Montréal Canadiens
1968-1969 season
Record 46-19-11 103pts. (1st place East Division)
Stanley Cup champions as well as reigning champions from the previous spring.
A special thanks to Jean Beliveau for collecting these signatures from teammates again, as he did in the 1966 season.
Coach
| Head Coach | Signed? | HOF | Record | Birthplace | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Ruel |  | 46-19-11 | Sherbrook, QC | September 12th, 1938 |
Players
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Signed? | HOF | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | Birthplace | Age | Exp | |
| 12 | Yvan Cournoyer |  | 1982 | F | 76 | 43 | 44 | 87 | 31 | 24 | 5 | |||||||
| 4 | Jean Beliveau (C) |  | 1972 | C | 69 | 33 | 49 | 82 | 55 | 37 | 17 | |||||||
| 15 | Bobby Rousseau |  | R | 76 | 30 | 40 | 70 | 59 | 28 | 8 | ||||||||
| 25 | Jacques Lemaire |  | F | 75 | 29 | 34 | 63 | 29 | 22 | 1 | ||||||||
| 22 | John Ferguson |  | R | 71 | 29 | 23 | 52 | 185 | 29 | 5 | ||||||||
| 16 | Henri Richard |  | 1979 | F | 64 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 45 | 32 | 13 | |||||||
| 6 | Ralph Backstrom |  | C | 72 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 16 | 30 | 12 | ||||||||
| 8 | Dick Duff |  | 2006 | L | 68 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 24 | 32 | 14 | |||||||
| 3 | J.C. Tremblay |  | D | 75 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 18 | 29 | 9 | ||||||||
| 18 | Serge Savard |  | 1986 | D | 74 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 73 | 22 | 2 | |||||||
| 2 | Jacques Laperrière |  | 1987 | D | 69 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 45 | 26 | 6 | |||||||
| 14 | Claude Provost |  | R | 73 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 18 | 34 | 13 | ||||||||
| 5 | Gilles Tremblay |  | L | 44 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 2 | 29 | 8 | ||||||||
| 10 | Ted Harris |  | D | 76 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 102 | 32 | 5 | ||||||||
| 24 | Mickey Redmond |  | R | 65 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 20 | 1 | ||||||||
| 17 | Larry Hillman from Pit 11/22/68 |  | D | 25 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 31 | 14 | ||||||||
| 23 | Christian Bordeleau | C | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | R | |||||||||
| 19 | Terry Harper | D | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 28 | 6 | |||||||||
| 11 | Jude Drouin | C | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | R | |||||||||
| 20-21 | Lucien Grenier | R | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | R | |||||||||
| 29 | Ernie Wakely |  | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||||||||
| 21 | Howie Glover | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | |||||||||
| 17 | Guy Lapointe | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | R | |||||||||
| 20-23 | Bob Berry | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | R | |||||||||
| 23 | Alain Caron | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | |||||||||
| 11 | Garry Monahan | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1-29 | Tony Esposito |  | 1988 | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | R | |||||||
| 1 | Lorne “Gump” Worsley |  | 1980 | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 15 | |||||||
| 30 | Rogatien Vachon | 2016 | G | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 271 | 432 | 703 | 776 | ||||||||||||||
Goalies
| # | Player Name | GP | Min | GA | GAA | W | L | T | Svs | Sv Pct | EN | SO | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogatien Vachon | 36 | 2051 | 98 | 2.87 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 1 | Lorne “Gump” Worsley | 30 | 1703 | 64 | 2.26 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 1,29 | Tony Esposito | 13 | 746 | 34 | 2.73 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 29 | Ernie Wakely | 1 | 60 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NHL Final Standings 1968-69
76 game season
| East | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Team | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | DIFF | |
| 1 | Montréal | 46 | 19 | 11 | 103 | 271 | 202 | +69 | |
| 2 | Boston | 42 | 18 | 16 | 100 | 303 | 221 | +82 | |
| 3 | NY Rangers | 41 | 26 | 9 | 91 | 231 | 196 | +35 | |
| 4 | Toronto | 35 | 26 | 15 | 85 | 234 | 217 | +17 | |
| 5 | Detroit | 33 | 31 | 12 | 78 | 239 | 221 | +18 | |
| 6 | Chicago | 34 | 33 | 9 | 77 | 280 | 246 | +34 |
| West | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Team | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | DIFF | |
| 1 | St. Louis | 37 | 25 | 14 | 88 | 204 | 157 | +47 | |
| 2 | Oakland | 29 | 36 | 11 | 69 | 219 | 251 | -32 | |
| 3 | Philadelphia | 20 | 35 | 21 | 67 | 174 | 225 | -51 | |
| 4 | Los Angeles | 24 | 42 | 10 | 58 | 185 | 260 | -75 | |
| 5 | Pittsburgh | 20 | 45 | 11 | 51 | 189 | 252 | -63 | |
| 6 | Minnesota | 18 | 43 | 15 | 51 | 189 | 270 | -81 |
| NHL Plyoffs Round 1 - QuarterFinals (best of 7) |
|---|
| Series 1 |
| Montréal sweeps NY Rangers 4-0 |
| Series 2 |
| Boston sweeps Toronto 4-0 |
| Series 3 |
| St. Louis sweeps Philadelphia 4-0 |
| Series 4 |
| LA Kings defeat Oakland 4-3 |
| NHL Plyoffs Round 2 - Semi-Finals (best of 7) |
|---|
| Series 1 |
| Montréal defeats Boston 4-2 |
| Series 2 |
| St. Louis defeats LA Kings 4-0 |
| Stanley Cup Finals |
|---|
| Montréal sweeps St. Louis 4-0 |
1969 playoff highlights
Full autographed rink
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