1924–25 Hamilton Tigers season

The 1924–25 Hamilton Tigers season was the fifth and last season of the Tigers. The club won the regular season but did not play in the playoffs as the players went on strike for increased pay. NHL president Frank Calder suspended the team. In the off-season, the assets of the Tigers were sold to form the new New York Americans expansion team.

1924–25 Hamilton Tigers
League	1st NHL
1924–25 record	19–10–1
Home record	12–3–0
Road record	7–7–1
Goals for	90
Goals against	60
Team information
General manager	Percy Thompson
Coach	Jimmy Gardner
Arena	Barton Street Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Billy Burch (20)
Assists	Red Green (16)
Points	Red Green (35)
Penalty minutes	Shorty Green (73)
Wins	Jake Forbes (19)
Goals against average	Jake Forbes (1.96)
← 1923–24

Offseason

The league added two new expansion teams: the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Maroons. The Bruins became the first American-based team in the NHL.

Jimmy Gardner was named coach of the team.^[1]

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 [3]
Team	BOS	HAM	MTL	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	—

Playoffs

The Tigers players went on strike to gain an increase in pay for the longer season. After the first playoff series was completed, NHL President Calder suspended the team, awarding the championship to the first round winner. Calder imposed a fine on the players and this was paid after the franchise was sold to New York.

Schedule and results

1924–25 regular season[4]
November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 1 W November 29, 1924 5–3 Ottawa Senators (1924–25) 1–0–0
December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 2 W December 3, 1924 2–0 @ Montreal Maroons (1924–25) 2–0–0 3 W December 5, 1924 10–3 @ Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) 3–0–0 4 W December 10, 1924 7–1 Boston Bruins (1924–25) 4–0–0 5 L December 13, 1924 2–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1924–25) 4–1–0 6 T December 17, 1924 0–0 OT @ Ottawa Senators (1924–25) 4–1–1 7 W December 20, 1924 3–1 Montreal Maroons (1924–25) 5–1–1 8 W December 25, 1924 8–1 Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) 6–1–1 9 W December 29, 1924 2–1 @ Boston Bruins (1924–25) 7–1–1
January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 10 W January 1, 1925 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (1924–25) 8–1–1 11 L January 3, 1925 0–2 @ Ottawa Senators (1924–25) 8–2–1 12 L January 7, 1925 2–6 Montreal Maroons (1924–25) 8–3–1 13 L January 10, 1925 1–3 @ Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) 8–4–1 14 W January 12, 1925 4–2 @ Boston Bruins (1924–25) 9–4–1 15 W January 17, 1925 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (1924–25) 10–4–1 16 W January 21, 1925 5–4 Ottawa Senators (1924–25) 11–4–1 17 W January 24, 1925 1–0 @ Montreal Maroons (1924–25) 12–4–1 18 W January 28, 1925 4–0 Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) 13–4–1 19 W January 31, 1925 8–3 Boston Bruins (1924–25) 14–4–1
February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 20 W February 4, 1925 3–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (1924–25) 15–4–1 21 L February 7, 1925 2–3 @ Ottawa Senators (1924–25) 15–5–1 22 W February 11, 1925 3–2 Montreal Maroons (1924–25) 16–5–1 23 L February 14, 1925 1–3 @ Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) 16–6–1 24 W February 17, 1925 2–1 @ Boston Bruins (1924–25) 17–6–1 25 L February 21, 1925 1–2 Montreal Canadiens (1924–25) 17–7–1 26 W February 25, 1925 2–0 Ottawa Senators (1924–25) 18–7–1 27 L February 28, 1925 0–1 @ Montreal Maroons (1924–25) 18–8–1
March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 28 W March 4, 1925 3–2 Toronto St. Patricks (1924–25) 19–8–1 29 L March 7, 1925 0–2 Boston Bruins (1924–25) 19–9–1 30 L March 9, 1925 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1924–25) 19–10–1
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Red Green LW 30 19 15 34 81 Billy Burch C/LW 27 20 7 27 10 Shorty Green RW 28 18 9 27 63 Ken Randall RW/D 30 8 10 18 52 Alex McKinnon RW 29 8 3 11 47 Mickey Roach C 30 6 4 10 8 Charlie Langlois RW/D 30 6 3 9 47 Edmond Bouchard LW/D 24 2 2 4 14 Jesse Spring D 29 2 1 3 11 Charlie Cotch LW 7 1 0 1 0 Jake Forbes G 30 0 0 0 2 Goldie Prodgers F/D 1 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Jake Forbes 1833 30 19 10 1 60 1.96 6 Jesse Spring 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 Team: 1835 30 19 10 1 60 1.96 6

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

• Hart Trophy – Billy Burch

Transactions

See also

• 1924–25 NHL season