T	January 3, 1932	0–0 OT	Boston Bruins (1931–32)	5–9–6
21	W	January 5, 1932	2–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	6–9–6
22	W	January 7, 1932	1–0	Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	7–9–6
23	L	January 9, 1932	2–4	@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32)	7–10–6
24	W	January 12, 1932	2–0	Montreal Maroons (1931–32)	8–10–6
25	W	January 17, 1932	4–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	9–10–6
26	L	January 19, 1932	3–11	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	9–11–6
27	L	January 21, 1932	0–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	9–12–6
28	W	January 26, 1932	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	10–12–6
29	W	January 31, 1932	4–2	Montreal Maroons (1931–32)	11–12–6
30	W	February 2, 1932	4–3	@ Boston Bruins (1931–32)	12–12–6
31	L	February 4, 1932	0–5	Boston Bruins (1931–32)	12–13–6
32	L	February 6, 1932	1–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32)	12–14–6
33	L	February 9, 1932	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	12–15–6
34	L	February 14, 1932	1–3	Boston Bruins (1931–32)	12–16–6
35	L	February 16, 1932	1–7	@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32)	12–17–6
36	L	February 18, 1932	1–3	Montreal Maroons (1931–32)	12–18–6
37	W	February 21, 1932	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1931–32)	13–18–6
38	T	February 23, 1932	4–4 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	13–18–7
39	L	March 1, 1932	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	13–19–7
40	L	March 4, 1932	1–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	13–20–7
41	T	March 6, 1932	2–2 OT	Detroit Falcons (1931–32)	13–20–8
42	L	March 8, 1932	1–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	13–21–8
43	W	March 10, 1932	5–1	New York Rangers (1931–32)	14–21–8
44	L	March 13, 1932	0–1	@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32)	14–22–8
45	W	March 15, 1932	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	15–22–8
46	L	March 17, 1932	4–10	@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	15–23–8
47	L	March 20, 1932	2–4	New York Rangers (1931–32)	15–24–8
48	W	March 22, 1932	8–6	@ Boston Bruins (1931–32)	16–24–8

Playoffs

• The Americans did not qualify for the playoffs.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Normie Himes	48	7	21	28	9
Charley McVeigh	48	12	15	27	16
Joe Lamb	48	14	11	25	71
Billy Burch	48	7	15	22	20
Bert McInenly	30	12	6	18	44
Tommy Filmore	31	8	6	14	12
Wally Kilrea	48	3	8	11	18
Bill Brydge	48	2	8	10	77
John Keating	22	5	3	8	6
Red Dutton	47	3	5	8	107
George Patterson	20	6	0	6	26
Vern Ayres	45	2	4	6	82
Al Shields	48	4	1	5	45
Roy Burmister	16	3	2	5	2
Albert Hughes	18	1	1	2	8
George Massecar	14	1	1	2	12
Eddie Convey	21	1	0	1	21
Hap Emms	13	1	0	1	11
Johnny Sheppard	5	1	0	1	2
Ed Jeremiah	9	0	1	1	0
Jake Forbes	6	0	0	0	0
Len Grosvenor	12	0	0	0	0
Dave Kerr	1	0	0	0	0
Moe Roberts	1	0	0	0	0
Hub Wilson	2	0	0	0	0
Roy Worters	40	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SO
Roy Worters	2459	40	12	20	8	110	2.68			5
Jake Forbes	360	6	3	3	0	16	2.67			0
Moe Roberts	60	1	1	0	0	1	1.00			0
Dave Kerr	60	1	0	1	0	6	6.00			0
Al Shields	41	2	0	0	0	9	13.17			0
Team:	2980	48	16	24	8	142	2.86			5

Awards and Records

• Roy Worters, Goalie, NHL Second Team All-Star

Transactions

• Trade Doug Young to the Detroit Falcons for Ronnie Martin on October 18, 1931.
• Trade Frank Carson and Hap Emms to Detroit for Tommy Filmore and Bert McInenly on December 29, 1931.
• Sell Eddie Jeremiah to the Boston Bruins on February 1, 1932.
• Sell Billy Burch to Boston on April 13, 1932.

Trivia

• Americans who recorded a hat trick this season include:
  • Tommy Filmore during the 8-6 win over the Boston Bruins on March 22, 1932.

See Also

• 1931–32 NHL season