1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season was the 41st season in club history. The Canadiens finished 2nd in the league and lost in the Semi-finals against New York Rangers 4 games to 1.
==Regular Season==
===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 	W 	October 13, 1949 	4–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	October 15, 1949 	3–1 	New York Rangers (1949–50) 	2–0–0
3 	W 	October 19, 1949 	3–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	3–0–0
4 	L 	October 22, 1949 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	3–1–0
5 	T 	October 23, 1949 	0–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	3–1–1
6 	L 	October 27, 1949 	0–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 	3–2–1
7 	L 	October 29, 1949 	0–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	3–3–1
8 	W 	October 30, 1949 	4–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	4–3–1
9 	L 	November 2, 1949 	1–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	4–4–1
10 	T 	November 5, 1949 	3–3 	Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	4–4–2
11 	T 	November 9, 1949 	2–2 	@ New York Rangers (1949–50) 	4–4–3
12 	W 	November 10, 1949 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 	5–4–3
13 	W 	November 12, 1949 	5–3 	@ New York Rangers (1949–50) 	6–4–3
14 	T 	November 13, 1949 	0–0 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	6–4–4
15 	L 	November 16, 1949 	0–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	6–5–4
16 	L 	November 20, 1949 	1–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	6–6–4
17 	W 	November 24, 1949 	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 	7–6–4
18 	W 	November 26, 1949 	5–1 	New York Rangers (1949–50) 	8–6–4
19 	W 	November 27, 1949 	6–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	9–6–4
20 	L 	November 30, 1949 	2–5 	@ New York Rangers (1949–50) 	9–7–4
21 	L 	December 3, 1949 	3–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	9–8–4
22 	L 	December 4, 1949 	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	9–9–4
23 	T 	December 8, 1949 	2–2 	Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	9–9–5
24 	T 	December 10, 1949 	1–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 	9–9–6
25 	W 	December 11, 1949 	3–0 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	10–9–6
26 	T 	December 14, 1949 	2–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	10–9–7
27 	W 	December 15, 1949 	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 	11–9–7
28 	W 	December 17, 1949 	4–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	12–9–7
29 	L 	December 18, 1949 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	12–10–7
30 	L 	December 21, 1949 	1–4 	@ New York Rangers (1949–50) 	12–11–7
31 	T 	December 24, 1949 	0–0 	New York Rangers (1949–50) 	12–11–8
32 	L 	December 25, 1949 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	12–12–8
33 	T 	December 28, 1949 	1–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	12–12–9
34 	W 	December 31, 1949 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 	13–12–9
35 	L 	January 1, 1950 	1–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	13–13–9
36 	W 	January 5, 1950 	5–3 	Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	14–13–9
37 	L 	January 7, 1950 	1–3 	New York Rangers (1949–50) 	14–14–9
38 	W 	January 10, 1950 	7–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	15–14–9
39 	W 	January 14, 1950 	3–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 	16–14–9
40 	W 	January 18, 1950 	1–0 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	17–14–9
41 	L 	January 19, 1950 	2–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 	17–15–9
42 	W 	January 21, 1950 	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	18–15–9
43 	W 	January 22, 1950 	5–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	19–15–9
44 	T 	January 26, 1950 	1–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	19–15–10
45 	T 	January 28, 1950 	1–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	19–15–11
46 	L 	January 29, 1950 	0–2 	@ New York Rangers (1949–50) 	19–16–11
47 	T 	February 1, 1950 	3–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	19–16–12
48 	W 	February 2, 1950 	4–1 	New York Rangers (1949–50) 	20–16–12
49 	L 	February 4, 1950 	2–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 	20–17–12
50 	W 	February 5, 1950 	4–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	21–17–12
51 	L 	February 11, 1950 	0–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	21–18–12
52 	T 	February 12, 1950 	3–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	21–18–13
53 	T 	February 16, 1950 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 	21–18–14
54 	L 	February 18, 1950 	2–4 	New York Rangers (1949–50) 	21–19–14
55 	L 	February 20, 1950 	0–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	21–20–14
56 	T 	February 23, 1950 	1–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	21–20–15
57 	W 	February 25, 1950 	3–2 	Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	22–20–15
58 	L 	March 2, 1950 	2–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	22–21–15
59 	W 	March 4, 1950 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 	23–21–15
60 	T 	March 6, 1950 	2–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	23–21–16
61 	T 	March 9, 1950 	1–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 	23–21–17
62 	W 	March 11, 1950 	5–0 	Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	24–21–17
63 	W 	March 12, 1950 	5–1 	@ New York Rangers (1949–50) 	25–21–17
64 	L 	March 15, 1950 	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	25–22–17
65 	T 	March 16, 1950 	2–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	25–22–18
66 	W 	March 18, 1950 	5–3 	New York Rangers (1949–50) 	26–22–18
67 	W 	March 19, 1950 	4–2 	@ New York Rangers (1949–50) 	27–22–18
68 	W 	March 22, 1950 	2–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	28–22–18
69 	W 	March 25, 1950 	4–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 	29–22–18
70 	T 	March 26, 1950 	3–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	29–22–19
==Playoffs==
===New York Rangers 4, Montreal Canadiens 1===
Unlike in the previous season, the Montreal Canadiens were favorites as they entered the Semi-finals against the New York Rangers. Right from the start, New York served notice that the series will not be an easy victory. The Rangers win the first two games in Montreal to take a 2-0 series lead. As the series shifted to Madison Square Garden, the Rangers claimed a 4-1 win in the third game to put the Canadiens in a huge hole. To shake up his team, Montreal coach Dick Irvin pulled Bill Durnan from the net after the loss and replaced him with Gerry McNeil. The move worked as the Canadiens won 3-2 win in overtime in the fourth game as Elmer Lach delivered the winning goal. The Rangers completed their upset in five games with a 3-0 victory in the next game. Center Norm Dussault shone in the series with three goals after scoring only 13 during the regular season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	70	43	22	65 	114
 	C 	64	15	33	48 	33
 	C 	68	19	26	45 	48
 	C 	67	13	24	37 	22
 	RW 	70	19	10	29 	18
 	D 	67	1 	27	28 	109
 	C 	67	15	12	27 	42
 	D 	70	4 	20	24 	76
 	LW 	66	12	8 	20 	27
 	D 	62	3 	16	19 	28
 	LW 	52	8 	10	18 	44
 	RW 	49	8 	8 	16 	8
 	D 	55	3 	12	15 	21
 	RW 	26	2 	6 	8 	19
 	D 	69	1 	7 	8 	88
 	LW 	37	1 	5 	6 	0
 	LW 	57	1 	3 	4 	8
 	LW 	12	1 	2 	3 	2
 	LW 	13	1 	2 	3 	2
 	RW 	11	1 	1 	2 	2
 	D 	30	0 	2 	2 	21
 	RW 	2 	1 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	G 	64	0 	1 	1 	2
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3840	64	26	21	17	141	2.20	8
 	360 	6 	3 	1 	2 	9 	1.50	1
Team: 	4200	70	29	22	19	150	2.14	9
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	C 	5 	3	1	4 	0
 	C 	5 	1	2	3 	4
 	RW 	5 	1	1	2 	6
 	D 	5 	0	2	2 	2
 	D 	5 	0	2	2 	10
 	D 	2 	0	2	2 	12
 	RW 	5 	1	0	1 	2
 	LW 	5 	1	0	1 	0
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	21
 	LW 	5 	0	1	1 	2
 	LW 	3 	0	1	1 	2
 	C 	4 	0	1	1 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	2
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	2
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	12
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	135	2 	1	1	5 	2.22	0
 	180	3 	0	3	10	3.33	0
Team: 	315	5 	1	4	15	2.86	0
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==
*Vezina Trophy: Bill Durnan
*Maurice Richard, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Ken Reardon, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
*Bill Durnan, Goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Farm Teams==
*Buffalo Bisons, American Hockey League
*Cincinnati Mohawks, American Hockey League
==Gallery==
49-50NHLMontrealGameAd.jpg|Opening Game
49-50NHLPOMontrealGameAd.jpg|Semi Final
49-50NHLExhMontrealGameAd.jpg|Pre-season
1949-50-Richard-Lach-Brimsek.jpg|Maurice Richard, Elmer Lach, Frank Brimsek during the 1949-50 season.
1Apr1950-NYR-Habs_Game_2.jpg|Action from Game 2 of the 1950 Semi-finals. #9 Pentti Lund, Elmer Lach, #15 Gus Kyle, Frank Eddolls, Chuck Rayner, April 1, 1950.
==Video==
Over 30 minutes of game footage from the Semi-finals and Finals including the presentation of the Stanley Cup.
NHL 1950 SC Final HL DET NYR
==See Also==
* 1949–50 NHL season
==References==
*Canadiens on Hockey Database
*Canadiens on NHL Reference
Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons
Montreal Canadiens season, 1949–50
Montreal Canadiens season, 1949–50