1941–42 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1941–42 Montreal Canadiens season was the 33rd season in franchise history. The team finished 6th in the league and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Detroit Red Wings 2 games to 1.
==Regular Season==
Frank Patrick suffered a heart attack and had to sell his interest in the Montreal Canadiens, and the Habs almost had to move to Cleveland. But Tommy Gorman kept the team alive. They added Emile "Butch" Bouchard to start his great career on defence and another very good player, Buddy O'Connor, at centre. Montreal had goaltending problems as Bert Gardiner slumped, and rookie Paul Bibeault replaced him. He showed flashes of brilliance, but his inexperience showed. Joe Benoit starred with 20 goals, the first Canadien to do that since 1938-39, when Toe Blake did it.
===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 	November 1, 1941 	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 	0–1–0
2 	T 	November 8, 1941 	2–2 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 	0–1–1
3 	L 	November 13, 1941 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	0–2–1
4 	L 	November 15, 1941 	2–4 OT 	Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 	0–3–1
5 	L 	November 16, 1941 	2–3 	@ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 	0–4–1
6 	L 	November 22, 1941 	2–7 	New York Rangers (1941–42) 	0–5–1
7 	W 	November 23, 1941 	6–4 	@ New York Rangers (1941–42) 	1–5–1
8 	L 	November 29, 1941 	1–3 	Boston Bruins (1941–42) 	1–6–1
9 	L 	November 30, 1941 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42) 	1–7–1
10 	L 	December 4, 1941 	2–9 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	1–8–1
11 	L 	December 6, 1941 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	1–9–1
12 	L 	December 7, 1941 	2–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 	1–10–1
13 	W 	December 11, 1941 	2–1 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 	2–10–1
14 	W 	December 13, 1941 	3–2 OT 	Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 	3–10–1
15 	W 	December 14, 1941 	4–2 	@ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 	4–10–1
16 	L 	December 16, 1941 	0–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42) 	4–11–1
17 	L 	December 20, 1941 	2–4 OT 	Boston Bruins (1941–42) 	4–12–1
18 	L 	December 21, 1941 	3–4 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1941–42) 	4–13–1
19 	L 	December 27, 1941 	2–4 	New York Rangers (1941–42) 	4–14–1
20 	W 	December 30, 1941 	5–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 	5–14–1
21 	W 	January 3, 1942 	4–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 	6–14–1
22 	L 	January 4, 1942 	0–10 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 	6–15–1
23 	L 	January 8, 1942 	1–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	6–16–1
24 	L 	January 10, 1942 	0–2 	Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 	6–17–1
25 	W 	January 11, 1942 	2–0 	@ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 	7–17–1
26 	L 	January 15, 1942 	2–3 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 	7–18–1
27 	W 	January 17, 1942 	6–2 	New York Rangers (1941–42) 	8–18–1
28 	L 	January 18, 1942 	4–5 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1941–42) 	8–19–1
29 	T 	January 24, 1942 	2–2 OT 	Boston Bruins (1941–42) 	8–19–2
30 	L 	January 25, 1942 	3–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42) 	8–20–2
31 	L 	January 29, 1942 	3–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	8–21–2
32 	W 	February 1, 1942 	3–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	9–21–2
33 	L 	February 5, 1942 	3–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 	9–22–2
34 	W 	February 7, 1942 	3–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 	10–22–2
35 	L 	February 10, 1942 	1–8 	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42) 	10–23–2
36 	L 	February 12, 1942 	4–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 	10–24–2
37 	W 	February 14, 1942 	5–3 	New York Rangers (1941–42) 	11–24–2
38 	L 	February 15, 1942 	0–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 	11–25–2
39 	W 	February 17, 1942 	2–1 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1941–42) 	12–25–2
40 	W 	February 21, 1942 	5–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 	13–25–2
41 	L 	February 26, 1942 	4–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	13–26–2
42 	W 	February 28, 1942 	8–3 	Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 	14–26–2
43 	T 	March 1, 1942 	1–1 OT 	@ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 	14–26–3
44 	W 	March 5, 1942 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	15–26–3
45 	W 	March 7, 1942 	4–3 OT 	Boston Bruins (1941–42) 	16–26–3
46 	W 	March 14, 1942 	4–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 	17–26–3
47 	L 	March 15, 1942 	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 	17–27–3
48 	W 	March 19, 1942 	7–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 	18–27–3
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 2, Montreal Canadiens 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	LW 	48	17	28	45 	19
 	RW 	46	20	16	36 	27
 	C/RW	33	17	17	34 	14
 	C/RW	38	11	16	27 	6
 	C/LW	45	11	15	26 	35
 	C 	36	9 	16	25 	4
 	C 	48	12	12	24 	44
 	LW 	31	10	12	22 	7
 	RW 	40	5 	15	20 	15
 	D 	41	3 	12	15 	93
 	D 	46	2 	9 	11 	53
 	LW 	26	6 	3 	9 	30
 	RW 	7 	3 	4 	7 	4
 	LW 	34	2 	5 	7 	4
 	LW/D	23	2 	5 	7 	8
 	D 	47	1 	5 	6 	51
 	D 	44	0 	6 	6 	38
 	LW 	5 	1 	1 	2 	0
 	C 	12	1 	1 	2 	12
 	RW 	4 	1 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	C/RW	4 	0 	1 	1 	4
 	LW 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	1 	1 	4
 	C/D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	38	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2380	38	17	19	2	131	3.30	1
 	620 	10	1 	8 	1	42 	4.06	0
Team: 	3000	48	18	27	3	173	3.46	1
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	C/RW	3 	2	2	4 	2
 	LW 	3 	2	1	3 	0
 	RW 	2 	2	1	3 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	3	3 	2
 	D 	3 	1	1	2 	0
 	RW 	3 	1	0	1 	5
 	C 	3 	0	1	1 	0
 	C 	3 	0	1	1 	0
 	C/RW	3 	0	1	1 	2
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	C/LW	3 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	2
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	4
 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	180	3 	1	2	8 	2.67	1
Team: 	180	3 	1	2	8 	2.67	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==
*The Canadiens did not win any awards this season.
==Gallery==
41-42NHLExhOttawaGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Ottawa
41-42NHLExhMonCanShawiniganGameAd.jpg|Exhibition @ Shawinigan
41-42NHLMontrealGameAd.jpg|Home opener
30Nov1941-Hollett-Gardiner-Graboski.jpg|Flash Hollett doesn't score on his attempt on Bert Gardiner in this November 30, 1941 game won 3-2 by the Bruins. Habs #8 Tony Graboski defends.
1941-42-NYA-Habs.jpg|Action between Brooklyn and the Montreal Canadiens during the 1941-42 season.
==See Also==
* 1941–42 NHL season
==References==
*Canadiens on Hockey Database
*Canadiens on NHL Reference
Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons
Category:1941 in hockey
Category:1942 in hockey