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1970-71 Montreal Canadiens

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42-23-13 (97 points), Finished 3rd in NHL East Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

1970-71 Stanley Cup Champions

Scored 291 goals, Allowed 216 goals, SRS: 0.89 (4th of 14)
Coached by Claude Ruel (11-8-4), Al MacNeil (31-15-9)

Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Finals (4-3) over Chicago Black Hawks
Won Semi-Finals (4-2) over Minnesota North Stars
Won Quarter-Finals (4-3) over Boston Bruins

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Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Montreal Canadiens 78 42 23 13 97 .622 291 216 0.89 6.50 71 286 24.83 49 319 84.64 8 6
League Average 78 33 33 12 78 .500 244 244 0.00 6.24 54 285 18.83 54 285 81.17 8 8

Player Statistics

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Skaters Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Jean Beliveau C 6-3 205 39 70 25 51 76 1.09 29 0.41 101 37 40 0 24 40 18 7 0 4 172 2.46 14.5
2 Yvan Cournoyer RW 5-7 178 27 65 37 36 73 1.12 30 0.46 110 47 43 0 20 21 19 18 0 5 197 3.03 18.8
3 J.C. Tremblay D 5-11 170 32 76 11 52 63 0.83 22 0.29 153 63 102 28 16 23 6 5 0 4 122 1.61 9.0
4 Pete Mahovlich C 6-5 210 24 78 35 26 61 0.78 26 0.33 108 41 55 13 25 181 20 12 3 5 189 2.42 18.5
5 Jacques Lemaire C 5-10 180 25 78 28 28 56 0.72 23 0.29 85 22 63 0 0 18 22 6 0 3 252 3.23 11.1
6 Henri Richard C 5-7 160 34 75 12 37 49 0.65 18 0.24 59 5 43 2 13 46 11 1 0 1 226 3.01 5.3
7 Marc Tardif LW 6-0 195 21 76 19 30 49 0.64 19 0.25 77 21 34 3 25 133 15 4 0 2 144 1.89 13.2
8 Guy Lapointe D 6-0 205 22 78 15 29 44 0.56 17 0.22 131 32 87 16 28 107 10 5 0 1 228 2.92 6.6
9 Frank Mahovlich LW 6-0 205 33 38 17 24 41 1.08 16 0.43 59 22 42 9 4 11 12 4 1 2 100 2.63 17.0
10 John Ferguson LW 5-11 190 32 60 16 14 30 0.50 12 0.21 48 9 37 0 2 162 13 3 0 4 117 1.95 13.7
11 Mickey Redmond RW 5-11 185 23 40 14 15 29 0.73 12 0.30 47 13 22 0 12 35 12 2 0 1 116 2.90 12.1
12 Claude Larose RW 6-0 180 28 64 10 13 23 0.36 9 0.14 37 5 40 0 -8 90 10 0 0 2 120 1.88 8.3
13 Terry Harper D 6-1 200 31 78 1 21 22 0.28 7 0.09 110 0 105 30 35 116 1 0 0 0 61 0.78 1.6
14 Phil Roberto RW 6-1 190 22 39 14 7 21 0.54 9 0.24 29 2 23 6 10 76 12 2 0 3 88 2.26 15.9
15 Rejean Houle W 5-11 170 21 66 10 9 19 0.29 8 0.12 37 5 25 0 7 28 9 1 0 1 87 1.32 11.5
16 Jacques Laperriere D 6-2 180 29 49 0 16 16 0.33 5 0.10 78 9 68 23 24 20 0 0 0 0 65 1.33 0.0
17 Leon Rochefort RW 6-0 185 31 57 5 10 15 0.26 6 0.10 22 0 30 19 11 4 2 0 3 1 33 0.58 15.2
18 Serge Savard D 6-3 210 25 37 5 10 15 0.41 6 0.15 48 6 40 9 11 30 4 0 1 0 55 1.49 9.1
19 Bobby Sheehan C 5-7 155 22 29 6 5 11 0.38 5 0.16 13 3 6 0 4 2 5 1 0 1 33 1.14 18.2
20 Bill Collins RW 6-1 178 27 40 6 2 8 0.20 4 0.09 15 0 36 22 1 39 6 0 0 1 57 1.43 10.5
21 Larry Pleau C 6-1 190 24 19 1 5 6 0.32 2 0.11 7 0 24 9 -8 8 1 0 0 1 24 1.26 4.2
22 Ralph Backstrom C 5-10 165 33 16 1 4 5 0.31 2 0.11 9 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 1.13 5.6
23 Guy Charron C 5-10 170 22 15 2 2 4 0.27 2 0.11 6 0 8 0 -2 2 2 0 0 0 13 0.87 15.4
24 Fran Huck C 5-7 165 25 5 1 2 3 0.60 1 0.23 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 8 1.60 12.5
25 Pierre Bouchard D 6-2 205 22 51 0 3 3 0.06 1 0.02 34 0 31 0 3 50 0 0 0 0 33 0.65 0.0
26 Bob Murdoch D 6-0 200 24 1 0 2 2 2.00 1 0.64 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2.00 0.0
27 Chuck Lefley LW 6-2 185 21 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 0.0
Team Total 78 291 454 745 9.55 291 3.73 291 71 216 49 53 1261 212 71 8 42 2561 32.83 11.4

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Rogie Vachon G 5-7 170 25 47 2676 23 12 9 55 .625 2 118 2.65 0 0 0 0
2 Phil Myre G 6-1 185 22 30 1677 13 11 4 30 .536 1 87 3.11 0 1 1 17
3 Ken Dryden G 6-4 205 23 6 327 6 0 0 12 1.000 0 9 1.65 0 0 0 0
Team Total 78 4680 42 23 13 3 214 2.74

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Frank Mahovlich LW 6-0 205 33 20 14 13 27 1.35 18 11 3 0 0
2 Jean Beliveau C 6-3 205 39 20 6 16 22 1.10 28 4 2 0 0
3 Yvan Cournoyer RW 5-7 178 27 20 10 12 22 1.10 6 8 2 0 1
4 Jacques Lemaire C 5-10 180 25 20 9 10 19 0.95 17 5 4 0 1
5 J.C. Tremblay D 5-11 170 32 20 3 14 17 0.85 15 2 1 0 3
6 Pete Mahovlich C 6-5 210 24 20 10 6 16 0.80 43 8 1 1 1
7 Jacques Laperriere D 6-2 180 29 20 4 9 13 0.65 12 3 1 0 1
8 Henri Richard C 5-7 160 34 20 5 7 12 0.60 20 5 0 0 1
9 John Ferguson LW 5-11 190 32 18 4 6 10 0.56 36 3 1 0 1
10 Guy Lapointe D 6-0 205 22 20 4 5 9 0.45 34 3 1 0 2
11 Rejean Houle W 5-11 170 21 20 2 5 7 0.35 20 2 0 0 1
12 Terry Harper D 6-1 200 31 20 0 6 6 0.30 28 0 0 0 0
13 Marc Tardif LW 6-0 195 21 20 3 1 4 0.20 40 3 0 0 0
14 Phil Roberto RW 6-1 190 22 15 0 1 1 0.07 36 0 0 0 0
15 Claude Larose RW 6-0 180 28 11 1 0 1 0.09 10 1 0 0 0
16 Pierre Bouchard D 6-2 205 22 13 0 1 1 0.08 10 0 0 0 0
17 Bob Murdoch D 6-0 200 24 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
18 Leon Rochefort RW 6-0 185 31 10 0 0 0 0.00 6 0 0 0 0
19 Bobby Sheehan C 5-7 155 22 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
20 Chuck Lefley LW 6-2 185 21 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 20 75 113 188 9.40 379 58 16 1 12

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Ken Dryden G 6-4 205 23 20 1221 12 8 24 .600 0 61 3.00 0 1 1 0
Team Total 78 1221 12 8 0 61 3.00