1970-71 Montreal Canadiens Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 42-23-13 - 97 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's East Division
Postseason: 12-8
Won Stanley Cup
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Boston Bruins 4-3
Semi-Finals - Defeated Minnesota North Stars 4-2
Stanley Cup Finals - Defeated Chicago Black Hawks 4-3
Coach: Claude Ruel (11-8-4)
Coach: Al MacNeil (31-15-9)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1970-71 Montreal Canadiens Roster
1970-71 Montreal Canadiens Results

The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 1970-71 season with a record of 42 wins and 23 losses and 13 ties for 97 points, finishing third in the NHL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-8.

The Canadiens scored 291 goals and yielded 216. Yvan Cournoyer netted 37 goals for Montreal, and Pete Mahovlich tallied 30 or more also. J.C. Tremblay contributed 52 assists. Rogie Vachon earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.65 goals against average, topping goalies with significant playing time.

Claude Ruel and Al MacNeil coached the team. The 1970-71 Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Jean Beliveau	C	70	25	51	76	40	24	7	0	4	0	172	14.5
Yvan Cournoyer	R	65	37	36	73	21	20	18	0	5	1	197	18.8
J.C. Tremblay	D	76	11	52	63	23	16	5	0	4	0	122	9.0
Pete Mahovlich	C	78	35	26	61	181	25	12	3	5	1	189	18.5
Jacques Lemaire	C	78	28	28	56	18	0	6	0	3	2	252	11.1
Marc Tardif	L	76	19	30	49	133	25	4	0	2	3	144	13.2
Henri Richard	C	75	12	37	49	46	13	1	0	1	1	226	5.3
Guy Lapointe	D	78	15	29	44	107	28	5	0	1	0	228	6.6
Frank Mahovlich	L	38	17	24	41	11	4	4	1	2	0	100	17.0
John Ferguson	L	60	16	14	30	162	2	3	0	4	0	117	13.7
Mickey Redmond	R	40	14	15	29	35	12	2	0	1	1	116	12.1
Claude Larose	R	64	10	13	23	90	-8	0	0	2	1	120	8.3
Terry Harper	D	78	1	21	22	116	35	0	0	0	0	61	1.6
Phil Roberto	R	39	14	7	21	76	10	2	0	3	0	88	15.9
Rejean Houle	L	66	10	9	19	28	7	1	0	1	0	87	11.5
Jacques Laperriere	D	49	0	16	16	20	24	0	0	0	0	65	0.0
Leon Rochefort	R	57	5	10	15	4	11	0	3	1	0	33	15.2
Serge Savard	D	37	5	10	15	30	11	0	1	0	1	55	9.1
Bobby Sheehan	C	29	6	5	11	2	4	1	0	1	1	33	18.2
Bill Collins	R	40	6	2	8	39	1	0	0	1	1	57	10.5
Larry Pleau	C	19	1	5	6	8	-8	0	0	1	0	24	4.2
Ralph Backstrom	C	16	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	5.6
Guy Charron	C	15	2	2	4	2	-2	0	0	0	0	13	15.4
Fran Huck	C	5	1	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	8	12.5
Pierre Bouchard	D	51	0	3	3	50	3	0	0	0	0	33	0.0
Bob Murdoch	D	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Phil Myre	G	30	0	1	1	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Dryden	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rogie Vachon	G	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Lefley	C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Totals		1384	291	454	745	1261	259	71	8	42	13	2561	11.4

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Rogie Vachon	47	2676	23	12	9	1	2	118	2.65	0
Phil Myre	30	1677	13	11	4	1	1	87	3.11	0
Ken Dryden	6	327	6	0	0	0	0	9	1.65	0
Totals	83	4680	42	23	13	2	3	214	2.74		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jean Beliveau	C	20	6	16	22	28	2	0	0
Yvan Cournoyer	R	20	10	12	22	6	2	0	1
J.C. Tremblay	D	20	3	14	17	15	1	0	3
Pete Mahovlich	C	20	10	6	16	43	1	1	1
Jacques Lemaire	C	20	9	10	19	17	4	0	1
Marc Tardif	L	20	3	1	4	40	0	0	0
Henri Richard	C	20	5	7	12	20	0	0	1
Guy Lapointe	D	20	4	5	9	34	1	0	2
Frank Mahovlich	L	20	14	13	27	18	3	0	0
John Ferguson	L	18	4	6	10	36	1	0	1
Claude Larose	R	11	1	0	1	10	0	0	0
Terry Harper	D	20	0	6	6	28	0	0	0
Phil Roberto	R	15	0	1	1	36	0	0	0
Rejean Houle	L	20	2	5	7	20	0	0	1
Jacques Laperriere	D	20	4	9	13	12	1	0	1
Leon Rochefort	R	10	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Bobby Sheehan	C	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pierre Bouchard	D	13	0	1	1	10	0	0	0
Bob Murdoch	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Dryden	G	20	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Chuck Lefley	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		336	75	113	188	379	16	1	12

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Ken Dryden	20	1221	12	8	0	2	0	61	3.00	0
Totals	20	1221	12	8	0	2	0	61	3.00		0