1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season

1949–50 Montreal Canadiens
1949–50 Montreal Canadiens
League	2nd NHL
1949–50 record	29–22–19
Goals for	172
Goals against	150
Team information
General manager	Frank J. Selke
Coach	Dick Irvin
Captain	Émile Bouchard
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Maurice Richard (43)
Assists	Elmer Lach (33)
Points	Maurice Richard (65)
Penalty minutes	Maurice Richard (114)
Wins	Bill Durnan (26)
Goals against average	Gerry McNeil (1.50)
	← 1948–49 1950–51 →

The 1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season was the 41st season in club history. The team placed second in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in the semi-finals against New York Rangers four games to one.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]
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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	70	37	19	14	229	164	+65	88
2	Montreal Canadiens	70	29	22	19	172	150	+22	77
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	31	27	12	176	173	+3	74
4	New York Rangers	70	28	31	11	170	189	−19	67
5	Boston Bruins	70	22	32	16	198	228	−30	60
6	Chicago Black Hawks	70	22	38	10	203	244	−41	54

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 13, 1949	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	1–0–0
2	W	October 15, 1949	3–1	New York Rangers (1949–50)	2–0–0
3	W	October 19, 1949	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	3–0–0
4	L	October 22, 1949	1–2	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	3–1–0
5	T	October 23, 1949	0–0	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	3–1–1
6	L	October 27, 1949	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	3–2–1
7	L	October 29, 1949	0–1	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	3–3–1
8	W	October 30, 1949	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	4–3–1
9	L	November 2, 1949	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	4–4–1
10	T	November 5, 1949	3–3	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	4–4–2
11	T	November 9, 1949	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	4–4–3
12	W	November 10, 1949	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	5–4–3
13	W	November 12, 1949	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	6–4–3
14	T	November 13, 1949	0–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	6–4–4
15	L	November 16, 1949	0–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	6–5–4
16	L	November 20, 1949	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	6–6–4
17	W	November 24, 1949	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	7–6–4
18	W	November 26, 1949	5–1	New York Rangers (1949–50)	8–6–4
19	W	November 27, 1949	6–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	9–6–4
20	L	November 30, 1949	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	9–7–4
21	L	December 3, 1949	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	9–8–4
22	L	December 4, 1949	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	9–9–4
23	T	December 8, 1949	2–2	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	9–9–5
24	T	December 10, 1949	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	9–9–6
25	W	December 11, 1949	3–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	10–9–6
26	T	December 14, 1949	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	10–9–7
27	W	December 15, 1949	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	11–9–7
28	W	December 17, 1949	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	12–9–7
29	L	December 18, 1949	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	12–10–7
30	L	December 21, 1949	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	12–11–7
31	T	December 24, 1949	0–0	New York Rangers (1949–50)	12–11–8
32	L	December 25, 1949	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	12–12–8
33	T	December 28, 1949	1–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	12–12–9
34	W	December 31, 1949	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	13–12–9
35	L	January 1, 1950	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	13–13–9
36	W	January 5, 1950	5–3	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	14–13–9
37	L	January 7, 1950	1–3	New York Rangers (1949–50)	14–14–9
38	W	January 10, 1950	7–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	15–14–9
39	W	January 14, 1950	3–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	16–14–9
40	W	January 18, 1950	1–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	17–14–9
41	L	January 19, 1950	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	17–15–9
42	W	January 21, 1950	3–1	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	18–15–9
43	W	January 22, 1950	5–4	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	19–15–9
44	T	January 26, 1950	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	19–15–10
45	T	January 28, 1950	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	19–15–11
46	L	January 29, 1950	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	19–16–11
47	T	February 1, 1950	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	19–16–12
48	W	February 2, 1950	4–1	New York Rangers (1949–50)	20–16–12
49	L	February 4, 1950	2–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	20–17–12
50	W	February 5, 1950	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	21–17–12
51	L	February 11, 1950	0–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	21–18–12
52	T	February 12, 1950	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	21–18–13
53	T	February 16, 1950	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	21–18–14
54	L	February 18, 1950	2–4	New York Rangers (1949–50)	21–19–14
55	L	February 20, 1950	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	21–20–14
56	T	February 23, 1950	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	21–20–15
57	W	February 25, 1950	3–2	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	22–20–15
58	L	March 2, 1950	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	22–21–15
59	W	March 4, 1950	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	23–21–15
60	T	March 6, 1950	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	23–21–16
61	T	March 9, 1950	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	23–21–17
62	W	March 11, 1950	5–0	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	24–21–17
63	W	March 12, 1950	5–1	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	25–21–17
64	L	March 15, 1950	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	25–22–17
65	T	March 16, 1950	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	25–22–18
66	W	March 18, 1950	5–3	New York Rangers (1949–50)	26–22–18
67	W	March 19, 1950	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	27–22–18
68	W	March 22, 1950	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	28–22–18
69	W	March 25, 1950	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	29–22–18
70	T	March 26, 1950	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	29–22–19

Playoffs

Semi-finals

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Maurice Richard	RW	70	43	22	65	114
Elmer Lach	C	64	15	33	48	33
Billy Reay	C	68	19	26	45	48
Norm Dussault	C	67	13	24	37	22
Leo Gravelle	RW	70	19	10	29	18
Ken Reardon	D	67	1	27	28	109
Ken Mosdell	C	67	15	12	27	42
Doug Harvey	D	70	4	20	24	76
Rip Riopelle	LW	66	12	8	20	27
Glen Harmon	D	62	3	16	19	28
Calum MacKay	LW	52	8	10	18	44
Floyd Curry	RW	49	8	8	16	8
Roger Leger	D	55	3	12	15	21
Grant Warwick	RW	26	2	6	8	19
Butch Bouchard	D	69	1	7	8	88
Gerry Plamondon	LW	37	1	5	6	0
Bob Fillion	LW	57	1	3	4	8
Gilles Dube	LW	12	1	2	3	2
Bert Hirschfeld	LW	13	1	2	3	2
Joe Carveth	RW	11	1	1	2	2
Hal Laycoe	D	30	0	2	2	21
Bob Fryday	RW	2	1	0	1	0
Lulu Denis	RW	2	0	1	1	0
Bill Durnan	G	64	0	1	1	2
Bob Frampton	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Gerry McNeil	G	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Bill Durnan	3840	64	26	21	17	141	2.20	8
Gerry McNeil	360	6	3	1	2	9	1.50	1
Team:	4200	70	29	22	19	150	2.14	9

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Norm Dussault	C	5	3	1	4	0
Elmer Lach	C	5	1	2	3	4
Maurice Richard	RW	5	1	1	2	6
Butch Bouchard	D	5	0	2	2	2
Doug Harvey	D	5	0	2	2	10
Ken Reardon	D	2	0	2	2	12
Floyd Curry	RW	5	1	0	1	2
Bert Hirschfeld	LW	5	1	0	1	0
Glen Harmon	D	5	0	1	1	21
Calum MacKay	LW	5	0	1	1	2
Gerry Plamondon	LW	3	0	1	1	2
Billy Reay	C	4	0	1	1	0
Bill Durnan	G	3	0	0	0	0
Bob Fillion	LW	5	0	0	0	0
Bob Frampton	LW	3	0	0	0	0
Leo Gravelle	RW	4	0	0	0	0
Tom Johnson	D	1	0	0	0	0
Hal Laycoe	D	2	0	0	0	0
Roger Leger	D	4	0	0	0	2
Gerry McNeil	G	2	0	0	0	0
Paul Meger	LW	2	0	0	0	2
Ken Mosdell	C	5	0	0	0	12
Rip Riopelle	LW	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Gerry McNeil	135	2	1	1	5	2.22
Bill Durnan	180	3	0	3	10	3.33
Team:	315	5	1	4	15	2.86

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Vezina Trophy: Bill Durnan

Transactions

Roster

References

^ "1949–1950 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1950
^ "1949-50 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

[standings-div-1] "1949–1950 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

[2] ttp://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1950

[3] "1949-50 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

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v t e Montreal Canadiens seasons
1900s	1909–10
1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20
1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

v t e Montreal Canadiens
Founded in 1909 Based in Montreal, Quebec
Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season
History	History Original Six Centennial Records Award winners Retired numbers Broadcasters
Personnel	Owner(s) Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman) General manager Kent Hughes Head coach Martin St. Louis Team captain Nick Suzuki Current roster
Arenas	Jubilee Arena Montreal Arena Mount Royal Arena Montreal Forum Bell Centre
Rivalries	Boston Bruins Quebec Nordiques Toronto Maple Leafs
Affiliates	AHL Laval Rocket ECHL Trois-Rivières Lions
Media	TV TSN2 (English) RDS (French) Radio TSN Radio 690 (English) 98,5 FM (French)
Culture and lore	Youppi! The Hockey Sweater Pour toujours, les Canadiens! Ginette Reno Tour des Canadiens The Punch Line Richard Riot 1938 European tour "Fix You" Good Friday Massacre 2003 Heritage Classic 2011 Heritage Classic 2016 Winter Classic NHL 100 Classic Bell Sports Complex
Category Commons

v t e 1949–50 NHL season by team
Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto
See also	All-Star Game 1950 Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

See also

References