1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1949–50 1949 2nd 29–22–19 17–8–10 12–14–9 172 150 Frank J. Selke Dick Irvin Emile Bouchard Montreal Forum Maurice Richard (43) Elmer Lach (33) Maurice Richard (65) Maurice Richard (114) Bill Durnan (26) Gerry McNeil (1.50) 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. 2 Regular season Final standings MTL Record vs. opponents MTL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1949–50 regular season1949-50 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1950_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 7, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 13, 1949||4–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||1–0–0 |- |2||W||October 15, 1949||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1949–50) ||2–0–0 |- |3||W||October 19, 1949||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||3–0–0 |- |4||L||October 22, 1949||1–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||3–1–0 |- |5||T||October 23, 1949||0–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||3–1–1 |- |6||L||October 27, 1949||0–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||3–2–1 |- |7||L||October 29, 1949||0–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) ||3–3–1 |- |8||W||October 30, 1949||4–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) ||4–3–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |9||L||November 2, 1949||1–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||4–4–1 |- |10||T||November 5, 1949||3–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||4–4–2 |- |11||T||November 9, 1949||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1949–50) ||4–4–3 |- |12||W||November 10, 1949||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||5–4–3 |- |13||W||November 12, 1949||5–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1949–50) ||6–4–3 |- |14||T||November 13, 1949||0–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||6–4–4 |- |15||L||November 16, 1949||0–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||6–5–4 |- |16||L||November 20, 1949||1–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||6–6–4 |- |17||W||November 24, 1949||5–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||7–6–4 |- |18||W||November 26, 1949||5–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1949–50) ||8–6–4 |- |19||W||November 27, 1949||6–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) ||9–6–4 |- |20||L||November 30, 1949||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1949–50) ||9–7–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |21||L||December 3, 1949||3–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) ||9–8–4 |- |22||L||December 4, 1949||2–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||9–9–4 |- |23||T||December 8, 1949||2–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||9–9–5 |- |24||T||December 10, 1949||1–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||9–9–6 |- |25||W||December 11, 1949||3–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||10–9–6 |- |26||T||December 14, 1949||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||10–9–7 |- |27||W||December 15, 1949||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||11–9–7 |- |28||W||December 17, 1949||4–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) ||12–9–7 |- |29||L||December 18, 1949||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||12–10–7 |- |30||L||December 21, 1949||1–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1949–50) ||12–11–7 |- |31||T||December 24, 1949||0–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1949–50) ||12–11–8 |- |32||L||December 25, 1949||2–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) ||12–12–8 |- |33||T||December 28, 1949||1–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||12–12–9 |- |34||W||December 31, 1949||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||13–12–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |35||L||January 1, 1950||1–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||13–13–9 |- |36||W||January 5, 1950||5–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||14–13–9 |- |37||L||January 7, 1950||1–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1949–50) ||14–14–9 |- |38||W||January 10, 1950||7–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||15–14–9 |- |39||W||January 14, 1950||3–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||16–14–9 |- |40||W||January 18, 1950||1–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||17–14–9 |- |41||L||January 19, 1950||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||17–15–9 |- |42||W||January 21, 1950||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||18–15–9 |- |43||W||January 22, 1950||5–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||19–15–9 |- |44||T||January 26, 1950||1–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) ||19–15–10 |- |45||T||January 28, 1950||1–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) ||19–15–11 |- |46||L||January 29, 1950||0–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1949–50) ||19–16–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |47||T||February 1, 1950||3–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) ||19–16–12 |- |48||W||February 2, 1950||4–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1949–50) ||20–16–12 |- |49||L||February 4, 1950||2–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||20–17–12 |- |50||W||February 5, 1950||4–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||21–17–12 |- |51||L||February 11, 1950||0–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||21–18–12 |- |52||T||February 12, 1950||3–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||21–18–13 |- |53||T||February 16, 1950||3–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||21–18–14 |- |54||L||February 18, 1950||2–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1949–50) ||21–19–14 |- |55||L||February 20, 1950||0–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) ||21–20–14 |- |56||T||February 23, 1950||1–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) ||21–20–15 |- |57||W||February 25, 1950||3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||22–20–15 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |58||L||March 2, 1950||2–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||22–21–15 |- |59||W||March 4, 1950||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||23–21–15 |- |60||T||March 6, 1950||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) ||23–21–16 |- |61||T||March 9, 1950||1–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||23–21–17 |- |62||W||March 11, 1950||5–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||24–21–17 |- |63||W||March 12, 1950||5–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1949–50) ||25–21–17 |- |64||L||March 15, 1950||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) ||25–22–17 |- |65||T||March 16, 1950||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) ||25–22–18 |- |66||W||March 18, 1950||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1949–50) ||26–22–18 |- |67||W||March 19, 1950||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1949–50) ||27–22–18 |- |68||W||March 22, 1950||2–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) ||28–22–18 |- |69||W||March 25, 1950||4–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) ||29–22–18 |- |70||T||March 26, 1950||3–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) ||29–22–19 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs Semi-finals http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1950 Montreal Canadiens 1950-51 Game Log and Scores 2008-11-08 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120212160149/http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1950 2012-02-12 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 Doug Harvey (ice hockey) D 70 4 20 24 76 Rip Riopelle LW 66 12 8 20 27 Glen Harmon D 62 3 16 19 28 Calum MacKay ice hockey 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 Emile 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 GPW LTGAGAA 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 Emile Bouchard D 5 0 2 2 2 Doug Harvey Doug Harvey (ice hockey) 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 ice hockey 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 Tom Johnson (ice hockey) 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 GPW LGAGAA SO Gerry McNeil 135 2 1 1 5 2.22 0 Bill Durnan 180 3 0 3 10 3.33 0 Team: 315 5 1 4 15 2.86 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1949-50 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1950.html Awards and records Vezina Trophy: Bill Durnan See also 1949–50 NHL season Citations References Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Montreal Montreal