Turns out not even the new team dentist could have helped the Bruins in this Christmas Day disaster. Once again they got routed but this time it wasn't just bad defense. The Montreal Canadiens shut out the Bruins mostly due to their star goalie Georges Vezina. Vezina stopped every shot he saw from a team missing Carson Cooper and Smokey Harris. On the other side, no hat tricks were scored but Aurele Joliat scored twice and Montreal got goals from three other guys. Johnny Matz, Sprague Cleghorn and Howie Morenz all scored for Montreal as the Canadiens ran away with this one 5-0 at the Mount Royal Arena.
The Bruins surprisingly kept the game close in the first period. Stewart was blocking away a lot of shots and they tried desperately to crack Vezina to no avail. There were only three penalties in the game but they weren't until the third period. Unfortunately for the Bruins the Canadiens scored first when Johnny Matz took a dish from Sylvio Mantha and scored with just 90 seconds left in the period. Still, going into the break down 1-0 was a huge improvement over other games.
That improvement didn't last long as the Canadiens utterly dominated the Bruins in the second period. Aurele Joliat tortured the Bruins in their previous meeting and once again he scored against them 3:30 into the period. Vezina continued to be untouchable as the Bruins failed to get one past Vezina to head into intermission down 2-0 going into the third and final period.
It was more of the same for Montreal in the third period although they took a few penalties. Billy Boucher and Mantha both took penalties but the Bruins powerplay did nothing with it. Billy Stuart of the Bruins also took a penalty but the Canadiens failed to capitalize. They did ice the game when Sprague Cleghorn scored just 80 seconds into the period to put the game out of reach. Howie Morenz set up Joliat for his second goal of the game 4:20 into the period and the Canadiens wrapped up the scoring when Matz set up Morenz with 6:40 left in the game. The Canadiens had won the game 5-0.
Reaction:
Somehow losing 5-0 is actually an improvement over their most recent group of games. The offense couldn't touch Vezina while the defense still allowed five goals. The game was close going into the third but the Canadiens just poured it on. Not having Carson Cooper really hurts the team so Art Ross is going to have to keep searching for some help. The Bruins have lost seven straight games and there's only 22 left in the season so it may be too late to find better players. Worst part is with no formal draft, who knows how Ross is going to find some answers. Still, its just a game so no sense getting too mad about it. Gotta tip your cap to Vezina the way he played no matter what. The Bruins look to stop their seven game losing streak when they return home to play the Hamilton Tigers four games from now. Hopefully they can win at the Boston Arena. Until then, Merry Christmas everyone.
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