1973–74 Montreal Canadiens season

	1973–74 Montreal Canadiens
Division	2nd East
1973–74 record	45-24-9
Goals for	293
Goals against	240
Team information
General manager	Sam Pollock
Coach	Scotty Bowman
Captain	Henri Richard
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Yvan Cournoyer (40)
Assists	Frank Mahovlich (49)
Points	Frank Mahovlich (80)
Penalty minutes	Pete Mahovlich (122)
Wins	Wayne Thomas (23)
Goals against average	Wayne Thomas (2.76)
	← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The 1973–74 Montreal Canadiens season was the 65th season in team history. The Canadiens finished 2nd in the East Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the New York Rangers 4 games to 2.

Off-season[]

Ken Dryden shocked the hockey world as he sat out the entire 1973–74 season. He had won a Vezina Trophy and helped lead Canada past Russia in the dramatic Hockey Summit of 1972. Despite his bargaining power, most players in Dryden's position would have simply accepted what the Canadiens were giving him. Dryden bolted training camp, while general manager Sam Pollock fumed.^[1] Wayne Thomas replaced Dryden as the starting goaltender and appeared in 42 games.^[2]

Regular Season[]

Sheppard goal-24Feb1974 — Gregg Sheppard scores the game winner, February 24, 1974.

On March 23, 1974, the Boston Bruins played the Canadiens at home. After falling behind 2-0 in the first period, Gregg Sheppard and Wayne Cashman set up goals by Dave Forbes and Carol Vadnais. After an Andre Savard slapshot beat Montreal goalie Michel Plasse, Sheppard won a face-off back to Bobby Orr. Plasse kicked out Orr's slapshot to Sheppard who fired it in to cap off a Bruins four goal second period. Jimmy Roberts made it close in the third period, banking in a Murray Wilson centering pass before Phil Esposito scored on a breakaway. Sheppard won another face-off which lead to a Bobby Schmautz tip-in goal, putting the game out of reach for Montreal. Sheppard's four points powered the Bruins to a 6-3 victory.

Final Standings[]

East Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Boston Bruins	78	52	17	9	349	221	113
Montreal Canadiens	78	45	24	9	293	240	99
New York Rangers	78	40	24	14	300	251	94
Toronto Maple Leafs	78	35	27	16	274	230	86
Buffalo Sabres	78	32	34	12	242	250	76
Detroit Red Wings	78	29	39	10	255	319	68
Vancouver Canucks	78	24	43	11	224	296	59
New York Islanders	78	19	41	18	182	247	56

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

Game Log[]

Regular Season Schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 10, 1973	5–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	1–0–0
2	W	October 13, 1973	4–3	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	2–0–0
3	L	October 17, 1973	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	2–1–0
4	L	October 20, 1973	2–4	Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	2–2–0
5	W	October 21, 1973	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	3–2–0
6	W	October 24, 1973	3–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	4–2–0
7	W	October 25, 1973	4–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	5–2–0
8	W	October 27, 1973	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	6–2–0
9	T	October 31, 1973	1–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	6–2–1
10	W	November 3, 1973	6–2	California Golden Seals (1973–74)	7–2–1
11	T	November 4, 1973	1–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	7–2–2
12	W	November 7, 1973	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	8–2–2
13	L	November 8, 1973	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)	8–3–2
14	L	November 10, 1973	0–5	St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	8–4–2
15	L	November 14, 1973	3–4	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	8–5–2
16	W	November 17, 1973	8–5	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	9–5–2
17	L	November 18, 1973	4–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	9–6–2
18	W	November 21, 1973	4–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	10–6–2
19	W	November 24, 1973	5–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	11–6–2
20	W	November 25, 1973	6–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	12–6–2
21	W	November 28, 1973	5–3	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	13–6–2
22	L	December 1, 1973	0–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	13–7–2
23	W	December 2, 1973	3–1	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	14–7–2
24	W	December 6, 1973	4–2	@ New York Islanders (1973–74)	15–7–2
25	W	December 8, 1973	3–1	New York Islanders (1973–74)	16–7–2
26	T	December 11, 1973	2–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	16–7–3
27	T	December 14, 1973	2–2	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	16–7–4
28	W	December 15, 1973	6–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	17–7–4
29	W	December 18, 1973	4–1	California Golden Seals (1973–74)	18–7–4
30	T	December 20, 1973	2–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	18–7–5
31	W	December 22, 1973	7–1	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	19–7–5
32	T	December 23, 1973	1–1	@ New York Islanders (1973–74)	19–7–6
33	L	December 26, 1973	2–9	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	19–8–6
34	W	December 29, 1973	7–1	New York Rangers (1973–74)	20–8–6
35	L	January 2, 1974	4–8	@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	20–9–6
36	W	January 5, 1974	5–3	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	21–9–6
37	W	January 7, 1974	2–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	22–9–6
38	W	January 10, 1974	8–3	New York Islanders (1973–74)	23–9–6
39	W	January 12, 1974	7–3	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)	24–9–6
40	L	January 15, 1974	1–2	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	24–10–6
41	W	January 17, 1974	6–1	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	25–10–6
42	L	January 19, 1974	0–8	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	25–11–6
43	W	January 20, 1974	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	26–11–6
44	W	January 23, 1974	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	27–11–6
45	W	January 24, 1974	4–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	28–11–6
46	W	January 26, 1974	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	29–11–6
47	L	February 1, 1974	3–5	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	29–12–6
48	W	February 3, 1974	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	30–12–6
49	W	February 5, 1974	3–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	31–12–6
50	L	February 6, 1974	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	31–13–6
51	W	February 9, 1974	7–2	New York Rangers (1973–74)	32–13–6
52	L	February 10, 1974	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	32–14–6
53	L	February 13, 1974	2–3	Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	32–15–6
54	W	February 15, 1974	9–4	Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	33–15–6
55	T	February 17, 1974	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	33–15–7
56	L	February 19, 1974	3–5	@ New York Islanders (1973–74)	33–16–7
57	W	February 21, 1974	5–2	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	34–16–7
58	T	February 23, 1974	4–4	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	34–16–8
59	W	February 24, 1974	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	35–16–8
60	W	February 26, 1974	6–5	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	36–16–8
61	W	February 28, 1974	7–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	37–16–8
62	L	March 2, 1974	3–4	California Golden Seals (1973–74)	37–17–8
63	L	March 3, 1974	0–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	37–18–8
64	L	March 6, 1974	2–9	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	37–19–8
65	W	March 9, 1974	4–2	New York Rangers (1973–74)	38–19–8
66	W	March 10, 1974	5–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	39–19–8
67	T	March 13, 1974	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	39–19–9
68	L	March 16, 1974	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	39–20–9
69	W	March 17, 1974	4–2	New York Islanders (1973–74)	40–20–9
70	L	March 20, 1974	6–7	Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	40–21–9
71	W	March 23, 1974	7–3	St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	41–21–9
72	L	March 24, 1974	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)	41–22–9
73	W	March 26, 1974	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	42–22–9
74	W	March 29, 1974	4–3	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	43–22–9
75	W	March 30, 1974	5–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	44–22–9
76	L	April 3, 1974	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	44–23–9
77	W	April 6, 1974	6–2	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	45–23–9
78	L	April 7, 1974	4–6	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	45–24–9

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Playoffs[]

New York Rangers 4, Montreal Canadiens 2[]

The Canadiens qualified for the playoffs in second place, setting up a match-up with the third-place New York Rangers. The Rangers defeated the Canadiens twice at the Forum to win the series four games to two.

4/10/1974 New York Rangers 1 - 4
4/11/1974 New York Rangers 4 - 1
4/13/1974 at New York Rangers 4 - 2
4/14/1974 at New York Rangers 4 - 6
4/16/1974 New York Rangers 2 - 3
4/18/1974 at New York Rangers 2 - 5

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Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Mahovlich, FrankFrank Mahovlich	LW	71	31	49	80	47	16	8	2	3
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer	RW	67	40	33	73	18	16	10	0	9
Mahovlich, PetePete Mahovlich	C	78	36	37	73	122	42	7	4	7
Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire	C	66	29	38	67	10	4	10	0	7
Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur	RW	73	21	35	56	29	10	3	1	2
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	75	19	36	55	28	7	1	0	3
Lefley, ChuckChuck Lefley	LW	74	23	31	54	34	9	1	2	2
Lapointe, GuyGuy Lapointe	D	71	13	40	53	63	12	5	1	2
Shutt, SteveSteve Shutt	LW	70	15	20	35	17	19	3	0	1
Wilson, MurrayMurray Wilson	LW	72	17	14	31	26	4	0	0	4
Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson	D	78	6	20	26	66	32	0	0	1
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	39	17	7	24	52	11	1	0	1
Roberts, JimmyJimmy Roberts	D/RW	67	8	16	24	39	27	0	1	2
Savard, SergeSerge Savard	D	67	4	14	18	49	20	1	0	1
Lambert, YvonYvon Lambert	LW	60	6	10	16	42	5	0	0	0
Bouchard, PierrePierre Bouchard	D	60	1	14	15	25	8	0	0	0
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere	D	42	2	10	12	14	15	0	1	0
Gardner, DaveDave Gardner	C	31	1	10	11	2	4	0	0	0
Gainey, BobBob Gainey	LW	66	3	7	10	34	-9	0	0	0
Van Boxmeer, JohnJohn Van Boxmeer	D	20	1	4	5	18	-3	1	0	0
Wilson, RickRick Wilson	D	21	0	2	2	6	8	0	0	0
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque	G	27	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas, WayneWayne Thomas	G	42	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Goldup, GlennGlenn Goldup	RW	6	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Plasse, MichelMichel Plasse	G	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Thomas, WayneWayne Thomas	2410	42	23	12	5	111	2.76	1
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque	1431	27	15	8	2	69	2.89	0
Plasse, MichelMichel Plasse	839	15	7	4	2	57	4.08	0
Team:	4680	78	45	24	9	237	3.04	1

Playoffs[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Shutt, SteveSteve Shutt	LW	6	5	3	8	9	1	0
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer	RW	6	5	2	7	2	0	2
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	6	2	2	4	2	0	0
Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire	C	6	0	4	4	2	0	0
Mahovlich, PetePete Mahovlich	C	6	2	1	3	4	1	0
Mahovlich, FrankFrank Mahovlich	LW	6	1	2	3	0	0	0
Savard, SergeSerge Savard	D	6	1	1	2	4	0	0
Bouchard, PierrePierre Bouchard	D	6	0	2	2	4	0	0
Lapointe, GuyGuy Lapointe	D	6	0	2	2	4	0	0
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque	G	6	0	2	2	0	0	0
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	5	0	2	2	11	0	0
Wilson, MurrayMurray Wilson	LW	5	1	0	1	2	0	0
Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur	RW	6	0	1	1	4	0	0
Lefley, ChuckChuck Lefley	LW	6	0	1	1	0	0	0
Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson	D	6	0	1	1	26	0	0
Van Boxmeer, JohnJohn Van Boxmeer	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lambert, YvonYvon Lambert	LW	5	0	0	0	7	0	0
Roberts, JimmyJimmy Roberts	D/RW	6	0	0	0	4	0	0
Gainey, BobBob Gainey	LW	6	0	0	0	6	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque	364	6	2	4	18	2.97	0
Team:	364	6	2	4	18	2.97	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[]

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: Henri Richard

Transactions[]

Draft Picks[]

See also: 1973 NHL Amateur Draft

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)

Gallery[]

References[]

↑ http://www.athletics.mcgill.ca/alumni_news_details.ch2?article_id=454
↑ http://habsgoalies.blogspot.com/2007/06/wayne-thomas-1972-74.html
↑ 1973–74 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-07-14.
↑ http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1973
↑ 1973-74 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

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[4] ttp://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1973

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

1973–74 NHL season by team
East	Boston • Buffalo • Detroit • Montreal • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Toronto • Vancouver
West	Atlanta • California • Chicago • Los Angeles • Minnesota • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis
See also	1973 NHL Amateur Draft • All-Star Game • 1974 Stanley Cup Finals

1973–74 Montreal Canadiens season

Contents

Off-season[]

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

Game Log[]

Playoffs[]

New York Rangers 4, Montreal Canadiens 2[]

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Playoffs[]

Awards and Records[]

Transactions[]

Draft Picks[]

Gallery[]

See Also[]

References[]