1948–49 Montreal Canadiens season

	1948–49 Montreal Canadiens
Division	3rd NHL
1948–49 record	28-23-9
Goals for	152
Goals against	126
Team information
General manager	Frank J. Selke
Coach	Dick Irvin
Captain	Emile Bouchard
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Billy Reay (22)
Assists	Billy Reay (23)
Points	Billy Reay (45)
Penalty minutes	Murph Chamberlain (111)
Wins	Bill Durnan (28)
Goals against average	Bill Durnan (2.10)
	← 1947–48 1949–50 →

The 1948–49 Montreal Canadiens season was the 40th season in club history. The Canadiens finished 3rd in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 3.

Regular Season[]

A league record of ten major penalties was set November 25, 1948 when 11,000 fans at the Montreal Forum witnessed a donnybrook. It started when the Habs' Ken Mosdell elbowed Maple Leaf Gus Mortson. Mortson retaliated by knocking Elliot de Grey down with his stick. Montreal's Maurice Richard then sprang onto Mortson's back, they fought and then all hands joined in. Mortson, Richard, Toronto's Howie Meeker and Mosdell were assessed major penalties. Play had scarcely resumed when the Habs Ken Reardon and the Leafs Joe Klukay began fencing. Bill Barilko went at Reardon, while Klukay got into it with Billy Reay, and in another fight, Hal Laycoe got into it with Garth Boesch. Turk Broda quietly picked up his first shutout of the year as the Leafs beat the Canadiens 2-0.

Bill Durnan set a long-standing modern NHL record between February 26 and March 6, 1949, when he amassed four consecutive shutouts, not allowing a goal over a span of 309 minutes, 21 seconds.^[1] This record was not surpassed until 2004, when Brian Boucher, then of the Phoenix Coyotes, broke it.

Final Standings[]

National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Detroit Red Wings	60	34	19	7	75	195	145
Boston Bruins	60	29	23	8	66	178	163
Montreal Canadiens	60	28	23	9	65	152	126
Toronto Maple Leafs	60	22	25	13	57	147	161
Chicago Black Hawks	60	21	31	8	50	173	211
New York Rangers	60	18	31	11	47	133	172

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

Game Log[]

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 14, 1948	1–1	New York Rangers (1948–49)	0–0–1
2	W	October 16, 1948	8–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	1–0–1
3	W	October 21, 1948	5–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	2–0–1
4	T	October 23, 1948	0–0	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	2–0–2
5	L	October 27, 1948	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	2–1–2
6	T	October 30, 1948	3–3	Boston Bruins (1948–49)	2–1–3
7	L	October 31, 1948	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	2–2–3
8	W	November 6, 1948	2–0	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	3–2–3
9	W	November 11, 1948	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	4–2–3
10	W	November 13, 1948	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	5–2–3
11	L	November 14, 1948	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49)	5–3–3
12	L	November 17, 1948	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	5–4–3
13	W	November 21, 1948	3–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	6–4–3
14	T	November 24, 1948	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	6–4–4
15	L	November 25, 1948	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	6–5–4
16	L	November 27, 1948	0–2	Boston Bruins (1948–49)	6–6–4
17	W	December 4, 1948	3–1	New York Rangers (1948–49)	7–6–4
18	L	December 5, 1948	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49)	7–7–4
19	L	December 11, 1948	2–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	7–8–4
20	T	December 12, 1948	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	7–8–5
21	W	December 15, 1948	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49)	8–8–5
22	W	December 18, 1948	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	9–8–5
23	L	December 19, 1948	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	9–9–5
24	W	December 23, 1948	4–2	Boston Bruins (1948–49)	10–9–5
25	L	December 25, 1948	0–2	New York Rangers (1948–49)	10–10–5
26	L	December 26, 1948	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	10–11–5
27	W	December 30, 1948	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	11–11–5
28	L	January 1, 1949	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	11–12–5
29	W	January 6, 1949	7–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	12–12–5
30	L	January 8, 1949	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	12–13–5
31	T	January 9, 1949	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	12–13–6
32	W	January 12, 1949	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49)	13–13–6
33	W	January 15, 1949	7–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	14–13–6
34	L	January 16, 1949	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	14–14–6
35	W	January 19, 1949	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	15–14–6
36	W	January 20, 1949	2–1	New York Rangers (1948–49)	16–14–6
37	W	January 22, 1949	4–2	Boston Bruins (1948–49)	17–14–6
38	L	January 23, 1949	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49)	17–15–6
39	W	January 26, 1949	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	18–15–6
40	L	January 29, 1949	2–5	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	18–16–6
41	L	January 30, 1949	0–9	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	18–17–6
42	L	February 3, 1949	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	18–18–6
43	L	February 5, 1949	2–3	Boston Bruins (1948–49)	18–19–6
44	L	February 6, 1949	0–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	18–20–6
45	T	February 9, 1949	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	18–20–7
46	L	February 13, 1949	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	18–21–7
47	W	February 17, 1949	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	19–21–7
48	W	February 19, 1949	3–1	New York Rangers (1948–49)	20–21–7
49	L	February 20, 1949	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	20–22–7
50	W	February 24, 1949	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	21–22–7
51	W	February 26, 1949	1–0	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	22–22–7
52	W	March 2, 1949	2–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	23–22–7
53	W	March 5, 1949	4–0	Boston Bruins (1948–49)	24–22–7
54	W	March 6, 1949	1–0	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49)	25–22–7
55	T	March 9, 1949	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	25–22–8
56	W	March 12, 1949	3–0	New York Rangers (1948–49)	26–22–8
57	T	March 13, 1949	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	26–22–9
58	W	March 17, 1949	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	27–22–9
59	W	March 19, 1949	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	28–22–9
60	L	March 20, 1949	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	28–23–9

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Playoffs[]

Detroit Red Wings 4, Montreal Canadiens 3[]

The Canadiens met the Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the playoffs.

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
March 22	Montreal Canadiens	1	Detroit Red Wings	2	OT
March 24	Montreal Canadiens	4	Detroit Red Wings	3	OT
March 26	Detroit Red Wings	2	Montreal Canadiens	3
March 29	Detroit Red Wings	3	Montreal Canadiens	1
March 31	Montreal Canadiens	1	Detroit Red Wings	3
April 2	Detroit Red Wings	1	Montreal Canadiens	3
April 5	Montreal Canadiens	1	Detroit Red Wings	3

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Reay, BillyBilly Reay	C	60	22	23	45	33
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	59	20	18	38	110
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth	RW	60	15	22	37	8
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach	C	36	11	18	29	59
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell	C	60	17	9	26	50
Harmon, GlenGlen Harmon	D	59	8	12	20	44
Dussault, NormNorm Dussault	C	47	9	8	17	6
Riopelle, RipRip Riopelle	LW	48	10	6	16	34
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	55	3	13	16	87
Reardon, KenKen Reardon	D	46	3	13	16	103
Leger, RogerRoger Leger	D	28	6	7	13	10
Chamberlain, MurphMurph Chamberlain	LW	54	5	8	13	111
Fillion, BobBob Fillion	LW	59	3	9	12	14
Plamondon, GerryGerry Plamondon	LW	27	5	5	10	8
Gravelle, LeoLeo Gravelle	RW	36	4	6	10	6
Campeau, TodTod Campeau	C	26	3	7	10	12
Laycoe, HalHal Laycoe	D	51	3	5	8	31
Robertson, GeorgeGeorge Robertson	LW/C	30	2	5	7	6
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard	D	27	3	3	6	42
Jacques Locas	RW	3	0	0	0	0
MacPherson, BudBud MacPherson	D	3	0	0	0	2
Dorohoy, EddieEddie Dorohoy	C/LW	16	0	0	0	6
Durnan, BillBill Durnan	G	60	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Durnan, BillBill Durnan	3600	60	28	23	9	126	2.10	10
Team:	3600	60	28	23	9	126	2.10	10

Playoffs[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Plamondon, GerryGerry Plamondon	LW	7	5	1	6	0
Reay, BillyBilly Reay	C	7	1	5	6	4
Gravelle, LeoLeo Gravelle	RW	7	2	1	3	0
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	7	2	1	3	14
Harmon, GlenGlen Harmon	D	7	1	1	2	4
MacKay, MurdoMurdo MacKay	RW/C	6	1	1	2	0
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell	C	7	1	1	2	4
Riopelle, RipRip Riopelle	LW	7	1	1	2	2
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth	RW	7	0	1	1	8
Fillion, BobBob Fillion	LW	7	0	1	1	4
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	7	0	1	1	10
Laycoe, HalHal Laycoe	D	7	0	1	1	13
Leger, RogerRoger Leger	D	5	0	1	1	2
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach	C	1	0	0	0	4
Campeau, TodTod Campeau	C	1	0	0	0	0
Dussault, NormNorm Dussault	C	2	0	0	0	0
Curry, FloydFloyd Curry	RW	2	0	0	0	2
Chamberlain, MurphMurph Chamberlain	LW	4	0	0	0	8
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard	D	7	0	0	0	6
Reardon, KenKen Reardon	D	7	0	0	0	18
Durnan, BillBill Durnan	G	7	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Durnan, BillBill Durnan	468	7	3	4	17	2.18	0
Team:	468	7	3	4	17	2.18	0

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals

MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records[]

Vezina Trophy: Bill Durnan
Maurice Richard, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
Bill Durnan, Goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star
Glen Harmon, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
Ken Reardon, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star

Transactions[]

Farm Teams[]

Gallery[]

References[]

↑ http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p196402&type=Player&page=bio&list=#photo
↑ 1948–49 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.
↑ 1948-49 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

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[3] 1948-49 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

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1948–49 NHL season by team
Teams	Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto
See also	All-Star Game • 1949 Stanley Cup Finals

1948–49 Montreal Canadiens season

Contents

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

Game Log[]

Playoffs[]

Detroit Red Wings 4, Montreal Canadiens 3[]

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Playoffs[]

Awards and Records[]

Transactions[]

Farm Teams[]

Gallery[]

See Also[]

References[]