1950-51 Montreal Canadiens Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 25-30-15 - 65 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL
Postseason: 5-6
Lost Stanley Cup finals
Semi-Finals - Defeated Detroit Red Wings 4-2
Stanley Cup Finals - Lost to Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1
Coach: Dick Irvin (25-30-15)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1950-51 Montreal Canadiens RosterTeam Record: 25-30-15 - 65 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL
Postseason: 5-6
Lost Stanley Cup finals
Semi-Finals - Defeated Detroit Red Wings 4-2
Stanley Cup Finals - Lost to Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1
Coach: Dick Irvin (25-30-15)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1950-51 Montreal Canadiens Results
The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 1950-51 season with a record of 25 wins and 30 losses and 15 ties for 65 points, finishing third in the NHL. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-6.
The Canadiens scored 173 goals and surrendered 184. Maurice Richard netted 42 goals for Montreal, while Maurice Richard, Doug Harvey and Elmer Lach each contributed 24 assists. Gerry McNeil earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.63 goals against average, topping goalies with significant playing time.
Dick Irvin coached the team. The 1950-51 Montreal Canadiens lost in the Stanley Cup finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice Richard | R | 65 | 42 | 24 | 66 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elmer Lach | C | 65 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bert Olmstead | R | 39 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Mosdell | C | 66 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Harvey | D | 70 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Calum MacKay | L | 70 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Floyd Curry | R | 69 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Reay | C | 60 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Dussault | L | 64 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bud MacPherson | D | 62 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bernie Geoffrion | R | 18 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glen Harmon | D | 57 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Butch Bouchard | D | 52 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vern Kaiser | D | 50 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Johnson | D | 70 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leo Gravelle | R | 31 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Meger | L | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Masnick | C | 43 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Dawes | D | 15 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jean Beliveau | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hal Laycoe | D | 38 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bert Hirschfeld | L | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Claude Robert | L | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank King | C | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gerard Desaulniers | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Gamble | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gerry Plamondon | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Manastersky | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Burchell | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugh Currie | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Roche | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dollard St. Laurent | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gerry McNeil | G | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lulu Denis | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1168 | 173 | 249 | 422 | 835 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry McNeil | 70 | 4200 | 25 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 184 | 2.63 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 70 | 4200 | 25 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 184 | 2.63 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice Richard | R | 11 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elmer Lach | C | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bert Olmstead | R | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Mosdell | C | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Harvey | D | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Calum MacKay | L | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Floyd Curry | R | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Reay | C | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bud MacPherson | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernie Geoffrion | R | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glen Harmon | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butch Bouchard | D | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vern Kaiser | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Johnson | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Meger | L | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Masnick | C | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Dawes | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ross Lowe | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Mazur | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sid McNabney | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry McNeil | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 178 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry McNeil | 11 | 775 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1.94 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 11 | 775 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1.94 | 0 |
