1970–71 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup Champions
Division	3rd East
1970–71 record	42–23–13
Goals for	291
Goals against	216
Team information
General Manager	Sam Pollock
Coach	Al MacNeil
Captain	Jean Beliveau
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Yvan Cournoyer (37)
Assists	Jean Beliveau (51)
Points	Jean Beliveau (76)
Penalties in minutes	Pete Mahovlich (181)
Wins	Rogatien Vachon (23)
Goals against average	Rogatien Vachon (2.64)
<1969–70	1971–72>

The 1970–71 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 62nd season. After missing the playoffs in the previous season, the team rebounded to place third in the East Division, qualifying for the playoffs. Behind new star goalie Ken Dryden the team won their 17th Stanley Cup championship.

[edit] Regular season

On February 11, 1971, Jean Beliveau became the fourth player to score 500 career goals.^[1]

[edit] Final standings

East Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Boston Bruins	78	57	14	7	399	207	121
New York Rangers	78	49	18	11	259	177	109
Montreal Canadiens	78	42	23	13	291	216	97
Toronto Maple Leafs	78	37	33	8	248	211	82
Buffalo Sabres	78	24	39	15	217	291	63
Vancouver Canucks	78	24	16	8	229	296	56
Detroit Red Wings	78	22	45	11	209	308	55

^[2]

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

[edit] Game log

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 1970	2–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	1–0–0
2	W	October 13, 1970	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	2–0–0
3	W	October 15, 1970	3–0	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	3–0–0
4	W	October 17, 1970	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	4–0–0
5	L	October 18, 1970	0–1	@ New York Rangers (1970–71)	4–1–0
6	L	October 21, 1970	1–3	Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	4–2–0
7	W	October 24, 1970	3–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	5–2–0
8	T	October 25, 1970	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	5–2–1
9	L	October 28, 1970	2–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	5–3–1
10	W	October 31, 1970	6–3	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	6–3–1
11	W	November 4, 1970	4–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	7–3–1
12	W	November 7, 1970	11–2	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	8–3–1
13	L	November 8, 1970	1–6	@ Boston Bruins (1970–71)	8–4–1
14	L	November 11, 1970	0–2	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	8–5–1
15	T	November 14, 1970	1–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	8–5–2
16	T	November 15, 1970	2–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	8–5–3
17	W	November 17, 1970	5–1	California Golden Seals (1970–71)	9–5–3
18	W	November 19, 1970	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	10–5–3
19	L	November 21, 1970	4–5	New York Rangers (1970–71)	10–6–3
20	L	November 25, 1970	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	10–7–3
21	W	November 28, 1970	5–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	11–7–3
22	L	November 29, 1970	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	11–8–3
23	T	December 2, 1970	3–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	11–8–4
24	W	December 3, 1970	6–3	St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	12–8–4
25	L	December 5, 1970	2–4	Boston Bruins (1970–71)	12–9–4
26	L	December 9, 1970	0–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	12–10–4
27	W	December 10, 1970	6–1	Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	13–10–4
28	W	December 12, 1970	8–1	Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	14–10–4
29	T	December 16, 1970	1–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	14–10–5
30	W	December 18, 1970	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	15–10–5
31	L	December 20, 1970	2–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	15–11–5
32	T	December 23, 1970	2–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	15–11–6
33	T	December 26, 1970	4–4	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	15–11–7
34	W	December 27, 1970	4–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	16–11–7
35	T	December 30, 1970	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	16–11–8
36	W	January 2, 1971	5–3	California Golden Seals (1970–71)	17–11–8
37	L	January 3, 1971	5–6	@ New York Rangers (1970–71)	17–12–8
38	W	January 6, 1971	7–3	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	18–12–8
39	W	January 9, 1971	1–0	Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	19–12–8
40	L	January 10, 1971	2–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	19–13–8
41	T	January 14, 1971	3–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	19–13–9
42	W	January 16, 1971	4–2	Boston Bruins (1970–71)	20–13–9
43	T	January 17, 1971	4–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	20–13–10
44	T	January 21, 1971	5–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	20–13–11
45	W	January 23, 1971	6–2	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	21–13–11
46	L	January 24, 1971	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1970–71)	21–14–11
47	W	January 27, 1971	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	22–14–11
48	L	January 30, 1971	4–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	22–15–11
49	L	January 31, 1971	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	22–16–11
50	W	February 2, 1971	5–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	23–16–11
51	W	February 5, 1971	3–2	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	24–16–11
52	L	February 6, 1971	3–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	24–17–11
53	W	February 9, 1971	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	25–17–11
54	W	February 11, 1971	6–2	Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	26–17–11
55	W	February 13, 1971	5–2	California Golden Seals (1970–71)	27–17–11
56	W	February 17, 1971	3–0	New York Rangers (1970–71)	28–17–11
57	W	February 20, 1971	7–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	29–17–11
58	T	February 22, 1971	3–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	29–17–12
59	W	February 24, 1971	5–2	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	30–17–12
60	W	February 25, 1971	5–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	31–17–12
61	W	February 27, 1971	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	32–17–12
62	L	March 3, 1971	0–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	32–18–12
63	W	March 6, 1971	8–2	Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	33–18–12
64	W	March 7, 1971	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	34–18–12
65	T	March 9, 1971	3–3	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	34–18–13
66	L	March 10, 1971	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	34–19–13
67	L	March 13, 1971	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	34–20–13
68	W	March 14, 1971	5–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	35–20–13
69	L	March 16, 1971	2–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	35–21–13
70	W	March 18, 1971	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	36–21–13
71	W	March 20, 1971	5–2	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	37–21–13
72	W	March 21, 1971	6–2	@ New York Rangers (1970–71)	38–21–13
73	W	March 24, 1971	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	39–21–13
74	W	March 27, 1971	9–2	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	40–21–13
75	W	March 28, 1971	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	41–21–13
76	L	March 31, 1971	3–6	Boston Bruins (1970–71)	41–22–13
77	W	April 3, 1971	7–2	New York Rangers (1970–71)	42–22–13
78	L	April 4, 1971	2–7	@ Boston Bruins (1970–71)	42–23–13

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Quarter-final

Versus Boston Bruins

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	April 7, 1971	1–3	@ Boston Bruins	0–1
2	W	April 8, 1971	7–5	@ Boston Bruins	1–1
3	W	April 10, 1971	3–1	Boston Bruins	2–1
4	L	April 11, 1971	2–5	Boston Bruins	2–2
5	L	April 13, 1971	3–7	@ Boston Bruins	2–3
6	W	April 15, 1971	8–3	Boston Bruins	3–3
7	W	April 18, 1971	4–2	@ Boston Bruins	4–3

^[3]

Montreal wins the series 4–3.

[edit] Semi-final

Versus Minnesota North Stars

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	April 20, 1971	7–2	Minnesota North Stars	1–0
2	L	April 22, 1971	3–6	Minnesota North Stars	1–1
3	W	April 24, 1971	6–3	@ Minnesota North Stars	2–1
4	L	April 25, 1971	2–5	@ Minnesota North Stars	2–2
5	W	April 27, 1971	6–1	Minnesota North Stars	3–0
6	W	April 29, 1971	3–2	@ Minnesota North Stars	4–2

^[3]

Montreal wins the series 4–2.

[edit] Stanley Cup Final

Brothers Frank and Peter Mahovlich starred for the Canadiens, scoring nine goals in the seven game final series. Ken Dryden debuted for the Canadiens, while this was Jean Beliveau's final final series appearance, and he ended his career with ten championships.

Versus Chicago Black Hawks

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	May 4, 1971	1–2 (OT)	@ Chicago Black Hawks	0–1
2	L	May 6, 1971	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks	0–2
3	W	May 9, 1971	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks	1–2
4	L	May 11, 1971	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2
5	L	May 13, 1971	0–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2–3
6	W	May 16, 1971	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks	3–3
7	W	May 18, 1971	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks	4–3

^[3]

Montreal wins the series 4–3.

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	70	25	51	76	40	24	7	0	4
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer	RW	65	37	36	73	21	20	18	0	5
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay	D	76	11	52	63	23	16	5	0	4
Mahovlich, PetePete Mahovlich	C	78	35	26	61	181	25	12	3	5
Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire	C	78	28	28	56	18	0	6	0	3
Tardif, MarcMarc Tardif	LW	76	19	30	49	133	25	4	0	2
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	75	12	37	49	46	13	1	0	1
Lapointe, GuyGuy Lapointe	D	78	15	29	44	107	28	5	0	1
Mahovlich, FrankFrank Mahovlich	LW	38	17	24	41	11	4	4	1	2
Ferguson, JohnJohn Ferguson	LW	60	16	14	30	162	2	3	0	4
Redmond, MickeyMickey Redmond	RW	40	14	15	29	35	12	2	0	1
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	64	10	13	23	90	-8	0	0	2
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	78	1	21	22	116	35	0	0	0
Roberto, PhilPhil Roberto	RW	39	14	7	21	76	10	2	0	3
Houle, RejeanRejean Houle	W	66	10	9	19	28	7	1	0	1
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere	D	49	0	16	16	20	24	0	0	0
Rochefort, LeonLeon Rochefort	RW	57	5	10	15	4	11	0	3	1
Savard, SergeSerge Savard	D	37	5	10	15	30	11	0	1	0
Sheehan, BobbyBobby Sheehan	C	29	6	5	11	2	4	1	0	1
Collins, BillBill Collins	RW	40	6	2	8	39	1	0	0	1
Pleau, LarryLarry Pleau	C	19	1	5	6	8	-8	0	0	1
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	16	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	0
Charron, GuyGuy Charron	C	15	2	2	4	2	-2	0	0	0
Huck, FranFran Huck	C	5	1	2	3	0	3	0	0	0
Bouchard, PierrePierre Bouchard	D	51	0	3	3	50	3	0	0	0
Murdoch, BobBob Murdoch	D	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Myre, PhilPhil Myre	G	30	0	1	1	17	0	0	0	0
Dryden, KenKen Dryden	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lefley, ChuckChuck Lefley	LW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon	G	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon	2676	47	23	12	9	118	2.65	2
Myre, PhilPhil Myre	1677	30	13	11	4	87	3.11	1
Dryden, KenKen Dryden	327	6	6	0	0	9	1.65	0
Team:	4680	78	42	23	13	214	2.74	3

[edit] Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Mahovlich, FrankFrank Mahovlich	LW	20	14	13	27	18	3	0	0
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer	RW	20	10	12	22	6	2	0	1
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	20	6	16	22	28	2	0	0
Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire	C	20	9	10	19	17	4	0	1
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay	D	20	3	14	17	15	1	0	3
Mahovlich, PetePete Mahovlich	C	20	10	6	16	43	1	1	1
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere	D	20	4	9	13	12	1	0	1
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	20	5	7	12	20	0	0	1
Ferguson, JohnJohn Ferguson	LW	18	4	6	10	36	1	0	1
Lapointe, GuyGuy Lapointe	D	20	4	5	9	34	1	0	2
Houle, RejeanRejean Houle	W	20	2	5	7	20	0	0	1
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	20	0	6	6	28	0	0	0
Tardif, MarcMarc Tardif	LW	20	3	1	4	40	0	0	0
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	11	1	0	1	10	0	0	0
Bouchard, PierrePierre Bouchard	D	13	0	1	1	10	0	0	0
Dryden, KenKen Dryden	G	20	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Roberto, PhilPhil Roberto	RW	15	0	1	1	36	0	0	0
Lefley, ChuckChuck Lefley	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Murdoch, BobBob Murdoch	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rochefort, LeonLeon Rochefort	RW	10	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Sheehan, BobbyBobby Sheehan	C	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Dryden, KenKen Dryden	1221	20	12	8	61	3.00	0
Team:	1221	20	12	8	61	3.00	0

^[4]

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;

[edit] Transactions

May 22, 1970	To Oakland Seals Dennis Hextall	To Montreal Canadiens cash
May 22, 1970	To Oakland Seals Ernie Hicke 1st round pick in 1970 (Chris Oddleifson)	To Montreal Canadiens Francois Lacombe 1st round pick in 1971 (Guy Lafleur)
May 22, 1970	To Los Angeles Kings Jack Norris Larry Mickey Lucien Grenier	To Montreal Canadiens Wayne Thomas[5] Leon Rochefort Gregg Boddy

[edit] Awards and records

• Ken Dryden, Conn Smythe Trophy

[edit] Transactions

[edit] 1971 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup champions

Ken Dryden, Rogie Vachon, Jacques Laperriere, J. C. Tremblay, Guy Lapointe, Terry Harper, Pierre Bouchard, Jean Beliveau, Marc Tardif, Yvan Cournoyer, Rejean Houle, Claude Larose, Henri Richard, Phil Roberto, Peter Mahovlich, Leon Rochefort, John Ferguson, Bobby Sheehan, Jacques Lemaire, Frank Mahovlich, Bob Murdoch, Chuck Lefley, Al MacNeil (coach), Sam Pollock (general manager).

[edit] Draft picks

[edit] References

• Canadiens on Hockey Database
• Canadiens on NHL Reference

1. ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 214, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5.
2. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy et al. ed. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} "1971 NHL Playoff Summary". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/playoffs/NHL_1971.html. Retrieved 2009-07-14. 
4. ^ "1970-71 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1971.html. Retrieved 2009-05-28. 
5. ^ http://habsgoalies.blogspot.com/2007/06/wayne-thomas-1972-74.html

Montreal Canadiens seasons (100)
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1930s	1930–31 • 1931–32 • 1932–33 • 1933–34 • 1934–35 • 1935–36 • 1936–37 • 1937–38 • 1938–39 • 1939–40
1940s	1940–41 • 1941–42 • 1942–43 • 1943–44 • 1944–45 • 1945–46 • 1946–47 • 1947–48 • 1948–49 • 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 • 1951–52 • 1952–53 • 1953–54 • 1954–55 • 1955–56 • 1956–57 • 1957–58 • 1958–59 • 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 • 1961–62 • 1962–63 • 1963–64 • 1964–65 • 1965–66 • 1966–67 • 1967–68 • 1968–69 • 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 • 1971–72 • 1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10
Bold indicates Stanley Cup Championship