1968–69 Montreal Canadiens season

1968–69 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup Champions
East Division Champions
Division 1st East
1968–69 record 46–19–11
Goals for 271
Goals against 202
Team information
General Manager Sam Pollock
Coach Claude Ruel
Captain Jean Beliveau
Alternate captains Henry Richard
Arena Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals Yvan Cournoyer (43)
Assists Jean Beliveau (49)
Points Yvan Cournoyer (87)
Penalties in minutes John Ferguson (185)
Wins Gump Worsley (19)
Goals against average Gump Worsley (2.26)
<1967–68 1969–70>

The 1968–69 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 60th season of play. The Canadiens would defeat the St. Louis Blues to win their 16th Stanley Cup championship in club history.

Regular season

Final standings

East Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 76 46 19 11 271 202 +69 103
2 Boston Bruins 76 42 18 16 303 221 +82 100
3 New York Rangers 76 41 26 9 231 196 +35 91
4 Toronto Maple Leafs 76 35 26 15 234 217 +17 85
5 Detroit Red Wings 76 33 31 12 239 221 +18 78
6 Chicago Black Hawks 76 34 33 9 280 246 +34 77

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1TOctober 12, 19681–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 0–0–1
2WOctober 16, 19684–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 1–0–1
3WOctober 17, 19683–1 @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 2–0–1
4WOctober 20, 19684–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 3–0–1
5WOctober 23, 19685–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 4–0–1
6WOctober 25, 19684–2 @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) 5–0–1
7LOctober 27, 19682–4 @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 5–1–1
8WOctober 30, 19685–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 6–1–1
9WNovember 2, 19682–1 Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 7–1–1
10LNovember 3, 19682–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 7–2–1
11WNovember 7, 19685–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 8–2–1
12WNovember 9, 19684–1 St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 9–2–1
13TNovember 10, 19684–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 9–2–2
14LNovember 14, 19683–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 9–3–2
15TNovember 16, 19683–3 Oakland Seals (1968–69) 9–3–3
16LNovember 17, 19682–3 @ New York Rangers (1968–69) 9–4–3
17WNovember 20, 19683–2 Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 10–4–3
18WNovember 21, 19683–0 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 11–4–3
19WNovember 23, 19684–3 Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 12–4–3
20WNovember 27, 19684–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 13–4–3
21LNovember 29, 19684–5 @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) 13–5–3
22WDecember 1, 19683–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 14–5–3
23LDecember 4, 19682–4 New York Rangers (1968–69) 14–6–3
24TDecember 5, 19682–2 @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 14–6–4
25WDecember 7, 19686–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 15–6–4
26TDecember 11, 19684–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 15–6–5
27WDecember 12, 19685–4 St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 16–6–5
28WDecember 14, 19681–0 Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 17–6–5
29TDecember 18, 19682–2 Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 17–6–6
30TDecember 21, 19680–0 Boston Bruins (1968–69) 17–6–7
31LDecember 22, 19685–7 @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 17–7–7
32WDecember 26, 19684–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 18–7–7
33WDecember 28, 19685–3 New York Rangers (1968–69) 19–7–7
34LDecember 29, 19681–3 @ New York Rangers (1968–69) 19–8–7
35WDecember 31, 19684–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 20–8–7
36LJanuary 2, 19692–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 20–9–7
37LJanuary 4, 19693–6 Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 20–10–7
38WJanuary 5, 19694–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 21–10–7
39WJanuary 7, 19696–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 22–10–7
40WJanuary 9, 19698–4 Oakland Seals (1968–69) 23–10–7
41LJanuary 11, 19693–6 Boston Bruins (1968–69) 23–11–7
42LJanuary 15, 19690–4 Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 23–12–7
43WJanuary 16, 19694–0 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 24–12–7
44WJanuary 18, 19693–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 25–12–7
45LJanuary 23, 19693–5 Oakland Seals (1968–69) 25–13–7
46WJanuary 25, 19696–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 26–13–7
47LJanuary 26, 19692–3 @ New York Rangers (1968–69) 26–14–7
48WJanuary 29, 19694–0 Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 27–14–7
49WFebruary 1, 19696–2 New York Rangers (1968–69) 28–14–7
50WFebruary 2, 19696–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 29–14–7
51LFebruary 5, 19691–5 @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) 29–15–7
52WFebruary 6, 19694–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 30–15–7
53WFebruary 8, 19696–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 31–15–7
54TFebruary 9, 19694–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 31–15–8
55WFebruary 11, 19697–3 Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 32–15–8
56WFebruary 13, 19693–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 33–15–8
57WFebruary 15, 19693–1 Boston Bruins (1968–69) 34–15–8
58WFebruary 16, 19694–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 35–15–8
59LFebruary 19, 19691–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 35–16–8
60WFebruary 20, 19692–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 36–16–8
61WFebruary 22, 19694–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 37–16–8
62WFebruary 26, 19697–2 Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 38–16–8
63WMarch 1, 19693–0 St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 39–16–8
64LMarch 2, 19692–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 39–17–8
65WMarch 6, 19695–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 40–17–8
66TMarch 8, 19693–3 Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 40–17–9
67TMarch 9, 19692–2 @ New York Rangers (1968–69) 40–17–10
68WMarch 11, 19693–0 @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 41–17–10
69TMarch 13, 19694–4 Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 41–17–11
70WMarch 15, 19693–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 42–17–11
71WMarch 19, 19695–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 43–17–11
72WMarch 20, 19695–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 44–17–11
73WMarch 22, 19693–1 New York Rangers (1968–69) 45–17–11
74LMarch 26, 19694–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 45–18–11
75WMarch 29, 19695–3 Boston Bruins (1968–69) 46–18–11
76LMarch 30, 19693–6 @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 46–19–11

Playoffs

Quarter-final

Versus New York Rangers
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WApril 2, 19693–1 New York Rangers 1–0
2WApril 3, 19695–2 New York Rangers 2–0
3WApril 5, 19694–1 @ New York Rangers 3–0
4WApril 6, 19694–3 @ New York Rangers 4–0

[2]

Montreal wins the series 4–0.

Semi-final

Versus Boston Bruins
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WApril 10, 19693–2 (OT) Boston Bruins 1–0
2WApril 13, 19694–3 (OT) Boston Bruins 2–0
3LApril 17, 19690–5 @ Boston Bruins 2–1
4LApril 20, 19692–3 @ Boston Bruins 2–2
5WApril 22, 19694–2 Boston Bruins 3–2
6WApril 24, 19692–1 (OT) @ Boston Bruins 4–2

[2]

Montreal wins the series 4–2.

Stanley Cup Final

Versus St. Louis Blues
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WApril 27, 19693–1 St. Louis Blues 1–0
2WApril 29, 19693–1 St. Louis Blues 2–0
3WMay 1, 19694–0 @ St. Louis Blues 3–0
4WMay 4, 19692–1 @ St. Louis Blues 4–0

[3]

Montreal wins the series 4–0.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer RW 76 43 44 87 311408
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau C 69 33 49 82 55705
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau RW 76 30 40 70 59308
Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire C 75 29 34 63 29504
Ferguson, JohnJohn Ferguson LW 71 29 23 52 185207
Richard, HenriHenri Richard C 64 15 37 52 45200
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom C 72 13 28 41 16203
Duff, DickDick Duff LW 68 19 21 40 24502
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay D 75 7 32 39 18201
Savard, SergeSerge Savard D 74 8 23 31 73002
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere D 69 5 26 31 45001
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost RW 73 13 15 28 18015
Tremblay, GillesGilles Tremblay LW 44 10 15 25 2000
Harris, TedTed Harris D 76 7 18 25 102010
Redmond, MickeyMickey Redmond RW 65 9 15 24 12100
Hillman, LarryLarry Hillman D 25 0 5 5 17000
Bordeleau, ChristianChristian Bordeleau C 13 1 3 4 4000
Harper, TerryTerry Harper D 21 0 3 3 37000
Drouin, JudeJude Drouin C 9 0 1 1 0000
Berry, BobBob Berry LW 2 0 0 0 0000
Caron, AlainAlain Caron RW 2 0 0 0 0000
Esposito, TonyTony Esposito G 13 0 0 0 0000
Glover, HowieHowie Glover RW 1 0 0 0 0000
Lapointe, GuyGuy Lapointe D 1 0 0 0 2000
Monahan, GarryGarry Monahan LW 3 0 0 0 0000
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon G 36 0 0 0 2000
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely G 1 0 0 0 0000
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley G 30 0 0 0 0000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon 2051 36 22 9 3 98 2.87 2
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley 1703 30 19 5 4 64 2.25 5
Esposito, TonyTony Esposito 746 13 5 4 4 34 2.73 2
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely 60 1 0 1 0 4 4.00 0
Team: 4560 76 46 19 11 200 2.63 9

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau C 14 5 10 15 8101
Duff, DickDick Duff LW 14 6 8 14 11301
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer RW 14 4 7 11 5202
Savard, SergeSerge Savard D 14 4 6 10 24101
Ferguson, JohnJohn Ferguson LW 14 4 3 7 80202
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom C 14 3 4 7 10101
Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire C 14 4 2 6 6100
Richard, HenriHenri Richard C 14 2 4 6 8000
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau RW 14 3 2 5 8012
Redmond, MickeyMickey Redmond RW 14 2 3 5 2101
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay D 13 1 4 5 6001
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost RW 10 2 2 4 2000
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere D 14 1 3 4 28100
Harris, TedTed Harris D 14 1 2 3 34000
Bordeleau, ChristianChristian Bordeleau C 6 1 0 1 0100
Grenier, LucienLucien Grenier RW 2 0 0 0 0000
Harper, TerryTerry Harper D 11 0 0 0 8000
Hillman, LarryLarry Hillman D 1 0 0 0 0000
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon G 8 0 0 0 2000
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley G 7 0 0 0 5000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon 507 8 7 1 12 1.42 1
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley 370 7 5 1 14 2.27 0
Team: 877 14 12 2 26 1.78 1

[4]

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

Transactions

Trades

May 21, 1968 To Oakland Seals
Norm Ferguson
Stan Fuller
Francois Lacombe
Michel Jacques
To Montreal Canadiens
Wally Boyer
Alain Caron
rights to Lyle Bradley
June 6, 1968 To Oakland Seals
Bryan Watson
cash
To Montreal Canadiens
1st round pick in 1972 (Michel Laroque)
August, 1968 To Oakland Seals
Len Ronson
To Montreal Canadiens
cash

Roster

1968–1969 Montréal Canadiens Roster
Goaltenders

Defencemen

Wingers

Centres


Draft picks

For more details on this topic, see 1968 NHL Amateur Draft.

See also

References

  1. "1968–1969 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. 1 2 "1968–69 Game Log and Scores". Databasehockey.com. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
  3. "New York Rangers 1968–69 Game Log and Scores". Databasehockey.com. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
  4. "1968-69 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
  5. National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 220, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5.
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