1950–51 Montreal Canadiens | |
Division | 3rd NHL |
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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 Doug Harvey (24) |
Points | Maurice Richard (66) |
Penalty minutes | Tom Johnson (128) |
Wins | Gerry McNeil (25) |
Goals against average | Gerry McNeill (2.63) |
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 the 1951 Stanley Cup Finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 1. All five games were decided in overtime.
Regular Season[]
Montreal fans were excited when it was reported that two junior stars, Jean Beliveau and Bernie Geoffrion, would be given a trial in a December 16th game with the Rangers. The Canadiens played a 1-1 tie before 14,158 fans. Geoffrion scored the Canadiens goal in his debut.
In March, Rocket Richard ran into trouble in a game with Detroit. Richard was tripped and rose with a cut between the eyes. No penalty was called and Richard commenced an argument with referee Hugh McLean. He continued his argument too long and was given a misconduct penalty. Richard then skated to the penalty box and found Leo Reise of Detroit there to welcome him with derisive remarks which infuriated Richard, who then punched Reise, and when linesman Jim Primeau rushed to intervene, Richard took a poke at him and Richard was given a game misconduct. The Canadiens took a train to New York for a game against the Rangers, and the next morning, Richard encountered referee McLean and linesman Primeau in the lobby of the Picadilly Hotel. No punches were thrown, but Richard grabbed McLean by the tie and then Primeau intervened. Considerable profanity filled the air, but cooler heads separated the trio before fists could fly. NHL President Clarence Campbell took a dim view of the matter and fined the Rocket $500 for conduct prejudicial to the welfare of hockey.
Final Standings[]
GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | |
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Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 44 | 13 | 13 | 101 | 236 | 139 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 41 | 16 | 13 | 95 | 212 | 138 |
Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 25 | 30 | 15 | 65 | 173 | 184 |
Boston Bruins | 70 | 22 | 30 | 18 | 62 | 178 | 197 |
New York Rangers | 70 | 20 | 29 | 21 | 61 | 169 | 201 |
Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 13 | 47 | 10 | 36 | 171 | 280 |
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 | |||||
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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 |
Playoffs[]
Montreal Canadiens 4, Detroit Red Wings 2[]
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 |
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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 |
Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Montreal Canadiens 1[]

Bob Dawes suffered a compound fracture during the last game of the 1951 Stanley Cup Finals, April 21, 1951.
The Canadiens lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs four games to one with Bill Barilko scoring the series winning goal in overtime in Game 5. All five games in the series were decided in overtime. Canadiens forward Bob Dawes played his only game of the 1951 playoffs in the last game of the Finals. He suffered a compound fracture of the right leg and never played in the NHL again.
- For more details on this topic, see 1951 Stanley Cup Finals.
Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
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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 |
Player Stats[]
Regular Season[]
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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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 |
Butch 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 |
Gerard Desaulniers | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Hugh Currie | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lulu Denis | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Gamble | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gerry Plamondon | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Burchell | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dollard St. Laurent | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ernie Roche | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Tom Manastersky | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Gerry McNeil | G | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
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Gerry 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 |
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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 |
Butch 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 |
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 |
Tom Johnson | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Gerry McNeil | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
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Gerry McNeil | 785 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 1.91 | 1 |
Team: | 785 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 1.91 | 1 |
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[]
- Maurice Richard, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
Transactions[]
Gallery[]
Video[]
Highlights of Game 5 of the Finals including goals by Richard, the game tying goal with 32 seconds left by Tod Sloan and the overtime winner by Bill Barilko.
See Also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1950–51 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.
- ↑ Montreal Canadiens 1951-52 Game Log and Scores. Databasehockey.com. Retrieved on 2008-12-08.
- ↑ 1950-51 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.
External Links[]
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Franchise | Franchise • Original Six • Players • Coaches • General Managers • Seasons • Records • Draft Picks • Award Winners |
Arenas | Jubilee Arena • Montreal Arena • Mount Royal Arena • Montreal Forum • Bell Centre |
Affiliates | Laval Rocket (AHL) |
1950–51 NHL season by team | |
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Teams | Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto |
See also | All-Star Game • 1951 Stanley Cup Finals |
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