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1979–80 Montreal Canadiens
Norris Division Champions
Division	1st Norris
Conference	2nd Prince of Wales
1979–80 record	47-20-13
Goals for	328
Goals against	240
Team information
General Manager	Irving Grundman
Coach	Bernie Geoffrion (Oct-Dec) Claude Ruel (Dec-Apr)
Captain	Serge Savard
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Guy Lafleur Pierre Larouche (50)
Assists	Guy Lafleur (75)
Points	Guy Lafleur (125)
Penalties in minutes	Gilles Lupien (109)
Plus/minus	Steve Shutt (+25)
Wins	Denis Herron (25)
Goals against average	Denis Herron (2.51)

<1978–79	1980–81>

The 1979–80 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 71st season. The Canadiens ended the season with a twenty-game unbeaten streak at the Montreal Forum. By season’s end, the franchise was third overall in NHL standings.^[1] The season involved being eliminated in the NHL Quarter-finals vs the Minnesota North Stars 4 games to 3.

Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Final standings
- 2.2 Game log
3 Playoffs
4 Player stats
- 4.1 Regular season
- 4.2 Playoffs
5 Awards and records
6 Transactions
7 Draft picks
8 Farm teams
9 See also
10 References

Offseason

Al MacNeil left his position as head coach of the Canadiens farm club, the Nova Scotia Voyageurs, to become head coach of the Atlanta Flames.^[2]
Jacques Lemaire retired to become a playing coach in Switzerland. In addition, Ken Dryden and captain Yvan Cournoyer also retired from the team.
Scotty Bowman, upset over the appointment of Irving Grundman as General Manager in 1978, left the club to become head coach and general manager of the Buffalo Sabres.
Boom Boom Geoffrion was hired as head coach in September 1979. In his previous coaching stint, Geoffrion lasted half a season with the 1968-69 New York Rangers. He had to leave the position due to ulcers.^[3]
Veteran defenceman Serge Savard is named team captain.

The Canadiens did not have a first-round pick in the Amateur Draft. The club picked Mats Naslund with its second-round choice, 37th over-all. The team picked Guy Carbonneau in the third-round, 44th over-all.

Regular season

Despite a record of fifteen wins, nine losses and six ties, Geoffrion stepped down as head coach.^[4]

Final standings

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	80	47	20	13	328	240	107
Los Angeles Kings	80	30	36	14	290	313	74
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	30	37	13	251	303	73
Hartford Whalers	80	27	34	19	303	312	73
Detroit Red Wings	80	26	43	11	268	306	63

^[5]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 1979	3–1	Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	1–0–0
2	W	October 13, 1979	3–1	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	2–0–0
3	L	October 17, 1979	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	2–1–0
4	W	October 20, 1979	5–4	New York Rangers (1979–80)	3–1–0
5	T	October 21, 1979	6–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	3–1–1
6	W	October 23, 1979	5–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	4–1–1
7	W	October 25, 1979	8–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	5–1–1
8	W	October 27, 1979	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	6–1–1
9	L	October 28, 1979	4–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	6–2–1
10	T	October 30, 1979	2–2	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80)	6–2–2
11	W	November 1, 1979	5–1	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	7–2–2
12	L	November 3, 1979	3–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	7–3–2
13	W	November 5, 1979	2–0	Washington Capitals (1979–80)	8–3–2
14	T	November 7, 1979	3–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	8–3–3
15	L	November 10, 1979	3–5	St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	8–4–3
16	W	November 13, 1979	5–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	9–4–3
17	W	November 15, 1979	4–1	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	10–4–3
18	W	November 17, 1979	3–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	11–4–3
19	L	November 18, 1979	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	11–5–3
20	W	November 22, 1979	7–0	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	12–5–3
21	W	November 24, 1979	3–1	Boston Bruins (1979–80)	13–5–3
22	L	November 25, 1979	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80)	13–6–3
23	T	November 27, 1979	5–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	13–6–4
24	W	November 29, 1979	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	14–6–4
25	T	December 1, 1979	4–4	Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	14–6–5
26	T	December 3, 1979	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1979–80)	14–6–6
27	L	December 5, 1979	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	14–7–6
28	W	December 7, 1979	5–2	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	15–7–6
29	L	December 9, 1979	5–7	Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	15–8–6
30	L	December 11, 1979	1–4	@ New York Islanders (1979–80)	15–9–6
31	L	December 14, 1979	3–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	15–10–6
32	L	December 15, 1979	2–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	15–11–6
33	L	December 18, 1979	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	15–12–6
34	L	December 19, 1979	2–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	15–13–6
35	W	December 22, 1979	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	16–13–6
36	W	December 23, 1979	8–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	17–13–6
37	L	December 27, 1979	3–7	New York Islanders (1979–80)	17–14–6
38	W	December 29, 1979	6–3	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	18–14–6
39	L	January 2, 1980	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	18–15–6
40	L	January 5, 1980	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	18–16–6
41	W	January 7, 1980	4–3	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	19–16–6
42	W	January 9, 1980	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	20–16–6
43	W	January 12, 1980	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	21–16–6
44	W	January 14, 1980	3–2	Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	22–16–6
45	W	January 16, 1980	6–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	23–16–6
46	W	January 19, 1980	7–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	24–16–6
47	L	January 22, 1980	1–2	@ New York Islanders (1979–80)	24–17–6
48	W	January 24, 1980	7–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	25–17–6
49	L	January 26, 1980	2–7	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	25–18–6
50	W	January 29, 1980	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	26–18–6
51	W	January 30, 1980	3–2	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	27–18–6
52	W	February 2, 1980	5–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	28–18–6
53	W	February 7, 1980	4–3	Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	29–18–6
54	L	February 9, 1980	3–4	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	29–19–6
55	W	February 10, 1980	3–2	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80)	30–19–6
56	W	February 14, 1980	5–1	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	31–19–6
57	W	February 16, 1980	8–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	32–19–6
58	T	February 17, 1980	2–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	32–19–7
59	L	February 19, 1980	1–3	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80)	32–20–7
60	W	February 21, 1980	3–0	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	33–20–7
61	W	February 23, 1980	5–1	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	34–20–7
62	T	February 26, 1980	3–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	34–20–8
63	W	February 28, 1980	6–3	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	35–20–8
64	W	March 1, 1980	6–3	Washington Capitals (1979–80)	36–20–8
65	W	March 2, 1980	5–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	37–20–8
66	W	March 6, 1980	5–4	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	38–20–8
67	W	March 8, 1980	5–2	New York Rangers (1979–80)	39–20–8
68	W	March 10, 1980	6–3	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	40–20–8
69	W	March 12, 1980	4–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	41–20–8
70	W	March 14, 1980	4–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	42–20–8
71	W	March 15, 1980	7–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	43–20–8
72	T	March 19, 1980	5–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	43–20–9
73	T	March 22, 1980	5–5	Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	43–20–10
74	W	March 23, 1980	6–1	@ New York Rangers (1979–80)	44–20–10
75	W	March 25, 1980	8–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	45–20–10
76	T	March 28, 1980	2–2	New York Islanders (1979–80)	45–20–11
77	T	March 30, 1980	1–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	45–20–12
78	W	April 2, 1980	7–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	46–20–12
79	W	April 5, 1980	6–1	Boston Bruins (1979–80)	47–20–12
80	T	April 6, 1980	4–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	47–20–13

^[6]

Playoffs

The Canadiens swept the Hartford Whalers in the preliminary round 3–0 in games. The Canadiens then faced the Minnesota North Stars in the quarter-final and lost a seven-game series four games to three.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur	RW	74	50	75	125	12	40	15	0	7
Larouche, PierrePierre Larouche	C	73	50	41	91	16	36	12	0	7
Shutt, SteveSteve Shutt	LW	77	47	42	89	34	45	17	0	4
Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson	D	72	14	61	75	39	38	6	0	3
Mondou, PierrePierre Mondou	C	75	30	36	66	12	26	8	0	3
Lambert, YvonYvon Lambert	LW	77	21	32	53	23	3	7	0	7
Napier, MarkMark Napier	RW	76	16	33	49	7	11	4	0	1
Houle, RejeanRejean Houle	W	60	18	27	45	68	3	2	0	3
Tremblay, MarioMario Tremblay	RW	77	16	26	42	105	6	0	0	2
Langway, RodRod Langway	D	77	7	29	36	81	36	0	0	1
Gainey, BobBob Gainey	LW	64	14	19	33	32	-2	4	1	3
Lapointe, GuyGuy Lapointe	D	45	6	20	26	29	-2	0	0	0
Jarvis, DougDoug Jarvis	C	80	13	11	24	28	-5	0	1	3
Engblom, BrianBrian Engblom	D	70	3	20	23	43	22	0	0	0
Risebrough, DougDoug Risebrough	C	44	8	10	18	81	-2	0	0	0
Savard, SergeSerge Savard	D	46	5	8	13	18	-2	0	0	1
Chartraw, RickRick Chartraw	D/RW	66	5	7	12	35	6	0	0	0
Gingras, GastonGaston Gingras	D	34	3	7	10	18	11	2	0	1
Lupien, GillesGilles Lupien	D	56	1	7	8	109	13	0	0	1
Geoffrion, DannyDanny Geoffrion	RW	32	0	6	6	12	1	0	0	0
Dupont, NormNorm Dupont	LW	35	1	3	4	4	2	0	0	0
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque	G	39	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Nilan, ChrisChris Nilan	RW	15	0	2	2	50	-1	0	0	0
Acton, KeithKeith Acton	C	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Herron, DenisDenis Herron	G	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Meagher, RickRick Meagher	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robinson, MoeMoe Robinson	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sevigny, RichardRichard Sevigny	G	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Herron, DenisDenis Herron	1909	34	25	3	3	80	2.51	0
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque	2259	39	17	13	8	125	3.32	3
Sevigny, RichardRichard Sevigny	632	11	5	4	2	31	2.94	0
Team:	4800	80	47	20	13	236	2.95	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Lambert, YvonYvon Lambert	LW	10	8	4	12	4	1	0	1
Tremblay, MarioMario Tremblay	RW	10	0	11	11	14	0	0	0
Shutt, SteveSteve Shutt	LW	10	6	3	9	6	2	0	2
Houle, RejeanRejean Houle	W	10	4	5	9	12	1	0	0
Jarvis, DougDoug Jarvis	C	10	4	4	8	2	0	1	0
Napier, MarkMark Napier	RW	10	2	6	8	0	1	0	0
Larouche, PierrePierre Larouche	C	9	1	7	8	2	0	0	0
Gingras, GastonGaston Gingras	D	10	1	6	7	8	0	0	0
Langway, RodRod Langway	D	10	3	3	6	2	1	0	0
Engblom, BrianBrian Engblom	D	10	2	4	6	6	1	0	1
Mondou, PierrePierre Mondou	C	4	1	4	5	4	0	0	0
Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur	RW	3	3	1	4	0	0	0	0
Chartraw, RickRick Chartraw	D/RW	10	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson	D	10	0	4	4	2	0	0	0
Dupont, NormNorm Dupont	LW	8	1	1	2	0	0	0	1
Gainey, BobBob Gainey	LW	10	1	1	2	4	0	0	1
Geoffrion, DannyDanny Geoffrion	RW	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Herron, DenisDenis Herron	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joly, YvanYvan Joly	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lapointe, GuyGuy Lapointe	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lupien, GillesGilles Lupien	D	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Nilan, ChrisChris Nilan	RW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Savard, SergeSerge Savard	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque	300	5	4	1	11	2.20	1
Herron, DenisDenis Herron	300	5	2	3	15	3.00	0
Team:	600	10	6	4	26	2.60	1

^[7]

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;

Awards and records

Larry Robinson, Norris Trophy^[8]

Transactions

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Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (League)
2	37	Mats Naslund	(LW)	Sweden
3	44	Guy Carbonneau	(C)	Canada

^[9]

Farm teams

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References

^ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D’Arcy Jenish, p.240, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
^ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D’Arcy Jenish, p.236, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
^ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D’Arcy Jenish, p.237, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
^ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D’Arcy Jenish, p.239, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
^ "1979–80 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1980_games.html. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
^ "1979-80 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1980.html. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 234, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5

v t e Montreal Canadiens

Franchise	Franchise History (Original Six Centennial) Players Coaches General managers Seasons Records Draft picks Award winners

Culture and lore	Youppi The Punch Line Richard Riot 1938 European tour

Arenas	Jubilee Arena Montreal Arena Mount Royal Arena Montreal Forum Bell Centre Bell Sports Complex (practice)

Affiliates	Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)

Television	TSN SRC RDS

Radio	English TSN Radio 990 French 98,5 FM

Rivalries	Boston Bruins Quebec Nordiques Toronto Maple Leafs

v t e 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

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

v t e 1979–80 NHL season by team

Patrick	Atlanta NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Minnesota Quebec Toronto

Norris	Detroit Hartford Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh

Smythe	Chicago Colorado Edmonton St. Louis Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	1979 NHL Expansion Draft 1979 NHL Entry Draft All-Star Game 1980 Stanley Cup Finals

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