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1968–69 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup Champions
East Division Champions
Division	1st East
Conference	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.

Contents

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Final standings
- 1.2 Game log
2 Playoffs
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Regular season
- 3.2 Playoffs
4 Awards and records
5 Transactions
- 5.1 Trades
6 Roster
7 Draft picks
8 See also
9 References

Regular season

Final standings

East Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Montreal Canadiens	76	46	19	11	271	202	103
Boston Bruins	76	42	18	16	303	221	100
New York Rangers	76	41	26	9	231	196	91
Toronto Maple Leafs	76	35	26	15	234	217	85
Detroit Red Wings	76	33	31	12	239	221	78
Chicago Black Hawks	76	34	33	9	280	246	77

^[1]

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 12, 1968	1–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)	0–0–1
2	W	October 16, 1968	4–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	1–0–1
3	W	October 17, 1968	3–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	2–0–1
4	W	October 20, 1968	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	3–0–1
5	W	October 23, 1968	5–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	4–0–1
6	W	October 25, 1968	4–2	@ Oakland Seals (1968–69)	5–0–1
7	L	October 27, 1968	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)	5–1–1
8	W	October 30, 1968	5–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	6–1–1
9	W	November 2, 1968	2–1	Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	7–1–1
10	L	November 3, 1968	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	7–2–1
11	W	November 7, 1968	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)	8–2–1
12	W	November 9, 1968	4–1	St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	9–2–1
13	T	November 10, 1968	4–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	9–2–2
14	L	November 14, 1968	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	9–3–2
15	T	November 16, 1968	3–3	Oakland Seals (1968–69)	9–3–3
16	L	November 17, 1968	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1968–69)	9–4–3
17	W	November 20, 1968	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	10–4–3
18	W	November 21, 1968	3–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	11–4–3
19	W	November 23, 1968	4–3	Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	12–4–3
20	W	November 27, 1968	4–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	13–4–3
21	L	November 29, 1968	4–5	@ Oakland Seals (1968–69)	13–5–3
22	W	December 1, 1968	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	14–5–3
23	L	December 4, 1968	2–4	New York Rangers (1968–69)	14–6–3
24	T	December 5, 1968	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)	14–6–4
25	W	December 7, 1968	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	15–6–4
26	T	December 11, 1968	4–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	15–6–5
27	W	December 12, 1968	5–4	St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	16–6–5
28	W	December 14, 1968	1–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	17–6–5
29	T	December 18, 1968	2–2	Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	17–6–6
30	T	December 21, 1968	0–0	Boston Bruins (1968–69)	17–6–7
31	L	December 22, 1968	5–7	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)	17–7–7
32	W	December 26, 1968	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	18–7–7
33	W	December 28, 1968	5–3	New York Rangers (1968–69)	19–7–7
34	L	December 29, 1968	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1968–69)	19–8–7
35	W	December 31, 1968	4–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)	20–8–7
36	L	January 2, 1969	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)	20–9–7
37	L	January 4, 1969	3–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	20–10–7
38	W	January 5, 1969	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	21–10–7
39	W	January 7, 1969	6–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	22–10–7
40	W	January 9, 1969	8–4	Oakland Seals (1968–69)	23–10–7
41	L	January 11, 1969	3–6	Boston Bruins (1968–69)	23–11–7
42	L	January 15, 1969	0–4	Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	23–12–7
43	W	January 16, 1969	4–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	24–12–7
44	W	January 18, 1969	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	25–12–7
45	L	January 23, 1969	3–5	Oakland Seals (1968–69)	25–13–7
46	W	January 25, 1969	6–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	26–13–7
47	L	January 26, 1969	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1968–69)	26–14–7
48	W	January 29, 1969	4–0	Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	27–14–7
49	W	February 1, 1969	6–2	New York Rangers (1968–69)	28–14–7
50	W	February 2, 1969	6–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	29–14–7
51	L	February 5, 1969	1–5	@ Oakland Seals (1968–69)	29–15–7
52	W	February 6, 1969	4–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	30–15–7
53	W	February 8, 1969	6–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	31–15–7
54	T	February 9, 1969	4–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	31–15–8
55	W	February 11, 1969	7–3	Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	32–15–8
56	W	February 13, 1969	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	33–15–8
57	W	February 15, 1969	3–1	Boston Bruins (1968–69)	34–15–8
58	W	February 16, 1969	4–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)	35–15–8
59	L	February 19, 1969	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	35–16–8
60	W	February 20, 1969	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	36–16–8
61	W	February 22, 1969	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	37–16–8
62	W	February 26, 1969	7–2	Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	38–16–8
63	W	March 1, 1969	3–0	St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	39–16–8
64	L	March 2, 1969	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)	39–17–8
65	W	March 6, 1969	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	40–17–8
66	T	March 8, 1969	3–3	Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	40–17–9
67	T	March 9, 1969	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1968–69)	40–17–10
68	W	March 11, 1969	3–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	41–17–10
69	T	March 13, 1969	4–4	Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	41–17–11
70	W	March 15, 1969	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	42–17–11
71	W	March 19, 1969	5–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	43–17–11
72	W	March 20, 1969	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)	44–17–11
73	W	March 22, 1969	3–1	New York Rangers (1968–69)	45–17–11
74	L	March 26, 1969	4–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	45–18–11
75	W	March 29, 1969	5–3	Boston Bruins (1968–69)	46–18–11
76	L	March 30, 1969	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)	46–19–11

Playoffs

Quarter-final

Versus New York Rangers

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	April 2, 1969	3–1	New York Rangers	1–0
2	W	April 3, 1969	5–2	New York Rangers	2–0
3	W	April 5, 1969	4–1	@ New York Rangers	3–0
4	W	April 6, 1969	4–3	@ New York Rangers	4–0

^[2]

Montreal wins the series 4–0.

Semi-final

Versus Boston Bruins

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	April 10, 1969	3–2 (OT)	Boston Bruins	1–0
2	W	April 13, 1969	4–3 (OT)	Boston Bruins	2–0
3	L	April 17, 1969	0–5	@ Boston Bruins	2–1
4	L	April 20, 1969	2–3	@ Boston Bruins	2–2
5	W	April 22, 1969	4–2	Boston Bruins	3–2
6	W	April 24, 1969	2–1 (OT)	@ Boston Bruins	4–2

^[3]

Montreal wins the series 4–2.

Stanley Cup Final

Main article: 1969 Stanley Cup Final

Versus St. Louis Blues

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	April 27, 1969	3–1	St. Louis Blues	1–0
2	W	April 29, 1969	3–1	St. Louis Blues	2–0
3	W	May 1, 1969	4–0	@ St. Louis Blues	3–0
4	W	May 4, 1969	2–1	@ St. Louis Blues	4–0

^[4]

Montreal wins the series 4–0.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer	RW	76	43	44	87	31	14	0	8
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	69	33	49	82	55	7	0	5
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	RW	76	30	40	70	59	3	0	8
Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire	C	75	29	34	63	29	5	0	4
Ferguson, JohnJohn Ferguson	LW	71	29	23	52	185	2	0	7
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	64	15	37	52	45	2	0	0
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	72	13	28	41	16	2	0	3
Duff, DickDick Duff	LW	68	19	21	40	24	5	0	2
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay	D	75	7	32	39	18	2	0	1
Savard, SergeSerge Savard	D	74	8	23	31	73	0	0	2
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere	D	69	5	26	31	45	0	0	1
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	73	13	15	28	18	0	1	5
Tremblay, GillesGilles Tremblay	LW	44	10	15	25	2	0	0	0
Harris, TedTed Harris	D	76	7	18	25	102	0	1	0
Redmond, MickeyMickey Redmond	RW	65	9	15	24	12	1	0	0
Hillman, LarryLarry Hillman	D	25	0	5	5	17	0	0	0
Bordeleau, ChristianChristian Bordeleau	C	13	1	3	4	4	0	0	0
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	21	0	3	3	37	0	0	0
Drouin, JudeJude Drouin	C	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Berry, BobBob Berry	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caron, AlainAlain Caron	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Esposito, TonyTony Esposito	G	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glover, HowieHowie Glover	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lapointe, GuyGuy Lapointe	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Monahan, GarryGarry Monahan	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon	G	36	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	G	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	8	1	0	1
Duff, DickDick Duff	LW	14	6	8	14	11	3	0	1
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer	RW	14	4	7	11	5	2	0	2
Savard, SergeSerge Savard	D	14	4	6	10	24	1	0	1
Ferguson, JohnJohn Ferguson	LW	14	4	3	7	80	2	0	2
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	14	3	4	7	10	1	0	1
Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire	C	14	4	2	6	6	1	0	0
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	14	2	4	6	8	0	0	0
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	RW	14	3	2	5	8	0	1	2
Redmond, MickeyMickey Redmond	RW	14	2	3	5	2	1	0	1
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay	D	13	1	4	5	6	0	0	1
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	10	2	2	4	2	0	0	0
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere	D	14	1	3	4	28	1	0	0
Harris, TedTed Harris	D	14	1	2	3	34	0	0	0
Bordeleau, ChristianChristian Bordeleau	C	6	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Grenier, LucienLucien Grenier	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	11	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Hillman, LarryLarry Hillman	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon	G	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	G	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	0

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

^[5]

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

Prince of Wales Trophy
Conn Smythe Trophy: || Serge Savard, Montreal Canadiens
Jean Beliveau, Runner-Up, Hart Trophy^[6]
Jean Beliveau, Center, NHL Second All-Star Team
Yvan Cournoyer, Right Wing, NHL Second All-Star Team
Ted Harris, NHL Second All-Star Team

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

GM: Sam Pollock
Coach: Claude Ruel
Trainers: Larry Aubut,
Eddy Palchak

Draft picks

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

References

^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.162, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
^ http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MTL&yr=1968
^ http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MTL&yr=1968
^ http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=NYR&yr=1968
^ "1968-69 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1969.html. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
^ 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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2010s	2010–11 • 2011–12

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

v t e Montreal Canadiens

Franchise	Franchise History (Original Six Centennial) Players Coaches General managers Seasons Records Draft picks Award winners

Culture and lore	Youppi The Punch Line Richard Riot 1938 European tour

Arenas	Jubilee Arena Montreal Arena Mount Royal Arena Montreal Forum Bell Centre Bell Sports Complex (practice)

Affiliates	Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)

Television	TSN SRC RDS

Radio	English TSN Radio 990 French 98,5 FM

Rivalries	Boston Bruins Quebec Nordiques Toronto Maple Leafs

v t e 1968–69 NHL season by team

East	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

West	Los Angeles Minnesota Oakland Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

See also	1968 NHL Amateur Draft All-Star Game 1969 Stanley Cup Finals

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