1968–69 Montreal Canadiens season

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.

1968–69 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup champions
East Division champions
Division1st East
1968–69 record46–19–11
Goals for271
Goals against202
Team information
General ManagerSam Pollock
CoachClaude Ruel
CaptainJean Beliveau
Alternate captainsHenri Richard
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsYvan Cournoyer (43)
AssistsJean Beliveau (49)
PointsYvan Cournoyer (87)
Penalty minutesJohn Ferguson (185)
WinsGump Worsley (19)
Goals against averageGump Worsley (2.26)

Regular season

Final standings
East Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Montreal Canadiens76461911271202+69103
2Boston Bruins76421816303221+82100
3New York Rangers7641269231196+3591
4Toronto Maple Leafs76352615234217+1785
5Detroit Red Wings76333112239221+1878
6Chicago Black Hawks7634339280246+3477

Record vs. opponents
1968-69 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET LAK MIN MON NYR OAK PHI PIT STL TOR
Boston —5–2–13–2–35–14–0–24–2–23–3–23–1–24–25–12–2–24–2–2
Chicago 2–5–1—3–4–15–15–0–11–74–3–11–53–0–34–23–2–13–4–1
Detroit 2–3–34–3–1—4–24–22–5–14–3–13–2–13–1–24–20–4–23–4–1
Los Angeles 1–51–52–4—1–4–30–4–23–34–2–23–4–15–2–11–6–13–3
Minnesota 0–4–20–5–12–44–1–3—0–5–11–53–4–12–3–33–52–4–21–3–2
Montreal 2–4–27–15–2–14–0–25–0–1—3–4–12–3–15–14–1–15–0–14–3–1
New York 3–3–23–4–13–4–13–35–14–3–1—5–13–1–25–13–1–24–4
Oakland 1–3–25–12–3–12–4–24–3–13–2–11–5—4–2–24–2–21–72–4
Philadelphia 2–40–3–31–3–24–3–13–2–31–51–3–22–4–2—4–1–31–6–11–1–4
Pittsburgh 1–52–42–42–5–15–31–4–11–52–4–21–4–3—3–4–10–3–3
St. Louis 2–2–22–3–14–0–26–1–14–2–20–5–11–3–27–16–1–14–3–1—1–4–1
Toronto 2–4–24–3–14–3–13–33–1–23–4–14–44–21–1–43–0–34–1–1—

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, 19682–1Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)7–1–1
10LNovember 3, 19682–3@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)7–2–1
11WNovember 7, 19685–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)8–2–1
12WNovember 9, 19684–1St. Louis Blues (1968–69)9–2–1
13TNovember 10, 19684–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)9–2–2
14LNovember 14, 19683–5Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)9–3–2
15TNovember 16, 19683–3Oakland Seals (1968–69)9–3–3
16LNovember 17, 19682–3@ New York Rangers (1968–69)9–4–3
17WNovember 20, 19683–2Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)10–4–3
18WNovember 21, 19683–0@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)11–4–3
19WNovember 23, 19684–3Minnesota 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, 19682–4New York Rangers (1968–69)14–6–3
24TDecember 5, 19682–2@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)14–6–4
25WDecember 7, 19686–3Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)15–6–4
26TDecember 11, 19684–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)15–6–5
27WDecember 12, 19685–4St. Louis Blues (1968–69)16–6–5
28WDecember 14, 19681–0Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)17–6–5
29TDecember 18, 19682–2Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)17–6–6
30TDecember 21, 19680–0Boston Bruins (1968–69)17–6–7
31LDecember 22, 19685–7@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)17–7–7
32WDecember 26, 19684–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)18–7–7
33WDecember 28, 19685–3New 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, 19692–5Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)20–9–7
37LJanuary 4, 19693–6Chicago 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, 19698–4Oakland Seals (1968–69)23–10–7
41LJanuary 11, 19693–6Boston Bruins (1968–69)23–11–7
42LJanuary 15, 19690–4Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)23–12–7
43WJanuary 16, 19694–0@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)24–12–7
44WJanuary 18, 19693–1Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)25–12–7
45LJanuary 23, 19693–5Oakland Seals (1968–69)25–13–7
46WJanuary 25, 19696–3Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)26–13–7
47LJanuary 26, 19692–3@ New York Rangers (1968–69)26–14–7
48WJanuary 29, 19694–0Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)27–14–7
49WFebruary 1, 19696–2New 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, 19697–3Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)32–15–8
56WFebruary 13, 19693–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)33–15–8
57WFebruary 15, 19693–1Boston 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, 19692–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)36–16–8
61WFebruary 22, 19694–1Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)37–16–8
62WFebruary 26, 19697–2Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)38–16–8
63WMarch 1, 19693–0St. Louis Blues (1968–69)39–16–8
64LMarch 2, 19692–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)39–17–8
65WMarch 6, 19695–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)40–17–8
66TMarch 8, 19693–3Los 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, 19694–4Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)41–17–11
70WMarch 15, 19693–1Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)42–17–11
71WMarch 19, 19695–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)43–17–11
72WMarch 20, 19695–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)44–17–11
73WMarch 22, 19693–1New York Rangers (1968–69)45–17–11
74LMarch 26, 19694–6@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)45–18–11
75WMarch 29, 19695–3Boston 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, 19693–1New York Rangers1–0
2WApril 3, 19695–2New York Rangers2–0
3WApril 5, 19694–1@ New York Rangers3–0
4WApril 6, 19694–3@ New York Rangers4–0

[2]

Montreal wins the series 4–0.

Semi-final
Versus Boston Bruins
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WApril 10, 19693–2 (OT)Boston Bruins1–0
2WApril 13, 19694–3 (OT)Boston Bruins2–0
3LApril 17, 19690–5@ Boston Bruins2–1
4LApril 20, 19692–3@ Boston Bruins2–2
5WApril 22, 19694–2Boston Bruins3–2
6WApril 24, 19692–1 (OT)@ Boston Bruins4–2

[2]

Montreal wins the series 4–2.

Stanley Cup Final
Versus St. Louis Blues
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WApril 27, 19693–1St. Louis Blues1–0
2WApril 29, 19693–1St. Louis Blues2–0
3WMay 1, 19694–0@ St. Louis Blues3–0
4WMay 4, 19692–1@ St. Louis Blues4–0

[3]

Montreal wins the series 4–0.

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Yvan CournoyerRW76434487311408
Jean BeliveauC6933498255705
Bobby RousseauRW7630407059308
Jacques LemaireC7529346329504
John FergusonLW71292352185207
Henri RichardC6415375245200
Ralph BackstromC7213284116203
Dick DuffLW6819214024502
J.C. TremblayD757323918201
Serge SavardD748233173002
Jacques LaperriereD695263145001
Claude ProvostRW7313152818015
Gilles TremblayLW441015252000
Ted HarrisD7671825102010
Mickey RedmondRW659152412100
Larry HillmanD2505517000
Christian BordeleauC131344000
Terry HarperD2103337000
Jude DrouinC90110000
Bob BerryLW20000000
Alain CaronRW20000000
Tony EspositoG130000000
Howie GloverRW10000000
Guy LapointeD10002000
Garry MonahanLW30000000
Rogie VachonG360002000
Ernie WakelyG10000000
Gump WorsleyG300000000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Rogie Vachon2051362293982.872
Gump Worsley1703301954642.255
Tony Esposito74613544342.732
Ernie Wakely60101044.000
Team:4560764619112002.639

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Jean BeliveauC14510158101
Dick DuffLW14681411301
Yvan CournoyerRW1447115202
Serge SavardD14461024101
John FergusonLW1443780202
Ralph BackstromC1434710101
Jacques LemaireC144266100
Henri RichardC142468000
Bobby RousseauRW143258012
Mickey RedmondRW142352101
J.C. TremblayD131456001
Claude ProvostRW102242000
Jacques LaperriereD1413428100
Ted HarrisD1412334000
Christian BordeleauC61010100
Lucien GrenierRW20000000
Terry HarperD110008000
Larry HillmanD10000000
Rogie VachonG80002000
Gump WorsleyG70005000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Rogie Vachon507871121.421
Gump Worsley370751142.270
Team:87714122261.781

[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

Montreal's draft picks at the 1968 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
11Michel Plasse CanadaDrummondville Rangers (QJHL)
12Roger Belisle CanadaMontreal North Beavers (LHIQ)
13Jim Pritchard CanadaWinnipeg Jets (WCHL)
323Don Grierson CanadaNorth Bay Trappers (NOJHL)
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See also

References
  1. "1968–1969 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. "1968–69 Game Log and Scores". Databasehockey.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
  3. "New York Rangers 1968–69 Game Log and Scores". Databasehockey.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. 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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