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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 1952-53. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jimmy Peters CHI · 41 P in 69 GP Johnny Wilson DET · 42 P in 70 GP Bernie Geoffrion MTL · 39 P in 65 GP George Gee CHI · 39 P in 67 GP Sid Smith TOR · 39 P in 70 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

1952-53 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
53 16 25 41 0 56 0 0 0.77 0.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 21, 1953 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1953 vs TOR L 1-4 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1953 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1953 vs NYR W 3-2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1953 @ CHI T 2-2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1953 @ NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1953 vs CHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1953 @ BOS L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1953 vs DET L 3-4 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1953 vs TOR W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1953 @ TOR W 2-1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1953 vs NYR W 4-1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1953 vs DET L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1953 @ BOS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1953 @ TOR T 2-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1953 @ CHI W 3-2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1953 @ NYR T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1953 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1953 vs TOR W 2-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1953 @ BOS L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1953 vs BOS T 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1953 vs NYR W 5-2 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1953 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1953 vs CHI L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1953 vs TOR W 4-1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1953 @ TOR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1953 @ DET W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1953 vs DET T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1953 @ CHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1953 @ NYR L 0-7 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1953 vs CHI W 5-2 2 2 4 0 7 0 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1953 vs NYR T 4-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1953 vs BOS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1952 vs CHI T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1952 @ DET T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1952 @ NYR T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1952 @ TOR T 2-2 0 1 1 0 12 0 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1952 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1952 vs BOS W 2-0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1952 vs TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1952 vs CHI W 6-4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1952 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1952 @ NYR T 2-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1952 vs NYR W 4-1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1952 @ TOR L 5-7 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1952 vs DET W 9-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1952 @ CHI T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1952 @ DET L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1952 vs BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1952 vs NYR W 3-1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1952 @ BOS T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1952 vs DET W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1952 vs CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00