title: 1911–12 Montreal Canadiens season
text: # 1911–12 Montreal Canadiens season
  
  The 1911–12 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's third season and also the third season of the National Hockey Association (NHA). The club would decline to an 8–10 record and finish last.
  
  ## Regular season
  
  The team would lose two players, its top player Newsy Lalonde and Skinner Poulin to the new Pacific Coast League. Arthur Bernier joined the Wanderers. It was the second season for Georges Vezina and he would again lead the league in goals-against average with a GAA of 3.7 goals per game. The club would fall to last in the regular season standings.
  
  Despite the fall in standings, Didier Pitre received a new automobile for his play over the last two seasons, from the La Presse newspaper, lacrosse league executives and hockey fans.
  
  ### Final standings
  
  National Hockey Association :
  
  | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quebec Bulldogs | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 81 | 79 |
  | Ottawa Hockey Club | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 99 | 83 |
  | Montreal Wanderers | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 95 | 96 |
  | Montreal Canadiens | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 59 | 66 |
  
  Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against
  
  ### Results
  
  | Month | Day | Visitor | Score | Home | Score |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Jan. | 3 | Wanderers | 5 | Canadiens | 0 |
  | Jan. | 6 | Canadiens | 5 | Quebec | 4 |
  | Jan. | 10 | Wanderers | 1 | Canadiens | 6 |
  | Jan. | 13 | Ottawa | 4 | Canadiens | 3 |
  | Jan. | 17 | Canadiens | 5 | Ottawa | 4 |
  | Jan. | 20 | Canadiens | 6 | Wanderers | 3 |
  | Jan. | 24 | Canadiens | 2 | Quebec | 6 |
  | Jan. | 27 | Quebec | 3 | Canadiens | 5 |
  | Jan. | 31 | Wanderers | 2 | Canadiens | 1 |
  | Feb. | 3 | Ottawa | 3 | Canadiens | 9 |
  | Feb. | 7 | Canadiens | 2 | Ottawa | 4 |
  | Feb. | 9 | Canadiens | 2 | Quebec | 5 |
  | Feb. | 14 | Quebec | 2 | Canadiens | 1 |
  | Feb. | 18 | Canadiens | 1 | Ottawa | 6 |
  | Feb. | 21 | Canadiens | 1 | Wanderers | 9 |
  | Feb. | 25 | Ottawa | 3 | Canadiens | 2 (22' overtime) |
  | Feb. | 28 | Quebec | 3 | Canadiens | 6 |
  | Mar. | 2 | Canadiens | 2 | Wanderers | 1 (6'36" overtime) |
  
  ## Playoffs
  
  The team did not qualify for the playoffs.
  
  ## Player statistics
  
  ### Goaltending averages
  
  | Name | Club | GP | GA | SO | Avg. |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Georges Vezina | Canadiens | 18 | 66 | | 3.7 |
  
  ### Leading scorers
  
  | Name | GP | G |
  | - | - | - |
  | Didier Pitre | 18 | 28 |
  | Eugene Payan | 17 | 9 |
  | Frank "Pud" Glass | 16 | 7 |
  | Jack Laviolette | 18 | 7 |
  | Hector Dallaire | 10 | 5 |
  
  Source:
  
  * Coleman, Charles L. (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1 1893–1926 inc. p. 226.
  