1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season
1949–50 Montreal Canadiens | |
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League | 2nd NHL |
1949–50 record | 29–22–19 |
Goals for | 172 |
Goals against | 150 |
Team information | |
General manager | Frank J. Selke |
Coach | Dick Irvin |
Captain | Emile Bouchard |
Arena | Montreal Forum |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Maurice Richard (43) |
Assists | Elmer Lach (33) |
Points | Maurice Richard (65) |
Penalty minutes | Maurice Richard (114) |
Wins | Bill Durnan (26) |
Goals against average | Gerry McNeil (1.50) |
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
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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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 | 67 |
5 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 22 | 32 | 16 | 198 | 228 | −30 | 60 |
6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 22 | 38 | 10 | 203 | 244 | −41 | 54 |
Record vs. opponents
1949–50 NHL Records [2] | ||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR | ||||||
Boston | — | 5–7–2 | 3–8–3 | 4–5–5 | 5–5–4 | 5–7–2 | ||||||
Chicago | 7–5–2 | — | 3–9–2 | 4–8–2 | 4–9–1 | 4–7–3 | ||||||
Detroit | 8–3–3 | 9–3–2 | — | 5–3–6 | 7–5–2 | 8–5–1 | ||||||
Montreal | 5–4–5 | 8–4–2 | 3–5–6 | — | 7–5–2 | 6–4–4 | ||||||
New York | 5–5–4 | 9–4–1 | 5–7–2 | 5–7–2 | — | 4–8–2 | ||||||
Toronto | 7–5–2 | 7–4–3 | 5–8–1 | 4–6–4 | 8–4–2 | — |
Schedule and results
Regular season results | |||||
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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
Player statistics
Regular season
Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Maurice Richard | RW | 70 | 43 | 22 | 65 | 114 |
Elmer Lach | C | 64 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 33 |
Billy Reay | C | 68 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 48 |
Norm Dussault | C | 67 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 22 |
Leo Gravelle | RW | 70 | 19 | 10 | 29 | 18 |
Ken Reardon | D | 67 | 1 | 27 | 28 | 109 |
Ken Mosdell | C | 67 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 42 |
Doug Harvey | D | 70 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 76 |
Rip Riopelle |
LW | 66 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 27 |
Glen Harmon | D | 62 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 28 |
Calum MacKay | LW | 52 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 44 |
Floyd Curry | RW | 49 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 8 |
Roger Leger | D | 55 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 21 |
Grant Warwick | RW | 26 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
Emile Bouchard |
D | 69 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 88 |
Gerry Plamondon | LW | 37 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
Bob Fillion | LW | 57 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
Gilles Dube |
LW | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Bert Hirschfeld | LW | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Joe Carveth | RW | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Hal Laycoe | D | 30 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
Bob Fryday | RW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Lulu Denis |
RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Bill Durnan | G | 64 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Bob Frampton | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gerry McNeil | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Durnan | 3840 | 64 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 141 | 2.20 | 8 |
Gerry 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 |
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Norm Dussault | C | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Elmer Lach | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Maurice Richard | RW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Emile Bouchard |
D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Doug Harvey | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
Ken Reardon | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
Floyd Curry | RW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Bert Hirschfeld | LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Glen Harmon | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
Calum MacKay | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Gerry Plamondon | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Billy Reay | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Bill Durnan | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Fillion | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Frampton | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Leo Gravelle | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Johnson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hal Laycoe | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Roger Leger | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Gerry McNeil | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Meger | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Ken Mosdell | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Rip Riopelle |
LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry McNeil | 135 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2.22 | 0 |
Bill Durnan | 180 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 |
Team: | 315 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 2.86 | 0 |
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
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See also
Citations
- ^ "1949–1950 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
- ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ "Montreal Canadiens 1950-51 Game Log and Scores". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
- ^ "1949-50 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.