1979-1980 Montreal Canadiens: 47-20-13
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Home record: 30-7-3 (183 goals scored, 114 allowed)
Road record: 17-13-10 (145 goals scored, 126 allowed)
Head Coaches: Bernie Geoffrion (15-9-6), Claude Ruel (32-11-7)
Power Play: 77/264 (29.2%)
Penalty Killing: 201/247 (81.4%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 2-7
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 249-187
328 goals scored (1st of 21 teams), 240 goals allowed (3rd), 874 PIM (21st)
NHL Averages: 3.51 goals/game (281.0 goals/team), 1211.7 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
RW 10 Guy Lafleur 6'0 185 28 74 50 75 125 12 15 0 187 70 81 4 323 15.5 +40
C 28 Pierre Larouche 5'11 175 24 73 50 41 91 16 12 0 130 39 55 0 220 22.7 +36
LW 22 Steve Shutt 5'11 185 27 77 47 42 89 34 17 0 149 42 62 0 224 21.0 +45
D 19 Larry Robinson 6'4 225 28 72 14 61 75 39 6 0 173 59 106 30 133 10.5 +38
C 6 Pierre Mondou 5'10 185 24 75 30 36 66 12 8 0 92 28 38 0 152 19.7 +26
LW 11 Yvon Lambert 6'2 200 29 77 21 32 53 23 7 0 80 22 72 17 104 20.2 +3
RW 31 Mark Napier 5'10 182 22 76 16 33 49 7 4 0 75 25 40 1 123 13.0 +11
LW/RW 15 Rejean Houle 5'11 170 30 60 18 27 45 68 2 0 63 13 55 8 115 15.7 +3
RW 14 Mario Tremblay 6'0 185 23 77 16 26 42 105 0 0 60 5 51 2 192 8.3 +6
D 17 Rod Langway 6'2 218 22 77 7 29 36 81 0 0 108 7 83 18 112 6.2 +36
LW 23 Bob Gainey 6'2 200 26 64 14 19 33 32 4 1 65 16 72 21 153 9.2 -2
D 5 Guy Lapointe 6'0 205 31 45 6 20 26 29 0 0 75 23 69 15 124 4.8 -2
C 21 Doug Jarvis 5'9 170 24 80 13 11 24 28 0 1 39 1 72 29 130 10.0 -5
D 3 Brian Engblom 6'2 200 22 70 3 20 23 43 0 0 102 4 92 16 86 3.5 +22
C 8 Doug Risebrough 5'11 180 25 44 8 10 18 81 0 0 26 1 30 3 82 9.8 -2
D 18 Serge Savard 6'3 210 33 46 5 8 13 18 0 0 58 8 68 16 45 11.1 -2
D/RW 27 Rick Chartraw 6'2 210 25 66 5 7 12 35 0 0 33 0 27 0 65 7.7 +6
D 2 Gaston Gingras 6'1 200 20 34 3 7 10 18 2 0 45 14 21 1 60 5.0 +11
D 24 Gilles Lupien 6'6 210 25 56 1 7 8 109 0 0 46 0 33 0 42 2.4 +13
RW 20 Danny Geoffrion 5'10 185 21 32 0 6 6 12 0 0 9 2 6 0 19 0.0 +1
LW 26 Norm Dupont 5'10 185 22 35 1 3 4 4 0 0 9 0 7 0 18 5.6 +2
RW 30 Chris Nilan 6'0 205 21 15 0 2 2 50 0 0 2 0 3 0 8 0.0 -1
G 1 Michel Larocque 5'10 185 27 39 0 2 2 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
C 12 Keith Acton 5'8 170 21 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0.0 0
D 2 Moe Robinson 6'4 175 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0
C 30 Rick Meagher 5'9 192 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0
G 33 Richard Sevigny 5'8 172 22 11 0 0 0 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 32 Denis Herron 5'11 165 27 34 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
RW 25 Yvan Joly 5'11 175 19 0 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals;
TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage
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Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 32 Denis Herron 27 34 1909 80 2.51 25 3 3 857 .907 1 0
G 33 Richard Sevigny 22 11 632 31 2.94 5 4 2 311 .900 3 0
G 1 Michel Larocque 27 39 2259 125 3.32 17 13 8 1040 .880 0 3
Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties;
Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts
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1979 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
2 27 D Gaston Gingras 476 60 Birmingham Bulls (WHA) [pick acquired from MIN]
2 37 LW Mats Naslund 651 Gavle (Sweden)
3 43 D Craig Levie 183 Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL) [pick acquired from COL]
3 44 C Guy Carbonneau 1318 Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL) [pick acquired from STL]
3 58 G Rick Wamsley 407 Brantford Alexanders (OHA)
4 79 LW Dave Orleski 2 New Westminster Bruins (WHL)
5 100 RW Yvan Joly 2 Ottawa 67's (OHA)
6 121 G Greg Moffett University of New Hampshire (NCAA)
Traded draft picks:
#1 to LA (Jay Wells)
Transactions
06-09-1979 | reclaimed the rights to Rod Langway prior to expansion draft |
06-09-1979 | reclaimed the rights to Alan Hangsleben prior to expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Nordiques selected Marc Tardif in expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Whalers selected Alan Hangsleben in expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Oilers selected Dave Hunter in expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Nordiques selected Alain Cote in expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Oilers selected Cam Connor in expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | traded Dave Lumley and Dan Newman to Oilers for Edmonton's #2 pick in the 1980 draft |
06-22-1979 | Whalers selected Gordie Roberts in expansion draft |
08-30-1979 | traded Pat Hughes and Rob Holland to Penguins for Denis Herron and Pittsburgh's #2 pick in the 1982 draft |
09-14-1979 | traded Brad Selwood and Montreal's #4 pick in the 1982 draft to Kings for Los Angeles' #4 pick in the 1982 draft |
10-04-1979 | sold Ron Wilson to Jets |
10-04-1979 | signed Bill Root as a free agent |
10-04-1979 | signed Dave Allison as a free agent |
10-10-1979 | Yvon Cournoyer retired |
10-23-1979 | signed Bill Kitchen as a free agent |
06-08-1980 | traded Rick Meagher and Montreal's #3 and #5 picks in the 1981 draft to Whalers for Hartford's #3 and #5 picks in the 1981 draft |
09-1980 | traded Tim Burke to Flames for Dave Gorman |
09-1980 | traded Bill Nyrop to North Stars for future considerations |
09-26-1980 | traded Norm Dupont to Jets for Winnipeg's #2 pick in the 1982 draft |
09-26-1980 | traded Gilles Lupien and Montreal's #3 pick in the 1983 draft to Penguins for Pittsburgh's #3 pick in the 1983 draft |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result
Round 1
04/08/1980 vs Hartford Whalers W 6-1
04/09/1980 vs Hartford Whalers W 8-4
04/11/1980 at Hartford Whalers W 4-3 (OT)
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Round 2
04/16/1980 vs Minnesota North Stars L 0-3
04/17/1980 vs Minnesota North Stars L 1-4
04/19/1980 at Minnesota North Stars W 5-0
04/20/1980 at Minnesota North Stars W 5-1
04/22/1980 vs Minnesota North Stars W 6-2
04/23/1980 at Minnesota North Stars L 2-5
04/27/1980 vs Minnesota North Stars L 2-3
Playoff Stats:
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
LW 11 Yvon Lambert 6'2 200 29 10 8 4 12 4 1 0
RW 14 Mario Tremblay 6'0 185 23 10 0 11 11 14 0 0
LW/RW 15 Rejean Houle 5'11 170 30 10 4 5 9 12 1 0
LW 22 Steve Shutt 5'11 185 27 10 6 3 9 6 2 0
C 28 Pierre Larouche 5'11 175 24 9 1 7 8 2 0 0
C 21 Doug Jarvis 5'9 170 24 10 4 4 8 2 0 1
RW 31 Mark Napier 5'10 182 22 10 2 6 8 0 1 0
D 2 Gaston Gingras 6'1 200 20 10 1 6 7 8 0 0
D 3 Brian Engblom 6'2 200 22 10 2 4 6 6 1 0
D 17 Rod Langway 6'2 218 22 10 3 3 6 2 1 0
C 6 Pierre Mondou 5'10 185 24 4 1 4 5 4 0 0
RW 10 Guy Lafleur 6'0 185 28 3 3 1 4 0 0 0
D/RW 27 Rick Chartraw 6'2 210 25 10 2 2 4 0 0 0
D 19 Larry Robinson 6'4 225 28 10 0 4 4 2 0 0
LW 26 Norm Dupont 5'10 185 22 8 1 1 2 0 0 0
LW 23 Bob Gainey 6'2 200 26 10 1 1 2 4 0 0
RW 25 Yvan Joly 5'11 175 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
RW 20 Danny Geoffrion 5'10 185 21 2 0 0 0 7 0 0
D 5 Guy Lapointe 6'0 205 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 18 Serge Savard 6'3 210 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 24 Gilles Lupien 6'6 210 25 4 0 0 0 2 0 0
G 32 Denis Herron 5'11 165 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
G 1 Michel Larocque 5'10 185 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
RW 30 Chris Nilan 6'0 205 21 5 0 0 0 2 0 0
C 12 Keith Acton 5'8 170 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 30 Rick Meagher 5'9 192 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 8 Doug Risebrough 5'11 180 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 2 Moe Robinson 6'4 175 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 33 Richard Sevigny 5'8 172 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 1 Michel Larocque 27 5 300 11 2.20 4 1 143 .923 0 1
G 32 Denis Herron 27 5 300 15 3.00 2 3 138 .891 0 0
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
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