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Elmer Lach

#16 · Centre · Montréal Canadiens · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Jan 22, 1918 in Nokomis, Saskatchewan, CAN · 5'10", 165 lb · Shoots left

Trophy case

×3 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1952-53, 1945-46, 1943-44
Art Ross Trophy Top Point Scorer 1947-48
Hart Memorial Trophy MVP of Regular Season 1944-45

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1944-45. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Maurice Richard MTL · 73 P in 50 GP Toe Blake MTL · 67 P in 49 GP Bill Cowley BOS · 65 P in 49 GP Ab DeMarco NYR · 54 P in 50 GP Bill Mosienko CHI · 54 P in 50 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0204060801940-41: 21 points2140-411941-42: 1 points141-421942-43: 58 points5842-431943-44: 72 points7243-441944-45: 80 points8044-451945-46: 47 points4745-461946-47: 30 points3046-471947-48: 61 points6147-481948-49: 29 points2948-491949-50: 48 points4849-501950-51: 45 points4550-511951-52: 65 points6551-521952-53: 41 points4152-531953-54: 25 points2553-54

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1940-41 MTL 43 7 14 21 0 16 0 0 0.49
1941-42 MTL 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00
1942-43 MTL 45 18 40 58 0 14 0 0 1.29
1943-44 MTL 48 24 48 72 0 23 0 0 1.50
1944-45 MTL 50 26 54 80 0 37 0 0 1.60
1945-46 MTL 50 13 34 47 0 34 0 0 0.94
1946-47 MTL 31 14 16 30 0 22 0 0 0.97
1947-48 MTL 60 30 31 61 0 72 0 0 1.02
1948-49 MTL 36 11 18 29 0 59 0 0 0.81
1949-50 MTL 64 15 33 48 0 33 0 0 0.75
1950-51 MTL 65 21 24 45 0 48 0 0 0.69
1951-52 MTL 70 15 50 65 0 36 0 0 0.93
1952-53 MTL 53 16 25 41 0 56 0 0 0.77
1953-54 MTL 49 5 20 25 0 28 0 0 0.51
14 seasons Career 665 215 408 623 0 478 0 0 0.94

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1940-41 MTL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.00
1942-43 MTL 5 2 4 6 0 6 0 0 1.20
1943-44 MTL 9 2 11 13 0 4 0 0 1.44
1944-45 MTL 6 4 4 8 0 2 0 0 1.33
1945-46 MTL 9 5 12 17 0 4 0 0 1.89
1948-49 MTL 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0.00
1949-50 MTL 5 1 2 3 0 4 0 0 0.60
1950-51 MTL 11 2 2 4 0 2 0 0 0.36
1951-52 MTL 11 1 2 3 0 4 0 0 0.27
1952-53 MTL 12 1 6 7 0 6 0 0 0.58
1953-54 MTL 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.50
11 seasons Playoffs 74 19 45 64 0 36 0 0 0.86

1944-45 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
50 26 54 80 0 37 0 0 1.60 0.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 18, 1945 @ BOS W 4-2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1945 vs CHI W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1945 @ DET L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1945 @ NYR W 11-5 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1945 vs NYR W 7-3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1945 vs BOS W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1945 @ CHI L 4-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1945 @ TOR L 2-3 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1945 vs TOR W 5-2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1945 @ CHI T 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1945 @ TOR W 4-3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1945 @ NYR W 4-3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1945 vs DET W 5-2 0 2 2 0 8 0 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1945 vs NYR W 9-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1945 @ DET W 3-1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1945 vs DET W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1945 vs CHI T 1-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1945 @ BOS W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1945 vs BOS W 11-3 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1945 @ DET W 6-3 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1945 vs NYR W 5-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1945 @ CHI W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1945 @ NYR W 6-2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1945 vs DET W 8-3 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1945 vs TOR W 7-4 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1945 vs CHI W 10-1 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1945 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1945 @ BOS W 6-3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1944 vs NYR W 4-1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1944 vs DET W 9-1 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1944 vs CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1944 @ NYR W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1944 vs BOS W 8-5 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1944 vs TOR T 2-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1944 @ BOS W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1944 @ CHI W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1944 vs NYR L 5-7 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1944 vs TOR W 4-1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1944 @ TOR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1944 @ DET T 3-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1944 @ BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1944 @ NYR W 6-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1944 vs BOS W 6-3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1944 @ CHI W 4-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1944 @ TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1944 vs CHI W 9-2 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1944 @ DET W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1944 vs DET W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1944 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1944 vs BOS W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00