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{{NHL Team
| team_name = St. Louis Eagles
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| bg_color = background:#FFFFFF !important; border-top:#C8102E 5px solid !important; border-bottom:#0033A0 5px solid !important;
| logo_image = St. Louis Eagles logo.svg
| founded = 1883
| history = '''[[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Senators]]'''<br/>1883–1934<br/>'''St. Louis Eagles'''<br/>[[1934–35 NHL season|1934–1935]]
| arena = [[St. Louis Arena]]
| city = [[St. Louis|St. Louis, Missouri]]
| team_colors = Red, white, blue<br/>{{color box|#C8102E}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} {{color box|#0033A0}}
| owner = [[Ottawa Auditorium]]
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The '''St. Louis Eagles''' were a professional [[ice hockey]] team that played in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). Based in [[St. Louis]], the Eagles played for only one year, the [[1934–35 NHL season]].

The team was founded in 1883 as the [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Senators]], a successful independent team that joined the NHL as a charter member in 1917. From the mid-1920s onward, they endured financial strain caused, in part, by being in the NHL's smallest market. The financial problems forced the Senators to suspend operations for the [[1931–32 NHL season|1931–32 season]]. Upon their return to play, having sold their better players to raise funds, the Senators finished in last place for two straight seasons and continued to lose money. Following the repeat last-place finishes, the team decided that it could not survive in Ottawa and hoped to move to a bigger market.

In an attempt to recoup losses and pay outstanding debts, the Senators moved to St. Louis as the Eagles. However, the team continued to lose money because of increased travel expenses, and it was forced to sell players to other teams to meet its financial obligations.

After the season, the owners asked the NHL for permission to suspend operations for a second time. This time, the NHL refused the request. Instead, the league bought back the franchise, halted its operations, and dispersed its players among the remaining teams.

==History==
===The move from Ottawa===
[[Image:Frank Ahearn 1927.jpg|thumb|190px|[[T. Franklin Ahearn|Thomas Franklin Ahearn]], former president of the [[Ottawa Auditorium]]]]
The [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Senators]] were founded in 1883 as an amateur club. They began paying their players "under the table" in 1903 and turned openly professional in 1907.<ref>{{Cite news|work=Ottawa Citizen |date=April 13, 1998 |last=Kitchen |first=Paul |pages=C3 |title=It's true: Hockey players can be artistic: Alexei Yashin recently gave $1 million to the arts, while more than 100 years ago another Ottawa great also made a splash in the arts}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Coleman|1966|p=137}}</ref> They were a charter member of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) in 1917, and won the [[Stanley Cup]] four times in the NHL's first decade (and seven times before the league's formation—including their time as the [[Ottawa Silver Seven|Silver Seven]]).<ref>{{harvnb|Coleman|1966|pp=178–179}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/cup/champs.html|title=List of winners of the Stanley Cup|access-date=2008-04-18|website=NHL.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629213230/http://www.nhl.com/cup/champs.html|archive-date=2009-06-29}}</ref>

However, for the better part of their tenure in Ottawa, the Senators played in the smallest market in the NHL. The 1931 census listed only 110,000 people in the city of Ottawa—roughly one-fifth the size of [[Toronto]], the league's second-smallest market. The team started having attendance problems when the NHL expanded to the United States in 1924; games against the new American teams did not draw well.<ref name="Champions">{{cite book |title=Champions: The Illustrated History of Hockey's Greatest Dynasties |last=Hunter |first=Douglas |year=1997 |publisher=Triumph Books |location=[[Chicago]] |isbn=1-57243-213-6}}</ref> Despite winning what would be its last Stanley Cup in 1927, the team lost $50,000 for the season.<ref name=time>{{Cite news|newspaper=The Ottawa Citizen |pages=B1 |last=MacKinnon |first=John |title=Once upon a time... When Ottawa ruled the hockey world |date=December 24, 1989}}</ref> The Senators asked the NHL for permission to suspend operations for the [[1931–32 NHL season|1931–32 season]] to eliminate debt. The league granted the request. During their suspended season, Ottawa received $25,000 for the use of its players, while the NHL co-signed a [[Bank of Montreal]] loan of $28,000 for the franchise.<ref>{{harvnb|Wong|2005|p=130}}</ref> The Senators returned for the [[1932–33 NHL season|1932–33 season]] and finished in last place.<ref name=time/> They finished last again in [[1933–34 NHL season|1933–34 season]]. After the season, the [[Ottawa Auditorium]], owners of the Senators, announced that the team would be moving elsewhere for the next season due to losses of $60,000 over the previous two seasons. Auditorium officials said they needed to move the Senators to a larger city to protect the shareholders and pay off their debts.<ref>{{cite news|title=No N.H.L. Hockey Team for Ottawa Next Winter|date=April 7, 1934|newspaper=[[Ottawa Citizen]]|location=Ottawa, Ontario|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-citizen-senators-1934/144307614/}}</ref>

The Senators' owners decided to move the franchise to St. Louis, Missouri, and the transfer was approved by the league on May 14, 1934. [[T. Franklin Ahearn|Thomas Franklin Ahearn]] resigned as president of the Ottawa Auditorium and Redmond Quain became president. Quain transferred the players' contracts and franchise operations to a new company called the Hockey Association of St. Louis, Inc. [[Eddie Gerard]] was hired to coach the new team.<ref>{{harvnb|Finnigan|1992|p=163}}</ref> The club was renamed the Eagles, inspired by the logo of the [[Anheuser-Busch]] brewing company, which was founded in St. Louis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jcs-group.com/trueblues/teams/stlouis.html|title=The St. Louis Blues at the Arena: St. Louis Eagles |access-date=2011-01-05 |publisher=JCS Group}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anheuser-busch.com/briefHistory.html|title=A Brief History of Anheuser-Busch|access-date=2011-01-05 |publisher=Anheuser-Busch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213003052/http://anheuser-busch.com/briefHistory.html <!--Added by H3llBot-->|archive-date=2010-12-13}}</ref> The Senators name and logo remained in Ottawa and would be used by a [[Ottawa Senators (senior hockey)|senior amateur team]] until 1954.<ref>{{harvnb|Finnigan|1992|p=189}}</ref> At the time, St. Louis was the seventh largest city in the United States, with over 800,000 inhabitants—<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stlouis.missouri.org/heritage/History69/|title=Physical Growth of the City of Saint Louis|access-date=2011-01-04 |publisher=StLouis.Missouri.org}}</ref> over seven times larger than Ottawa. Despite this, St. Louis had been denied an NHL franchise in 1932 because travel to the Midwest was considered too expensive during the [[Great Depression]].<ref name=total>{{harvnb|Duplacey|1998|p=242}}</ref>

Even before the debut of the Eagles, a problem had arisen for the new NHL club. There was already a professional hockey team in the city, the [[St. Louis Flyers]], playing in the minor-pro [[American Hockey Association (1926–1942)|American Hockey Association]] (AHA). The owners of the Flyers claimed they had an agreement with the NHL which prevented it from settling west of the Mississippi.<ref name=total/> They threatened to sue for $200,000 in compensation as soon as the Eagles played their first game. Following a visit from the AHA President, the Flyers were asked not to go forward with the lawsuit. The Flyers did not pursue further legal action and eventually changed their home arena.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F-RKAAAAIBAJ&pg=1835,7364244&dq=st-louis-eagles&hl=en|title=St. Louis Eagles New Entry Meet Chicago Blackhawks: Facing Civil Suit|access-date=2011-01-04 |newspaper=Meriden Record|date=1934-11-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bfFlAAAAIBAJ&pg=3221,1044937&dq=st-louis-eagles+nhl&hl=en|title=St. Louis Hockey War Off|access-date=2011-01-05|newspaper=[[Vancouver Sun]]|date=1934-11-09}}</ref>

===1934–35 season===
[[Image:St. Louis Arena.jpg|thumb|270px|The [[St. Louis Arena]], as it looked on the day of its demolition - February 27, 1999.]]

At the time there were nine teams in the NHL, divided into two divisions, the [[Canadian Division (NHL)|Canadian]] and [[American Division (NHL)|American]]. The Eagles were not placed in the American Division with the [[Boston Bruins]], [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]], [[New York Rangers]] and [[Detroit Red Wings]]. Instead, the Eagles retained the Senators' place in the Canadian Division alongside the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], [[Montreal Canadiens]], [[Montreal Maroons]], and [[New York Americans]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/nhl19271935.html|title=1944-45 National Hockey League|access-date=2011-01-04 |publisher=Hockey DB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/nhl19271944.html|title=1943-44 National Hockey League|access-date=2011-01-04 |publisher=Hockey DB}}</ref> The core of the Senators' players returned and the team played their games in the [[St. Louis Arena]]. The arena was built in 1929 to host the National Dairy Show but had suffered financially. In 1931, an ice hockey rink was set up to attract new business.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jcs-group.com/trueblues/arena.html|title=St. Louis Blues at the Arena: Seventy Years In St. Louis |access-date=2011-01-04 |publisher=JCS Group}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Fox|1995|p=121}}</ref> Once the Eagles began play, the St. Louis Arena gained the distinction of being the only NHL stadium with [[Racial segregation|racially segregated]] seating.<ref>{{harvnb|Finnigan|1992|p=123}}</ref>

In their first game, the Eagles succumbed to a late rally by the defending Stanley Cup champion Black Hawks, losing 3–1.<ref name=first>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/11/09/archives/chicago-six-wins-in-st-louis-3-to-1-12622-see-world-champions-rally.html|title=CHICAGO SIX WINS IN ST. LOUIS, 3 TO 1; 12,622 See World Champions Rally in Last 5 Minutes to Defeat Eagles.|access-date=2011-01-04 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=1934-11-08}}</ref> They registered their first win in the next game winning 4–2 over the Rangers. Following the win the Eagles went on an eight-game losing streak.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/team_results.php?tid=000650&sid=1935|title=1934-35 St. Louis Eagles Results and Schedule|access-date=2011-01-06|publisher=Hockey DB}}</ref> After the first 13 games the Eagles posted a 2–11–0 record placing them last in their division. Gerard resigned as head coach and was replaced by [[George Boucher|George "Buck" Boucher]], the coach that Gerard himself had replaced after the franchise's last season in Ottawa.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Canadian Press |title= Gerard is Succeeded as Manager Of St. Louis Six by Buck Boucher |work= [[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] |location= Montreal |date=1934-12-12 |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=84wjAAAAIBAJ&pg=6842%2C1473140 |publisher = Canadian Press|page=16|access-date=2011-01-05}}</ref>

Under Boucher's coaching the team showed improvement, posting a 3–3–3 record in the first nine games.<ref>{{cite news|title=Boucher Miracle Man of Hockey|newspaper=[[Nashua Telegraph]]|date=1935-01-10|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ph5AAAAAIBAJ&pg=1545,3400461&dq=st-louis-eagles+boucher&hl=en|page=12 |access-date= 2011-01-05}}</ref> However, the early losing streak had already damaged the fan base. Their inaugural game drew 12,622 fans, but attendance quickly diminished.<ref name=total/><ref name=first/> In early January 1935, the team cut ticket prices to the lowest in the league in an attempt to bring out fans.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Down Go Prices for Hockey Game|publisher=[[Rochester Evening Journal]]|date=1935-01-09|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AoBZAAAAIBAJ&pg=5648,3588432&dq=st-louis-eagles&hl=en|page=41|access-date=2011-01-05}}</ref> By February the financial state of the team forced the Eagles to essentially sell leading goal scorer [[Syd Howe]] to the Detroit Red Wings.<ref>{{harvnb|Pennington|2007|page=19}}</ref><ref name=stats>{{cite web |publisher=hockey-reference.com |access-date=2009-05-28 |title=1934-35 St. Louis Eagles Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/STE/1935.html}}</ref> Officially, the trade broke down as such—Detroit received Howe and [[Ralph Bowman]] in exchange for [[Teddy Graham]] and $50,000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Syd Howe Career Statistics|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p196505&page=statsawards&list=ByName#photo|access-date=2011-01-05}}</ref> At the time it was considered a large sum of money.<ref>{{harvnb|Fischler|2002|p=50}}</ref> Likewise [[Frank Finnigan]], was sold to the Maple Leafs.<ref name=total/> The Eagles were unable to maintain the early success under Boucher and finished with the worst record in the league for the third year in a row, with a record of 11–31–6. With only 84 goals scored, they were the lowest-scoring team in the league. Only the [[1934–35 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]] allowed more goals during the season, surrendering 145 to the Eagles' 144.<ref>{{cite web|title=1934-1935 Regular Season|website=National Hockey League|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/standings.htm?season=19341935&type=LEA&navid=NAV%7cSTN%7cLeague |access-date=2011-01-05}}</ref>

===The end of the Eagles===
[[Image:St Louis Eagles.JPG|thumb|180px|St. Louis Eagles NHL jersey on display in the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]]]]
By season's end, the Eagles ownership had lost $70,000, due primarily to the cost of train travel. In those days, NHL teams traveled primarily by rail. Due to being in the Canadian Division, the Eagles had to make many trips to Montreal and Toronto. An attempt to stabilize the franchise by selling off some of its players netted $58,000. The owners had hoped to move again to save the franchise.<ref>{{cite news|title=Meandering with Mac|newspaper=[[Saskatoon Star-Phoenix]]|date=1935-03-20|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nclkAAAAIBAJ&pg=3527,1886532&dq=st-louis-eagles+bankrupt&hl=en|page=10|access-date=2011-01-05}}</ref> There was interest from Cleveland and also in a return to Ottawa, but neither came to fruition.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cleveland Seeks Franchise in NHL|newspaper=[[Montreal Gazette]]|date=1935-04-05|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2AUuAAAAIBAJ&pg=5992,658039&dq=st-louis-eagles+cleveland&hl=en|access-date=2011-01-05|agency=Canadian Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kramer played the Blues in St. Louis|website=National Hockey League|date=2010-03-19|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=521989|access-date=2011-01-05|last=Weiner|first=Evan}}</ref>

As a result, the ownership again petitioned the NHL to allow them to suspend operations for a year. This time the NHL refused and the Eagles were put up for sale.<ref>{{harvnb|McKinley|2006|p=117}}</ref><ref name=bought/> After no credible offers surfaced, the NHL bought the franchise and player contracts for $40,000 and opted to play as an eight-team league.<ref name=bought>{{Cite news|title=St Louis Out of Title Hunt: League Buys Franchise Splits Players Among Remaining Eight Clubs|newspaper=[[The Leader-Post]]|date=1935-10-16|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T3lTAAAAIBAJ&pg=1637,5205364&dq=st-louis-eagles+eighteen&hl=en}}</ref> If the NHL ever resold the franchise, proceeds were to go to the Ottawa Hockey Association.<ref>{{harvnb|Coleman|1967}}</ref>
The NHL distributed the players under contract with St. Louis through a dispersal draft. Teams selected players in an order based on the previous season's standings. Teams with the lowest point totals were selected first. The Chicago Black Hawks did not participate in the draft. Eighteen of the 23 players under contract were selected with the remaining players being placed in the minor leagues.<ref name=bought/><ref name=Cowley>{{Cite web|title=Bill Cowley Biography|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|date=1935-03-20|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p196801&type=Player&page=bio&list=ByName#photo|access-date=2011-01-06}}</ref> The players were distributed as follows:

* [[New York Americans]]: Forwards: [[Pete Kelly (ice hockey)|Pete Kelly]], [[Eddie Finnigan]]
* [[Montreal Canadiens]]: Goaltender: [[Bill Beveridge]], Defenseman: [[Irv Frew]], Forwards: Paul Drouin, Henri Lauzon
* [[Detroit Red Wings]]: Forward: [[Carl Voss]], Goaltender: William Peterkin<!--http://www.google.com/search?q=st-louis-eagles+Dewey&tbs=nws:1,ar:1&source=newspapers#sclient=psy&hl=en&tbs=nws:1%2Car%3A1&source=hp&q=st-louis-eagles+Peterkin&aq=&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=d6c676e6ca915cda-->
* [[New York Rangers]]: Forward: [[Glen Brydson]], Defenseman: [[Vernon Ayres]]
* [[Montreal Maroons]]: Forward: [[Joe Lamb]], Goaltender: [[Bill Taugher]]
* [[Boston Bruins]]: Forward: [[Bill Cowley]], Defenseman: [[Teddy Graham]]
* [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]: Forwards: [[Gerry Shannon]], [[Cliff Purpur]], Jim Dewey<!--https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9hlkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HHsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4197,5268212&dq=st-louis-eagles+dewey&hl=en-->, Defenseman: [[Mickey Blake]]

No credible offers to purchase the dormant franchise ever surfaced. As a result, the Senators/Eagles franchise never took the ice again, and remained one of two NHL teams to fold after winning a Stanley Cup (the other being the Maroons).

In 1938, the Montreal Maroons attempted to move to St. Louis. They were denied by the NHL due to the high travel costs that plagued the Eagles.<ref>{{harvnb|Brown|2006|p=206}}</ref> The NHL returned to St. Louis in 1967, when the league doubled in size from the [[Original Six]]. The new team was named the [[St. Louis Blues|Blues]] and they joined the [[Minnesota North Stars]], [[Los Angeles Kings]], [[Oakland Seals]], [[Philadelphia Flyers]], and [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] as part of the new [[1967 NHL expansion|expansion]].<ref>{{harvnb|Devellano|2008|p=10}}</ref>

==Final standings==
{{main|1934–35 St. Louis Eagles season}}
{{1934–35 NHL Canadian Division standings|team=STL}}

==Players==
Twenty-nine players represented the Eagles during their lone season of existence. The last active player who played with the Eagles was [[Bill Cowley]], who retired in 1947 after his final season with the Boston Bruins. He was also the only player in franchise history to start his career with the Eagles and be inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]].<ref name=Cowley/> Syd Howe was the only [[captain (ice hockey)|captain]] of the team during its existence<ref>{{Cite web|title=St. Louis Eagles (1934/35)|publisher=Sports Ecyclopedia|url=http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nhl/stle/stleagles.html|access-date=2011-01-06}}</ref> and the two players were the only Eagles players to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Legends: St. Louis Eagles|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsPlayersByTeam.jsp?team=St.+Louis+Eagles|access-date=2011-01-06}}</ref> [[Pete Kelly (ice hockey)|Pete Kelly]] was the last surviving St. Louis Eagle, dying in 2004.

[[Carl Voss]] led the team with 18 assists and 31 points Howe led them in goalscoring registering 14, despite being traded midway through the season. The totals were much lower than the NHL leaders as [[Charlie Conacher]] of Toronto led the league with 36 goals and 57 points, while [[Art Chapman]] of the Americans led for assists notching 34.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1934-35 NHL League Leaders|publisher=Hockey DB|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/top_league.php?lid=nhl1927&sid=1935&leaguenm=NHL|access-date=2011-01-06}}</ref> [[Bill Beveridge]] was the only goaltender the team used during the season. Out of his 11 wins, three were [[Shutout (ice hockey)|shutouts]].

The list of players in the history of the team is presented below.
[[Image:Syd Howe.jpg|thumb|[[Syd Howe]] (shown here with the [[Philadelphia Quakers (NHL)|Philadelphia Quakers]]) was the [[captain (ice hockey)|captain]] and leading goalscorer for the Eagles.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- ALIGN="center"
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Position"| Pos
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Games played" | GP
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Goals" | G
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Assists" | A
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Points" | Pts
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Penalties in Minutes" | PIM
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Oscar|Asmundson}} ||C ||11 ||4 ||7 ||11 ||2
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Vernon|Ayres}} ||D ||47 ||2 ||2 ||4 ||60
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Mickey|Blake}} ||LW/D ||8 ||1 ||1 ||2 ||2
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Ralph|Bowman}} ||D ||31 ||2 ||2 ||4 ||51
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Glen|Brydson}} ||RW ||48 ||11 ||18 ||29 ||45
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Gene|Carrigan}} ||C ||4 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||0
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Bud|Cook}} ||C ||4 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Bill|Cowley}} ||C ||41 ||5 ||7 ||12 ||10
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Ed|Finnigan}} ||LW ||12 ||1 ||1 ||2 ||2
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Frank|Finnigan}} ||RW ||34 ||5 ||5 ||10 ||10
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Irv|Frew}} ||D ||48 ||0 ||2 ||2 ||89
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{sortname|Ted|Graham|Ted Graham (ice hockey)}} ||D ||13 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||2
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Syd|Howe}} ||C/LW ||36 ||14 ||13 ||27 ||23
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Frank|Jerwa}} ||LW/D ||16 ||4 ||7 ||11 ||14
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Walter|Kalbfleisch}} ||D ||3 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||6
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Max|Kaminsky|Max Kaminsky (ice hockey player)}} ||C ||12 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{sortname|Pete|Kelly|Pete Kelly (ice hockey)}} ||RW ||25 ||3 ||10 ||13 ||14
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Joe|Lamb}} ||RW ||31 ||11 ||12 ||23 ||19
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|George|Patterson|George Patterson (ice hockey)}} ||W ||21 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||2
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Fido|Purpur}} ||RW ||25 ||1 ||2 ||3 ||8
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Vic|Ripley}} ||LW ||31 ||1 ||5 ||6 ||10
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Earl|Roche}} ||LW ||19 ||3 ||3 ||6 ||2
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Des|Roche}} ||RW ||7 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Gerry|Shannon}} ||LW ||25 ||2 ||2 ||4 ||11
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Carl|Voss}} ||C ||48 ||13 ||18 ||31 ||14
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Nick|Wasnie}} ||RW ||13 ||3 ||1 ||4 ||2
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Archie|Wilcox}} ||RW/D ||8 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Burr|Williams}} ||D ||9 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||6
|}
;Goaltending
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF"| Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Minutes played" |MIN
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Games played in"|GP
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Games played in"|W
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF"title="Games played in"| L
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Ties"|T
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Goals against"|GA
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Goals against average"|GAA
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF"title="Shut-outs"| SO
|- align="center"
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Bill|Beveridge}} ||2990 || 48 || 11 || 31 || 6 || 144 || 2.89 || 3
|- align="center"
| align="center" | '''Team:''' || 2990 || 48 || 11 || 31 || 6 || 144 || 2.89 || 3
|}
<small>All player stats taken from Hockey-Reference.com</small><ref name=stats/>

===Team captains===
*[[Syd Howe]], 1934–35

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

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