Elmer Lach

Full Name: Elmer James Lach

Position: C • Shoots: Left

5-10, 165lb (178cm, 74kg)

Born: January 22, 1918 in Nokomis, Saskatchewan ca

Died: April 4, 2015

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player 1966 (Full List)

Hall of Fame
3x Cup Winner
5x All Star
1944-45 Hart
1947-48 Ross
NHL 100th Anniv. Team

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Elmer Lach 1944-45 Scoring Log

Regular Season Breakdown

Points Summary
Goals	26
Assists	54
Points	80
Games with Points	42 games

Points by Period
First	20
Second	33
Third	27
OT	0

Points by Situation
Even Strength	65
Power Play	15
Short-handed	0

Points by Opponent
BOS	18
NYR	18
DET	16
CBH	15
TOR	13

Goals by Arena
Montreal Forum	15
Madison Square Garden (III)	5
Boston Garden	2
Maple Leaf Gardens	2
Chicago Stadium	1
Detroit Olympia	1

Goals by Goalie
Ken McAuley	6
Frank McCool	5
Harry Lumley	5
Mike Karakas	4
Paul Bibeault	4
Doug Stevenson	2

Goals by Assister
Maurice Richard	12
Toe Blake	6
Leo Lamoureux	3
Butch Bouchard	3
Glen Harmon	2
Buddy O'Connor	1

Assists by Scorer
Maurice Richard	29
Toe Blake	17
Butch Bouchard	2
Glen Harmon	2
Frank Eddolls	1
Leo Lamoureux	1
Fern Gauthier	1
Bob Fillion	1

Regular Season

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Regular Season Table
Rk	Date	Tm		Opp	Scr	P	Time		Goal Scorer	Primary Assist	Secondary Assist	Goalie
1	1944-10-28	MTL		BOS	1-0	2	02:31	PP	Butch Bouchard	Elmer Lach		Harvey Bennett
2	1944-11-04	MTL		DET	0-0	1	06:09	EV	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach		Connie Dion
3	1944-11-09	MTL		CBH	0-0	1	02:48	EV	Elmer Lach	Maurice Richard	Toe Blake	Mike Karakas
4	1944-11-09	MTL		CBH	2-2	2	10:51	EV	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach	Toe Blake	Mike Karakas
5	1944-11-09	MTL		CBH	3-2	2	18:34	EV	Elmer Lach	Leo Lamoureux	Toe Blake	Mike Karakas
6	1944-11-09	MTL		CBH	4-2	3	00:43	EV	Maurice Richard	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach	Mike Karakas
7	1944-11-09	MTL		CBH	6-2	3	10:32	EV	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach	Maurice Richard	Mike Karakas
8	1944-11-09	MTL		CBH	8-2	3	18:46	EV	Maurice Richard	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach	Mike Karakas
9	1944-11-12	MTL	@	CBH	1-1	2	08:42	PP	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach		Mike Karakas
10	1944-11-18	MTL		BOS	0-0	1	11:20	EV	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach	Toe Blake	Harvey Bennett
11	1944-11-18	MTL		BOS	1-0	1	19:55	PP	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach	Butch Bouchard	Harvey Bennett
12	1944-11-19	MTL	@	NYR	4-2	3	15:17	EV	Elmer Lach	Maurice Richard		Ken McAuley
13	1944-11-23	MTL	@	DET	0-1	1	11:57	EV	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach		Connie Dion
14	1944-11-26	MTL		TOR	0-0	2	01:26	EV	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach	Toe Blake	Frank McCool
15	1944-11-26	MTL		TOR	2-1	3	18:36	PP	Maurice Richard	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach	Frank McCool
16	1944-11-30	MTL		NYR	0-1	1	11:20	EV	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach	Toe Blake	Ken McAuley
17	1944-11-30	MTL		NYR	1-1	2	01:26	EV	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach		Ken McAuley
18	1944-11-30	MTL		NYR	2-2	2	14:38	EV	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach	Leo Lamoureux	Ken McAuley
19	1944-11-30	MTL		NYR	4-7	3	11:04	PP	Elmer Lach	Maurice Richard	Buddy O'Connor	Ken McAuley
20	1944-12-03	MTL	@	CBH	0-0	3	00:25	EV	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach		Mike Karakas
Rk	Date	Tm		Opp	Scr	P	Time		Goal Scorer	Primary Assist	Secondary Assist	Goalie
21	1944-12-05	MTL	@	BOS	0-0	1	16:17	EV	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach		Harvey Bennett
22	1944-12-14	MTL		TOR	1-1	2	11:25	PP	Elmer Lach	Toe Blake	Butch Bouchard	Frank McCool
23	1944-12-16	MTL		BOS	1-1	2	09:38	EV	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach	Toe Blake	Harvey Bennett
24	1944-12-16	MTL		BOS	2-1	2	10:20	EV	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach	Toe Blake	Harvey Bennett
25	1944-12-16	MTL		BOS	3-1	2	11:59	EV	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach	Glen Harmon	Harvey Bennett
26	1944-12-17	MTL	@	NYR	0-1	1	16:40	PP	Maurice Richard	Buddy O'Connor	Elmer Lach	Ken McAuley
27	1944-12-28	MTL		DET	2-0	2	01:19	EV	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach	Toe Blake	Harry Lumley
28	1944-12-28	MTL		DET	3-0	2	01:27	EV	Maurice Richard	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach	Harry Lumley
29	1944-12-28	MTL		DET	4-0	2	08:03	EV	Elmer Lach	Maurice Richard		Harry Lumley
30	1944-12-28	MTL		DET	5-0	2	16:58	EV	Maurice Richard	Frank Eddolls	Elmer Lach	Harry Lumley
31	1944-12-28	MTL		DET	8-1	3	19:47	EV	Elmer Lach	Maurice Richard	Toe Blake	Harry Lumley
32	1944-12-30	MTL		NYR	1-1	2	15:58	EV	Elmer Lach	Maurice Richard		Ken McAuley
33	1945-01-02	MTL	@	BOS	0-0	1	00:33	EV	Elmer Lach			Paul Bibeault
34	1945-01-02	MTL	@	BOS	3-3	2	15:57	PP	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach	Toe Blake	Paul Bibeault
35	1945-01-06	MTL		CBH	4-1	2	17:08	EV	Elmer Lach	Maurice Richard	Toe Blake	Mike Karakas
36	1945-01-06	MTL		CBH	7-1	3	13:51	EV	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach	Glen Harmon	Mike Karakas
37	1945-01-06	MTL		CBH	8-1	3	14:38	EV	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach		Mike Karakas
38	1945-01-11	MTL		TOR	1-0	2	01:53	EV	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach		Frank McCool
39	1945-01-11	MTL		TOR	3-0	2	09:57	EV	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach		Frank McCool
40	1945-01-11	MTL		TOR	4-0	2	10:28	EV	Elmer Lach	Maurice Richard	Glen Harmon	Frank McCool
Rk	Date	Tm		Opp	Scr	P	Time		Goal Scorer	Primary Assist	Secondary Assist	Goalie
41	1945-01-11	MTL		TOR	5-0	2	17:00	EV	Maurice Richard	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach	Frank McCool
42	1945-01-13	MTL		DET	1-0	1	11:40	EV	Butch Bouchard	Elmer Lach		Harry Lumley
43	1945-01-13	MTL		DET	2-0	1	17:16	EV	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach		Harry Lumley
44	1945-01-13	MTL		DET	3-0	1	18:27	EV	Elmer Lach	Leo Lamoureux		Harry Lumley
45	1945-01-14	MTL	@	NYR	1-1	2	03:45	EV	Elmer Lach			Ken McAuley
46	1945-01-14	MTL	@	NYR	4-1	2	17:44	EV	Frank Eddolls	Elmer Lach		Ken McAuley
47	1945-01-17	MTL	@	CBH	2-1	2	14:01	EV	Elmer Lach	Leo Lamoureux	Butch Bouchard	Mike Karakas
48	1945-01-20	MTL		NYR	3-2	3	10:07	EV	Leo Lamoureux	Elmer Lach	Maurice Richard	Ken McAuley
49	1945-01-21	MTL	@	DET	4-3	3	13:12	EV	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach		Harry Lumley
50	1945-01-27	MTL		BOS	0-0	1	01:51	EV	Glen Harmon	Elmer Lach		Paul Bibeault
51	1945-01-27	MTL		BOS	1-0	1	05:30	EV	Elmer Lach	Maurice Richard		Paul Bibeault
52	1945-01-27	MTL		BOS	7-2	2	17:54	EV	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach	Toe Blake	Paul Bibeault
53	1945-01-27	MTL		BOS	8-3	3	00:16	EV	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach	Maurice Richard	Paul Bibeault
54	1945-01-27	MTL		BOS	9-3	3	03:47	EV	Fern Gauthier	Elmer Lach	Dutch Hiller	Paul Bibeault
55	1945-01-28	MTL	@	BOS	0-0	1	11:57	PP	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach		Paul Bibeault
56	1945-02-01	MTL		CBH	0-0	1	10:22	PP	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach	Butch Bouchard	Mike Karakas
57	1945-02-03	MTL		DET	1-2	2	09:39	EV	Elmer Lach	Glen Harmon		Harry Lumley
58	1945-02-04	MTL	@	DET	0-0	1	14:39	EV	Elmer Lach	Butch Bouchard		Harry Lumley
59	1945-02-08	MTL		NYR	0-0	1	10:00	EV	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach		Ken McAuley
60	1945-02-10	MTL		DET	1-0	2	01:24	PP	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach		Harry Lumley
Rk	Date	Tm		Opp	Scr	P	Time		Goal Scorer	Primary Assist	Secondary Assist	Goalie
61	1945-02-10	MTL		DET	3-0	2	11:29	EV	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach		Harry Lumley
62	1945-02-11	MTL	@	NYR	2-1	3	11:27	EV	Elmer Lach	Maurice Richard		Doug Stevenson
63	1945-02-11	MTL	@	NYR	3-2	3	17:20	EV	Elmer Lach	Maurice Richard		Doug Stevenson
64	1945-02-17	MTL	@	TOR	0-0	2	00:36	EV	Elmer Lach			Frank McCool
65	1945-02-17	MTL	@	TOR	3-3	3	15:10	EV	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach		Frank McCool
66	1945-02-25	MTL		TOR	2-1	2	07:09	PP	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach	Butch Bouchard	Frank McCool
67	1945-02-25	MTL		TOR	3-2	3	10:03	EV	Elmer Lach	Toe Blake		Frank McCool
68	1945-03-03	MTL	@	TOR	0-1	3	09:39	EV	Glen Harmon	Elmer Lach		Frank McCool
69	1945-03-03	MTL	@	TOR	1-3	3	16:31	EV	Elmer Lach	Maurice Richard		Frank McCool
70	1945-03-04	MTL	@	CBH	2-1	3	04:07	EV	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach	Leo Lamoureux	Mike Karakas
71	1945-03-08	MTL		BOS	0-0	2	11:17	EV	Elmer Lach			Paul Bibeault
72	1945-03-10	MTL		NYR	6-2	3	18:53	PP	Elmer Lach			Ken McAuley
73	1945-03-11	MTL	@	NYR	0-0	1	01:56	EV	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach		Ken McAuley
74	1945-03-11	MTL	@	NYR	2-1	1	11:37	EV	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach		Ken McAuley
75	1945-03-11	MTL	@	NYR	4-2	2	08:47	PP	Toe Blake	Elmer Lach		Ken McAuley
76	1945-03-11	MTL	@	NYR	6-3	3	00:25	EV	Elmer Lach			Ken McAuley
77	1945-03-15	MTL	@	DET	0-1	3	01:17	PP	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach		Harry Lumley
78	1945-03-17	MTL		CBH	3-3	3	10:31	EV	Bob Fillion	Elmer Lach		Doug Stevenson
79	1945-03-18	MTL	@	BOS	1-2	3	17:45	EV	Maurice Richard	Elmer Lach		Paul Bibeault
80	1945-03-18	MTL	@	BOS	3-2	3	19:00	EV	Elmer Lach			Paul Bibeault

Playoffs Breakdown

Points Summary
Goals	4
Assists	4
Points	8
Games with Points	4 games

Points by Period
First	4
Second	1
Third	3
OT	0

Points by Situation
Even Strength	7
Power Play	1
Short-handed	0

Points by Opponent
TOR	8

Goals by Arena
Montreal Forum	2
Maple Leaf Gardens	2

Goals by Goalie
Frank McCool	4

Goals by Assister
Butch Bouchard	3
Maurice Richard	2
Murph Chamberlain	1

Assists by Scorer
Maurice Richard	3
Leo Lamoureux	1

Playoffs

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