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1968-69 Montreal Canadiens Roster and Statistics

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Record: 46-19-11 (103 points), Finished 1st in NHL East Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Claude Ruel (46-19-11)

1968-69 Stanley Cup Champions

Goals For: 271 (3rd of 12), Goals Against: 202 (3rd of 12)
SRS: 0.91 (2nd of 12), SOS: -0.00 (7th of 12)

Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Finals (4-0) versus St. Louis Blues
Won Semi-Finals (4-2) versus Boston Bruins
Won Quarter-Finals (4-0) versus New York Rangers


Stanley Cup Champions

Team Statistics

Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS SOS TG/G PP PPO PP% PPA PPOA PK% SH SHA
Montreal Canadiens 76 46 19 11 103 .678 271 202 0.91 0.00 6.22 43 243 17.70 40 233 82.83 2 4
League Average 76 32 32 13 76 .500 227 227 0.00 0.00 5.96 46 263 17.40 46 263 82.60 6 6

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season
No. Player Pos Age Ht Wt S/C Exp Birth Date Summary
6 Ralph Backstrom C 31 5-10 165 L/- 12 September 18, 1937 13 G, 28 A, 41 P
4 Jean Beliveau C 37 6-3 205 L/- 17 August 31, 1931 33 G, 49 A, 82 P
20-23 Bob Berry LW 25 6-0 185 L/- R November 29, 1943 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
23 Christian Bordeleau C 21 5-8 172 L/- R September 23, 1947 1 G, 3 A, 4 P
23 Alain Caron RW 30 5-9 182 R/- 1 April 27, 1938 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
12 Yvan Cournoyer RW 25 5-7 178 L/- 5 November 22, 1943 43 G, 44 A, 87 P
11-26 Jude Drouin C 20 5-10 160 R/- R October 28, 1948 0 G, 1 A, 1 P
8 Dick Duff LW 32 5-9 166 L/- 14 February 18, 1936 19 G, 21 A, 40 P
1-29 Tony Esposito G 25 5-11 185 -/R R April 23, 1943 5-4-4, 2.73 GAA
22 John Ferguson LW 30 5-11 190 L/- 5 September 5, 1938 29 G, 23 A, 52 P
21 Howie Glover RW 33 5-11 180 R/- 4 February 14, 1935 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
19 Terry Harper D 29 6-1 200 R/- 6 January 27, 1940 0 G, 3 A, 3 P
10 Ted Harris D 32 6-2 183 L/- 5 July 18, 1936 7 G, 18 A, 25 P
17 Larry Hillman D 31 6-0 185 L/- 14 February 5, 1937 0 G, 5 A, 5 P
2 Jacques Laperriere D 27 6-2 190 L/- 6 November 22, 1941 5 G, 26 A, 31 P
17 Guy Lapointe D 20 6-0 205 L/- R March 18, 1948 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
25 Jacques Lemaire LW 23 5-10 180 L/- 1 September 7, 1945 29 G, 34 A, 63 P
11 Garry Monahan LW 22 6-0 199 L/- 1 October 20, 1946 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
14 Claude Provost RW 35 5-9 168 R/- 13 September 17, 1933 13 G, 15 A, 28 P
24 Mickey Redmond RW 21 5-11 185 R/- 1 December 27, 1947 9 G, 15 A, 24 P
16 Henri Richard C 32 5-7 160 R/- 13 February 29, 1936 15 G, 37 A, 52 P
15 Bobby Rousseau RW 28 5-10 178 R/- 8 July 26, 1940 30 G, 40 A, 70 P
18 Serge Savard D 23 6-3 210 L/- 2 January 22, 1946 8 G, 23 A, 31 P
5 Gilles Tremblay LW 30 5-10 170 L/- 8 December 17, 1938 10 G, 15 A, 25 P
3 J.C. Tremblay D 30 5-11 170 L/- 9 January 22, 1939 7 G, 32 A, 39 P
30 Rogie Vachon G 23 5-7 170 -/L 2 September 8, 1945 22-9-3, 2.87 GAA
29 Ernie Wakely G 28 5-11 160 -/L 1 November 27, 1940 0-1-0, 4.00 GAA
1 Gump Worsley G 39 5-7 180 -/L 15 May 14, 1929 19-5-4, 2.25 GAA

Scoring Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV SH PP S S% TOI ATOI OPS DPS PS
1 Yvan Cournoyer RW 25 76 43 44 87 36 19 31 29 14 0 8 30 0 14 245 17.6 8.6 1.4 10.0
2 Jean Beliveau C 37 69 33 49 82 32 15 55 26 7 0 5 36 0 13 235 14.0 7.6 1.2 8.7
3 Bobby Rousseau RW 28 76 30 40 70 28 27 59 27 3 0 8 30 0 10 278 10.8 5.8 1.7 7.5
4 Jacques Lemaire LW 23 75 29 34 63 26 31 29 24 5 0 4 27 0 7 330 8.8 5.1 1.8 6.9
5 John Ferguson LW 30 71 29 23 52 23 30 185 27 2 0 7 20 0 3 185 15.7 4.3 1.7 6.0
6 Henri Richard C 32 64 15 37 52 19 25 45 13 2 0 0 35 0 2 210 7.1 3.3 1.5 4.8
7 Ralph Backstrom C 31 72 13 28 41 15 20 16 11 2 0 3 27 0 1 180 7.2 1.7 1.4 3.1
8 Dick Duff LW 32 68 19 21 40 16 -13 24 14 5 0 2 16 0 5 138 13.8 2.4 0.2 2.6
9 J.C. Tremblay D 30 75 7 32 39 13 29 18 5 2 0 1 24 0 8 139 5.0 2.8 5.5 8.4
10 Serge Savard D 23 74 8 23 31 11 33 73 8 0 0 2 22 0 1 98 8.2 2.2 5.8 7.9
11 Jacques Laperriere D 27 69 5 26 31 10 37 45 5 0 0 1 19 0 7 166 3.0 2.0 5.8 7.8
12 Claude Provost RW 35 73 13 15 28 11 12 18 12 0 1 5 14 1 0 184 7.1 0.5 1.1 1.6
13 Gilles Tremblay LW 30 44 10 15 25 10 15 2 10 0 0 0 15 0 0 95 10.5 1.2 0.9 2.2
14 Ted Harris D 32 76 7 18 25 9 24 102 6 0 1 0 18 0 0 82 8.5 1.5 5.3 6.7
15 Mickey Redmond RW 21 65 9 15 24 9 16 12 8 1 0 0 14 0 1 118 7.6 0.1 1.2 1.3
16 Larry Hillman D 31 25 0 5 5 1 -2 17 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 14 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.0
17 Christian Bordeleau C 21 13 1 3 4 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 14 7.1 -0.1 0.2 0.0
18 Terry Harper D 29 21 0 3 3 1 7 37 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 14 0.0 -0.1 1.5 1.3
19 Jude Drouin C 20 9 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.0 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
20 Bob Berry LW 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
21 Alain Caron RW 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
22 Tony Esposito G 25 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2.3
23 Howie Glover RW 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
24 Guy Lapointe D 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
25 Garry Monahan LW 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
26 Rogie Vachon G 23 36 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5.9
27 Ernie Wakely G 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1
28 Gump Worsley G 39 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6.6
Team Total 76 271 432 703 327 776 226 43 2 46 2728 9.9 48.1 39.3 102.2

Goalies Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN GPS
1 Rogie Vachon G 23 36 22 9 3 98 2.87 2 2051 5.9
2 Gump Worsley G 39 30 19 5 4 64 2.25 5 1703 6.6
3 Tony Esposito G 25 13 5 4 4 34 2.73 2 746 2.3
4 Ernie Wakely G 28 1 0 1 0 4 4.00 0 60 0.1
Team Total 76 46 19 11 200 2.63 9 4560 14.8

Scoring Playoffs

Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV SH PP S S% TOI ATOI
1 Jean Beliveau C 37 14 5 10 15 6 8 4 1 0 1
2 Dick Duff LW 32 14 6 8 14 6 11 3 3 0 1
3 Yvan Cournoyer RW 25 14 4 7 11 4 5 2 2 0 2
4 Serge Savard D 23 14 4 6 10 4 24 3 1 0 1
5 John Ferguson LW 30 14 4 3 7 3 80 2 2 0 2
6 Ralph Backstrom C 31 14 3 4 7 3 10 2 1 0 1
7 Jacques Lemaire LW 23 14 4 2 6 3 6 3 1 0 0
8 Henri Richard C 32 14 2 4 6 2 8 2 0 0 0
9 Bobby Rousseau RW 28 14 3 2 5 2 8 2 0 1 2
10 Mickey Redmond RW 21 14 2 3 5 2 2 1 1 0 1
11 J.C. Tremblay D 30 13 1 4 5 2 6 1 0 0 1
12 Claude Provost RW 35 10 2 2 4 2 2 2 0 0 0
13 Jacques Laperriere D 27 14 1 3 4 1 28 0 1 0 0
14 Ted Harris D 32 14 1 2 3 1 34 1 0 0 0
15 Christian Bordeleau C 21 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
16 Lucien Grenier RW 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Terry Harper D 29 11 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0
18 Larry Hillman D 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Rogie Vachon G 23 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
20 Gump Worsley G 39 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Team Total 14 43 60 103 247 28 14 1 12

Goalies Playoffs

Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN
1 Rogie Vachon G 23 8 7 1 12 1.42 1 507
2 Gump Worsley G 39 7 5 1 14 2.27 0 370
Team Total 14 12 2 26 1.78 1 877