1984–85 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1984–85 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 76th season of play. The Canadiens finished 2nd in the Adams Division and lost in the Division Final to the Quebec Nordiques 4 games to 3.
==Off-season==
July 1984: Patrick Roy signed his first NHL contract with the Montreal Canadiens. There was a clause that if he played in at least 40 games, he would receive a $5,000 bonus. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.482, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
==Regular Season==
After scoring only two goals in 19 games and unhappy with the amount of ice time he was receiving, Guy Lafleur decided to retire.
* October 24, 1984: Patrick Roy was sent down to the Granby Bisons without having played a regular season game. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.130, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
* February 23, 1985: At the beginning of the third period, Patrick Roy made his NHL debut. Roy replaced Doug Soetaert and earned the first win of his career in a 6–4 win over the Winnipeg Jets.Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.135 , by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2 It was his only game this season but he would play 1275 more games until 2003.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	Oct 11, 1984 	3–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	0–1–0
2 	W 	Oct 13, 1984 	4–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	1–1–0
3 	W 	Oct 15, 1984 	5–2 	Philadelphia Flyers 	2–1–0
4 	T 	Oct 18, 1984 	3–3 OT 	Los Angeles Kings 	2–1–1
5 	W 	Oct 20, 1984 	4–2 	Minnesota North Stars 	3–1–1
6 	W 	Oct 23, 1984 	3–1 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	4–1–1
7 	W 	Oct 25, 1984 	3–2 	Buffalo Sabres 	5–1–1
8 	L 	Oct 27, 1984 	5–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	5–2–1
9 	W 	Oct 29, 1984 	4–2 	Quebec Nordiques 	6–2–1
10 	W 	Nov 1, 1984 	6–5 OT 	New York Islanders 	7–2–1
11 	W 	Nov 3, 1984 	3–1 	Boston Bruins 	8–2–1
12 	L 	Nov 6, 1984 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings 	8–3–1
13 	T 	Nov 10, 1984 	3–3 OT 	@ Calgary Flames 	8–3–2
14 	W 	Nov 12, 1984 	5–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks 	9–3–2
15 	W 	Nov 14, 1984 	4–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers 	10–3–2
16 	W 	Nov 17, 1984 	5–0 	New Jersey Devils 	11–3–2
17 	L 	Nov 19, 1984 	4–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	11–4–2
18 	W 	Nov 22, 1984 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks 	12–4–2
19 	W 	Nov 24, 1984 	6–4 	Detroit Red Wings 	13–4–2
20 	L 	Nov 25, 1984 	4–7 	@ Boston Bruins 	13–5–2
21 	T 	Nov 28, 1984 	3–3 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings 	13–5–3
22 	T 	Nov 30, 1984 	2–2 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	13–5–4
23 	W 	Dec 1, 1984 	3–2 	Buffalo Sabres 	14–5–4
24 	W 	Dec 3, 1984 	9–3 	Hartford Whalers 	15–5–4
25 	L 	Dec 5, 1984 	3–5 	@ Hartford Whalers 	15–6–4
26 	W 	Dec 6, 1984 	3–1 	@ Boston Bruins 	16–6–4
27 	W 	Dec 8, 1984 	9–7 	Los Angeles Kings 	17–6–4
28 	L 	Dec 13, 1984 	4–5 	Vancouver Canucks 	17–7–4
29 	L 	Dec 15, 1984 	3–4 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers 	17–8–4
30 	W 	Dec 16, 1984 	3–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	18–8–4
31 	L 	Dec 18, 1984 	4–6 	Boston Bruins 	18–9–4
32 	T 	Dec 20, 1984 	2–2 OT 	Washington Capitals 	18–9–5
33 	W 	Dec 22, 1984 	10–5 	Hartford Whalers 	19–9–5
34 	T 	Dec 23, 1984 	3–3 OT 	@ New York Rangers 	19–9–6
35 	W 	Dec 27, 1984 	5–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	20–9–6
36 	W 	Dec 29, 1984 	7–3 	New York Rangers 	21–9–6
37 	T 	Dec 31, 1984 	4–4 OT 	Quebec Nordiques 	21–9–7
38 	L 	Jan 2, 1985 	2–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks 	21–10–7
39 	T 	Jan 3, 1985 	2–2 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues 	21–10–8
40 	L 	Jan 5, 1985 	4–5 	@ New Jersey Devils 	21–11–8
41 	L 	Jan 8, 1985 	1–3 	@ New York Islanders 	21–12–8
42 	L 	Jan 10, 1985 	2–5 	Edmonton Oilers 	21–13–8
43 	T 	Jan 12, 1985 	1–1 OT 	Buffalo Sabres 	21–13–9
44 	W 	Jan 15, 1985 	2–1 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	22–13–9
45 	W 	Jan 17, 1985 	5–4 	Hartford Whalers 	23–13–9
46 	T 	Jan 19, 1985 	4–4 OT 	New Jersey Devils 	23–13–10
47 	L 	Jan 21, 1985 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins 	23–14–10
48 	W 	Jan 22, 1985 	8–5 	@ Hartford Whalers 	24–14–10
49 	L 	Jan 24, 1985 	3–4 	Quebec Nordiques 	24–15–10
50 	W 	Jan 26, 1985 	3–2 	New York Rangers 	25–15–10
51 	L 	Jan 30, 1985 	4–5 OT 	@ Vancouver Canucks 	25–16–10
52 	W 	Feb 2, 1985 	5–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings 	26–16–10
53 	L 	Feb 5, 1985 	2–4 	Calgary Flames 	26–17–10
54 	W 	Feb 7, 1985 	5–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	27–17–10
55 	L 	Feb 9, 1985 	2–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	27–18–10
56 	L 	Feb 10, 1985 	2–3 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	27–19–10
57 	W 	Feb 15, 1985 	4–3 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	28–19–10
58 	L 	Feb 16, 1985 	3–4 	Buffalo Sabres 	28–20–10
59 	W 	Feb 19, 1985 	5–2 	@ St. Louis Blues 	29–20–10
60 	L 	Feb 20, 1985 	2–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks 	29–21–10
61 	W 	Feb 23, 1985 	6–4 	Winnipeg Jets 	30–21–10
62 	W 	Feb 24, 1985 	4–3 OT 	New York Islanders 	31–21–10
63 	W 	Feb 27, 1985 	4–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers 	32–21–10
64 	L 	Mar 1, 1985 	4–6 	@ Calgary Flames 	32–22–10
65 	L 	Mar 4, 1985 	3–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars	32–23–10
66 	W 	Mar 6, 1985 	4–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets 	33–23–10
67 	W 	Mar 9, 1985 	4–3 	Hartford Whalers 	34–23–10
68 	T 	Mar 10, 1985 	5–5 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers 	34–23–11
69 	L 	Mar 14, 1985 	1–4 	Winnipeg Jets 	34–24–11
70 	L 	Mar 16, 1985 	2–4 	Minnesota North Stars 	34–25–11
71 	W 	Mar 21, 1985 	3–2 	Washington Capitals 	35–25–11
72 	L 	Mar 22, 1985 	1–3 	@ Washington Capitals 	35–26–11
73 	L 	Mar 24, 1985 	3–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	35–27–11
74 	W 	Mar 26, 1985 	5–3 	Boston Bruins 	36–27–11
75 	W 	Mar 28, 1985 	5–1 	St. Louis Blues 	37–27–11
76 	W 	Mar 30, 1985 	7–3 	@ Boston Bruins 	38–27–11
77 	W 	Mar 31, 1985 	4–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	39–27–11
78 	W 	Apr 4, 1985 	7–1 	Quebec Nordiques 	40–27–11
79 	T 	Apr 6, 1985 	4–4 OT 	Boston Bruins 	40–27–12
80 	W 	Apr 7, 1985 	5–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	41–27–12
==Playoffs==
===Montreal Canadiens 3, Boston Bruins 2===
===Quebec Nordiques 4, Montreal Canadiens 3===
The Quebec Nordiques and Montreal Canadiens battled in a seven-game series. Bitter rivals from the province of Quebec, the Nords shocked the Habs in 1982, only to see a fourth-place Montreal club upset Quebec the year before. In the deciding Game 7 at the Montreal Forum, Peter Stastny scored the game and series winning goal, giving Quebec an improbable 3–2 overtime win and berth in the Wales Conference Finals.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	80	42	37	79 	14 	19 	9 	2 	8
 	RW 	75	31	35	66 	120	21 	14 	0 	6
 	D 	74	9 	55	64 	87 	11 	2 	1 	0
 	C 	79	23	34	57 	43 	28 	0 	4 	2
 	C 	67	18	39	57 	21 	15 	2 	0 	2
 	C 	65	16	40	56 	59 	-9 	8 	0 	1
 	D 	76	14	33	47 	44 	33 	6 	0 	3
 	D 	75	10	35	45 	30 	-3 	6 	1 	3
 	LW 	70	17	22	39 	120	1 	0 	0 	2
 	C/LW	72	19	19	38 	59 	-18	11 	0 	0
 	RW 	77	21	16	37 	358	3 	1 	0 	2
 	RW 	72	21	12	33 	123	-13	6 	0 	3
 	LW 	79	19	13	32 	40 	13 	0 	3 	3
 	D 	73	4 	27	31 	65 	16 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	53	8 	16	24 	35 	-1 	3 	0 	1
 	C 	51	12	11	23 	20 	9 	4 	1 	2
 	C 	42	10	12	22 	14 	3 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	72	5 	14	19 	90 	5 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	77	1 	18	19 	30 	-11	1 	0 	0
 	C 	10	1 	6 	7 	2 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	19	2 	3 	5 	10 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	2 	2 	4 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	16	0 	4 	4 	6 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	2 	0 	2 	9 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	18	1 	1 	2 	33 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	1 	0 	1 	7 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	1 	1 	7 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	1 	1 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	54	0 	1 	1 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	28	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3252	54	26	18	8 	167	3.08	1
 	1606	28	14	9 	4 	91 	3.40	0
 	20 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0.00	0
Team: 	4878	80	41	27	12	258	3.17	1
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	12	7	4	11 	6 	3 	0 	2
 	C 	12	5	6	11 	30 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	12	3	8	11 	8 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	2	8	10 	17 	2 	0 	0
 	C/LW	12	2	7	9 	13 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	3	5	8 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	2	6	8 	30 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	12	4	3	7 	8 	0 	1 	1
 	C 	8 	2	4	6 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0	6	6 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	4	1	5 	32 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	2	2	4 	19 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	1	3	4 	13 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	2	1	3 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	2	1	3 	81 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	12	0	3	3 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	0	3	3 	13 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	1	1	2 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	7 	1	1	2 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0	2	2 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	12	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	733	12	6	6	40	3.27	1
 	20 	1 	0	0	1 	3.00	0
Team: 	753	12	6	6	41	3.27	1
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals 
MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
*Calder Trophy: Chris Chelios, Runner-Up National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.221, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
* Chris Chelios, NHL All-Rookie Team
* Steve Penney, NHL All-Rookie Team
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
	= NHL All-Star			= Hall of Famer
Round	Pick	Player 	Nationality 	College/junior/club team
1 	5. 	Petr Svoboda (D) 	Czechoslovakia	CHZ Litvínov (Czechoslovakia)
1 	8. 	Shayne Corson 	 	Brantford Alexanders (OHL)
2 	29. 	Stephane Richer (RW)	 	Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
3 	51. 	Patrick Roy (G) 	 	Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
==Farm Teams==
==Gallery==
84-85NHLMtlSeasonTickets.jpg|Season Tickets
==See Also==
* 1984–85 NHL season
==References==
*Canadiens on Hockey Database
*Canadiens on NHL Reference
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Category:1984 in hockey
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