1950-51 Montreal Canadiens Roster and Statistics

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Record: 25-30-15 (65 points), Finished 3rd in NHL (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Dick Irvin (25-30-15)

Captain: Butch Bouchard

Primary Arena: Montreal Forum

Goals For: 173 (4th of 6), Goals Against: 184 (3rd of 6)
SRS: -0.13 (3rd of 6), SOS: 0.03 (4th of 6)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Final (4-1) to Toronto Maple Leafs
Won Semi-Finals (4-2) over Detroit Red Wings

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Montreal Canadiens	70	25	30	15	65	.464	173	184	-0.13	0.03	2.47	2.63	26			48			6	4						6
League Average	70	28	28	15	70	.500	190	190					31			31			4	4		113900.0				6

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Montreal Canadiens
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
17-20	Jean Béliveau	ca CA	C	19	6-3	205	L/-	R	August 31, 1931
3	Butch Bouchard (C)	ca CA	D	31	6-2	205	R/-	9	September 4, 1919
12	Fred Burchell	ca CA	C	20	5-6	143	L/-	R	January 9, 1931
4	Hugh Currie	ca CA	D	25	6-0	190	R/-	R	October 22, 1925
6	Floyd Curry	ca CA	RW	25	5-11	174	R/-	2	August 11, 1925
17	Bob Dawes	ca CA	D	26	6-1	170	L/-	3	November 29, 1924
5	Lulu Denis	ca CA	RW	22	5-8	140	R/-	1	June 7, 1928
5-20	Gerard Desaulniers	ca CA	C	22	5-11	152	L/-	R	December 31, 1928
22	Norm Dussault	us US	C	25	5-8	165	L/-	3	September 26, 1925
12	Dick Gamble	ca CA	LW	22	6-0	178	L/-	R	November 16, 1928
5	Bernie Geoffrion	ca CA	RW	19	5-9	166	R/-	R	February 16, 1931
15	Leo Gravelle	ca CA	RW	25	5-9	160	R/-	4	June 10, 1925
8	Glen Harmon	ca CA	D	30	5-9	165	L/-	8	January 2, 1921
2	Doug Harvey	ca CA	D	26	5-11	187	L/-	3	December 19, 1924
5-19	Bert Hirschfeld	ca CA	LW	21	5-10	165	L/-	1	March 1, 1929
10	Tom Johnson	ca CA	D	22	6-0	180	L/-	1	February 18, 1928
19	Vern Kaiser	ca CA	LW	24	6-0	180	L/-	R	September 28, 1926
20	Frank King	ca CA	C	21	5-11	185	L/-	R	March 7, 1929
16	Elmer Lach	ca CA	C	33	5-10	165	L/-	10	January 22, 1918
12	Hal Laycoe	ca CA	D	28	6-2	185	L/-	5	June 23, 1922
4-17	Ross Lowe	ca CA	D/LW	22	6-2	180	R/-	1	September 21, 1928
11	Calum MacKay	ca CA	LW	24	5-10	178	L/-	3	January 1, 1927
21	Bud MacPherson	ca CA	D	23	6-4	200	L/-	1	March 31, 1927
20	Tom Manastersky	ca CA	D	21	5-9	185	R/-	R	March 7, 1929
23	Paul Masnick	ca CA	C	19	5-9	165	R/-	R	April 14, 1931
19	Eddie Mazur	ca CA	D/LW	21	6-2	186	L/-	R	July 25, 1929
12	Sid McNabney	ca CA	C	22	5-7	150	L/-	R	January 15, 1929
1	Gerry McNeil	ca CA	G	24	5-7	155	-/L	2	April 17, 1926
4-20	Paul Meger	ca CA	LW	21	5-7	160	L/-	R	February 17, 1929
18	Ken Mosdell	ca CA	C	28	6-1	170	L/-	7	July 13, 1922
15	Bert Olmstead	ca CA	RW	24	6-1	180	L/-	2	September 4, 1926
19	Gerry Plamondon	ca CA	LW	27	5-8	170	L/-	4	January 5, 1924
14	Billy Reay	ca CA	C	32	5-7	155	L/-	7	August 21, 1918
9	Maurice Richard	ca CA	RW	29	5-10	170	L/-	8	August 4, 1921
4	Claude Robert	ca CA	LW	22	5-11	175	L/-	R	August 10, 1928
4	Ernie Roche	ca CA	D	20	6-1	170	L/-	R	February 4, 1930
19	Dollard St. Laurent	ca CA	D	21	5-11	205	L/-	R	May 12, 1929

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Maurice Richard*	29	RW	65	42	24	66		97	31	9	2	8	19	5	0					8.6	1.0	9.6
2	Elmer Lach*	33	C	65	21	24	45		48	16	4	1	3	17	7	0					4.1	1.0	5.0
3	Bert Olmstead*	24	RW	39	16	22	38		50	11	5	0	1	18	4	0					4.0	0.6	4.6
4	Ken Mosdell	28	C	66	13	18	31		24	9	2	2	0	16	1	1					1.7	1.0	2.7
5	Doug Harvey*	26	D	70	5	24	29		91	4	1	0	0	18	4	2					2.3	4.2	6.5
6	Calum MacKay	24	LW	70	18	10	28		69	17	1	0	3	9	1	0					1.7	1.0	2.7
7	Floyd Curry	25	RW	69	13	14	27		23	11	1	1	3	14	0	0					1.1	1.0	2.1
8	Billy Reay	32	C	60	6	18	24		24	6	0	0	3	16	2	0					0.4	0.9	1.3
9	Norm Dussault	25	C	64	4	20	24		15	4	0	0	0	17	3	0					0.0	1.0	1.0
10	Bud MacPherson	23	D	62	0	16	16		40	0	0	0	0	12	4	0					0.6	3.7	4.3
11	Bernie Geoffrion*	19	RW	18	8	6	14		9	8	0	0	2	4	2	0					1.5	0.3	1.8
12	Glen Harmon	30	D	57	2	12	14		27	2	0	0	0	5	6	1					0.7	3.4	4.1
13	Butch Bouchard*	31	D	52	3	10	13		80	3	0	0	0	9	1	0					0.7	3.1	3.9
14	Vern Kaiser	24	LW	50	7	5	12		33	5	2	0	0	4	1	0					-0.3	0.7	0.5
15	Tom Johnson*	22	D	70	2	8	10		128	2	0	0	1	7	1	0					0.0	4.2	4.2
16	Leo Gravelle	25	RW	30	4	3	7		0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0					-0.3	0.4	0.1
17	Paul Meger	21	LW	17	2	4	6		6	2	0	0	1	4	0	0					0.1	0.3	0.3
18	Paul Masnick	19	C	43	4	1	5		14	4	0	0	0	0	1	0					-1.0	0.6	-0.4
19	Bob Dawes	26	D	15	0	5	5		4	0	0	0	0	5	0	0					0.3	0.9	1.2
20	Jean Béliveau*	19	C	2	1	1	2		0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0					0.2	0.0	0.3
21	Bert Hirschfeld	21	LW	20	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0					-0.7	0.3	-0.4
22	Hal Laycoe	28	D	34	0	2	2		25	0	0	0	0	2	0	0					-0.4	2.0	1.6
23	Frank King	21	C	10	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.2	0.1	-0.1
24	Claude Robert	22	LW	23	1	0	1		9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.8	0.3	-0.5
25	Gerard Desaulniers	22	C	3	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					0.0	0.0	0.0
26	Fred Burchell	20	C	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.0	-0.1
27	Hugh Currie	25	D	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0	0.1	0.0
28	Lulu Denis	22	RW	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0	0.0	0.0
29	Dick Gamble	22	LW	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0	0.0	0.0
30	Tom Manastersky	21	D	6	0	0	0		11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.4	0.2
31	Gerry McNeil	24	G	70	0	0	0		0					0					4200	60:00	0.0	0.0	12.2
32	Gerry Plamondon	27	LW	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0	0.0	0.0
33	Ernie Roche	20	D	4	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.2	0.2
34	Dollard St. Laurent	21	D	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.2	0.1
	Team Total			70	173	250	423		833	141	26	6	25	203	43	4					23.6	33.1	69.0