1929–30 New York Americans season

The 1929–30 New York Americans season was the fifth season of play of the Americans. After making the playoffs in 1929, the team slid to last-place in the Canadian Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

1929–30 New York Americans
Division	5th Canadian
1929–30 record	14–25–5
Home record	11–7–4
Road record	3–18–1
Goals for	113
Goals against	161
Team information
General manager	Lionel Conacher
Coach	Lionel Conacher
Captain	Billy Burch
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Norman Himes (28)
Assists	Norman Himes (22)
Points	Norman Himes (50)
Penalty minutes	Lionel Conacher (73)
Wins	Roy Worters (11)
Goals against average	Benny Grant Roy Worters (3.57)
← 1928–29 1930–31 →

Offseason

Tommy Gorman left the Americans for a position in managing the Agua Caliente Racetrack. Lionel Conacher became the playing-coach and general manager.

Regular season

The season started poorly for the Amerks, winning only two games by Christmas, and by then out of the playoff race and ten games under .500. The team only won back-to-back games three times and the highlight was a modest three-game win streak in March. The team would finish eleven games under .500 for the season.

Final standings

Canadian Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Montreal Maroons	44	23	16	5	141	114	51
Montreal Canadiens	44	21	14	9	142	114	51
Ottawa Senators	44	21	15	8	138	118	50
Toronto Maple Leafs	44	17	21	6	116	124	40
New York Americans	44	14	25	5	113	161	33

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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

Vs. Canadian Division 1929–30 NHL records[2] Team MTL MTM NYA OTT TOR Total M. Canadiens — 1–4–1 5–1 1–2–3 4–1–1 11–8–5 M. Maroons 4–1–1 — 5–0–1 2–3–1 3–2–1 14–6–4 N.Y. Americans 1–5 0–5–1 — 2–3–1 1–3–2 4–16–4 Ottawa 2–1–3 3–2–1 3–2–1 — 5–1 13–6–5 Toronto 1–4–1 2–3–1 3–1–2 1–5 — 7–13–4

Vs. American Division 1929–30 NHL records Team BOS CHI DET NYR PIT Total M. Canadiens 0–4 3–0–1 3–1 2–1–1 2–0–2 10–6–4 M. Maroons 1–3 0–4 2–1–1 2–2 4–0 9–10–1 N.Y. Americans 1–3 2–2 3–1 2–2 2–1–1 10–9–1 Ottawa 0–4 2–2 3–0–1 0–2–2 3–1 8–9–3 Toronto 0–4 2–1–1 2–2 3–0–1 3–1 10–8–2

Schedule and results

1929–30 regular season[3]
November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 1 L November 16, 1929 3–4 @ Ottawa Senators (1929–30) 0–1–0 2 L November 19, 1929 1–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30) 0–2–0 3 L November 24, 1929 2–3 OT Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 0–3–0 4 W November 28, 1929 4–3 OT Ottawa Senators (1929–30) 1–3–0 5 L November 30, 1929 1–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 1–4–0
December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 6 L December 3, 1929 0–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 1–5–0 7 L December 5, 1929 2–3 @ Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 1–6–0 8 L December 8, 1929 2–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30) 1–7–0 9 W December 10, 1929 1–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 2–7–0 10 L December 14, 1929 1–8 @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30) 2–8–0 11 L December 15, 1929 4–8 Boston Bruins (1929–30) 2–9–0 12 L December 17, 1929 2–6 @ New York Rangers (1929–30) 2–10–0 13 L December 19, 1929 3–5 Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 2–11–0 14 L December 21, 1929 3–5 @ Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 2–12–0 15 W December 24, 1929 5–3 Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 3–12–0 16 W December 29, 1929 3–2 Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30) 4–12–0
January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 17 L January 1, 1930 2–5 @ Boston Bruins (1929–30) 4–13–0 18 W January 2, 1930 7–1 New York Rangers (1929–30) 5–13–0 19 L January 4, 1930 1–4 @ Ottawa Senators (1929–30) 5–14–0 20 T January 7, 1930 1–1 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 5–14–1 21 W January 11, 1930 3–1 @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30) 6–14–1 22 W January 12, 1930 3–2 Boston Bruins (1929–30) 7–14–1 23 L January 16, 1930 2–3 OT Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 7–15–1 24 L January 18, 1930 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 7–16–1 25 L January 21, 1930 2–5 Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 7–17–1 26 L January 23, 1930 1–2 OT @ Boston Bruins (1929–30) 7–18–1 27 T January 26, 1930 1–1 OT Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30) 7–18–2 28 L January 28, 1930 3–4 OT @ New York Rangers (1929–30) 7–19–2 29 W January 30, 1930 3–2 Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 8–19–2
February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 30 L February 1, 1930 2–7 @ Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 8–20–2 31 W February 4, 1930 5–3 New York Rangers (1929–30) 9–20–2 32 L February 9, 1930 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 9–21–2 33 T February 16, 1930 2–2 OT Ottawa Senators (1929–30) 9–21–3 34 W February 18, 1930 6–4 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30) 10–21–3 35 T February 20, 1930 3–3 OT Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 10–21–4 36 L February 22, 1930 2–9 @ Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 10–22–4 37 W February 25, 1930 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 11–22–4
March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 38 L March 1, 1930 1–5 @ Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 11–23–4 39 T March 4, 1930 1–1 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 11–23–5 40 W March 6, 1930 1–0 @ Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 12–23–5 41 W March 9, 1930 5–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30) 13–23–5 42 W March 13, 1930 2–1 OT Ottawa Senators (1929–30) 14–23–5 43 L March 15, 1930 7–8 @ Ottawa Senators (1929–30) 14–24–5 44 L March 18, 1930 3–8 @ Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 14–25–5
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Normie Himes	44	28	22	50	15
Johnny Sheppard	43	14	15	29	32
Charley McVeigh	40	14	14	28	32
Joe Simpson	44	8	13	21	41
George Patterson	39	13	4	17	24
Bill Boyd	43	7	6	13	16
Billy Burch	35	7	3	10	22
George Massecar	43	7	3	10	18
Lionel Conacher	40	4	6	10	73
Bill Holmes	42	5	4	9	33
Bill Brydge	41	2	6	8	64
Roy Burmister	40	1	1	2	0
Jake Forbes	1	0	0	0	0
Benny Grant	7	0	0	0	0
Leo Reise	24	0	0	0	0
Roy Worters	36	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Roy Worters	2270	36	11	21	4	135	3.57				2
Benny Grant	420	7	3	4	0	25	3.57				0
Jake Forbes	70	1	0	0	1	1	0.86				0
Team:	2760	44	14	25	5	161	3.50				2

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Awards and records

Transactions

See also

• 1929–30 NHL season