1970-71 Montreal Canadiens Statistics
Team Record: 42-23-13 - 97 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's East Division
Postseason: 12-8
Won Stanley Cup
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Boston Bruins 4-3
Semi-Finals - Defeated Minnesota North Stars 4-2
Stanley Cup Finals - Defeated Chicago Black Hawks 4-3
Coach: Claude Ruel (11-8-4)
Coach: Al MacNeil (31-15-9)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1970-71 Montreal Canadiens Results
The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 1970-71 season with a record of 42 wins and 23 losses and 13 ties for 97 points, finishing third in the NHL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-8.
The Canadiens scored 291 goals and yielded 216. Yvan Cournoyer netted 37 goals for Montreal, and Pete Mahovlich tallied 30 or more also. J.C. Tremblay contributed 52 assists. Rogie Vachon earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.65 goals against average, topping goalies with significant playing time.
Claude Ruel and Al MacNeil coached the team. The 1970-71 Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
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Jean Beliveau | C | 70 | 25 | 51 | 76 | 40 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 172 | 14.5 |
Yvan Cournoyer | R | 65 | 37 | 36 | 73 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 197 | 18.8 |
J.C. Tremblay | D | 76 | 11 | 52 | 63 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 122 | 9.0 |
Pete Mahovlich | C | 78 | 35 | 26 | 61 | 181 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 189 | 18.5 |
Jacques Lemaire | C | 78 | 28 | 28 | 56 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 252 | 11.1 |
Marc Tardif | L | 76 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 133 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 144 | 13.2 |
Henri Richard | C | 75 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 226 | 5.3 |
Guy Lapointe | D | 78 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 107 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 228 | 6.6 |
Frank Mahovlich | L | 38 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 17.0 |
John Ferguson | L | 60 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 162 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 117 | 13.7 |
Mickey Redmond | R | 40 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 116 | 12.1 |
Claude Larose | R | 64 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 90 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 120 | 8.3 |
Terry Harper | D | 78 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 116 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 1.6 |
Phil Roberto | R | 39 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 76 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 88 | 15.9 |
Rejean Houle | L | 66 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 11.5 |
Jacques Laperriere | D | 49 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0.0 |
Leon Rochefort | R | 57 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 15.2 |
Serge Savard | D | 37 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 9.1 |
Bobby Sheehan | C | 29 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 18.2 |
Bill Collins | R | 40 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 10.5 |
Larry Pleau | C | 19 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 |
Ralph Backstrom | C | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
Guy Charron | C | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
Fran Huck | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
Pierre Bouchard | D | 51 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.0 |
Bob Murdoch | D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Phil Myre | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rogie Vachon | G | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Chuck Lefley | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Ken Dryden | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1384 | 291 | 454 | 745 | 1261 | 259 | 71 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 42 | 13 | 2561 | 11.4 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rogie Vachon | 47 | 2676 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 118 | 2.65 | 0 | ||
Phil Myre | 30 | 1677 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 87 | 3.11 | 0 | ||
Ken Dryden | 6 | 327 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.65 | 0 | ||
Totals | 83 | 4680 | 42 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 214 | 2.74 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jean Beliveau | C | 20 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Yvan Cournoyer | R | 20 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
J.C. Tremblay | D | 20 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Pete Mahovlich | C | 20 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jacques Lemaire | C | 20 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Marc Tardif | L | 20 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Henri Richard | C | 20 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Guy Lapointe | D | 20 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Frank Mahovlich | L | 20 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Ferguson | L | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Claude Larose | R | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Terry Harper | D | 20 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Phil Roberto | R | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rejean Houle | L | 20 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jacques Laperriere | D | 20 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Leon Rochefort | R | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bobby Sheehan | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pierre Bouchard | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Murdoch | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chuck Lefley | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Dryden | G | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 336 | 75 | 113 | 188 | 379 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Dryden | 20 | 1221 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 3.00 | 0 | ||
Totals | 20 | 1221 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 3.00 | 0 |