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1970-71 Montreal Canadiens Roster and Statistics

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Record: 42-23-13 (97 points), Finished 3rd in NHL East Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Claude Ruel (11-8-4), Al MacNeil (31-15-9)

1970-71 Stanley Cup Champions

Goals For: 291 (2nd of 14), Goals Against: 216 (6th of 14)
SRS: 0.89 (4th of 14), SOS: -0.07 (11th of 14)

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


Stanley Cup Champions

Team Statistics

Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS SOS TG/G PP PPO PP% PPA PPOA PK% SH SHA
Montreal Canadiens 78 42 23 13 97 .622 291 216 0.89 -0.07 6.50 71 286 24.83 49 319 84.64 8 6
League Average 78 33 33 12 78 .500 244 244 0.00 0.00 6.24 54 285 18.83 54 285 81.17 8 8

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season
No. Player Pos Age Ht Wt S/C Exp Birth Date Summary
6 Ralph Backstrom C 33 5-10 165 L/- 14 September 18, 1937 1 G, 4 A, 5 P
4 Jean Beliveau C 39 6-3 205 L/- 19 August 31, 1931 25 G, 51 A, 76 P
26 Pierre Bouchard D 22 6-2 205 L/- R February 20, 1948 0 G, 3 A, 3 P
23 Guy Charron LW 22 5-10 170 L/- 1 January 24, 1949 2 G, 2 A, 4 P
10 Bill Collins RW 27 6-1 178 R/- 3 July 13, 1943 6 G, 2 A, 8 P
12 Yvan Cournoyer RW 27 5-7 178 L/- 7 November 22, 1943 37 G, 36 A, 73 P
29 Ken Dryden G 23 6-4 205 -/L R August 8, 1947 6-0-0, 1.65 GAA
22 John Ferguson LW 32 5-11 190 L/- 7 September 5, 1938 16 G, 14 A, 30 P
19 Terry Harper D 31 6-1 200 R/- 8 January 27, 1940 1 G, 21 A, 22 P
14 Rejean Houle LW 21 5-11 170 L/- 1 October 25, 1949 10 G, 9 A, 19 P
12 Fran Huck C 25 5-7 165 L/- 1 December 4, 1945 1 G, 2 A, 3 P
2 Jacques Laperriere D 29 6-2 190 L/- 8 November 22, 1941 0 G, 16 A, 16 P
5 Guy Lapointe D 22 6-0 205 L/- 2 March 18, 1948 15 G, 29 A, 44 P
15 Claude Larose RW 28 6-0 180 R/- 8 March 2, 1942 10 G, 13 A, 23 P
6 Chuck Lefley LW 21 6-2 185 L/- R January 20, 1950 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
25 Jacques Lemaire LW 25 5-10 180 L/- 3 September 7, 1945 28 G, 28 A, 56 P
27 Frank Mahovlich LW 33 6-0 205 L/- 14 January 10, 1938 17 G, 24 A, 41 P
20 Pete Mahovlich C 24 6-5 210 L/- 5 October 10, 1946 35 G, 26 A, 61 P
23 Bob Murdoch D 24 6-0 200 R/- R November 20, 1946 0 G, 2 A, 2 P
30 Phil Myre G 22 6-1 185 -/L 1 November 1, 1948 13-11-4, 3.11 GAA
8 Larry Pleau C 24 6-1 190 L/- 1 January 29, 1947 1 G, 5 A, 6 P
24 Mickey Redmond RW 23 5-11 185 R/- 3 December 27, 1947 14 G, 15 A, 29 P
16 Henri Richard C 34 5-7 160 R/- 15 February 29, 1936 12 G, 37 A, 49 P
17 Phil Roberto RW 22 6-1 190 R/- 1 January 1, 1949 14 G, 7 A, 21 P
21 Leon Rochefort RW 31 6-0 185 R/- 9 May 4, 1939 5 G, 10 A, 15 P
18 Serge Savard D 25 6-3 210 L/- 4 January 22, 1946 5 G, 10 A, 15 P
24 Bobby Sheehan C 22 5-7 155 L/- 1 January 11, 1949 6 G, 5 A, 11 P
11 Marc Tardif LW 21 6-0 195 L/- 1 June 12, 1949 19 G, 30 A, 49 P
3 J.C. Tremblay D 32 5-11 170 L/- 11 January 22, 1939 11 G, 52 A, 63 P
1 Rogie Vachon G 25 5-7 170 -/L 4 September 8, 1945 23-12-9, 2.65 GAA

Scoring Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV SH PP S S% TOI ATOI OPS DPS PS
1 Jean Beliveau C 39 70 25 51 76 28 24 40 18 7 0 4 34 0 17 172 14.5 6.1 1.6 7.7
2 Yvan Cournoyer RW 27 65 37 36 73 31 20 21 19 18 0 5 21 0 15 197 18.8 7.2 1.4 8.6
3 J.C. Tremblay D 32 76 11 52 63 21 16 23 6 5 0 4 23 0 29 122 9.0 5.2 4.5 9.7
4 Pete Mahovlich C 24 78 35 26 61 27 25 181 20 12 3 5 18 0 8 189 18.5 5.3 1.7 7.1
5 Jacques Lemaire LW 25 78 28 28 56 24 0 18 22 6 0 3 23 0 5 252 11.1 4.3 0.9 5.2
6 Marc Tardif LW 21 76 19 30 49 19 25 133 15 4 0 2 23 0 7 144 13.2 2.9 1.7 4.6
7 Henri Richard C 34 75 12 37 49 17 13 46 11 1 0 1 33 0 4 226 5.3 2.3 1.3 3.6
8 Guy Lapointe D 22 78 15 29 44 17 28 107 10 5 0 1 20 0 9 228 6.6 3.8 5.4 9.2
9 Frank Mahovlich LW 33 38 17 24 41 16 4 11 12 4 1 2 16 0 8 100 17.0 3.6 0.6 4.2
10 John Ferguson LW 32 60 16 14 30 13 2 162 13 3 0 4 12 0 2 117 13.7 1.6 0.8 2.4
11 Mickey Redmond RW 23 40 14 15 29 12 12 35 12 2 0 1 9 0 6 116 12.1 2.2 0.9 3.0
12 Claude Larose RW 28 64 10 13 23 9 -8 90 10 0 0 2 10 0 3 120 8.3 0.3 0.5 0.7
13 Terry Harper D 31 78 1 21 22 6 35 116 1 0 0 0 20 1 0 61 1.6 0.5 5.8 6.4
14 Phil Roberto RW 22 39 14 7 21 10 10 76 12 2 0 3 7 0 0 88 15.9 1.5 0.8 2.3
15 Rejean Houle LW 21 66 10 9 19 8 7 28 9 1 0 1 7 0 2 87 11.5 -0.2 1.0 0.8
16 Jacques Laperriere D 29 49 0 16 16 4 24 20 0 0 0 0 11 2 3 65 0.0 0.5 3.8 4.3
17 Leon Rochefort RW 31 57 5 10 15 6 11 4 2 0 3 1 9 1 0 33 15.2 -0.6 1.0 0.4
18 Serge Savard D 25 37 5 10 15 6 11 30 4 0 1 0 7 0 3 55 9.1 1.1 2.4 3.5
19 Bobby Sheehan C 22 29 6 5 11 5 4 2 5 1 0 1 3 0 2 33 18.2 0.3 0.5 0.8
20 Bill Collins RW 27 40 6 2 8 4 1 39 6 0 0 1 1 1 0 57 10.5 -0.4 0.5 0.1
21 Larry Pleau C 24 19 1 5 6 2 -8 8 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 24 4.2 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
22 Ralph Backstrom C 33 16 1 4 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 18 5.6 -0.1 0.2 0.1
23 Guy Charron LW 22 15 2 2 4 2 -2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 15.4 -0.1 0.1 0.0
24 Fran Huck C 25 5 1 2 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 12.5 0.1 0.2 0.3
25 Pierre Bouchard D 22 51 0 3 3 1 3 50 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 33 0.0 -0.7 2.5 1.8
26 Bob Murdoch D 24 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
27 Phil Myre G 22 30 0 1 1 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4.5
28 Ken Dryden G 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1.6
29 Chuck Lefley LW 21 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1
30 Rogie Vachon G 25 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9.1
Team Total 78 291 454 745 259 1261 212 71 8 42 2561 11.4 46.5 40.0 101.7

Goalies Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN GPS
1 Rogie Vachon G 25 47 23 12 9 118 2.65 2 2676 9.1
2 Phil Myre G 22 30 13 11 4 87 3.11 1 1677 4.5
3 Ken Dryden G 23 6 6 0 0 9 1.65 0 327 1.6
Team Total 78 42 23 13 214 2.74 3 4680 15.2

Scoring Playoffs

Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV SH PP S S% TOI ATOI
1 Frank Mahovlich LW 33 20 14 13 27 12 18 11 3 0 0
2 Yvan Cournoyer RW 27 20 10 12 22 9 6 8 2 0 1
3 Jean Beliveau C 39 20 6 16 22 8 28 4 2 0 0
4 Jacques Lemaire LW 25 20 9 10 19 8 17 5 4 0 1
5 J.C. Tremblay D 32 20 3 14 17 6 15 2 1 0 3
6 Pete Mahovlich C 24 20 10 6 16 7 43 8 1 1 1
7 Jacques Laperriere D 29 20 4 9 13 5 12 3 1 0 1
8 Henri Richard C 34 20 5 7 12 5 20 5 0 0 1
9 John Ferguson LW 32 18 4 6 10 4 36 3 1 0 1
10 Guy Lapointe D 22 20 4 5 9 4 34 3 1 0 2
11 Rejean Houle LW 21 20 2 5 7 3 20 2 0 0 1
12 Terry Harper D 31 20 0 6 6 2 28 0 0 0 0
13 Marc Tardif LW 21 20 3 1 4 2 40 3 0 0 0
14 Claude Larose RW 28 11 1 0 1 1 10 1 0 0 0
15 Pierre Bouchard D 22 13 0 1 1 0 10 0 0 0 0
16 Ken Dryden G 23 20 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 Phil Roberto RW 22 15 0 1 1 0 36 0 0 0 0
18 Chuck Lefley LW 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Bob Murdoch D 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Leon Rochefort RW 31 10 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
21 Bobby Sheehan C 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 20 75 113 188 379 58 16 1 12

Goalies Playoffs

Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN
1 Ken Dryden G 23 20 12 8 61 3.00 0 1221
Team Total 20 12 8 61 3.00 0 1221