1942–43 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1942–43 Montreal Canadiens season was the 34th season in franchise history. The team placed fourth in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in the semi-finals against the Boston Bruins 4 games to 2.

Regular season

The Montreal Canadiens were still making progress, and coach Dick Irvin put together the first "Punch Line" of Elmer Lach, Toe Blake and Joe Benoit. Benoit became the first Canadien to hit the 30 goal plateau since Howie Morenz did it in 1929–30 (40 goals) scoring an even 30. Gordie Drillon also added some scoring power. Rookie Maurice Richard showed promise, but broke his leg. The Canadiens made the playoffs by one slim point and bowed out in the playoffs' first round. Alex Smart scored three goals in his National League Debut.^[1]

Final standings

National Hockey League^[2]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	50	25	14	11	169	124	+45	61
2	Boston Bruins	50	24	17	9	195	176	+19	57
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	50	22	19	9	198	159	+39	53
4	Montreal Canadiens	50	19	19	12	181	191	−10	50
5	Chicago Black Hawks	50	17	18	15	179	180	−1	49
6	New York Rangers	50	11	31	8	161	253	−92	30

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 31, 1942	3–2	Boston Bruins (1942–43)	1–0–0
2	L	November 7, 1942	3–4 OT	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	1–1–0
3	W	November 8, 1942	10–4	New York Rangers (1942–43)	2–1–0
4	W	November 12, 1942	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	3–1–0
5	L	November 14, 1942	2–5	Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	3–2–0
6	L	November 15, 1942	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	3–3–0
7	L	November 17, 1942	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1942–43)	3–4–0
8	L	November 21, 1942	0–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	3–5–0
9	T	November 22, 1942	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	3–5–1
10	T	November 24, 1942	4–4	Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	3–5–2
11	L	November 28, 1942	2–6	Boston Bruins (1942–43)	3–6–2
12	L	November 29, 1942	3–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	3–7–2
13	W	December 3, 1942	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	4–7–2
14	L	December 5, 1942	1–9	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	4–8–2
15	L	December 6, 1942	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	4–9–2
16	L	December 12, 1942	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1942–43)	4–10–2
17	W	December 13, 1942	7–3	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	5–10–2
18	L	December 17, 1942	1–8	Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	5–11–2
19	T	December 19, 1942	1–1	New York Rangers (1942–43)	5–11–3
20	L	December 20, 1942	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	5–12–3
21	T	December 25, 1942	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	5–12–4
22	W	December 27, 1942	4–2	Boston Bruins (1942–43)	6–12–4
23	L	January 2, 1943	3–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	6–13–4
24	T	January 3, 1943	4–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	6–13–5
25	W	January 9, 1943	7–2	Boston Bruins (1942–43)	7–13–5
26	W	January 10, 1943	7–4	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	8–13–5
27	W	January 14, 1943	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	9–13–5
28	L	January 16, 1943	4–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	9–14–5
29	W	January 17, 1943	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	10–14–5
30	L	January 19, 1943	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1942–43)	10–15–5
31	T	January 21, 1943	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	10–15–6
32	T	January 23, 1943	5–5	New York Rangers (1942–43)	10–15–7
33	T	January 30, 1943	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	10–15–8
34	W	January 31, 1943	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	11–15–8
35	W	February 6, 1943	8–3	Boston Bruins (1942–43)	12–15–8
36	L	February 7, 1943	1–7	@ Boston Bruins (1942–43)	12–16–8
37	W	February 11, 1943	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	13–16–8
38	W	February 13, 1943	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	14–16–8
39	L	February 14, 1943	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	14–17–8
40	W	February 18, 1943	5–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	15–17–8
41	W	February 20, 1943	6–1	New York Rangers (1942–43)	16–17–8
42	L	February 21, 1943	1–6	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	16–18–8
43	W	February 25, 1943	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1942–43)	17–18–8
44	L	February 28, 1943	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	17–19–8
45	W	March 4, 1943	7–2	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	18–19–8
46	T	March 6, 1943	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	18–19–9
47	T	March 11, 1943	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	18–19–10
48	T	March 13, 1943	6–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	18–19–11
49	T	March 14, 1943	4–4	@ Boston Bruins (1942–43)	18–19–12
50	W	March 18, 1943	6–3	New York Rangers (1942–43)	19–19–12

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Playoffs

SemiFinals

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Blake, ToeToe Blake	LW	48	23	36	59	26
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach	C	45	18	40	58	14
O'Connor, BuddyBuddy O'Connor	C	50	15	43	58	2
Benoit, JoeJoe Benoit	RW	49	30	27	57	23
Drillon, GordieGordie Drillon	RW	49	28	22	50	14
Getliffe, RayRay Getliffe	C/LW	50	18	28	46	26
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard	D	45	2	16	18	47
Lamoureux, LeoLeo Lamoureux	C/D	46	2	16	18	53
Portland, JackJack Portland	D	49	3	14	17	52
Hiller, DutchDutch Hiller	LW	39	8	6	14	4
Harmon, GlenGlen Harmon	D	27	5	9	14	25
Reardon, TerryTerry Reardon	C/RW	13	6	6	12	2
Sands, CharlieCharlie Sands	C/RW	31	3	9	12	0
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	16	5	6	11	4
Meronek, BillBill Meronek	C	12	3	6	9	0
Smart, AlexAlex Smart	LW	8	5	2	7	0
Demers, TonyTony Demers	RW	9	2	5	7	0
Mahaffy, JohnJohn Mahaffy	C	9	2	5	7	4
Dheere, MarcelMarcel Dheere	LW	11	1	2	3	2
Goupille, RedRed Goupille	D	6	2	0	2	8
Graboski, TonyTony Graboski	LW/D	9	0	2	2	4
Bibeault, PaulPaul Bibeault	G	50	0	0	0	0
Laforce, ErnieErnie Laforce	D	1	0	0	0	0
Lee, BobbyBobby Lee	C	1	0	0	0	0
Mailley, FrankFrank Mailley	D	1	0	0	0	0
McGibbon, IrvIrv McGibbon	RW	1	0	0	0	2
Phillips, CharlieCharlie Phillips	D	17	0	0	0	6

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Bibeault, PaulPaul Bibeault	3010	50	19	19	12	191	3.81	1
Team:	3010	50	19	19	12	191	3.81	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
O'Connor, BuddyBuddy O'Connor	C	5	4	5	9	0
Blake, ToeToe Blake	LW	5	4	3	7	0
Drillon, GordieGordie Drillon	RW	5	4	2	6	0
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach	C	5	2	4	6	6
Benoit, JoeJoe Benoit	RW	5	1	3	4	4
Portland, JackJack Portland	D	5	1	2	3	2
Hiller, DutchDutch Hiller	LW	5	1	0	1	4
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard	D	5	0	1	1	4
Getliffe, RayRay Getliffe	C/LW	5	0	1	1	8
Harmon, GlenGlen Harmon	D	5	0	1	1	2
Bibeault, PaulPaul Bibeault	G	5	0	0	0	0
Dheere, MarcelMarcel Dheere	LW	5	0	0	0	6
Heffernan, GerryGerry Heffernan	RW	2	0	0	0	0
McMahon, MikeMike McMahon	D	5	0	0	0	14
Meronek, BillBill Meronek	C	1	0	0	0	0
Sands, CharlieCharlie Sands	C/RW	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Bibeault, PaulPaul Bibeault	320	5	1	4	18	3.38	1
Team:	320	5	1	4	18	3.38	1

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

References

↑ Sports Illustrated, Oct. 27, 2008, p.24, Vol. 109, No. 16
↑ "1942–1943 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1942–43 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
↑ http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1943
↑ "1942-43 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

Montreal Canadiens seasons

1900s	1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

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

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Marc Bergevin
Head coach: Michel Therrien
Team captain: Max Pacioretty
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: St. John's IceCaps

ECHL: Brampton Beast

General managers

Head coaches

Media

TV	City TV (English) Sportsnet East (English) Réseau des sports (French) TVA Sports (French)

Radio	English TSN Radio 990 French 98,5 FM

Culture and lore

1942–43 NHL season

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See also	Stanley Cup Finals

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1942–43 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

SemiFinals

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References