1950–51 Montreal Canadiens season

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1950–51 Montreal Canadiens
League3rd NHL
1950–51 record25–30–15
Goals for173
Goals against184
Team information
General managerFrank J. Selke
CoachDick Irvin
CaptainEmile Bouchard
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsMaurice Richard (42)
AssistsMaurice Richard, Elmer Lach and Doug Harvey (24)
PointsMaurice Richard (66)
Penalty minutesTom Johnson (128)
WinsGerry McNeil (25)
Goals against averageGerry McNeill (2.63)

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

Regular season[edit]

Final standings[edit]

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Detroit Red Wings 70 44 13 13 236 139 +97 101
2 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 41 16 13 212 138 +74 95
3 Montreal Canadiens 70 25 30 15 173 184 −11 65
4 Boston Bruins 70 22 30 18 178 197 −19 62
5 New York Rangers 70 20 29 21 169 201 −32 61
6 Chicago Black Hawks 70 13 47 10 171 280 −109 36

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1950–51 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 9–4–1 2–8–4 5–6–3 4–2–8 2–10–2
Chicago 4–9–1 — 1–13 4–8–2 2–9–3 2–8–4
Detroit 8–2–4 13–1 — 8–4–2 8–3–3 7–3–4
Montreal 6–5–3 8–4–2 4–8–2 — 5–3–6 2–10–2
New York 2–4–8 9–2–3 5–7–2 3–5–6 — 3–10–1
Toronto 10–2–2 8–2–4 3–7–4 10–2–2 10–3–1 —


Schedule and results[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Further information: 1951 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 statistics[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Scoring[edit]

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Maurice Richard RW 65 42 24 66 97
Elmer Lach C 65 21 24 45 48
Bert Olmstead LW 39 16 22 38 50
Ken Mosdell C 66 13 18 31 24
Doug Harvey D 70 5 24 29 93
Calum MacKay LW 70 18 10 28 69
Floyd Curry RW 69 13 14 27 23
Billy Reay C 60 6 18 24 24
Norm Dussault C 64 4 20 24 15
Bud MacPherson D 62 0 16 16 40
Bernie Geoffrion RW 18 8 6 14 9
Glen Harmon D 57 2 12 14 27
Emile Bouchard D 52 3 10 13 80
Vern Kaiser LW 50 7 5 12 33
Tom Johnson D 70 2 8 10 128
Leo Gravelle RW 31 4 2 6 0
Paul Meger LW 17 2 4 6 6
Paul Masnick C 43 4 1 5 14
Bob Dawes D/C 15 0 5 5 4
Jean Beliveau C 2 1 1 2 0
Bert Hirschfeld LW 20 0 2 2 0
Hal Laycoe D 38 0 2 2 25
Frank King C 10 1 0 1 2
Claude Robert LW 23 1 0 1 9
Gerry Desaulniers C 3 0 1 1 2
Fred Burchell C 2 0 0 0 0
Hugh Currie D 1 0 0 0 0
Lulu Denis RW 1 0 0 0 0
Dick Gamble LW 1 0 0 0 0
Tom Manastersky D 6 0 0 0 11
Gerry McNeil G 70 0 0 0 0
Gerry Plamondon LW 1 0 0 0 0
Ernie Roche D 4 0 0 0 2
Dollard St. Laurent D 3 0 0 0 0

Goaltending[edit]

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

Playoffs[edit]

Scoring[edit]

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Maurice Richard RW 11 9 4 13 13
Billy Reay C 11 3 3 6 10
Bert Olmstead LW 11 2 4 6 9
Doug Harvey D 11 0 5 5 12
Elmer Lach C 11 2 2 4 2
Paul Meger LW 11 1 3 4 4
Paul Masnick C 11 2 1 3 4
Emile Bouchard D 11 1 1 2 2
Bernie Geoffrion RW 11 1 1 2 6
Ken Mosdell C 11 1 1 2 4
Floyd Curry RW 11 0 2 2 2
Bud MacPherson D 11 0 2 2 8
Calum MacKay LW 11 1 0 1 0
Sid McNabney C 5 0 1 1 2
Bob Dawes D/C 1 0 0 0 0
Glen Harmon D 1 0 0 0 0
Tom Johnson D 11 0 0 0 6
Vern Kaiser LW 2 0 0 0 0
Ross Lowe D/LW 2 0 0 0 0
Eddie Mazur D/LW 2 0 0 0 0
Gerry McNeil G 11 0 0 0 0

Goaltending[edit]

Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Gerry 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[edit]

Transactions[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1950–1951 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1950–51 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  4. ^ "Montreal Canadiens 1951–52 Game Log and Scores". Databasehockey.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2006. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
  5. ^ "1950-51 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

External links[edit]

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