1951-52 Montreal Canadiens Roster and Statistics

Record: 34-26-10 (78 points), Finished 2nd in NHL (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Dick Irvin (34-26-10)

Captain: Butch Bouchard

Primary Arena: Montreal Forum

Goals For: 195 (2nd of 6), Goals Against: 164 (3rd of 6)
SRS: 0.37 (2nd of 6), SOS: -0.07 (5th of 6)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Final (4-0) to Detroit Red Wings
Won Semi-Finals (4-3) over Boston Bruins

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Montreal Canadiens	70	34	26	10	78	.557	195	164	0.37	-0.07	2.79	2.34	43			34			7	5						5
League Average	70	29	29	13	70	.500	182	182					37			37			4	4		109000.0				6

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Montreal Canadiens
League Average

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
11	Gene Achtymichuk	ca CA	C	19	5-11	170	L/-	R	September 7, 1932
3	Butch Bouchard (C)	ca CA	D	32	6-2	205	R/-	10	September 4, 1919
12	Gerry Couture	ca CA	RW	26	6-2	185	R/-	6	August 6, 1925
6	Floyd Curry	ca CA	RW	26	5-11	174	R/-	3	August 11, 1925
11-23	Lorne Davis	ca CA	RW	21	5-11	190	R/-	R	July 20, 1930
23	Garry Edmundson	ca CA	LW	19	6-0	173	L/-	R	May 6, 1932
23	Bob Fryday	ca CA	RW	23	5-10	155	R/-	1	December 5, 1928
8	Dick Gamble	ca CA	LW	23	6-0	178	L/-	1	November 16, 1928
5	Bernie Geoffrion	ca CA	RW	20	5-9	166	R/-	1	February 16, 1931
2	Doug Harvey	ca CA	D	27	5-11	187	L/-	4	December 19, 1924
10	Tom Johnson	ca CA	D	23	6-0	180	L/-	2	February 18, 1928
16	Elmer Lach	ca CA	C	34	5-10	165	L/-	11	January 22, 1918
17	Stan Long	ca CA	D	22	5-11	190	L/-	R	November 6, 1929
4	Ross Lowe	ca CA	D	23	6-2	180	R/-	2	September 21, 1928
11	Calum MacKay	ca CA	LW	25	5-10	178	L/-	4	January 1, 1927
21	Bud MacPherson	ca CA	D	24	6-4	200	L/-	2	March 31, 1927
23	Cliff Malone	ca CA	RW	26	5-10	155	R/-	R	September 4, 1925
23	Don Marshall	ca CA	C	19	5-10	160	L/-	R	March 23, 1932
11-22-23	Paul Masnick	ca CA	C	20	5-9	165	R/-	1	April 14, 1931
23	Eddie Mazur	ca CA	D/LW	22	6-2	186	L/-	R	July 25, 1929
17	John McCormack	ca CA	C	26	6-0	185	L/-	4	August 2, 1925
1	Gerry McNeil	ca CA	G	25	5-7	155	-/L	3	April 17, 1926
19-20	Paul Meger	ca CA	LW	22	5-7	160	L/-	1	February 17, 1929
12	Dickie Moore	ca CA	LW	21	5-10	168	L/-	R	January 6, 1931
18	Ken Mosdell	ca CA	C	29	6-1	170	L/-	8	July 13, 1922
15	Bert Olmstead	ca CA	LW	25	6-1	180	L/-	3	September 4, 1926
14	Billy Reay	ca CA	C	33	5-7	155	L/-	8	August 21, 1918
9	Maurice Richard	ca CA	RW	30	5-10	170	L/-	9	August 4, 1921
19	Dollard St. Laurent	ca CA	D	22	5-11	205	L/-	1	May 12, 1929

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Elmer Lach*	34	C	70	15	50	65		36	8	7	0	3	33	15	2					5.2	1.3	6.4
2	Bernie Geoffrion*	20	RW	67	30	24	54		66	19	10	1	7	19	5	0					5.8	1.2	7.0
3	Maurice Richard*	30	RW	48	27	17	44		44	18	9	0	3	11	6	0					5.3	0.9	6.2
4	Paul Meger	22	LW	69	24	18	42		44	22	1	1	2	14	4	0					3.7	1.3	5.0
5	Billy Reay	33	C	68	7	34	41		20	4	2	1	1	31	3	0					1.8	1.2	3.0
6	Dick Gamble	23	LW	64	23	17	40		8	17	5	1	8	12	4	1					3.6	1.2	4.8
7	Floyd Curry	26	RW	64	20	18	38		10	16	2	2	4	14	1	3					3.1	1.2	4.2
8	Bert Olmstead*	25	LW	69	7	28	35		49	6	1	0	1	19	9	0					1.1	1.3	2.3
9	Dickie Moore*	21	LW	33	18	15	33		44	14	4	0	2	9	6	0					3.9	0.6	4.5
10	Doug Harvey*	27	D	68	6	23	29		82	6	0	0	1	12	10	1					2.5	4.9	7.5
11	Ken Mosdell	29	C	44	5	11	16		19	4	0	1	0	10	1	0					0.1	0.8	0.9
12	Dollard St. Laurent	22	D	40	3	10	13		30	2	1	0	1	7	2	1					1.0	2.9	3.9
13	Butch Bouchard*	32	D	60	3	9	12		45	3	0	0	1	9	0	0					0.5	4.4	4.9
14	John McCormack	26	C	54	2	10	12		4	2	0	0	0	10	0	0					-1.2	1.0	-0.2
15	Tom Johnson*	23	D	68	0	7	7		76	0	0	0	0	6	1	0					-0.5	4.9	4.4
16	Ross Lowe	23	D	31	1	5	6		42	0	1	0	0	3	2	0					0.2	2.2	2.4
17	Bud MacPherson	24	D	54	2	1	3		24	2	0	0	0	1	0	0					-0.5	3.9	3.5
18	Paul Masnick	20	C	15	1	2	3		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0					-0.3	0.3	0.0
19	Lorne Davis	21	RW	3	1	1	2		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0					0.2	0.1	0.2
20	Gerry Couture	26	RW	10	0	1	1		4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0					-0.4	0.2	-0.2
21	Calum MacKay	25	LW	12	0	1	1		8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					-0.5	0.2	-0.3
22	Gene Achtymichuk	19	C	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.0	0.0
23	Garry Edmundson	19	LW	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.0	0.0
24	Bob Fryday	23	RW	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.2	0.1	-0.1
25	Cliff Malone	26	RW	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.2	0.1	-0.1
26	Don Marshall	19	C	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.0	0.0
27	Gerry McNeil	25	G	70	0	0	0		0					0					4200	60:00	0.0	0.0	13.2
	Team Total			70	195	302	497		661	145	43	7	34	224	70	8					34.1	35.9	83.2