The 1984–85 Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

 season was the team's 76th

Montreal Canadiens seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Montreal Canadiens professional ice hockey club. This list documents the records and playoff results for all seasons the Canadiens completed in both the National Hockey Association and the National Hockey League .-NHA :Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins,...

 season

Season (sports)

In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...

 of play.

Offseason

• July 1984: Patrick Roy
  Patrick Roy
  Patrick Edward Armand Roy is a former Canadian ice hockey goaltender. Nicknamed "Saint Patrick," Roy split his professional career between the Montreal Canadiens, whom he played with for 10 years, and the Colorado Avalanche, whom he played with for 8 years, both of the National Hockey League...
  
   signed his first NHL contract with the Montreal Canadiens. There was a clause that if he played in at least 40 games, he would receive a $5,000 bonus.

Regular season

After scoring only two goals in 19 games and unhappy with the amount of ice time he was receiving, Guy Lafleur

Guy Lafleur

Guy Damien "The Flower" / "Le Démon Blond" Lafleur, OC, CQ is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player who is widely regarded as one of the most naturally gifted and popular players ever to play professional ice hockey...

 decided to retire.

• October 24, 1984: Patrick Roy was sent down to the Granby Bisons
  Granby Bisons
  The Granby Bisons were a junior ice hockey team founded in 1981 after the team moved from Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, where they had previously been known as the Sorel Éperviers. The Bisons played at Arena Leonard Grondin in Granby, Quebec. In 1995 they were renamed the Granby Prédateurs. Today they are...
  
   without having played a regular season game.

• February 23, 1985: At the beginning of the third period, Patrick Roy made his NHL debut. Roy replaced Doug Soetaert
  Doug Soetaert
  Douglas Henry Soetaert is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He was selected by the New York Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft.-Awards and achievements:...
  
   and earned the first win of his career in a 6–4 win over the Winnipeg Jets. It was his only game this season but he would play 1275 more games until 2003.

Game log

#	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	Oct 11, 1984	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres	0–1–0
2	W	Oct 13, 1984	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–1–0
3	W	Oct 15, 1984	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers	2–1–0
4	T	Oct 18, 1984	3–3 OT	Los Angeles Kings	2–1–1
5	W	Oct 20, 1984	4–2	Minnesota North Stars	3–1–1
6	W	Oct 23, 1984	3–1	@ Quebec Nordiques	4–1–1
7	W	Oct 25, 1984	3–2	Buffalo Sabres	5–1–1
8	L	Oct 27, 1984	5–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	5–2–1
9	W	Oct 29, 1984	4–2	Quebec Nordiques	6–2–1
10	W	Nov 1, 1984	6–5 OT	New York Islanders	7–2–1
11	W	Nov 3, 1984	3–1	Boston Bruins	8–2–1
12	L	Nov 6, 1984	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings	8–3–1
13	T	Nov 10, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames	8–3–2
14	W	Nov 12, 1984	5–3	@ Vancouver Canucks	9–3–2
15	W	Nov 14, 1984	4–2	@ Edmonton Oilers	10–3–2
16	W	Nov 17, 1984	5–0	New Jersey Devils	11–3–2
17	L	Nov 19, 1984	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs	11–4–2
18	W	Nov 22, 1984	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks	12–4–2
19	W	Nov 24, 1984	6–4	Detroit Red Wings	13–4–2
20	L	Nov 25, 1984	4–7	@ Boston Bruins	13–5–2
21	T	Nov 28, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings	13–5–3
22	T	Nov 30, 1984	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres	13–5–4
23	W	Dec 1, 1984	3–2	Buffalo Sabres	14–5–4
24	W	Dec 3, 1984	9–3	Hartford Whalers	15–5–4
25	L	Dec 5, 1984	3–5	@ Hartford Whalers	15–6–4
26	W	Dec 6, 1984	3–1	@ Boston Bruins	16–6–4
27	W	Dec 8, 1984	9–7	Los Angeles Kings	17–6–4
28	L	Dec 13, 1984	4–5	Vancouver Canucks	17–7–4
29	L	Dec 15, 1984	3–4 OT	@ Hartford Whalers	17–8–4
30	W	Dec 16, 1984	3–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers	18–8–4
31	L	Dec 18, 1984	4–6	Boston Bruins	18–9–4
32	T	Dec 20, 1984	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals	18–9–5
33	W	Dec 22, 1984	10–5	Hartford Whalers	19–9–5
34	T	Dec 23, 1984	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers	19–9–6
35	W	Dec 27, 1984	5–3	@ Quebec Nordiques	20–9–6
36	W	Dec 29, 1984	7–3	New York Rangers	21–9–6
37	T	Dec 31, 1984	4–4 OT	Quebec Nordiques	21–9–7
38	L	Jan 2, 1985	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks	21–10–7
39	T	Jan 3, 1985	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues	21–10–8
40	L	Jan 5, 1985	4–5	@ New Jersey Devils	21–11–8
41	L	Jan 8, 1985	1–3	@ New York Islanders	21–12–8
42	L	Jan 10, 1985	2–5	Edmonton Oilers	21–13–8
43	T	Jan 12, 1985	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres	21–13–9
44	W	Jan 15, 1985	2–1	@ Quebec Nordiques	22–13–9
45	W	Jan 17, 1985	5–4	Hartford Whalers	23–13–9
46	T	Jan 19, 1985	4–4 OT	New Jersey Devils	23–13–10
47	L	Jan 21, 1985	1–3	@ Boston Bruins	23–14–10
48	W	Jan 22, 1985	8–5	@ Hartford Whalers	24–14–10
49	L	Jan 24, 1985	3–4	Quebec Nordiques	24–15–10
50	W	Jan 26, 1985	3–2	New York Rangers	25–15–10
51	L	Jan 30, 1985	4–5 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks	25–16–10
52	W	Feb 2, 1985	5–1	@ Los Angeles Kings	26–16–10
53	L	Feb 5, 1985	2–4	Calgary Flames	26–17–10
54	W	Feb 7, 1985	5–4	@ Quebec Nordiques	27–17–10
55	L	Feb 9, 1985	2–6	Toronto Maple Leafs	27–18–10
56	L	Feb 10, 1985	2–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	27–19–10
57	W	Feb 15, 1985	4–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres	28–19–10
58	L	Feb 16, 1985	3–4	Buffalo Sabres	28–20–10
59	W	Feb 19, 1985	5–2	@ St. Louis Blues	29–20–10
60	L	Feb 20, 1985	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks	29–21–10
61	W	Feb 23, 1985	6–4	Winnipeg Jets	30–21–10
62	W	Feb 24, 1985	4–3 OT	New York Islanders	31–21–10
63	W	Feb 27, 1985	4–1	@ Edmonton Oilers	32–21–10
64	L	Mar 1, 1985	4–6	@ Calgary Flames	32–22–10
65	L	Mar 4, 1985	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars	32–23–10
66	W	Mar 6, 1985	4–2	@ Winnipeg Jets	33–23–10
67	W	Mar 9, 1985	4–3	Hartford Whalers	34–23–10
68	T	Mar 10, 1985	5–5 OT	@ Hartford Whalers	34–23–11
69	L	Mar 14, 1985	1–4	Winnipeg Jets	34–24–11
70	L	Mar 16, 1985	2–4	Minnesota North Stars	34–25–11
71	W	Mar 21, 1985	3–2	Washington Capitals	35–25–11
72	L	Mar 22, 1985	1–3	@ Washington Capitals	35–26–11
73	L	Mar 24, 1985	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers	35–27–11
74	W	Mar 26, 1985	5–3	Boston Bruins	36–27–11
75	W	Mar 28, 1985	5–1	St. Louis Blues	37–27–11
76	W	Mar 30, 1985	7–3	@ Boston Bruins	38–27–11
77	W	Mar 31, 1985	4–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	39–27–11
78	W	Apr 4, 1985	7–1	Quebec Nordiques	40–27–11
79	T	Apr 6, 1985	4–4 OT	Boston Bruins	40–27–12
80	W	Apr 7, 1985	5–4	@ Buffalo Sabres	41–27–12

Playoffs

• Adams Division Finals

The Quebec Nordiques

Quebec Nordiques

The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League...

 and Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

 battled in a seven-game series. Bitter rivals from the province of Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, the Nords shocked the Habs in 1982, only to see a fourth-place Montreal club upset Quebec the year before. In the deciding Game 7 at the Montreal Forum

Montreal Forum

The Montreal Forum was an indoor arena located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Called "the most storied building in hockey history" by Sporting News, it was home of the National Hockey League's Montreal Maroons from 1924 to 1938 and the Montreal Canadiens from 1926 to 1996...

, Peter Stastny

Peter Stastny

Peter Šťastný , also known colloquially as "Peter the Great" and "Stosh", is a retired Slovak professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League from 1980 to 1995. During his time with the Quebec Nordiques, Stastny became a Canadian citizen. Since 2004, he has also served as a...

 scored the game and series winning goal, giving Quebec an improbable 3–2 overtime win and berth in the Wales Conference Finals.

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	LW	80	42	37	79	14	19	9	2	8
	RW	75	31	35	66	120	21	14	0	6
	D	74	9	55	64	87	11	2	1	0
	C	79	23	34	57	43	28	0	4	2
	C	67	18	39	57	21	15	2	0	2
	C	65	16	40	56	59
8	0	1
	D	76	14	33	47	44	33	6	0	3
	D	75	10	35	45	30
6	1	3
	LW	70	17	22	39	120	1	0	0	2
	C/LW	72	19	19	38	59
11	0	0
	RW	77	21	16	37	358	3	1	0	2
	RW	72	21	12	33	123
6	0	3
	LW	79	19	13	32	40	13	0	3	3
	D	73	4	27	31	65	16	0	0	1
	C	53	8	16	24	35
3	0	1
	C	51	12	11	23	20	9	4	1	2
	C	42	10	12	22	14	3	1	0	2
	D	72	5	14	19	90	5	1	0	0
	D	77	1	18	19	30
1	0	0
	C	10	1	6	7	2	3	0	0	0
	RW	19	2	3	5	10
0	0	0
	RW	14	2	2	4	0
0	0	0
	C	16	0	4	4	6	3	0	0	0
	LW	10	2	0	2	9	2	1	0	0
	D	18	1	1	2	33	1	0	0	0
	LW	3	1	0	1	7
1	0	0
	RW	1	0	1	1	7	1	0	0	0
	D	5	0	1	1	2
0	0	0
	G	54	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0
	C	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
	RW	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	28	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3252	54	26	18	8	167	3.08	1
	1606	28	14	9	4	91	3.40	0
	20	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Team:	4878	80	41	27	12	258	3.17	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	LW	12	7	4	11	6	3	0	2
	C	12	5	6	11	30	3	0	1
	D	12	3	8	11	8	1	0	0
	D	9	2	8	10	17	2	0	0
	C/LW	12	2	7	9	13	0	0	0
	RW	12	3	5	8	2	1	0	0
	RW	12	2	6	8	30	1	0	0
	C	12	4	3	7	8	0	1	1
	C	8	2	4	6	4	1	0	0
	D	12	0	6	6	6	0	0	0
	LW	12	4	1	5	32	0	0	0
	LW	11	2	2	4	19	0	0	0
	LW	12	1	3	4	13	0	0	0
	C	5	2	1	3	2	0	0	0
	RW	12	2	1	3	81	1	0	1
	D	12	0	3	3	14	0	0	0
	RW	11	0	3	3	13	0	0	0
	C	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	1
	D	7	1	1	2	12	0	0	0
	D	12	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	C	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	733	12	6	6	40	3.27	1
	20	1	0	0	1	3.00	0
Team:	753	12	6	6	41	3.27	1

Awards and records

• Chris Chelios
  Chris Chelios
  Christos Kostas Tselios is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman. He is currently the Executive Advisor to Ken Holland, the general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, a role that Steve Yzerman held before leaving to become general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning.Chelios played...
  
  , Runner-Up, Calder Trophy
• Chris Chelios, NHL All-Rookie Team
  NHL All-Rookie Team
  The NHL All-Rookie Team is chosen by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association from the best rookies in the National Hockey League at each position for the season just concluded based on their performance in that year...
  
  
• Steve Penney, NHL All-Rookie Team
  NHL All-Rookie Team
  The NHL All-Rookie Team is chosen by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association from the best rookies in the National Hockey League at each position for the season just concluded based on their performance in that year...
  
  

NHL Draft

= NHL All-Star

= Hall of Famer

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	5.	Petr Svoboda Petr Svoboda Petr Svoboda is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Philadelphia Flyers and Tampa Bay Lightning. He was the first Czech to play over 1,000 games in the NHL...  (D)	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...	CHZ Litvínov (Czechoslovakia)
1	8.	Shayne Corson Shayne Corson Shayne Corson is a retired Canadian professional hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers, St. Louis Blues, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Dallas Stars...		Brantford Alexanders Brantford Alexanders The Brantford Alexanders were a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League and Ontario Hockey League from 1978 to 1984. The team was based in Brantford, Ontario.-History:...  (OHL)
2	29.	Stephane Richer Stephane Richer Stéphane Jean-Jacques Richer is a retired professional ice hockey left winger.-Playing career:Richer was drafted 29th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. He played in 1,054 career NHL games, scoring 421 goals and 398 assists for 819 points. Richer won the Calder Cup in...  (RW)		Granby Bisons Granby Bisons The Granby Bisons were a junior ice hockey team founded in 1981 after the team moved from Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, where they had previously been known as the Sorel Éperviers. The Bisons played at Arena Leonard Grondin in Granby, Quebec. In 1995 they were renamed the Granby Prédateurs. Today they are...  (QMJHL)
3	51.	Patrick Roy Patrick Roy Patrick Edward Armand Roy is a former Canadian ice hockey goaltender. Nicknamed "Saint Patrick," Roy split his professional career between the Montreal Canadiens, whom he played with for 10 years, and the Colorado Avalanche, whom he played with for 8 years, both of the National Hockey League... (G)		Granby Bisons (QMJHL)