1951–52 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1951–52 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 43rd season of play. After qualifying for the playoffs in second place, the Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins to advance to the final series. The Detroit Red Wings would sweep the Canadiens in the finals, four games to none.
1951–52 Montreal Canadiens | |
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League | 2nd NHL |
1951–52 record | 34–26–10 |
Goals for | 195 |
Goals against | 164 |
Team information | |
General Manager | Frank J. Selke |
Coach | Dick Irvin |
Captain | Emile Bouchard |
Arena | Montreal Forum |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Bernie Geoffrion (30) |
Assists | Elmer Lach (50) |
Points | Elmer Lach (65) |
Penalty minutes | Doug Harvey (82) |
Wins | Gerry McNeil (34) |
Goals against average | Gerry McNeil (2.34) |
Offseason
Regular season
Final standings
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 44 | 14 | 12 | 215 | 133 | +82 | 100 |
2 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 195 | 164 | +31 | 78 |
3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 168 | 157 | +11 | 74 |
4 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 25 | 29 | 16 | 162 | 176 | −14 | 66 |
5 | New York Rangers | 70 | 23 | 34 | 13 | 192 | 219 | −27 | 59 |
6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 17 | 44 | 9 | 158 | 241 | −83 | 43 |
Schedule and results
Regular season results | |||||
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No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
1 | W | October 11, 1951 | 4–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 1–0–0 |
2 | L | October 13, 1951 | 1–2 | Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 1–1–0 |
3 | W | October 14, 1951 | 4–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 2–1–0 |
4 | W | October 18, 1951 | 3–2 | New York Rangers (1951–52) | 3–1–0 |
5 | L | October 20, 1951 | 0–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 3–2–0 |
6 | L | October 22, 1951 | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 3–3–0 |
7 | T | October 25, 1951 | 2–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 3–3–1 |
8 | L | October 28, 1951 | 1–2 | @ New York Rangers (1951–52) | 3–4–1 |
9 | W | October 29, 1951 | 6–1 | New York Rangers (1951–52) | 4–4–1 |
10 | L | October 31, 1951 | 0–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 4–5–1 |
11 | L | November 1, 1951 | 2–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 4–6–1 |
12 | L | November 3, 1951 | 2–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 4–7–1 |
13 | W | November 8, 1951 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 5–7–1 |
14 | W | November 10, 1951 | 4–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 6–7–1 |
15 | T | November 11, 1951 | 3–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 6–7–2 |
16 | W | November 17, 1951 | 3–2 | New York Rangers (1951–52) | 7–7–2 |
17 | T | November 18, 1951 | 3–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 7–7–3 |
18 | L | November 22, 1951 | 1–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 7–8–3 |
19 | L | November 24, 1951 | 2–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 7–9–3 |
20 | L | November 25, 1951 | 1–2 | @ New York Rangers (1951–52) | 7–10–3 |
21 | W | November 29, 1951 | 5–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 8–10–3 |
22 | W | December 1, 1951 | 4–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 9–10–3 |
23 | L | December 2, 1951 | 1–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 9–11–3 |
24 | L | December 8, 1951 | 0–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 9–12–3 |
25 | L | December 9, 1951 | 2–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 9–13–3 |
26 | T | December 13, 1951 | 1–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 9–13–4 |
27 | W | December 15, 1951 | 3–1 | Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 10–13–4 |
28 | W | December 16, 1951 | 4–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 11–13–4 |
29 | L | December 19, 1951 | 2–4 | @ New York Rangers (1951–52) | 11–14–4 |
30 | W | December 20, 1951 | 4–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 12–14–4 |
31 | W | December 22, 1951 | 5–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 13–14–4 |
32 | L | December 23, 1951 | 0–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 13–15–4 |
33 | W | December 26, 1951 | 3–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 14–15–4 |
34 | W | December 29, 1951 | 7–2 | New York Rangers (1951–52) | 15–15–4 |
35 | W | December 31, 1951 | 5–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 16–15–4 |
36 | W | January 1, 1952 | 3–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 17–15–4 |
37 | W | January 3, 1952 | 3–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 18–15–4 |
38 | L | January 5, 1952 | 2–3 | Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 18–16–4 |
39 | W | January 12, 1952 | 8–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 19–16–4 |
40 | T | January 13, 1952 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1951–52) | 19–16–5 |
41 | T | January 17, 1952 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 19–16–6 |
42 | L | January 19, 1952 | 0–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 19–17–6 |
43 | L | January 20, 1952 | 1–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 19–18–6 |
44 | W | January 23, 1952 | 4–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 20–18–6 |
45 | W | January 24, 1952 | 4–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 21–18–6 |
46 | W | January 26, 1952 | 5–3 | Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 22–18–6 |
47 | W | January 27, 1952 | 5–3 | @ New York Rangers (1951–52) | 23–18–6 |
48 | W | January 31, 1952 | 1–0 | New York Rangers (1951–52) | 24–18–6 |
49 | T | February 2, 1952 | 2–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 24–18–7 |
50 | L | February 3, 1952 | 0–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 24–19–7 |
51 | L | February 7, 1952 | 3–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 24–20–7 |
52 | L | February 9, 1952 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 24–21–7 |
53 | W | February 10, 1952 | 3–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 25–21–7 |
54 | W | February 14, 1952 | 3–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 26–21–7 |
55 | W | February 16, 1952 | 5–1 | New York Rangers (1951–52) | 27–21–7 |
56 | L | February 17, 1952 | 2–3 | @ New York Rangers (1951–52) | 27–22–7 |
57 | T | February 21, 1952 | 3–3 | Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 27–22–8 |
58 | W | February 23, 1952 | 7–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 28–22–8 |
59 | W | February 28, 1952 | 3–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 29–22–8 |
60 | W | March 1, 1952 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1951–52) | 30–22–8 |
61 | W | March 2, 1952 | 6–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 31–22–8 |
62 | L | March 5, 1952 | 2–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 31–23–8 |
63 | T | March 8, 1952 | 4–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) | 31–23–9 |
64 | W | March 9, 1952 | 2–0 | @ New York Rangers (1951–52) | 32–23–9 |
65 | W | March 13, 1952 | 3–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 33–23–9 |
66 | L | March 15, 1952 | 0–2 | Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 33–24–9 |
67 | L | March 16, 1952 | 1–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1951–52) | 33–25–9 |
68 | W | March 19, 1952 | 3–0 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) | 34–25–9 |
69 | T | March 22, 1952 | 3–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 34–25–10 |
70 | L | March 23, 1952 | 2–7 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) | 34–26–10 |
Playoffs
Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Elmer Lach | C | 70 | 15 | 50 | 65 | 36 |
Bernie Geoffrion | RW | 67 | 30 | 24 | 54 | 66 |
Maurice Richard | RW | 48 | 27 | 17 | 44 | 44 |
Paul Meger | LW | 69 | 24 | 18 | 42 | 44 |
Billy Reay | C | 68 | 7 | 34 | 41 | 20 |
Dick Gamble | LW | 64 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 8 |
Floyd Curry | RW | 64 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 10 |
Bert Olmstead | LW | 69 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 49 |
Dickie Moore | LW | 33 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 44 |
Doug Harvey | D | 68 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 82 |
Ken Mosdell | C | 44 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 19 |
Dollard St. Laurent | D | 40 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 30 |
Butch Bouchard | D | 60 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 45 |
John McCormack | C | 54 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 |
Tom Johnson | D | 67 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 76 |
Ross Lowe | D/LW | 31 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 42 |
Bud MacPherson | D | 54 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
Paul Masnick | C | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Lorne Davis | RW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Gerry Couture | RW | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Calum MacKay | LW | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Gene Achtymichuk | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Garry Edmundson | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Bob Fryday | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cliff Malone | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don Marshall | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gerry McNeil | G | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry McNeil | 4200 | 70 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 164 | 2.34 | 5 |
Team: | 4200 | 70 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 164 | 2.34 | 5 |
Playoffs
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Floyd Curry | RW | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
Maurice Richard | RW | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
Bernie Geoffrion | RW | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Billy Reay | C | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
Elmer Lach | C | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Doug Harvey | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
Paul Meger | LW | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Dollard St. Laurent | D | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Eddie Mazur | D/LW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Dickie Moore | LW | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
Butch Bouchard | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
Dick Gamble | LW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Tom Johnson | D | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Paul Masnick | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
Ken Mosdell | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bert Olmstead | LW | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Garry Edmundson | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Stan Long | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bud MacPherson | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gerry McNeil | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry McNeil | 688 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 2.01 | 1 |
Team: | 688 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 2.01 | 1 |
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
Transactions
Roster
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See also
References
- "1951–1952 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
- "1951-52 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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