1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season was the 41st season in club history. The team placed second in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in the semi-finals against New York Rangers four games to one.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	70	37	19	14	229	164	+65	88
2	Montreal Canadiens	70	29	22	19	172	150	+22	77
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	31	27	12	176	173	+3	74
4	New York Rangers	70	28	31	11	170	189	-19 −19	67
5	Boston Bruins	70	22	32	16	198	228	-30 −30	60
6	Chicago Black Hawks	70	22	38	10	203	244	-41 −41	54

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 13, 1949	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	1–0–0
2	W	October 15, 1949	3–1	New York Rangers (1949–50)	2–0–0
3	W	October 19, 1949	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	3–0–0
4	L	October 22, 1949	1–2	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	3–1–0
5	T	October 23, 1949	0–0	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	3–1–1
6	L	October 27, 1949	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	3–2–1
7	L	October 29, 1949	0–1	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	3–3–1
8	W	October 30, 1949	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	4–3–1
9	L	November 2, 1949	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	4–4–1
10	T	November 5, 1949	3–3	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	4–4–2
11	T	November 9, 1949	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	4–4–3
12	W	November 10, 1949	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	5–4–3
13	W	November 12, 1949	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	6–4–3
14	T	November 13, 1949	0–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	6–4–4
15	L	November 16, 1949	0–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	6–5–4
16	L	November 20, 1949	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	6–6–4
17	W	November 24, 1949	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	7–6–4
18	W	November 26, 1949	5–1	New York Rangers (1949–50)	8–6–4
19	W	November 27, 1949	6–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	9–6–4
20	L	November 30, 1949	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	9–7–4
21	L	December 3, 1949	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	9–8–4
22	L	December 4, 1949	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	9–9–4
23	T	December 8, 1949	2–2	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	9–9–5
24	T	December 10, 1949	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	9–9–6
25	W	December 11, 1949	3–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	10–9–6
26	T	December 14, 1949	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	10–9–7
27	W	December 15, 1949	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	11–9–7
28	W	December 17, 1949	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	12–9–7
29	L	December 18, 1949	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	12–10–7
30	L	December 21, 1949	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	12–11–7
31	T	December 24, 1949	0–0	New York Rangers (1949–50)	12–11–8
32	L	December 25, 1949	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	12–12–8
33	T	December 28, 1949	1–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	12–12–9
34	W	December 31, 1949	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	13–12–9
35	L	January 1, 1950	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	13–13–9
36	W	January 5, 1950	5–3	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	14–13–9
37	L	January 7, 1950	1–3	New York Rangers (1949–50)	14–14–9
38	W	January 10, 1950	7–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	15–14–9
39	W	January 14, 1950	3–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	16–14–9
40	W	January 18, 1950	1–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	17–14–9
41	L	January 19, 1950	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	17–15–9
42	W	January 21, 1950	3–1	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	18–15–9
43	W	January 22, 1950	5–4	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	19–15–9
44	T	January 26, 1950	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	19–15–10
45	T	January 28, 1950	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	19–15–11
46	L	January 29, 1950	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	19–16–11
47	T	February 1, 1950	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	19–16–12
48	W	February 2, 1950	4–1	New York Rangers (1949–50)	20–16–12
49	L	February 4, 1950	2–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	20–17–12
50	W	February 5, 1950	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	21–17–12
51	L	February 11, 1950	0–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	21–18–12
52	T	February 12, 1950	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	21–18–13
53	T	February 16, 1950	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	21–18–14
54	L	February 18, 1950	2–4	New York Rangers (1949–50)	21–19–14
55	L	February 20, 1950	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	21–20–14
56	T	February 23, 1950	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	21–20–15
57	W	February 25, 1950	3–2	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	22–20–15
58	L	March 2, 1950	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	22–21–15
59	W	March 4, 1950	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	23–21–15
60	T	March 6, 1950	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	23–21–16
61	T	March 9, 1950	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	23–21–17
62	W	March 11, 1950	5–0	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	24–21–17
63	W	March 12, 1950	5–1	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	25–21–17
64	L	March 15, 1950	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	25–22–17
65	T	March 16, 1950	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	25–22–18
66	W	March 18, 1950	5–3	New York Rangers (1949–50)	26–22–18
67	W	March 19, 1950	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	27–22–18
68	W	March 22, 1950	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	28–22–18
69	W	March 25, 1950	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	29–22–18
70	T	March 26, 1950	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	29–22–19

Playoffs

Semi-finals

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	70	43	22	65	114
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach	C	64	15	33	48	33
Reay, BillyBilly Reay	C	68	19	26	45	48
Dussault, NormNorm Dussault	C	67	13	24	37	22
Gravelle, LeoLeo Gravelle	RW	70	19	10	29	18
Reardon, KenKen Reardon	D	67	1	27	28	109
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell	C	67	15	12	27	42
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	70	4	20	24	76
Riopelle, RipRip Riopelle	LW	66	12	8	20	27
Harmon, GlenGlen Harmon	D	62	3	16	19	28
MacKay, CalumCalum MacKay	LW	52	8	10	18	44
Curry, FloydFloyd Curry	RW	49	8	8	16	8
Leger, RogerRoger Leger	D	55	3	12	15	21
Warwick, GrantGrant Warwick	RW	26	2	6	8	19
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard	D	69	1	7	8	88
Plamondon, GerryGerry Plamondon	LW	37	1	5	6	0
Fillion, BobBob Fillion	LW	57	1	3	4	8
Dube, GillesGilles Dube	LW	12	1	2	3	2
Hirschfeld, BertBert Hirschfeld	LW	13	1	2	3	2
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth	RW	11	1	1	2	2
Laycoe, HalHal Laycoe	D	30	0	2	2	21
Fryday, BobBob Fryday	RW	2	1	0	1	0
Denis, LuluLulu Denis	RW	2	0	1	1	0
Durnan, BillBill Durnan	G	64	0	1	1	2
Frampton, BobBob Frampton	LW	2	0	0	0	0
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	G	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Durnan, BillBill Durnan	3840	64	26	21	17	141	2.20	8
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	360	6	3	1	2	9	1.50	1
Team:	4200	70	29	22	19	150	2.14	9

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Dussault, NormNorm Dussault	C	5	3	1	4	0
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach	C	5	1	2	3	4
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	5	1	1	2	6
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard	D	5	0	2	2	2
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	5	0	2	2	10
Reardon, KenKen Reardon	D	2	0	2	2	12
Curry, FloydFloyd Curry	RW	5	1	0	1	2
Hirschfeld, BertBert Hirschfeld	LW	5	1	0	1	0
Harmon, GlenGlen Harmon	D	5	0	1	1	21
MacKay, CalumCalum MacKay	LW	5	0	1	1	2
Plamondon, GerryGerry Plamondon	LW	3	0	1	1	2
Reay, BillyBilly Reay	C	4	0	1	1	0
Durnan, BillBill Durnan	G	3	0	0	0	0
Fillion, BobBob Fillion	LW	5	0	0	0	0
Frampton, BobBob Frampton	LW	3	0	0	0	0
Gravelle, LeoLeo Gravelle	RW	4	0	0	0	0
Johnson, TomTom Johnson	D	1	0	0	0	0
Laycoe, HalHal Laycoe	D	2	0	0	0	0
Leger, RogerRoger Leger	D	4	0	0	0	2
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	G	2	0	0	0	0
Meger, PaulPaul Meger	LW	2	0	0	0	2
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell	C	5	0	0	0	12
Riopelle, RipRip Riopelle	LW	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	135	2	1	1	5	2.22
Durnan, BillBill Durnan	180	3	0	3	10	3.33
Team:	315	5	1	4	15	2.86

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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

Vezina Trophy: Bill Durnan

References

↑ "1949–1950 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1950
↑ "1949-50 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

Montreal Canadiens seasons

1900s	1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Marc Bergevin
Head coach: Michel Therrien
Team captain: Vacant
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: Hamilton Bulldogs; St. John's IceCaps (beginning in 2015-16)

ECHL: Wheeling Nailers

General managers

Head coaches

Media

TV	City TV (English) Sportsnet East (English) Réseau des sports (French)

Radio	English TSN Radio 990 French 98,5 FM

Culture and lore

1949–50 NHL season by team

Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

See also	All-Star Game 1950 Stanley Cup Finals

1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

See also

References