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1973–74 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
Team	Montreal Canadiens
League	NHL
Season	1973–74
year	1973
Division	East
DivisionRank	2nd
Record	45–24–9
HomeRecord	24–12–3
RoadRecord	21–12–6
GoalsFor	293
GoalsAgainst	240
GeneralManager	Sam Pollock
Coach	Scotty Bowman
Captain	Henri Richard
AltCaptain	Yvan Cournoyer
Frank Mahovlich
Arena	Montreal Forum
GoalsLeader	Yvan Cournoyer (40)
AssistsLeader	Frank Mahovlich (49)
PointsLeader	Frank Mahovlich (80)
PIMLeader	Pete Mahovlich (122)
WinsLeader	Wayne Thomas (23)
GAALeader	Wayne Thomas (2.76)

Frank Mahovlich

Off-season

Ken Dryden shocked the hockey world as he sat out the entire 1973–74 season. He had won a Vezina Trophy and helped lead Canada past Russia in the dramatic Hockey Summit of 1972. Despite his bargaining power, most players in Dryden's position would have simply accepted what the Canadiens were giving him. Dryden bolted training camp, while general manager Sam Pollock fumed.

Regular season

Wayne Thomas replaced Dryden as the starting goaltender and appeared in 42 games. Frank Mahovlich led the team in scoring with 80 points, while Yvan Cournoyer led the team in goals with 40.

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

The Canadiens qualified for the playoffs in second place, setting up a match-up with the third-place New York Rangers. The Rangers defeated the Canadiens twice at the Forum to win the series four games to two. Rookie goaltender Michel Larocque played all six games for the Canadiens.

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 10, 1973||5–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) ||1–0–0 |- |2||W||October 13, 1973||4–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) ||2–0–0 |- |3||L||October 17, 1973||3–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) ||2–1–0 |- |4||L||October 20, 1973||2–4 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1973–74) ||2–2–0 |- |5||W||October 21, 1973||3–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1973–74) ||3–2–0 |- |6||W||October 24, 1973||3–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) ||4–2–0 |- |7||W||October 25, 1973||4–0 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) ||5–2–0 |- |8||W||October 27, 1973||4–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) ||6–2–0 |- |9||T||October 31, 1973||1–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) ||6–2–1

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Playoffs

4/10/1974 New York Rangers 1–4
4/11/1974 New York Rangers 4–1
4/13/1974 at New York Rangers 4–2
4/14/1974 at New York Rangers 4–6
4/16/1974 New York Rangers 2–3
4/18/1974 at New York Rangers 2–5

Awards and records

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: Henri Richard, Montreal Canadiens

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
LW	71	31	49	80	47	16	8	2	3
RW	67	40	33	73	18	16	10	0	9
C	78	36	37	73	122	42	7	4	7
C	66	29	38	67	10	4	10	0	7
RW	73	21	35	56	29	10	3	1	2
C	75	19	36	55	28	7	1	0	3
LW	74	23	31	54	34	9	1	2	2
D	71	13	40	53	63	12	5	1	2
LW	70	15	20	35	17	19	3	0	1
LW	72	17	14	31	26	4	0	0	4
D	78	6	20	26	66	32	0	0	1
RW	39	17	7	24	52	11	1	0	1
D/RW	67	8	16	24	39	27	0	1	2
D	67	4	14	18	49	20	1	0	1
LW	60	6	10	16	42	5	0	0	0
D	60	1	14	15	25	8	0	0	0
D	42	2	10	12	14	15	0	1	0
C	31	1	10	11	2	4	0	0	0
LW	66	3	7	10	34	−9	0	0	0
D	20	1	4	5	18	−3	1	0	0
G	27	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
G	42	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
D	21	0	2	2	6	8	0	0	0
RW	6	0	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0
G	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2410	42	23	12	5	111	2.76	1
	1431	27	15	8	2	69	2.89	0
	839	15	7	4	2	57	4.08	0
Team:	4680	78	45	24	9	237	3.04	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
LW	6	5	3	8	9	1	0
RW	6	5	2	7	2	0	2
C	6	2	2	4	2	0	0
C	6	0	4	4	2	0	0
C	6	2	1	3	4	1	0
LW	6	1	2	3	0	0	0
D	6	1	1	2	4	0	0
D	6	0	2	2	4	0	0
D	6	0	2	2	4	0	0
G	6	0	2	2	0	0	0
RW	5	0	2	2	11	0	0
LW	5	1	0	1	2	0	0
RW	6	0	1	1	4	0	0
LW	6	0	1	1	0	0	0
D	6	0	1	1	26	0	0
LW	6	0	0	0	6	0	0
LW	5	0	0	0	7	0	0
D/RW	6	0	0	0	4	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	364	6	2	4	18	2.97	0
Team:	364	6	2	4	18	2.97	0

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	8	Bob Gainey	Left wing	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
2	17	Glenn Goldup	Right wing	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
2	22	Peter Marrin	Centre	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
2	32	Ron Andruff	Centre	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
3	37	Ed Humphreys	Goaltender	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
4	56	Alan Hangsleben	Defence	United States	University of North Dakota (NCAA)
4	64	Richard Latulippe	Centre	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
5	80	Gerard Gibbons	Defence	Canada	St. Mary's University (CIAU)
6	96	Denis Patry	Right wing	Canada	Drummondville Rangers (QMJHL)
7	112	Michel Belisle	Centre	Canada	Montreal Junior Canadiens (QMJHL)
8	128	Mario Desjardins	Left wing	Canada	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
9	143	Bob Wright	Right wing	Canada	Pembroke Lumber Kings (CJAHL)
10	158	Alain Labrecque	Centre	Canada	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
11	166	Gord Halliday	Right wing	Canada	University of Pennsylvania (NCAA)
12	167	Cap Raeder	Goaltender	United States	University of New Hampshire (NCAA)
13	168	Louis Chiasson	Centre	Canada	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)

Citations

References

"McGill Athletics".
"Wayne Thomas 1972-74".
"1973-74 Montreal Canadiens Schedule".
"Montreal Canadiens 1973-74 Game Log and Scores".
"1973-74 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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