1941–42 Montreal Canadiens season

	1941–42 Montreal Canadiens
Division	6th NHL
1941–42 record	18-27-3
Goals for	134
Goals against	173
Team information
General manager	Tommy Gorman
Coach	Dick Irvin
Captain	Toe Blake
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Benoit (20)
Assists	Toe Blake (28)
Points	Toe Blake (45)
Penalty minutes	Ken Reardon (93)
Wins	Paul Bibeault (17)
Goals against average	Paul Bibeault (3.30)
	← 1940–41 1942–43 →

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[]

National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
New York Rangers	48	29	17	2	60	177	143
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	27	18	3	57	158	136
Boston Bruins	48	25	17	6	56	160	118
Chicago Black Hawks	48	22	23	3	47	145	155
Detroit Red Wings	48	19	25	4	42	140	147
Montreal Canadiens	48	18	27	3	39	134	173
Brooklyn Americans	48	16	29	3	35	133	175

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log[]

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

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Playoffs[]

Detroit Red Wings 2, Montreal Canadiens 1[]

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Blake, ToeToe Blake	LW	48	17	28	45	19
Benoit, JoeJoe Benoit	RW	46	20	16	36	27
Reardon, TerryTerry Reardon	C/RW	33	17	17	34	14
Sands, CharlieCharlie Sands	C/RW	38	11	16	27	6
Getliffe, RayRay Getliffe	C/LW	45	11	15	26	35
O'Connor, BuddyBuddy O'Connor	C	36	9	16	25	4
Quilty, JohnJohn Quilty	C	48	12	12	24	44
Morin, PetePete Morin	LW	31	10	12	22	7
Heffernan, GerryGerry Heffernan	RW	40	5	15	20	15
Reardon, KenKen Reardon	D	41	3	12	15	93
Portland, JackJack Portland	D	46	2	9	11	53
Chamberlain, MurphMurph Chamberlain	LW	26	6	3	9	30
Demers, TonyTony Demers	RW	7	3	4	7	4
Dame, BunnyBunny Dame	LW	34	2	5	7	4
Graboski, TonyTony Graboski	LW/D	23	2	5	7	8
Goupille, RedRed Goupille	D	47	1	5	6	51
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard	D	44	0	6	6	38
Haggarty, JimJim Haggarty	LW	5	1	1	2	0
Heron, RedRed Heron	C	12	1	1	2	12
Lorrain, RodRod Lorrain	RW	4	1	0	1	0
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach	C	1	0	1	1	0
O'Neil, JimJim O'Neil	C/RW	4	0	1	1	4
Smith, StuStu Smith	LW	1	0	1	1	0
Tudin, ConnieConnie Tudin	C	4	0	1	1	4
Lamoureux, LeoLeo Lamoureux	C/D	1	0	0	0	0
Gardiner, BertBert Gardiner	G	10	0	0	0	0
Bibeault, PaulPaul Bibeault	G	38	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Bibeault, PaulPaul Bibeault	2380	38	17	19	2	131	3.30	1
Gardiner, BertBert Gardiner	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
Reardon, TerryTerry Reardon	C/RW	3	2	2	4	2
Haggarty, JimJim Haggarty	LW	3	2	1	3	0
Heffernan, GerryGerry Heffernan	RW	2	2	1	3	0
Blake, ToeToe Blake	LW	3	0	3	3	2
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard	D	3	1	1	2	0
Benoit, JoeJoe Benoit	RW	3	1	0	1	5
O'Connor, BuddyBuddy O'Connor	C	3	0	1	1	0
Quilty, JohnJohn Quilty	C	3	0	1	1	0
Sands, CharlieCharlie Sands	C/RW	3	0	1	1	2
Morin, PetePete Morin	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Getliffe, RayRay Getliffe	C/LW	3	0	0	0	0
Goupille, RedRed Goupille	D	3	0	0	0	2
Heron, RedRed Heron	C	3	0	0	0	0
Portland, JackJack Portland	D	3	0	0	0	0
Reardon, KenKen Reardon	D	3	0	0	0	4
Bibeault, PaulPaul Bibeault	G	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Bibeault, PaulPaul Bibeault	180	3	1	2	8	2.67	1
Team:	180	3	1	2	8	2.67	1

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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[]

References[]

↑ 1941–42 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.
↑ 1941-42 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

[1] 1941–42 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.

[2] 1941-42 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

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Arenas	Jubilee Arena • Montreal Arena • Mount Royal Arena • Montreal Forum • Bell Centre
Affiliates	Laval Rocket (AHL)

1941–42 NHL season by team
Teams	Brooklyn · Boston · Chicago · Detroit · Montreal Canadiens · New York · Toronto
See also	1942 Stanley Cup Finals

1941–42 Montreal Canadiens season

Contents

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

Game Log[]

Playoffs[]

Detroit Red Wings 2, Montreal Canadiens 1[]

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Playoffs[]

Awards and Records[]

Gallery[]

See Also[]

References[]

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