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1974–75 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
Team	Montreal Canadiens
League	NHL
Season	1974–75
year	1974
Conference	Wales
ConferenceRank	2nd
Division	Norris
DivisionRank	1st
Record	47–14–19
HomeRecord	27–8–5
RoadRecord	20–6–14
GoalsFor	374
GoalsAgainst	225
GeneralManager	Sam Pollock
Coach	Scotty Bowman
Captain	Henri Richard
AltCaptain	Yvan Cournoyer
Pete Mahovlich
Arena	Montreal Forum
GoalsLeader	Guy Lafleur (53)
AssistsLeader	Pete Mahovlich (82)
PointsLeader	Guy Lafleur (117)
PlusMinusLeader	Serge Savard (+71)
PIMLeader	Doug Risebrough (198)
WinsLeader	Ken Dryden (30)
GAALeader	Ken Dryden (2.69)
DivisionWin	Yes

Pete Mahovlich The 1974–75 Montreal Canadiens season was the 66th season in team history. The Montreal Canadiens were eliminated in the semi-finals against the Buffalo Sabres four games to two. Henri Richard would play his final season with the club.

Offseason

Frank Mahovlich left the Canadiens, signing with the Toronto Toros of the World Hockey Association (WHA). Jacques Laperriere retired, he and Scotty Bowman unable to get along. Ken Dryden returned to the club after his law articling.

Regular season

Henri Richard entered his 20th season with the Canadiens, but his health was failing. He played 16 games before fracturing his left ankle on November 13, 1974, in a game against Buffalo and did not play again until the spring.

Guy Lafleur had a break-out season, breaking the Canadiens' goal-scoring record of 50 goals held by Maurice Richard and Bernie Geoffrion. Lafleur finished with 53 goals and 119 points. Lafleur finally realized his potential despite a slow start to the season and missing 10 games in mid-season with an injury.

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||T||October 9, 1974||5–5 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1974–75) ||0–0–1 |- |2||T||October 12, 1974||4–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) ||0–0–2 |- |3||L||October 15, 1974||3–6 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1974–75) ||0–1–2 |- |4||L||October 17, 1974||2–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1974–75) ||0–2–2 |- |5||W||October 19, 1974||5–1 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1974–75) ||1–2–2 |- |6||T||October 20, 1974||2–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) ||1–2–3 |- |7||W||October 23, 1974||3–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) ||2–2–3 |- |8||W||October 26, 1974||4–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) ||3–2–3 |- |9||L||October 27, 1974||2–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) ||3–3–3 |- |10||T||October 30, 1974||4–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) ||3–3–4 |- |11||W||October 31, 1974||3–0 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1974–75) ||4–3–4

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	70	53	66	119	37	52	15	2	11
C	80	35	82	117	64	41	13	1	3
C	80	36	56	92	20	25	12	0	8
D	80	28	47	75	88	46	11	1	0
RW	76	29	45	74	32	15	11	0	2
LW	80	32	35	67	74	26	10	0	3
LW	77	30	35	65	40	40	3	0	5
D	80	14	47	61	76	61	1	0	2
D	80	20	40	60	64	71	7	1	2
C	64	15	32	47	198	27	2	0	2
LW	73	24	18	42	44	13	4	0	6
RW	63	21	18	39	108	23	0	0	1
LW	80	17	20	37	49	23	1	0	2
D/RW	79	5	13	18	52	18	0	2	0
LW	63	6	10	16	44	14	0	1	0
C	16	3	10	13	4	9	0	0	0
D	79	3	9	12	65	24	0	0	0
D	56	1	11	12	58	21	0	0	0
RW	8	1	2	3	6	−2	0	0	0
LW	18	1	2	3	4	0	0	0	0
G	56	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
D	9	0	2	2	0	−1	0	0	0
RW	9	0	1	1	2	−1	0	0	0
G	25	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
C	5	0	0	0	2	−1	0	0	0
D/RW	12	0	0	0	6	−4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3320	56	30	9	16	149	2.69	4
	1480	25	17	5	3	74	3.00	3
Team:	4800	80	47	14	19	223	2.79	7

Playoffs

Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	11	12	7	19	15	4	0	4
C	11	6	10	16	10	1	0	1
C	11	5	7	12	4	1	0	0
RW	11	5	6	11	4	2	0	0
D	11	6	4	10	4	3	1	0
C	11	3	5	8	37	0	0	0
D	11	1	7	8	2	0	0	0
LW	9	1	6	7	4	0	0	0
LW	11	4	2	6	0	2	0	0
LW	11	2	4	6	4	0	0	1
D	11	0	6	6	12	0	0	0
D/RW	11	2	2	4	2	0	0	0
D	11	0	4	4	27	0	0	0
C	6	1	2	3	4	0	0	0
LW	5	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
LW	11	1	1	2	4	0	0	0
D	10	0	2	2	10	0	0	0
RW	11	0	1	1	7	0	0	0
G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	688	11	6	5	29	2.53	2
Team:	688	11	6	5	29	2.53	2

Playoffs

The Canadiens' first round opponent was the Vancouver Canucks and the Canadiens won the series in five games to advance to the semi-finals against the Buffalo Sabres. The Sabres defeated the Canadiens in six games to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals. The Sabres' checkers were able to shut down the Canadiens' top scorers, while the Canadiens' checkers were not able to contain the Sabres' French Connection line.

Transactions

Following the 1975 playoffs, Henri Richard retired after 20 NHL seasons. Having been the Canadiens captain since 1971, he was succeeded in that post by Yvan Cournoyer.

Draft picks

NHL draft

	= NHL All-Star			= Hall of Famer

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	5	Cam Connor	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
1	7	Doug Risebrough	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
1	10	Rick Chartraw	United States	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
1	12	Mario Tremblay	Canada	Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge (OMJHL)
1	15	Gord McTavish	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
2	30	Gary MacGregor	Canada	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
2	33	Gilles Lupien	Canada	Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge (QMJHL)
3	51	Marty Howe	United States	Houston Aeros (WHA)
4	61	Barry Legge	Canada	Winnipeg Clubs (WCHL)
4	69	Mike McKegney	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
6	105	John Stewart	Canada	Bowling Green University (CCHA)
7	123	Joe Micheletti	United States	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
8	140	Jamie Hislop	Canada	University of New Hampshire (ECAC)
9	157	Gordon Stewart	Canada	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
10	172	Chuck Luksa	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
11	187	Cliff Cox	Canada	University of New Hampshire (ECAC)
12	199	Dave Lumley	Canada	University of New Hampshire (ECAC)
13	209	Mike Hobin	Canada	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)

Citations

References

Jenish(2008), p. 220.
Jenish(2008), p. 221.
"1974-75 Montreal Canadiens Schedule".
"1974-75 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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