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词条 1970–71 NHL season
释义

  1. League business

  2. Regular season

     Final standings 

  3. Playoffs

     Format change  Playoff bracket  Quarterfinals  (E1) Boston Bruins vs. (E3) Montreal Canadiens  (E2) New York Rangers vs. (E4) Toronto Maple Leafs  (W1) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (W3) Philadelphia Flyers  (W2) St. Louis Blues vs. (W4) Minnesota North Stars  Semifinals  (E3) Montreal Canadiens vs. (W4) Minnesota North Stars  (W1) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (E2) New York Rangers  Stanley Cup Finals 

  4. Awards

     All-Star teams 

  5. Player statistics

     Scoring leaders  Leading goaltenders  Other statistics 

  6. Coaches

     East  West 

  7. Debuts

  8. Last games

  9. See also

  10. References

  11. External links

{{short description|National Hockey League season}}{{Infobox sports season
| title = 1970–71 NHL season
| league = National Hockey League
| sport = Ice hockey
| duration = October 9, 1970 – May 18, 1971
| draft = Draft
| draft_link = 1970 NHL Draft
| top_pick_link = List of first overall NHL draft picks
| top_pick = Gilbert Perreault
| picked_by = Buffalo Sabres
| season = Regular season
| no_of_teams = 14
| no_of_games = 78
| season_champs = Boston Bruins
| MVP = Bobby Orr (Bruins)
| MVP_link = Hart Memorial Trophy
| top_scorer = Phil Esposito (Bruins)
| top_scorer_link = Art Ross Trophy
| playoffs = Playoffs
| playoffs_link = 1971 Stanley Cup playoffs
| finals = Stanley Cup
| finals_link = 1971 Stanley Cup Final
| finals_champ = Montreal Canadiens
| finals_runner-up = Chicago Black Hawks
| playoffs_MVP = Ken Dryden (Canadiens)
| playoffs_MVP_link = Conn Smythe Trophy
| nextseason_year = 1971–72
| prevseason_year = 1969–70
| seasonslistnames =NHL
}}

The 1970–71 NHL season was the 54th season of the National Hockey League. Two new teams, the Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks made their debuts and were both put into the East Division. The Chicago Black Hawks were moved to the West Division. The Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup by beating the Black Hawks in seven games in the finals.

League business

The NHL added two expansion teams in Buffalo and Vancouver.

At the beginning of the season, the Oakland Seals were renamed California Golden Seals.

From this season through the 2002–03 season, teams wore their white (or yellow) jerseys at home and their colored jerseys on the road.

Regular season

For 1970–71 the NHL went to a balanced schedule, with each team playing each other team six times, three at home and three on the road, without regard to divisional alignment. Nevertheless, playoff qualification was determined entirely by divisional standings, with the top four teams in each division qualifying.

This season saw a marked increase in goal scoring, especially by the Boston Bruins, who shattered scoring records as they set the mark for most goals by a team (399) by nearly a hundred over the previous record holder. They also set records for most victories (57) and points (121). Phil Esposito set records for most goals in a season with 76 and for most points with 152. Defenceman Bobby Orr won his second consecutive Hart Memorial Trophy and set a new record for assists with 102. The Bruins also had the four league leading scorers, the first time in history this was achieved (the only other time being by the Bruins in 1974), and seven of the top eleven leading scorers, the only time in NHL history this has ever been achieved. They had 6 of the top 8 scorers in the league. Furthermore, the Bruins set marks for the highest scoring single season marks at every position: center (Esposito), left wing (Johnny Bucyk with 116), right wing (Ken Hodge with 105) and defense (Orr), as well as for a forward line (Esposito centering Wayne Cashman and Hodge).

Boston won the East Division championship in a runaway. In the West Division, the powerful Chicago Black Hawks had been moved there partially to accommodate the expansion Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks (both of which were placed in the East Division) but more in an effort to provide greater balance between the divisions. Chicago broke St. Louis' stranglehold over the division, winning handily over the Blues and advancing to the Stanley Cup finals.

The Montreal Canadiens, who missed the playoffs in 1969–70, appeared to be sinking once more. Players did not like Claude Ruel's dictatorial rule as coach, and Ralph Backstrom and John Ferguson retired. Ruel resigned and Al MacNeil took over. Both Ferguson and Backstrom returned, but

Backstrom was later traded to Los Angeles for draft choices.

The Vancouver Canucks played well at first and were around the .500 mark at mid-season. Then Orland Kurtenbach was injured and the team sagged.

On October 29, Gordie Howe became the first player to record 1000 assists in a 5–3 win

over Boston at the Detroit Olympia.

Detroit introduced a fine rookie goaltender, Jim Rutherford, who had bright moments

despite the Red Wings last place finish. However, they suffered their worst defeat in

franchise history January 2, when Toronto crushed them 13–0.

On March 12, Boston's Phil Esposito broke Bobby Hull's record for goals by a player in

a season at 7:03 of the first period on Denis DeJordy of Los Angeles at the Forum in

Inglewood, California. Then, at 15:40 he became the first player to score 60 goals.

The Bruins won 7–2.

Buffalo had a star, Gilbert Perreault, who on March 18 broke Nels Stewart's (and Danny Grant's, and Norm Ferguson's) rookie record with his 35th goal in a 5–3 win over St. Louis. He went on to finish the season with 38.

Billy Taylor and Don Gallinger, now middle-aged, were finally forgiven for their gambling in 1948 and were reinstated to the NHL. However, they did not return to the NHL.

Final standings

{{1970–71 NHL East Division standings}}{{1970–71 NHL West Division standings}}

Playoffs

Format change

Due to three straight years of non-competitive finals (where the Western Division winning St. Louis Blues were swept all 3 years by an established Eastern Division club); the NHL changed the matchups for the semifinals by having the winner of the series between the 1st and 3rd Eastern division teams play the winner of the 2nd and 4th Western division teams. Similarly, the other semifinal series pitted the winner of the 1st vs 3rd Western division teams against the winner of the 2nd vs 4th Eastern division teams. Combined with the transfer of the Chicago Black Hawks into the Western Division (which previously consisted only of expansion teams), the Stanley Cup Final series was expected to be more competitive. The realignment and change in playoff format brought the desired results in that each Stanley Cup Final for the next 3 years was either between two Eastern Division teams or an Eastern Division team vs Chicago. None of the finals were sweeps. Until realignment in 1974–75 when the original six and expansion teams were more thoroughly mixed, the Philadelphia Flyers were the only Western Division/1967 expansion team to reach a Cup final (they won).

A significant controversy arose before the playoffs. With 4 games to play, the Minnesota North Stars were in 3rd place with a record of 28–30–16 for 72 points while the Philadelphia Flyers were in 4th at 26–33–15 for 67 points. Minnesota then lost their final four games while the Flyers went 2–0–2 to jump ahead of Minnesota in the final standings by 1 point. It was widely rumored that Minnesota did so to avoid playing the far superior Chicago Black Hawks, since at this time in the playoffs the first place team played the third place team and the second played the fourth. Nothing was proven against the North Stars (who defeated their first round opponents, St. Louis, four games to two, while the Flyers were swept by the powerful Black Hawks), but the format was changed the following year to the 1 vs. 4/2 vs.3 format that prevailed thereafter.

Playoff bracket

{{8TeamBracket
| RD1=Quarterfinals
| RD2=Semifinals
| RD3=Stanley Cup Finals
| RD1-seed1=E1
| RD1-team1=Boston
| RD1-score1=3
| RD1-seed2=E3
| RD1-team2=Montreal
| RD1-score2=4
| RD1-seed3=W2
| RD1-team3=St. Louis
| RD1-score3=2
| RD1-seed4=W4
| RD1-team4=Minnesota
| RD1-score4=4
| RD1-seed5=W1
| RD1-team5=Chicago
| RD1-score5=4
| RD1-seed6=W3
| RD1-team6=Philadelphia
| RD1-score6=0
| RD1-seed7=E2
| RD1-team7=New York
| RD1-score7=4
| RD1-seed8=E4
| RD1-team8=Toronto
| RD1-score8=2
| RD2-seed1=E3
| RD2-team1=Montreal
| RD2-score1=4
| RD2-seed2=W4
| RD2-team2=Minnesota
| RD2-score2=2
| RD2-seed3=W1
| RD2-team3=Chicago
| RD2-score3=4
| RD2-seed4=E2
| RD2-team4=New York
| RD2-score4=3
| RD3-seed1=E3
| RD3-team1=Montreal
| RD3-score1=4
| RD3-seed2=W1
| RD3-team2=Chicago
| RD3-score2=3
}}

Quarterfinals

(E1) Boston Bruins vs. (E3) Montreal Canadiens

The Boston Bruins finished first in the league with 121 points. The Montreal Canadiens finished third in the East Division with 97 points. This was the fifteenth playoff series between these two teams with Montreal winning twelve of the fourteen previous series. They last met in the 1969 Stanley Cup Semifinals which Montreal won in six games. Boston won five of the six games in this year's regular season series.

The Montreal Canadiens were matched against the Boston Bruins, and in one of the most extraordinary upsets in hockey history, Ken Dryden was hot in goal for the Canadiens as they ousted the Bruins in seven games. Game 2 featured what many perceive as one of the greatest comebacks in NHL history. With the Bruins leading 5–2 heading into the third period, the Canadiens, who had trailed 5–1, scored 5 goals in the final session to win 7–5. The prominent Canadian sports journalist Red Fisher lists the Canadiens' comeback has the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090345/http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=79acebd9%E2%80%93441f-4a3f-b1c4-a1bbcd1ec480 8th most memorable moment] in his over 49 years of covering hockey. In game 4, Bobby Orr became the first defenceman to get a hat trick in a playoff game when Boston won 5–2.

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|team2=Boston Bruins
|stadium2=Montreal Forum
|stadium1=Boston Garden
|date1 =April 7
|score1 =1–3
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|1-2-1 =John Ferguson (1) – pp – 01:34
|1-2-2 =09:41 – Wayne Cashman (1)
|1-3-1 =No scoring
|1-3-2 =08:47 – Fred Stanfield (1)
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|goalie1-2 =Gerry Cheevers 30 saves / 31 shots
|date2 =April 8
|score2 =7–5
|won2 =1
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|2-1-2 =04:34 – Bobby Orr (2)
05:43 – Ted Green (1)
|2-2-1 =Henri Richard (1) – 15:33
|2-2-2 =02:49 – pp – John McKenzie (1)
06:31 – Wayne Cashman (2)
08:41 – Derek Sanderson (1)
|2-3-1 =Jean Beliveau (1) – pp – 02:58
Jean Beliveau (2) – 04:22
Jacques Lemaire (1) – 09:59
John Ferguson (2) – 15:23
Frank Mahovlich (1) – 18:40
|2-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie2-1 =Ken Dryden 31 saves / 36 shots
|goalie2-2 =Eddie Johnston 30 saves / 37 shots
|date3 =April 10
|score3 =1–3
|won3 =1
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|3-1-1 =No scoring
|3-1-2 =Phil Esposito (1) – 00:29
|3-2-1 =04:04 – Frank Mahovlich (2)
12:05 – Jacques Laperriere (1)
|3-2-2 =No scoring
|3-3-1 =03:55 – Frank Mahovlich (3)
|3-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie3-1 =Ken Dryden 37 saves / 38 shots
|goalie3-2 =Gerry Cheevers 28 saves / 31 shots
|date4 =April 11
|score4 =5–2
|won4 =2
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|4-1-1 =05:30 – pp – Frank Mahovlich (4)
|4-1-2 =No scoring
|4-2-1 =No scoring
|4-2-2 =Bobby Orr (3) – 11:01
Mike Walton (1) – pp – 18:26
|4-3-1 =06:13 – Yvan Cournoyer (2)
|4-3-2 =Bobby Orr (4) – 00:37
Fred Stanfield (2) – 17:21
Bobby Orr (5) – sh – 19:57
|goalie4-1 =Ken Dryden 29 saves / 33 shots
|goalie4-2 =Gerry Cheevers 26 saves / 28 shots
|date5 =April 13
|score5 =3–7
|won5 =2
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|5-1-1 =Yvan Cournoyer (3) – 05:38
|5-1-2 =00:57 – Wayne Cashman (3)
09:32 – pp – Phil Esposito (2)
16:45 – Mike Walton (2)
|5-2-1 =No scoring
|5-2-2 =11:44 – John McKenzie (2)
17:43 – sh – Ed Westfall (1)
|5-3-1 =Frank Mahovlich (5) – 01:55
John Ferguson (3) – 08:19
|5-3-2 =12:47 – Johnny Bucyk (1)
15:57 – Ken Hodge (1)
|goalie5-1 =Ken Dryden 49 saves / 56 shots
|goalie5-2 =Gerry Cheevers 24 saves / 27 shots
|date6 =April 15
|score6 =3–8
|won6 =1
|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1971/04/15/1970030116#game=1970030116,game_state=final
|6-1-1 =06:36 – Peter Mahovlich (1)
11:12 – Henri Richard (2)
|6-1-2 =Phil Esposito (3) – pp – 09:51
|6-2-1 =10:34 – pp – Jacques Lemaire (2)
14:39 – J.C. Tremblay (1)
|6-2-2 =Fred Stanfield (3) – pp – 05:57
|6-3-1 =05:14 – Henri Richard (3)
14:46 – Peter Mahovlich (2)
17:15 – Marc Tardif (1)
19:34 – pp – Jacques Laperriere (2)
|6-3-2 =Derek Sanderson (2) – 16:52
|goalie6-1 =Ken Dryden 29 saves / 32 shots
|goalie6-2 =Gerry Cheevers 35 saves / 43 shots
|date7 =April 18
|score7 =4–2
|won7 =1
|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-bos/1971/04/18/1970030117#game=1970030117,game_state=final
|7-1-1 =Frank Mahovlich (6) – 14:48
Rejean Houle (1) – 17:38
|7-1-2 =06:50 – Ken Hodge (2)
|7-2-1 =J.C. Tremblay (2) – 15:44
|7-2-2 =No scoring
|7-3-1 =Frank Mahovlich (7) – 00:14
|7-3-2 =01:02 – Johnny Bucyk (2)
|goalie7-1 =Ken Dryden 46 saves / 48 shots
|goalie7-2 =Gerry Cheevers 30 saves / 34 shots
|series = Montreal won series 4–3
}}

(E2) New York Rangers vs. (E4) Toronto Maple Leafs

The New York Rangers finished second in the East Division with 109 points. The Toronto Maple Leafs finished fourth with 82 points. This was the eighth playoff meeting between these two teams with New York winning four of the seven previous series. They last met in the 1962 Stanley Cup Semifinals which Toronto won in six games. New York won five of the six games in this year's regular season series.

{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Toronto Maple Leafs
|team2=New York Rangers
|stadium2=Maple Leaf Gardens
|stadium1=Madison Square Garden
|date1 =April 7
|score1 =4–5
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-nyr/1971/04/07/1970030121#game=1970030121,game_state=final
|1-1-1 =Dave Keon (1) – 04:56
Dave Keon (2) – 19:55
|1-1-2 =06:05 – pp – Vic Hadfield (1)
|1-2-1 =Paul Henderson (1) – 10:10
Paul Henderson (2) – 13:13
|1-2-2 =10:05 – pp – Rod Gilbert (1)
19:57 – Bob Nevin (1)
|1-3-1 =No scoring
|1-3-2 =01:20 – Vic Hadfield (2)
06:44 – Walt Tkaczuk (1)
|goalie1-1 =Jacques Plante 26 saves / 31 shots
|goalie1-2 =Ed Giacomin 24 saves / 28 shots
|date2 =April 8
|score2 =4–1
|won2 =1
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-nyr/1971/04/08/1970030122#game=1970030122,game_state=final
|2-1-1 =Garry Monahan (1) – 13:23
Paul Henderson (3) – 14:11
|2-1-2 =No scoring
|2-2-1 =Dave Keon (3) – 01:35
|2-2-2 =16:11 – Tim Horton (1)
|2-3-1 =Paul Henderson (4) – 11:53
|2-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie2-1 =Jacques Plante 2 saves / 2 shots
Bernie Parent 21 saves / 22 shots
|goalie2-2 =Ed Giacomin 19 saves / 23 shots
|date3 =April 10
|score3 =1–3
|won3 =1
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-tor/1971/04/10/1970030123#game=1970030123,game_state=final
|3-1-1 =05:03 – pp – Ron Ellis (1)
|3-1-2 =No scoring
|3-2-1 =04:19 – pp – Paul Henderson (5)
|3-2-2 =No scoring
|3-3-1 =05:22 – Garry Monahan (2)
|3-3-2 =Dave Balon (1) – 03:17
|goalie3-1 =Bernie Parent 33 saves / 34 shots
|goalie3-2 =Gilles Villemure 21 saves / 24 shots
|date4 =April 11
|score4 =4–2
|won4 =2
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|4-1-1 =No scoring
|4-1-2 =Bob Nevin (2) – pp – 12:54
|4-2-1 =19:33 – pp – Darryl Sittler (1)
|4-2-2 =Vic Hadfield (3) – 04:41
Dave Balon (2) – pp – 07:41
Ron Stewart (1) – sh – 18:10
|4-3-1 =11:12 – Darryl Sittler (2)
|4-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie4-1 =Bernie Parent 26 saves / 29 shots
|goalie4-2 =Ed Giacomin 24 saves / 25 shots
|date5 =April 13
|score5 =1–3
|won5 =2
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-nyr/1971/04/13/1970030125#game=1970030125,game_state=final
|5-1-1 =No scoring
|5-1-2 =00:34 – Ted Irvine (1)
|5-2-1 =No scoring
|5-2-2 =04:59 – Vic Hadfield (4)
|5-3-1 =Jim McKenny (1) – pp – 13:42
|5-3-2 =06:25 – Bob Nevin (3)
|goalie5-1 =Bernie Parent 26 saves / 29 shots
|goalie5-2 =Ed Giacomin 24 saves / 25 shots
|date6 =April 15
|score6 =2–1
|ot6 =1
|won6 =2
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|6-1-1 =No scoring
|6-1-2 =No scoring
|6-2-1 =No scoring
|6-2-2 =Bob Nevin (4) – 12:39
|6-3-1 =17:26 – Jim McKenny (2)
|6-3-2 =No scoring
|6-4-1 =No scoring
|6-4-2 =Bob Nevin (5) – 09:07
|goalie6-1 =Jacques Plante 36 saves / 38 shots
|goalie6-2 =Ed Giacomin 27 saves / 28 shots
|series = New York won series 4–2
}}

(W1) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (W3) Philadelphia Flyers

The Chicago Black Hawks finished first in the West Division with 107 points. The Philadelphia Flyers finished third in the West Division with 73 points. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Chicago won this year's six game regular season series earning nine of twelve points.

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|team1=Philadelphia Flyers
|team2=Chicago Black Hawks
|stadium2=The Spectrum
|stadium1=Chicago Stadium
|date1 =April 7
|score1 =2–5
|won1 =2
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|1-1-1 =Bill Lesuk (1) – pp – 19:02
|1-1-2 =02:50 – pp – Bobby Hull (1)
07:05 – sh – Pat Stapleton (1)
|1-2-1 =Bob Kelly (1) – 11:06
|1-2-2 =06:24 – pp – Bobby Hull (2)
18:26 – pp – Doug Jarrett (1)
|1-3-1 =No scoring
|1-3-2 =00:59 – Pit Martin (1)
|goalie1-1 =Doug Favell 24 saves / 29 shots
|goalie1-2 =Tony Esposito 33 saves / 35 shots
|date2 =April 8
|score2 =2–6
|won2 =2
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|2-1-1 =No scoring
|2-1-2 =16:18 – Bobby Hull (3)
17:00 – Stan Mikita (1)
|2-2-1 =No scoring
|2-2-2 =04:46 – Stan Mikita (2)
10:39 – Bobby Hull (4)
18:57 – Jim Pappin (1)
|2-3-1 =Jim Mair (1) – pp – 06:18
Garry Peters (1) – 16:11
|2-3-2 =09:41 – Lou Angotti (1)
|goalie2-1 =Bruce Gamble 32 saves / 38 shots
|goalie2-2 =Tony Esposito 25 saves / 27 shots
|date3 =April 10
|score3 =3–2
|won3 =2
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-phi/1971/04/10/1970030133#game=1970030133,game_state=final
|3-1-1 =10:18 – Rick MacLeish (1)
|3-1-2 =Pat Stapleton (2) – pp – 13:30
|3-2-1 =06:42 – pp – Simon Nolet (1)
|3-2-2 =No scoring
|3-3-1 =No scoring
|3-3-2 =Bobby Hull (5) – pp – 05:52
Bobby Hull (6) – pp – 10:24
|goalie3-1 =Doug Favell 28 saves / 31 shots
|goalie3-2 =Tony Esposito 28 saves / 30 shots
|date4 =April 11
|score4 =6–2
|won4 =2
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-phi/1971/04/11/1970030134#game=1970030134,game_state=final
|4-1-1 =14:33 – pp – Serge Bernier (1)
|4-1-2 =Jim Pappin (2) – 00:21
Jim Pappin (3) – pp – 09:16
|4-2-1 =No scoring
|4-2-2 =Pit Martin (2) – 09:54
|4-3-1 =10:07 – Simon Nolet (2)
|4-3-2 =Cliff Koroll (1) – 03:24
Cliff Koroll (2) – 08:37
Jim Pappin (4) – 11:26
|goalie4-1 =Bruce Gamble 23 saves / 29 shots
|goalie4-2 =Tony Esposito 38 saves / 40 shots
|series = Chicago won series 4–0
}}

(W2) St. Louis Blues vs. (W4) Minnesota North Stars

The St. Louis Blues finished second in the West Division with 87 points. The Minnesota North Stars finished fourth in the West Division with 72 points. This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams with St. Louis winning both of the previous series. They met in the previous year's Stanley Cup Quarterfinals which the Blues won in six games. Minnesota won this year's six game regular season series earning eight of twelve points.

{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Minnesota North Stars
|team2=St. Louis Blues
|stadium2=Met Center
|stadium1=St. Louis Arena
|date1 =April 7
|score1 =3–2
|won1 =1
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-stl/1971/04/07/1970030141#game=1970030141,game_state=final
|1-1-1 =Jude Drouin (1) – 05:16
|1-1-2 =10:52 – Fran Huck (1)
|1-2-1 =No scoring
|1-2-2 =No scoring
|1-3-1 =J.P. Parise (1) – pp – 03:57
Danny Grant (1) – pp – 07:12
|1-3-2 =19:54 – Garry Unger (1)
|goalie1-1 =Cesare Maniago 42 saves / 44 shots
|goalie1-2 =Glenn Hall 19 saves / 22 shots
|date2 =April 8
|score2 =2–4
|won2 =2
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-stl/1971/04/08/1970030142#game=1970030142,game_state=final
|2-1-1 =No scoring
|2-1-2 =No scoring
|2-2-1 =No scoring
|2-2-2 =10:19 – Bill McCreary Sr. (1)
|2-3-1 =Murray Oliver (1) – 00:09
Murray Oliver (2) – 10:58
|2-3-2 =03:45 – Jimmy Roberts (1)
08:34 – pp – Wayne Connelly (1)
19:40 – Jimmy Roberts (2)
|goalie2-1 =Cesare Maniago 26 saves / 29 shots
|goalie2-2 =Ernie Wakely 26 saves / 28 shots
|date3 =April 10
|score3 =3–0
|won3 =2
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-mns/1971/04/10/1970030143#game=1970030143,game_state=final
|3-1-1 =No scoring
|3-1-2 =No scoring
|3-2-1 =No scoring
|3-2-2 =Frank St. Marseille (1) – pp – 08:04
Noel Picard (1) – pp – 19:17
|3-3-1 =No scoring
|3-3-2 =Terry Crisp (1) – 08:39
|goalie3-1 =Cesare Maniago 24 saves / 27 shots
|goalie3-2 =Ernie Wakely 29 saves / 29 shots
|date4 =April 11
|score4 =1–2
|won4 =1
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-mns/1971/04/11/1970030144#game=1970030144,game_state=final
|4-1-1 =No scoring
|4-1-2 =Garry Unger (2) – sh – 04:08
|4-2-1 =No scoring
|4-2-2 =No scoring
|4-3-1 =02:44 – Bobby Rousseau (1)
03:08 – Charlie Burns (1)
|4-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie4-1 =Gump Worsley 25 saves / 26 shots
|goalie4-2 =Glenn Hall 20 saves / 22 shots
|date5 =April 13
|score5 =4–3
|won5 =1
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-stl/1971/04/13/1970030145#game=1970030145,game_state=final
|5-1-1 =Murray Oliver (3) – pp – 05:03
Jude Drouin (2) – pp – 16:33
|5-1-2 =04:28 – Craig Cameron (1)
|5-2-1 =Jude Drouin (3) – 02:49
|5-2-2 =02:42 – Craig Cameron (2)
09:43 – Wayne Connelly (2)
|5-3-1 =Lou Nanne (1) – 16:25
|5-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie5-1 =Gump Worsley 33 saves / 36 shots
|goalie5-2 =Glenn Hall 18 saves / 22 shots
|date6 =April 15
|score6 =2–5
|won6 =1
|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-mns/1971/04/15/1970030146#game=1970030146,game_state=final
|6-1-1 =No scoring
|6-1-2 =No scoring
|6-2-1 =10:36 – Ted Hampson (1)
10:58 – Lou Nanne (2)
14:15 – pp – Bobby Rousseau
19:29 – pp – Doug Mohns (1)
|6-2-2 =Frank St. Marseille (2) – pp – 04:45
|6-3-1 =07:01 – Doug Mohns (2)
|6-3-2 =Garry Unger (2) – 17:20
|goalie6-1 =Gump Worsley 19 saves / 21 shots
|goalie6-2 =Ernie Wakely 25 saves / 30 shots
|series = Minnesota won series 4–2
}}

Semifinals

(E3) Montreal Canadiens vs. (W4) Minnesota North Stars

This was the first playoff series between these two teams. Montreal won this year's six game regular season series earning eight of twelve points.

The Canadiens' upset of Boston was so sensational that the Canadiens nearly suffered a fatal letdown against the Minnesota North Stars. The Canadiens' 6–3 loss in Montreal on April 22 to Minnesota, led by the goaltending of Cesare Maniago was the first playoff defeat for an Original Six team at the hands of a 1967 Expansion franchise.

{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Minnesota North Stars
|team2=Montreal Canadiens
|stadium2=Met Center
|stadium1=Montreal Forum
|date1 =April 20
|score1 =2–7
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-mtl/1971/04/20/1970030211#game=1970030211,game_state=final
|1-1-1 =Danny Grant (2) – pp – 11:45
|1-1-2 =No scoring
|1-2-1 =No scoring
|1-2-2 =05:48 – Marc Tardif (2)
11:07 – Jacques Lemaire (3)
16:33 – pp – Jacques Lemaire (4)
18:51 – Jacques Lemaire (5)
|1-3-1 =Bill Goldsworthy (1) – 17:12
|1-3-2 =07:26 – Marc Tardif (3)
15:21 – pp – Guy Lapointe (1)
17:40 – Frank Mahovlich (8)
|goalie1-1 =Gump Worsley 26 saves / 33 shots
|goalie1-2 =Ken Dryden 26 saves / 28 shots
|date2 =April 22
|score2 =6–3
|won2 =1
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-mtl/1971/04/22/1970030212#game=1970030212,game_state=final
|2-1-1 =J. P. Parise (2) – pp – 05:14
Jude Drouin (4) – 10:04
Ted Hampson (2) – pp – 15:58
Lou Nanne (3) – 19:04
|2-1-2 =No scoring
|2-2-1 =Murray Oliver (4) – 17:46
|2-2-2 =04:17 – Peter Mahovlich (3)
16:41 – Guy Lapointe (2)
|2-3-1 =Charlie Burns (1) – 19:36
|2-3-2 =04:59 – Jean Beliveau (3)
|goalie2-1 =Cesare Maniago 32 saves / 35 shots
|goalie2-2 =Ken Dryden 29 saves / 34 shots
|date3 =April 24
|score3 =6–3
|won3 =2
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-mns/1971/04/24/1970030213#game=1970030213,game_state=final
|3-1-1 =07:11 – Murray Oliver (5)
|3-1-2 =Frank Mahovlich (9) – 08:47
Jacques Lemaire (6) – 17:39
|3-2-1 =15:56 – Danny Grant (3)
|3-2-2 =Yvan Cournoyer (4) – 01:45
J.C. Tremblay (3) – pp – 05:17
Jacques Laperriere (3) – 08:30
|3-3-1 =19:34 – Bill Goldsworthy (2)
|3-3-2 =Jacques Laperriere (4) – 02:26
|goalie3-1 =Cesare Maniago 25 saves / 31 shots
|goalie3-2 =Ken Dryden 30 saves / 33 shots
|date4 =April 25
|score4 =2–5
|won4 =1
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-mns/1971/04/25/1970030214#game=1970030214,game_state=final
|4-1-1 =16:35 – pp – Murray Oliver (6)
19:04 – pp – Danny Grant (4)
|4-1-2 =Jean Beliveau (4) – 01:22
|4-2-1 =No scoring
|4-2-2 =Jean Beliveau (5) – 07:52
|4-3-1 =03:00 – J. P. Parise (3)
11:26 – Murray Oliver (7)
15:59 – Ted Hampson (3)
|4-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie4-1 =Cesare Maniago 35 saves / 37 shots
|goalie4-2 =Ken Dryden 37 saves / 42 shots
|date5 =April 27
|score5 =1–6
|won5 =2
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-mtl/1971/04/27/1970030215#game=1970030215,game_state=final
|5-1-1 =No scoring
|5-1-2 =No scoring
|5-2-1 =No scoring
|5-2-2 =02:24 – Peter Mahovlich (4)
|5-3-1 =Danny Grant (5) – 01:40
|5-3-2 =01:14 – Guy Lapointe (3)
10:08 – pp – Peter Mahovlich (5)
12:50 – John Ferguson, Sr. (4)
13:41 – Frank Mahovlich (10)
14>35 – Yvan Cournoyer (5)
|goalie5-1 =Cesare Maniago 24 saves / 30 shots
|goalie5-2 =Ken Dryden 26 saves / 27 shots
|date6 =April 29
|score6 =3–2
|won6 =2
|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-mns/1971/04/29/1970030216#game=1970030216,game_state=final
|6-1-1 =09:50 – Charlie Burns (2)
|6-1-2 =Yvan Cournoyer (6) – pp – 16:00
|6-2-1 =09:18 – Jude Drouin (5)
|6-2-2 =Claude Larose (1) – 01:07
Rejean Houle (2) – 13:29
|6-3-1 =No scoring
|6-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie6-1 =Cesare Maniago 34 saves / 37 shots
|goalie6-2 =Ken Dryden 30 saves / 32 shots
|series = Montreal won series 4–2
}}

(W1) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (E2) New York Rangers

This was the third playoff series between these two teams with Chicago winning both previous series. They last met in the 1968 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals which the Black Hawks won in six games. The teams split this year's six-game regular season series.

Bobby Hull and the Chicago Black Hawks were just too much for the Rangers and the Black Hawks advanced to the finals in seven games. Hull won two games with goals on face-offs, despite Glen Sather's coverage to check him.

{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=New York Rangers
|team2=Chicago Black Hawks
|stadium2=Madison Square Garden
|stadium1=Chicago Stadium
|date1 =April 18
|score1 =2–1
|ot1 =1
|won1 =1
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-chi/1971/04/18/1970030221#game=1970030221,game_state=final
|1-1-1 =No scoring
|1-1-2 =12:59 – pp – Cliff Koroll (3)
|1-2-1 =No scoring
|1-2-2 =No scoring
|1-3-1 =Jean Ratelle (1) – 16:44
|1-3-2 =No scoring
|1-4-1 =Pete Stemkowski (1) – 01:37
|1-4-2 =No scoring
|goalie1-1 =Ed Giacomin 31 saves / 32 shots
|goalie1-2 =Tony Esposito 32 saves / 34 shots
|date2 =April 20
|score2 =0–3
|won2 =2
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-chi/1971/04/20/1970030222#game=1970030222,game_state=final
|2-1-1 =No scoring
|2-1-2 =17:54 – Cliff Koroll (4)
|2-2-1 =No scoring
|2-2-2 =14:06 – Dennis Hull (1)
|2-3-1 =No scoring
|2-3-2 =19:45 – Dennis Hull (2)
|goalie2-1 =Ed Giacomin 26 saves / 28 shots
|goalie2-2 =Tony Esposito 32 saves / 32 shots
|date3 =April 22
|score3 =1–4
|won3 =1
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-nyr/1971/04/22/1970030223#game=1970030223,game_state=final
|3-1-1 =03:05 – Vic Hadfield (5)
13:37 – Rod Gilbert (2)
15:50 – Vic Hadfield (6)
|3-1-2 =Stan Mikita (3) – 05:16
|3-2-1 =No scoring
|3-2-2 =No scoring
|3-3-1 =16:09 – Vic Hadfield (7)
|3-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie3-1 =Ed Giacomin 16 saves / 17 shots
|goalie3-2 =Tony Esposito 28 saves / 32 shots
|date4 =April 25
|score4 =7–1
|won4 =2
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-nyr/1971/04/25/1970030224#game=1970030224,game_state=final
|4-1-1 =No scoring
|4-1-2 =Jim Pappin (5) – 12:49
|4-2-1 =No scoring
|4-2-2 =Bill White (1) – 05:45
Danny O'Shea (1) – 07:28
Stan Mikita (4) – 17:23
|4-3-1 =14:34 – pp – Dave Balon (3)
|4-3-2 =Dennis Hull (3) – 00:14
Chico Maki (1) – 12:09
Jerry Korab (1) – 18:24
|goalie4-1 =Ed Giacomin20 saves / 24 shots
Gilles Villemure 8 saves / 11 shots
|goalie4-2 =Tony Esposito 27 saves / 28 shots
|date5 =April 27
|score5 =2–3
|ot5 =1
|won5 =2
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-chi/1971/04/27/1970030225#game=1970030225,game_state=final
|5-1-1 =Vic Hadfield (8) – 15:57
|5-1-2 =10:56 – Pat Stapleton (3)
15:41 – pp – Chico Maki (2)
|5-2-1 =Rod Seiling (1) – 19:28
|5-2-2 =No scoring
|5-3-1 =No scoring
|5-3-2 =No scoring
|5-4-1 =No scoring
|5-4-2 =06:35 – Bobby Hull (7)
|goalie5-1 =Ed Giacomin 29 saves / 32 shots
|goalie5-2 =Tony Esposito 27 saves / 29 shots
|date6 =April 29
|score6 =2–3
|ot6 =3
|won6 =1
|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-nyr/1971/04/29/1970030226#game=1970030226,game_state=final
|6-1-1 =No scoring
|6-1-2 =Dennis Hull (4) – 10:19
|6-2-1 =07:07 – Rod Gilbert (3)
|6-2-2 =Chico Maki (3) – 01:54
|6-3-1 =04:21 – Jean Ratelle (2)
|6-3-2 =No scoring
|6-4-1 =01:29 – Pete Stemkowski (2)
|6-4-2 =No scoring
|goalie6-1 =Ed Giacomin 24 saves / 26 shots
|goalie6-2 =Tony Esposito 46 saves / 49 shots
|date7 =May 2
|score7 =2–4
|won7 =2
|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-chi/1971/05/02/1970030227#game=1970030227,game_state=final
|7-1-1 =Pete Stemkowski (3) – 18:31
|7-1-2 =14:49 – pp – Jim Pappin (6)
|7-2-1 =Rod Gilbert (4) – 11:43
|7-2-2 =13:27 – pp – Cliff Koroll (5)
|7-3-1 =No scoring
|7-3-2 =04:25 – Bobby Hull (8)
19:34 – Chico Maki (4)
|goalie7-1 =Ed Giacomin 25 saves / 28 shots
|goalie7-2 =Tony Esposito 36 saves / 38 shots
|series = Chicago won series 4–3
}}

Stanley Cup Finals

{{Main|1971 Stanley Cup Finals}}

This was the fifteenth series between these two teams with the Montreal Canadiens winning nine of the fourteen previous series. They last met in the 1968 Stanley Cup Semifinals which Montreal won in five games. The teams split this year's six-game regular season series.

The series went the full seven games, with the Canadiens winning in Chicago despite trailing 2–0 halfway into the second period of game seven. Jacques Lemaire took a shot from centre ice that miraculously escaped goaltender Tony Esposito cutting the Black Hawks' lead to 2–1. Henri Richard tied the game just before the end of the second period, and scored again 02:34 into the third, giving the Habs the lead. Montreal goalie Ken Dryden kept Chicago off the board for the rest of the game, and the Habs won their third Stanley Cup in four years. It was the final game for Canadiens superstar and captain Jean Beliveau who retired after the season. The Canadiens were the last road team to win a Game 7 of a Stanley Cup Final until the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2009. It was Al MacNeil's final game as Montreal coach — after he had benched Richard for Game 5, The Pocket Rocket declared "[MacNeil] is the worst coach I ever played for!"[1] Although Richard retracted his "angry comment", as he called it, MacNeil still resigned.

{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Montreal Canadiens
|team2=Chicago Black Hawks
|stadium2=Montreal Forum
|stadium1=Chicago Stadium
|date1 =May 4
|score1 =1–2
|ot1 =1
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-chi/1971/05/04/1970030311#game=1970030311,game_state=final
|1-1-1 =No scoring
|1-1-2 =No scoring
|1-2-1 =Jacques Lemaire (7) – pp – 12:29
|1-2-2 =No scoring
|1-3-1 =No scoring
|1-3-2 =07:54 – pp – Bobby Hull (9)
|1-4-1 =No scoring
|1-4-2 =01:11 – Jim Pappin (7)
|goalie1-1 =Ken Dryden 56 saves / 58 shots
|goalie1-2 =Tony Esposito 36 saves / 37 shots
|date2 =May 6
|score2 =3–5
|won2 =2
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-chi/1971/05/06/1970030312#game=1970030312,game_state=final
|2-1-1 =Jacques Lemaire (8) – pp – 09:06
Peter Mahovlich (6) – 17:58
|2-1-2 =04:39 – pp – Bobby Hull (10)
|2-2-1 =No scoring
|2-2-2 =11:58 – Chico Maki (5)
13:50 – Jim Pappin (8)
|2-3-1 =Frank Mahovlich (11) – 08:56
|2-3-2 =07:27 – Lou Angotti (2)
16:47 – Lou Angotti (3)
|goalie2-1 =Ken Dryden 30 saves / 35 shots
|goalie2-2 =Tony Esposito 24 saves / 27 shots
|date3 =May 9
|score3 =2–4
|won3 =1
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-mtl/1971/05/09/1970030313#game=1970030313,game_state=final
|3-1-1 =No scoring
|3-1-2 =Cliff Koroll (6) – pp – 04:26
Bobby Hull (11) – 13:38
|3-2-1 =05:56 – Peter Mahovlich (7)
17:34 – pp – Frank Mahovlich (12)
|3-2-2 =No scoring
|3-3-1 =06:23 – Yvan Cournoyer (7)
12:13 – pp – Frank Mahovlich (13)
|3-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie3-1 =Ken Dryden 16 saves / 18 shots
|goalie3-2 =Tony Esposito 36 saves / 40 shots
|date4 =May 11
|score4 =2–5
|won4 =1
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-mtl/1971/05/11/1970030314#game=1970030314,game_state=final
|4-1-1 =01:00 – Peter Mahovlich (8)
06:55 – pp – Jean Beliveau (6)
16:33 – Guy Lapointe (4)
|4-1-2 =Stan Mikita (5) – pp – 03:09
|4-2-1 =09:07 – Yvan Cournoyer (8)
15:53 – pp – Yvan Cournoyer (9)
|4-2-2 =Dennis Hull (5) – 12:30
|4-3-1 =No scoring
|4-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie4-1 =Ken Dryden 30 saves / 32 shots
|goalie4-2 =Tony Esposito 27 saves / 32 shots
|date5 =May 13
|score5 =0–2
|won5 =2
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-chi/1971/05/13/1970030315#game=1970030315,game_state=final
|5-1-1 =No scoring
|5-1-2 =10:57 – pp – Dennis Hull (6)
|5-2-1 =No scoring
|5-2-2 =11:26 – Cliff Koroll (7)
|5-3-1 =No scoring
|5-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie5-1 =Ken Dryden 20 saves / 22 shots
|goalie5-2 =Tony Esposito 31 saves / 31 shots
|date6 =May 16
|score6 =3–4
|won6 =1
|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-mtl/1971/05/16/1970030316#game=1970030316,game_state=final
|6-1-1 =12:33 – Yvan Cournoyer (10)
|6-1-2 =Jim Pappin (9) – 11:25
|6-2-1 =05:04 – Peter Mahovlich (9)
|6-2-2 =Chico Maki (6) – 17:40
Jim Pappin (10) – 18:48
|6-3-1 =05:10 – Frank Mahovlich (14)
08:56 – sh – Peter Mahovlich (10)
|6-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie6-1 =Ken Dryden 27 saves / 30 shots
|goalie6-2 =Tony Esposito 12 saves / 16 shots
|date7 =May 18
|score7 =3–2
|won7 =1
|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-chi/1971/05/18/1970030317#game=1970030317,game_state=final
|7-1-1 =No scoring
|7-1-2 =19:12 – pp – Dennis Hull (7)
|7-2-1 =Jacques Lemaire (9) – 14:18
Henri Richard (4) – 18:20
|7-2-2 =07:33 – Danny O'Shea (2)
|7-3-1 =Henri Richard (5) – 02:34
|7-3-2 =No scoring
|goalie7-1 =Ken Dryden 31 saves / 33 shots
|goalie7-2 =Tony Esposito 22 saves / 25 shots
|series = Montreal won series 4–3
}}

Awards

A new award for the most outstanding player as voted by the members of the NHL Players Association, the Lester B. Pearson Award, was introduced this season and the first winner was Phil Esposito.

1971 NHL awards
Prince of Wales Trophy:
(East Division champion)
Boston Bruins
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:
(West Division champion)
Chicago Black Hawks
Art Ross Trophy:
(Top scorer, regular season)
Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:
(Perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication)
Jean Ratelle, New York Rangers
Calder Memorial Trophy:
(Top first-year player)
Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo Sabres
Conn Smythe Trophy:
(Most valuable player, playoffs)
Ken Dryden, Montreal Canadiens
Hart Memorial Trophy:
(Most valuable player, regular season)
Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins
James Norris Memorial Trophy:
(Best defenceman)
Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:
(Excellence and sportsmanship)
Johnny Bucyk, Boston Bruins
Lester B. Pearson Award:
(Outstanding player, regular season)
Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins
Vezina Trophy:
(Goaltender(s) of team with best goaltending record)
Eddie Giacomin & Gilles Villemure, New York Rangers
Lester Patrick Trophy:
(Service to hockey in the U.S.)
William M. Jennings, John B. Sollenberger, Terrance G. Sawchuk

All-Star teams

First Team   Position   Second Team
Ed Giacomin, New York RangersGJacques Plante, Toronto Maple Leafs
Bobby Orr, Boston BruinsDBrad Park, New York Rangers
J. C. Tremblay, Montreal CanadiensDPat Stapleton, Chicago Black Hawks
Phil Esposito, Boston BruinsCDave Keon, Toronto Maple Leafs
Ken Hodge, Boston BruinsRWYvan Cournoyer, Montreal Canadiens
Johnny Bucyk, Boston BruinsLWBobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

PlayerTeamGPGAPtsPIM
Phil Esposito Boston Bruins 78 76 76 152 71
Bobby Orr Boston Bruins 78 37 102 139 91
Johnny Bucyk Boston Bruins 78 51 65 116 8
Ken Hodge Boston Bruins 78 43 62 105 113
Bobby Hull Chicago Black Hawks 78 44 52 96 32
Norm Ullman Toronto Maple Leafs 73 34 51 85 24
Wayne Cashman Boston Bruins 77 21 58 79 100
John McKenzie Boston Bruins 65 31 46 77 120
Dave Keon Toronto Maple Leafs 76 38 38 76 4
Jean Beliveau Montreal Canadiens 70 25 51 76 40
Fred Stanfield Boston Bruins 75 24 52 76 12

Source: NHL.{{sfn |Dinger |2011 |p=150}}

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min – Minutes Played; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts
PlayerTeamGPMINGAGAAWLTSO
Jacques Plante Toronto Maple Leafs 40 2329 73 1.88 24 11 4 4
Eddie Giacomin New York Rangers 45 2641 95 2.16 27 10 7 8
Tony Esposito Chicago Black Hawks 57 3325 126 2.27 35 14 6 6
Gilles Villemure New York Rangers 34 2039 78 2.30 22 8 4 4
Glenn Hall St. Louis Blues 32 1761 71 2.42 13 11 8 2
Gump Worsley Minnesota North Stars 24 1369 57 2.50 4 10 8 0
Eddie Johnston Boston Bruins 38 2280 96 2.53 30 6 2 4
Rogie Vachon Montreal Canadiens 47 2676 118 2.64 23 12 9 2
Doug Favell Philadelphia Flyers 44 2434 108 2.66 16 15 9 2
Cesare Maniago Minnesota North Stars 40 2380 107 2.70 19 15 6 5

Other statistics

  • Plus/Minus leader: Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins

Coaches

East

  • Boston Bruins: Tom Johnson
  • Buffalo Sabres: George "Punch" Imlach
  • Detroit Red Wings: Doug Barkley and Ned Harkness
  • Montreal Canadiens: Al MacNeil
  • New York Rangers: Emile Francis
  • Toronto Maple Leafs: John McLellan
  • Vancouver Canucks: Hal Laycoe

West

  • California Golden Seals: Fred Glover
  • Chicago Black Hawks: Billy Reay
  • Los Angeles Kings: Larry Regan
  • Minnesota North Stars: Jack Gordon
  • Philadelphia Flyers: Vic Stasiuk
  • Pittsburgh Penguins: Red Kelly
  • St. Louis Blues: Al Arbour

Debuts

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1970–71 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):

  • Reggie Leach, Boston Bruins
  • Ivan Boldirev, Boston Bruins
  • Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo Sabres
  • Jerry Korab, Chicago Black Hawks
  • Gilles Meloche, Chicago Black Hawks
  • Ken Dryden, Montreal Canadiens
  • Rick MacLeish, Philadelphia Flyers
  • Curt Bennett, St. Louis Blues
  • Rene Robert, Toronto Maple Leafs
  • Darryl Sittler, Toronto Maple Leafs
  • Dale Tallon, Vancouver Canucks

Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1970–71 (listed with their last team):

  • Jean-Guy Talbot, Buffalo Sabres
  • Jean Beliveau, Montreal Canadiens
  • John Ferguson, Montreal Canadiens
  • Andy Bathgate, Pittsburgh Penguins
  • Glenn Hall, St. Louis Blues
  • George Armstrong, Toronto Maple Leafs
  • Charlie Hodge, Vancouver Canucks
NOTE: Bathgate would finish his major professional career in the World Hockey Association.

See also

  • List of Stanley Cup champions
  • 1970 NHL Amateur Draft
  • 1970 NHL Expansion Draft
  • 24th National Hockey League All-Star Game
  • National Hockey League All-Star Game
  • 1970 in sports
  • 1971 in sports

References

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  • {{cite book |last1=Fischler |first1=Stan |last2=Fischler |first2=Shirley

|last3=Hughes |first3=Morgan |last4=Romain |first4=Joseph |last5=Duplacey |first5=James
|year=2003 |title=The Hockey Chronicle: Year-by-Year History of the National Hockey League |publisher=Publications International Inc. |isbn=0-7853-9624-1 |location=Lincolnwood, IL |ref={{harvid|Fischler|2003}}}}
Notes
1. ^{{cite web|title=Henri Richard|url=https://www.couchpotatohockey.com/Players/Biographies/Richard_Henri.asp|accessdate=2006-11-15|quote=In the 1971 Stanley Cup finals he was reported to have called his coach, Al MacNeil, the worst coach he had ever played under in the NHL.}}

External links

  • Hockey Database
  • NHL.com
  • [https://archive.is/20130111004557/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/nhl197071.shtml hickoksports.com]
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