1931–32 Boston Bruins season

The 1931–32 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' eighth season in the NHL. The team finished fourth in the division, out of the playoffs.

1931–32 Boston Bruins
Division	4th American
1931–32 record	15–21–12
Goals for	122
Goals against	117
Team information
General manager	Art Ross
Coach	Art Ross
Captain	George Owen
Team leaders
Goals	Marty Barry (21)
Assists	Dit Clapper (22)
Points	Dit Clapper (39)
Penalty minutes	Eddie Shore (80)
Wins	Tiny Thompson (13)
← 1930–31 1932–33 →

Offseason

Regular season

In the course of playing a 0–0 tie against the New York Americans on January 3, 1932, the Bruins shot the puck the length of the ice 87 times to relieve pressure on their goal. To stop this becoming a regular tactic, the icing rule was introduced into the NHL later in the decade.^[1]

Final standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Rangers	48	23	17	8	134	112	54
Chicago Black Hawks	48	18	19	11	86	101	47
Detroit Falcons	48	18	20	10	95	108	46
Boston Bruins	48	15	21	12	122	117	42

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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 1931–32 NHL records[3] Team BOS CHI DET NYR Total Boston — 2–4–2 3–1–4 2–4–2 7–9–8 Chicago 4–2–2 — 3–4–1 1–5–2 8–11–5 Detroit 1–3–4 4–3–1 — 3–3–2 8–9–7 N.Y. Rangers 4–2–2 5–1–2 3–3–2 — 12–6–6

Vs. Canadian Division 1931–32 NHL records Team MTL MTM NYA TOR Total Boston 3–2–1 1–4–1 2–3–1 2–3–1 8–12–4 Chicago 1–4–1 2–1–3 4–1–1 3–2–1 10–8–6 Detroit 2–3–1 3–3 2–2–2 3–3 10–11–3 N.Y. Rangers 2–3–1 3–2–1 4–2 2–4 11–11–2

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule

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

Playoffs

• The Bruins did not qualify for the postseason.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Dit Clapper	RW/D	48	17	22	39	21
Marty Barry	C	48	21	17	38	22
Cooney Weiland	C	46	14	12	26	20
Art Chapman	C	48	11	14	25	18
George Owen	D	42	12	10	22	29
Eddie Shore	D	45	9	13	22	80
Harry Oliver	RW	44	13	7	20	22
Bill Touhey	LW	26	5	4	9	12
Frank Jerwa	LW/D	24	4	5	9	14
Bud Cook	C	28	4	4	8	14
Lionel Hitchman	D	48	4	3	7	36
Eddie Burke	RW/C	16	3	0	3	12
Irwin Boyd	RW	29	2	1	3	10
Percy Galbraith	LW/D	47	2	1	3	28
Yip Foster	D	34	1	2	3	12
Lloyd Klein	LW	5	1	0	1	0
Paul Runge	C/LW	14	0	1	1	8
Red Beattie	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Wilf Cude	G	2	0	0	0	0
Percy Jackson	G	4	0	0	0	0
Eddie Jeremiah	RW/D	6	0	0	0	0
Joe Jerwa	D	11	0	0	0	8
Jack Pratt	C/D	5	0	0	0	6
Max Sutherland	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Tiny Thompson	G	43	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Tiny Thompson	2698	43	13	19	11	103	2.29	9
Wilf Cude	120	2	1	1	0	6	3.00	1
Percy Jackson	232	4	1	1	1	8	2.07	0
Team:	3050	48	15	21	12	117	2.30	10

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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

Transactions

See also

• 1931–32 NHL season

References

1. Connor, Floyd (2004). Hockey's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Wicked Slapshots, Bruising Goons, and Ice Oddities. Potomac Books. p. 304. ISBN 9781574883640.
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. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
3. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
4. "1931-32 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.

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