1950–51 Montreal Canadiens season

1950–51 Montreal Canadiens
1950–51 record	25-30-15
Goals for	173
Goals against	184
Team information
General Manager	Frank J. Selke
Coach	Dick Irvin
Captain	Emile Bouchard
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Maurice Richard (42)
Assists	Maurice Richard, Elmer Lach and Doug Harvey (24)
Points	Maurice Richard (66)
Penalties in minutes	Tom Johnson (128)
Wins	Gerry McNeil (25)
Goals against average	Gerry McNeill (2.63)
<1949–50	1951–52>

The 1950–51 Montreal Canadiens season was the 42nd in franchise history. The team placed first third in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in Stanley Cup final against Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 1. The five games were decided in overtime.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Detroit Red Wings	70	44	13	13	236	139	101
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	41	16	13	212	138	95
Montreal Canadiens	70	25	30	15	173	184	65
Boston Bruins	70	22	30	18	178	197	62
New York Rangers	70	20	29	21	169	201	61
Chicago Black Hawks	70	13	47	10	171	280	36

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualify for the playoffs are indicated in bold.

Game log

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 12, 1950	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	0–0–1
2	T	October 14, 1950	1–1	Boston Bruins (1950–51)	0–0–2
3	W	October 15, 1950	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51)	1–0–2
4	W	October 19, 1950	4–0	New York Rangers (1950–51)	2–0–2
5	W	October 21, 1950	2–0	Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	3–0–2
6	L	October 22, 1950	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	3–1–2
7	L	October 26, 1950	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	3–2–2
8	W	October 28, 1950	5–1	New York Rangers (1950–51)	4–2–2
9	T	October 29, 1950	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1950–51)	4–2–3
10	L	November 1, 1950	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	4–3–3
11	L	November 2, 1950	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	4–4–3
12	L	November 4, 1950	2–3	Boston Bruins (1950–51)	4–5–3
13	L	November 9, 1950	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	4–6–3
14	T	November 11, 1950	1–1	New York Rangers (1950–51)	4–6–4
15	L	November 12, 1950	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	4–7–4
16	W	November 16, 1950	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	5–7–4
17	W	November 18, 1950	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	6–7–4
18	W	November 19, 1950	3–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	7–7–4
19	L	November 22, 1950	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1950–51)	7–8–4
20	L	November 25, 1950	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	7–9–4
21	W	November 26, 1950	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51)	8–9–4
22	T	November 30, 1950	0–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	8–9–5
23	L	December 2, 1950	1–7	Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	8–10–5
24	W	December 3, 1950	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	9–10–5
25	L	December 6, 1950	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	9–11–5
26	L	December 7, 1950	0–3	Boston Bruins (1950–51)	9–12–5
27	L	December 9, 1950	0–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	9–13–5
28	L	December 10, 1950	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51)	9–14–5
29	L	December 13, 1950	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1950–51)	9–15–5
30	T	December 16, 1950	1–1	New York Rangers (1950–51)	9–15–6
31	W	December 17, 1950	7–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	10–15–6
32	L	December 20, 1950	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	10–16–6
33	T	December 23, 1950	4–4	Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	10–16–7
34	L	December 28, 1950	1–8	@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	10–17–7
35	W	December 30, 1950	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	11–17–7
36	T	January 1, 1951	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	11–17–8
37	L	January 4, 1951	2–4	Boston Bruins (1950–51)	11–18–8
38	W	January 6, 1951	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	12–18–8
39	W	January 10, 1951	3–0	@ New York Rangers (1950–51)	13–18–8
40	W	January 11, 1951	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	14–18–8
41	W	January 13, 1951	4–0	Boston Bruins (1950–51)	15–18–8
42	L	January 14, 1951	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	15–19–8
43	L	January 18, 1951	2–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	15–20–8
44	T	January 20, 1951	2–2	New York Rangers (1950–51)	15–20–9
45	W	January 21, 1951	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	16–20–9
46	L	January 24, 1951	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	16–21–9
47	W	January 27, 1951	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	17–21–9
48	T	January 28, 1951	1–1	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51)	17–21–10
49	L	February 1, 1951	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	17–22–10
50	W	February 3, 1951	4–1	Boston Bruins (1950–51)	18–22–10
51	T	February 4, 1951	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	18–22–11
52	L	February 7, 1951	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	18–23–11
53	L	February 10, 1951	0–6	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51)	18–24–11
54	L	February 11, 1951	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1950–51)	18–25–11
55	T	February 15, 1951	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	18–25–12
56	L	February 17, 1951	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	18–26–12
57	L	February 22, 1951	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	18–27–12
58	W	February 24, 1951	6–2	New York Rangers (1950–51)	19–27–12
59	W	March 1, 1951	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	20–27–12
60	L	March 3, 1951	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	20–28–12
61	T	March 4, 1951	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1950–51)	20–28–13
62	W	March 7, 1951	3–2	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51)	21–28–13
63	W	March 10, 1951	12–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	22–28–13
64	T	March 11, 1951	5–5	@ New York Rangers (1950–51)	22–28–14
65	W	March 15, 1951	5–3	New York Rangers (1950–51)	23–28–14
66	W	March 17, 1951	3–1	Boston Bruins (1950–51)	24–28–14
67	T	March 18, 1951	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51)	24–28–15
68	L	March 21, 1951	0–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	24–29–15
69	W	March 24, 1951	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	25–29–15
70	L	March 25, 1951	0–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51)	25–30–15

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Playoffs

The Canadiens first played the Detroit Red Wings in the semi-finals. The first four games of the series was won by the visiting team. The Canadiens then won the last two to win the series four games to two to advance to the final against Toronto.

Date	Home	Score	Visitor	Score	Notes
March 27	Detroit Red Wings	2	Montreal Canadiens	3	(OT)
March 29	Detroit Red Wings	0	Montreal Canadiens	1	(OT)
March 31	Montreal Canadiens	0	Detroit Red Wings	2
April 3	Montreal Canadiens	1	Detroit Red Wings	4
April 5	Detroit Red Wings	2	Montreal Canadiens	5
April 7	Montreal Canadiens	3	Detroit Red Wings	2

Stanley Cup Finals

The Canadiens lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs four games to one.

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 11	Montreal	2	Toronto	3	OT
April 14	Montreal	3	Toronto	2	OT
April 17	Toronto	2	Montreal	1	OT
April 19	Toronto	3	Montreal	2	OT
April 21	Montreal	2	Toronto	3	OT

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Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	65	42	24	66	97
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach	C	65	21	24	45	48
Olmstead, BertBert Olmstead	LW	39	16	22	38	50
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell	C	66	13	18	31	24
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	70	5	24	29	93
MacKay, CalumCalum MacKay	LW	70	18	10	28	69
Curry, FloydFloyd Curry	RW	69	13	14	27	23
Reay, BillyBilly Reay	C	60	6	18	24	24
Dussault, NormNorm Dussault	C	64	4	20	24	15
MacPherson, BudBud MacPherson	D	62	0	16	16	40
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	18	8	6	14	9
Harmon, GlenGlen Harmon	D	57	2	12	14	27
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard	D	52	3	10	13	80
Kaiser, VernVern Kaiser	LW	50	7	5	12	33
Johnson, TomTom Johnson	D	70	2	8	10	128
Gravelle, LeoLeo Gravelle	RW	31	4	2	6	0
Meger, PaulPaul Meger	LW	17	2	4	6	6
Masnick, PaulPaul Masnick	C	43	4	1	5	14
Dawes, BobBob Dawes	D/C	15	0	5	5	4
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	2	1	1	2	0
Hirschfeld, BertBert Hirschfeld	LW	20	0	2	2	0
Laycoe, HalHal Laycoe	D	38	0	2	2	25
King, FrankFrank King	C	10	1	0	1	2
Robert, ClaudeClaude Robert	LW	23	1	0	1	9
Desaulniers, GerardGerard Desaulniers	C	3	0	1	1	2
Burchell, FredFred Burchell	C	2	0	0	0	0
Currie, HughHugh Currie	D	1	0	0	0	0
Denis, LuluLulu Denis	RW	1	0	0	0	0
Gamble, DickDick Gamble	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Manastersky, TomTom Manastersky	D	6	0	0	0	11
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	G	70	0	0	0	0
Plamondon, GerryGerry Plamondon	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Roche, ErnieErnie Roche	D	4	0	0	0	2
St. Laurent, DollardDollard St. Laurent	D	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	4200	70	25	30	15	184	2.63	6
Team:	4200	70	25	30	15	184	2.63	6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	11	9	4	13	13
Reay, BillyBilly Reay	C	11	3	3	6	10
Olmstead, BertBert Olmstead	LW	11	2	4	6	9
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	11	0	5	5	12
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach	C	11	2	2	4	2
Meger, PaulPaul Meger	LW	11	1	3	4	4
Masnick, PaulPaul Masnick	C	11	2	1	3	4
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard	D	11	1	1	2	2
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	11	1	1	2	6
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell	C	11	1	1	2	4
Curry, FloydFloyd Curry	RW	11	0	2	2	2
MacPherson, BudBud MacPherson	D	11	0	2	2	8
MacKay, CalumCalum MacKay	LW	11	1	0	1	0
McNabney, SidSid McNabney	C	5	0	1	1	2
Dawes, BobBob Dawes	D/C	1	0	0	0	0
Harmon, GlenGlen Harmon	D	1	0	0	0	0
Johnson, TomTom Johnson	D	11	0	0	0	6
Kaiser, VernVern Kaiser	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Lowe, RossRoss Lowe	D/LW	2	0	0	0	0
Mazur, EddieEddie Mazur	D/LW	2	0	0	0	0
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	G	11	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	785	11	5	6	25	1.91	1
Team:	785	11	5	6	25	1.91	1

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

See also

• 1950–51 NHL season

References

External links

• Canadiens on Hockey Database
• Canadiens on NHL Reference

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