1924–25 Boston Bruins season

1924–25 Boston Bruins
1924–25 record	6-24-0 (12 points)
Goals for	49
Goals against	119
Team information
General manager	Art Ross
Coach	Art Ross
Captain	none
Arena	Boston Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Jimmy Herberts (17)
Assists	Jimmy Herberts (5)
Points	Jimmy Herberts (22)
Penalty minutes	Jimmy Herberts (50)
Wins	Doc Stewart (5)
Goals against average	Doc Stewart (3.08)

The 1924–25 Boston Bruins’ season was the team's first in the NHL. Along with the Montreal Maroons, the Bruins were the first expansion franchise in the NHL and the league’s first American-based club. The Bruins finished sixth and last in the league standings.

Regular Season

The Bruins started the season out auspiciously, defeating their fellow expansion Maroons squad in a nearly soldout Boston Arena 2-1; the first goal in franchise history was scored by Smokey Harris, while Carson Cooper, who assisted on Harris' goal, scored the game winner. However, Boston lost its next eleven games and finished in the basement.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

National Hockey League	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA
Hamilton Tigers	30	19	10	1	39	90	60
Toronto St. Patricks	30	19	11	0	38	90	84
Montreal Canadiens	30	17	11	2	36	93	56
Ottawa Senators	30	17	12	1	35	83	66
Montreal Maroons	30	9	19	2	20	45	65
Boston Bruins	30	6	24	0	12	49	119

Game log

1924-25 Game Log December: 1-8-0 (Home: 1-3-0; Road: 0–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 1 December 1 Maroons 1 - 2 Boston 1-0-0 2 2 December 3 Boston 3 - 5 Toronto 1-1-0 2 3 December 8 Canadiens 4 - 3 Boston 1-2-0 2 4 December 10 Boston 1 - 7 Hamilton 1-3-0 2 5 December 15 Ottawa 10 - 2 Boston 1-4-0 2 6 December 17 Boston 2 - 6 Maroons 1-5-0 2 7 December 22 Toronto 10 - 1 Boston 1-6-0 2 8 December 25 Boston 0 - 5 Canadiens 1-7-0 2 9 December 29 Boston 1 - 2 Hamilton 1-8-0 2
January: X-X-X (Home: 3-1-0; Road: 2-2-1) # Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 6 January 3 Montreal 4 - 1 Hamilton 3-2-1 7 7 January 6 Hamilton 3 - 2 Montreal 3-3-1 7 8 January 10 Montreal 2 - 6 Ottawa 3-4-1 7 9 January 13 Montreal 2 - 2 Toronto 3-4-2 8 10 January 17 Ottawa 1 - 2 Montreal 4-4-2 10 11 January 20 Toronto 1 - 3 Montreal 5-4-2 12 12 January 24 Montreal 5 - 1 Hamilton 6-4-2 14 13 January 27 Montreal 2 - 4 Toronto 6-5-2 14 14 January 31 Hamilton 4 - 5 Montreal 7-5-2 16
February: X-X-X (Home: 4-0-0; Road: 0–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 15 February 3 Ottawa 1 - 4 Montreal 8-5-2 18 16 February 7 Montreal 0 - 3 Ottawa 8-6-2 18 17 February 10 Toronto 3 - 5 Montreal 9-6-2 20 18 February 14 Montreal 2 - 4 Hamilton 9-7-2 20 19 February 17 Montreal 0 - 2 Ottawa 9-8-2 20 20 February 21 Hamilton 3 - 5 Montreal 10-8-2 22 21 February 24 Montreal 3 - 4 Toronto 10-9-2 22 22 February 28 Toronto 0 - 3 Montreal 11-9-2 24
March: 2–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 28 March 3 Canadiens 2 - 3 Boston 5-23-0 10 29 March 7 Boston 2 - 0 Hamilton 6-23-0 12 29 March 9 Ottawa 4 - 1 Boston 6-24-0 12

Player Stats

Leading scorers

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

		Regular season						Playoffs
Player		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jimmy Herberts		30	17	5	22	50		-	-	-	-	-
Carson Cooper		12	5	3	8	4		-	-	-	-	-
Red Stewart		24	5	2	7	32		-	-	-	-	-
Stan Jackson		24	5	0	5	36		-	-	-	-	-
George Redding		27	3	2	5	10		-	-	-	-	-
Smokey Harris		6	3	1	4	8		-	-	-	-	-
Bernie Morris		6	2	0	2	0		-	-	-	-	-
Lionel Hitchman		18	2	0	2	22		-	-	-	-	-
Normand Shay		18	1	1	2	14		--	--	--	--	--
Bobby Rowe		4	1	0	1	0		-	-	-	-	-

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; Min = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average

		Regular season									Playoffs
Player		GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA		GP	Min	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Doc Stewart		21	1266	5	16	0	65	2	3.08		-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Roster

• #3 Lionel Hitchman
• #4 Jimmy Herberts
• #7 Carson Cooper
• #11 Doc Stewart
• #12 Red Stuart
• Bobby Benson
• George Carroll
• Lloyd Cook
• Hec Fowler
• Smokey Harris
• Fern Headley
• Frank Ingram
• Stan Jackson
• Howie Lockhart
• Herb Mitchell
• Bernie Morris
• George Redding
• Bobby Rowe
• Werner Schnarr
• Normand Shay
• Alf Skinner
• Emory Sparrow

References

• Coleman, Charles L. (1964). Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol I. Kendall-Hunt Publishing. ISBN 0480329415. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum (help)
• Vautour, Kevin (1997). The Bruins Book. ECW Press. ISBN 1550223348.