1954-55 Montreal Canadiens Roster and Statistics

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Record: 41-18-11 (93 points), Finished 2nd in NHL (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Dick Irvin (41-18-11)

Captain: Butch Bouchard

Primary Arena: Montreal Forum

Goals For: 228 (1st of 6), Goals Against: 157 (3rd of 6)
SRS: 0.85 (1st of 6), SOS: -0.17 (6th of 6)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Final (4-3) to Detroit Red Wings
Won Semi-Finals (4-1) over Boston Bruins

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

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	41	18	11	93	.664	228	157	0.85	-0.17	3.26	2.24	56			35			4	3						6
League Average	70	27	27	17	70	.500	177	177					41			41			5	5		105900.0				6

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

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

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
20	Jim Bartlett	ca CA	LW	22	5-9	165	L/-	R	May 27, 1932
4	Jean Béliveau	ca CA	C	23	6-3	205	L/-	3	August 31, 1931
1	Andre Binette	ca CA	G	21	5-8	140	-/L	R	December 2, 1933
17	Garry Blaine	ca CA	RW	21	5-11	190	R/-	R	April 19, 1933
3	Butch Bouchard (C)	ca CA	D	35	6-2	205	R/-	13	September 4, 1919
6	Floyd Curry	ca CA	RW	29	5-11	174	R/-	6	August 11, 1925
1-30	Claude Evans	ca CA	G	21	5-8	165	-/L	R	April 28, 1933
24	Dick Gamble	ca CA	LW	26	6-0	178	L/-	4	November 16, 1928
5	Bernie Geoffrion	ca CA	RW	23	5-9	166	R/-	4	February 16, 1931
2	Doug Harvey	ca CA	D	30	5-11	187	L/-	7	December 19, 1924
1	Charlie Hodge	ca CA	G	21	5-6	150	-/L	R	July 28, 1933
10	Tom Johnson	ca CA	D	26	6-0	180	L/-	5	February 18, 1928
23	Jean-Paul Lamirande	ca CA	LW	30	5-8	170	R/-	3	August 21, 1924
8	Jackie Leclair	ca CA	C	25	5-10	150	L/-	R	May 30, 1929
17	Ed Litzenberger	ca CA	RW	22	6-1	174	R/-	2	July 15, 1932
11	Calum MacKay	ca CA	LW	28	5-10	178	L/-	6	January 1, 1927
21	Bud MacPherson	ca CA	D	27	6-4	200	L/-	5	March 31, 1927
22	Don Marshall	ca CA	LW	22	5-10	160	L/-	1	March 23, 1932
22	Paul Masnick	ca CA	C	23	5-9	165	R/-	4	April 14, 1931
23	Eddie Mazur	ca CA	LW	25	6-2	186	L/-	1	July 25, 1929
23	George McAvoy	ca CA	D	23	6-0	185	L/-	R	June 21, 1931
20	Paul Meger	ca CA	LW	25	5-7	160	L/-	4	February 17, 1929
12	Dickie Moore	ca CA	LW	24	5-10	168	L/-	3	January 6, 1931
18	Ken Mosdell	ca CA	C	32	6-1	170	L/-	11	July 13, 1922
15	Bert Olmstead	ca CA	LW	28	6-1	180	L/-	6	September 4, 1926
1	Jacques Plante	ca CA	G	26	6-0	175	-/L	2	January 17, 1929
9	Maurice Richard	ca CA	RW	33	5-10	170	L/-	12	August 4, 1921
14	Paul Ronty	ca CA	C	26	6-0	160	L/-	7	June 12, 1928
24	Guy Rousseau	ca CA	LW	20	5-6	140	L/-	R	December 21, 1934
19	Dollard St. Laurent	ca CA	D	25	5-11	205	L/-	4	May 12, 1929
23	Jean-Guy Talbot	ca CA	D	22	5-11	170	L/-	R	July 11, 1932
22	Orval Tessier	ca CA	C	21	5-8	160	L/-	R	June 30, 1933

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

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	Bernie Geoffrion*	23	RW	70	38	37	75		57	25	13	0	8	18	19	0					9.0	1.3	10.3
2	Maurice Richard*	33	RW	67	38	36	74		125	27	11	0	5	23	13	0					9.1	1.3	10.3
3	Jean Béliveau*	23	C	70	37	36	73		58	23	14	0	7	24	12	0					8.7	1.3	10.0
4	Bert Olmstead*	28	LW	70	10	48	58		103	6	4	0	3	30	18	0					4.2	1.3	5.5
5	Ken Mosdell	32	C	70	22	32	54		82	19	3	0	0	26	4	2					5.0	1.3	6.3
6	Doug Harvey*	30	D	70	6	43	49		58	3	3	0	1	18	25	0					4.5	5.2	9.7
7	Dickie Moore*	24	LW	67	16	20	36		32	15	1	0	6	17	3	0					2.6	1.3	3.8
8	Calum MacKay	28	LW	50	14	21	35		39	12	2	0	3	19	2	0					3.0	0.9	4.0
9	Jackie Leclair	25	C	59	11	22	33		12	9	2	0	2	21	1	0					2.1	1.1	3.2
10	Tom Johnson*	26	D	70	6	19	25		74	5	0	1	1	16	3	0					1.9	5.2	7.1
11	Floyd Curry	29	RW	68	11	10	21		34	6	2	3	3	10	0	0					0.4	1.3	1.6
12	Butch Bouchard*	35	D	70	2	16	18		83	2	0	0	0	15	0	1					0.6	5.3	5.8
13	Dollard St. Laurent	25	D	58	3	14	17		24	3	0	0	0	14	0	0					0.9	4.3	5.3
14	Ed Litzenberger	22	RW	29	7	4	11		12	6	1	0	2	4	0	0					0.6	0.5	1.2
15	Bud MacPherson	27	D	30	1	8	9		55	1	0	0	0	8	0	0					0.4	2.3	2.7
16	Don Marshall	22	LW	39	5	3	8		9	5	0	0	0	2	0	1					-0.4	0.7	0.4
17	Eddie Mazur	25	LW	25	1	5	6		21	1	0	0	0	5	0	0					-0.4	0.5	0.1
18	Paul Meger	25	LW	13	0	4	4		6	0	0	0	0	4	0	0					-0.2	0.2	0.1
19	Guy Rousseau	20	LW	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					0.0	0.0	0.1
20	Jean-Guy Talbot	22	D	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					0.0	0.2	0.3
21	Jim Bartlett	22	LW	2	0	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.0	-0.1
22	Andre Binette	21	G	1	0	0	0		0					0					60	60:00	0.0	0.0	0.0
23	Garry Blaine	21	RW	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0	0.0	0.0
24	Claude Evans	21	G	4	0	0	0		0					0					200	50:00	0.0	0.0	0.1
25	Charlie Hodge	21	G	14	0	0	0		0					0					819	58:30	0.0	0.0	2.8
26	Jean-Paul Lamirande	30	LW	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0	0.0	0.0
27	Paul Masnick	23	C	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					-0.1	0.1	0.0
28	Jacques Plante*	26	G	52	0	0	0		2					0					3079	59:13	0.0	0.0	10.8
29	Paul Ronty	26	C	5	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.2	0.1	-0.1
30	Orval Tessier	21	C	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.2	0.1	-0.1
	Team Total			70	228	380	608		890	168	56	4	41	277	100	4					51.3	36.0	101.0

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Jacques Plante*	26	52		33	12	7	109				2.12	5	3079						2.49	10.8
2	Charlie Hodge	21	14		6	4	4	30				2.20	1	819						2.71	2.8
3	Andre Binette	21	1		1	0	0	4				4.00	0	60						5.00	0.0
4	Claude Evans	21	4		1	2	0	12				3.60	0	200						4.20	0.1
	Team Total				41	18	11	155				2.24	6	4158						2.66	13.7