1950–51 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 Montreal Canadiens 1950 NHL 1950–51 3rd 25–30–15 17–10–8 8–20–7 173 184 Frank J. Selke Dick Irvin Emile Bouchard Montreal Forum Maurice Richard (42) Maurice Richard, Elmer Lach and Doug Harvey (24) Maurice Richard (66) Tom Johnson (128) Gerry McNeil (25) Gerry McNeill (2.63) The 1950–51 Montreal Canadiens season was the 42nd in franchise history. The team placed third in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in the Stanley Cup Final series against Toronto Maple Leafs four games to one. The five games were decided in overtime. 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; 1950–51 regular season1950-51 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1951_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||T||October 12, 1950||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) ||0–0–1 |- |2||T||October 14, 1950||1–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1950–51) ||0–0–2 |- |3||W||October 15, 1950||2–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) ||1–0–2 |- |4||W||October 19, 1950||4–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1950–51) ||2–0–2 |- |5||W||October 21, 1950||2–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) ||3–0–2 |- |6||L||October 22, 1950||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) ||3–1–2 |- |7||L||October 26, 1950||1–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) ||3–2–2 |- |8||W||October 28, 1950||5–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1950–51) ||4–2–2 |- |9||T||October 29, 1950||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1950–51) ||4–2–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |10||L||November 1, 1950||3–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) ||4–3–3 |- |11||L||November 2, 1950||1–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) ||4–4–3 |- |12||L||November 4, 1950||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1950–51) ||4–5–3 |- |13||L||November 9, 1950||1–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) ||4–6–3 |- |14||T||November 11, 1950||1–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1950–51) ||4–6–4 |- |15||L||November 12, 1950||0–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) ||4–7–4 |- |16||W||November 16, 1950||5–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) ||5–7–4 |- |17||W||November 18, 1950||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) ||6–7–4 |- |18||W||November 19, 1950||3–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) ||7–7–4 |- |19||L||November 22, 1950||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1950–51) ||7–8–4 |- |20||L||November 25, 1950||1–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) ||7–9–4 |- |21||W||November 26, 1950||3–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) ||8–9–4 |- |22||T||November 30, 1950||0–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) ||8–9–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |23||L||December 2, 1950||1–7 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) ||8–10–5 |- |24||W||December 3, 1950||4–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) ||9–10–5 |- |25||L||December 6, 1950||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) ||9–11–5 |- |26||L||December 7, 1950||0–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1950–51) ||9–12–5 |- |27||L||December 9, 1950||0–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) ||9–13–5 |- |28||L||December 10, 1950||2–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) ||9–14–5 |- |29||L||December 13, 1950||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1950–51) ||9–15–5 |- |30||T||December 16, 1950||1–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1950–51) ||9–15–6 |- |31||W||December 17, 1950||7–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) ||10–15–6 |- |32||L||December 20, 1950||1–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) ||10–16–6 |- |33||T||December 23, 1950||4–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) ||10–16–7 |- |34||L||December 28, 1950||1–8 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) ||10–17–7 |- |35||W||December 30, 1950||4–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) ||11–17–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |36||T||January 1, 1951||3–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) ||11–17–8 |- |37||L||January 4, 1951||2–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1950–51) ||11–18–8 |- |38||W||January 6, 1951||5–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) ||12–18–8 |- |39||W||January 10, 1951||3–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1950–51) ||13–18–8 |- |40||W||January 11, 1951||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) ||14–18–8 |- |41||W||January 13, 1951||4–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1950–51) ||15–18–8 |- |42||L||January 14, 1951||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) ||15–19–8 |- |43||L||January 18, 1951||2–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) ||15–20–8 |- |44||T||January 20, 1951||2–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1950–51) ||15–20–9 |- |45||W||January 21, 1951||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) ||16–20–9 |- |46||L||January 24, 1951||3–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) ||16–21–9 |- |47||W||January 27, 1951||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) ||17–21–9 |- |48||T||January 28, 1951||1–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) ||17–21–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |49||L||February 1, 1951||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) ||17–22–10 |- |50||W||February 3, 1951||4–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1950–51) ||18–22–10 |- |51||T||February 4, 1951||3–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) ||18–22–11 |- |52||L||February 7, 1951||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) ||18–23–11 |- |53||L||February 10, 1951||0–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) ||18–24–11 |- |54||L||February 11, 1951||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1950–51) ||18–25–11 |- |55||T||February 15, 1951||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) ||18–25–12 |- |56||L||February 17, 1951||1–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) ||18–26–12 |- |57||L||February 22, 1951||2–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) ||18–27–12 |- |58||W||February 24, 1951||6–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1950–51) ||19–27–12 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |59||W||March 1, 1951||3–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) ||20–27–12 |- |60||L||March 3, 1951||1–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) ||20–28–12 |- |61||T||March 4, 1951||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1950–51) ||20–28–13 |- |62||W||March 7, 1951||3–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) ||21–28–13 |- |63||W||March 10, 1951||12–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) ||22–28–13 |- |64||T||March 11, 1951||5–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1950–51) ||22–28–14 |- |65||W||March 15, 1951||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1950–51) ||23–28–14 |- |66||W||March 17, 1951||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1950–51) ||24–28–14 |- |67||T||March 18, 1951||2–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1950–51) ||24–28–15 |- |68||L||March 21, 1951||0–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) ||24–29–15 |- |69||W||March 24, 1951||3–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) ||25–29–15 |- |70||L||March 25, 1951||0–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) ||25–30–15 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs The Canadiens first played the Detroit Red Wings in the semi-finals. The first four games of the series was won by the visiting team. The Canadiens then won the last two to win the series four games to two to advance to the final against Toronto. Date Home Score Visitor Score NotesMarch 27 Detroit Red Wings 2 Montreal Canadiens 3 (OT)March 29 Detroit Red Wings 0 Montreal Canadiens 1 (OT)March 31 Montreal Canadiens 0 Detroit Red Wings 2 April 3 Montreal Canadiens 1 Detroit Red Wings 4 April 5 Detroit Red Wings 2 Montreal Canadiens 5 April 7 Montreal Canadiens3Detroit Red Wings 2 Stanley Cup Final 1951 Stanley Cup Final The Canadiens lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs four games to one. Date Away Score Home Score Notes April 11 Montreal 2 Toronto 3 OT April 14 Montreal 3 Toronto 2 OT April 17 Toronto 2 Montreal 1 OT April 19 Toronto 3 Montreal 2 OT April 21 Montreal 2 Toronto 3 OT http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1951 Montreal Canadiens 1951–52 Game Log and Scores Databasehockey.com 2008-12-08 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060818184235/http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1951 2006-08-18 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Maurice Richard RW 65 42 24 66 97 Elmer Lach C 65 21 24 45 48 Bert Olmstead LW 39 16 22 38 50 Ken Mosdell C 66 13 18 31 24 Doug Harvey Doug Harvey (ice hockey) D 70 5 24 29 93 Calum MacKay ice hockey LW 70 18 10 28 69 Floyd Curry RW 69 13 14 27 23 Billy Reay C 60 6 18 24 24 Norm Dussault C 64 4 20 24 15 Bud MacPherson D 62 0 16 16 40 Bernie Geoffrion RW 18 8 6 14 9 Glen Harmon D 57 2 12 14 27 Emile Bouchard D 52 3 10 13 80 Vern Kaiser LW 50 7 5 12 33 Tom Johnson Tom Johnson (ice hockey) D 70 2 8 10 128 Leo Gravelle RW 31 4 2 6 0 Paul Meger LW 17 2 4 6 6 Paul Masnick C 43 4 1 5 14 Bob Dawes D/C 15 0 5 5 4 Jean Beliveau C 2 1 1 2 0 Bert Hirschfeld LW 20 0 2 2 0 Hal Laycoe D 38 0 2 2 25 Frank King Frank King (ice hockey) C 10 1 0 1 2 Claude Robert LW 23 1 0 1 9 Gerry Desaulniers C 3 0 1 1 2 Fred Burchell Fred Burchell (ice hockey) C 2 0 0 0 0 Hugh Currie D 1 0 0 0 0 Lulu Denis RW 1 0 0 0 0 Dick Gamble LW 1 0 0 0 0 Tom Manastersky D 6 0 0 0 11 Gerry McNeil G 70 0 0 0 0 Gerry Plamondon LW 1 0 0 0 0 Ernie Roche D 4 0 0 0 2 Dollard St. Laurent D 3 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Gerry McNeil 4200 70 25 30 15 184 2.63 6 Team: 4200 70 25 30 15 184 2.63 6 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Maurice Richard RW 11 9 4 13 13 Billy Reay C 11 3 3 6 10 Bert Olmstead LW 11 2 4 6 9 Doug Harvey Doug Harvey (ice hockey) D 11 0 5 5 12 Elmer Lach C 11 2 2 4 2 Paul Meger LW 11 1 3 4 4 Paul Masnick C 11 2 1 3 4 Emile Bouchard D 11 1 1 2 2 Bernie Geoffrion RW 11 1 1 2 6 Ken Mosdell C 11 1 1 2 4 Floyd Curry RW 11 0 2 2 2 Bud MacPherson D 11 0 2 2 8 Calum MacKay ice hockey LW 11 1 0 1 0 Sid McNabney C 5 0 1 1 2 Bob Dawes D/C 1 0 0 0 0 Glen Harmon D 1 0 0 0 0 Tom Johnson Tom Johnson (ice hockey) D 11 0 0 0 6 Vern Kaiser LW 2 0 0 0 0 Ross Lowe D/LW 2 0 0 0 0 Eddie Mazur D/LW 2 0 0 0 0 Gerry McNeil G 11 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Gerry McNeil 785 11 5 6 25 1.91 1 Team: 785 11 5 6 25 1.91 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1950-51 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1951.html See also 1950–51 NHL season References External links Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Montreal Canadiens season, 1950-51 Mon 2