1969 Stanley Cup Finals

1969 Stanley Cup Finals
1234 Total
St. Louis Blues 1101 0
Montreal Canadiens 3342 4
Location(s)Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2)
St. Louis: St. Louis Arena (3, 4)
CoachesSt. Louis: Scotty Bowman
Montreal: Claude Ruel
CaptainsSt. Louis: Al Arbour
Montreal: Jean Beliveau
DatesApril 27 – May 4, 1969
MVPSerge Savard (Canadiens)
Series-winning goalJohn Ferguson (3:02, third, G4)
Hall of FamersBlues:
Al Arbour (1996, builder)
Glenn Hall (1975)
Doug Harvey (1973; did not play)
Jacques Plante (1978)
Canadiens:
Jean Beliveau (1972)
Yvan Cournoyer (1982)
Dick Duff (2006)
Tony Esposito (1988)
Jacques Laperriere (1987)
Jacques Lemaire (1984)
Henri Richard (1979)
Serge Savard (1986)
Rogie Vachon (2016)
Gump Worsley (1980; did not play)
Coaches:
Scotty Bowman (1991)
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The 1969 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1968–69 season, and the culmination of the 1969 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the defending champion Montreal Canadiens and the St. Louis Blues, a rematch of the previous year's finals. As they did in the previous matchup, the Canadiens won the series in four games.

Paths to the Finals

Montreal defeated the New York Rangers 4–0 and the Boston Bruins 4–2 to advance to the finals.

St. Louis defeated the Philadelphia Flyers and Los Angeles Kings in four games each.

Game summaries

This was the second playoff series between these two teams. Their only previous meeting came in the previous year's Stanley Cup Finals. In this year's six-game regular season series, there were five wins for Montreal and one tie.

Claude Ruel became the eleventh rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup. Montreal goaltender Rogie Vachon limited St. Louis to three goals in four games. In the process, he earned his first career playoff shutout.


April 27 St. Louis Blues 1–3 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Frank St. Marseille (3) - 18:24 First period 3:39 - pp - Dick Duff (3)
4:17 - sh - Bobby Rousseau (3)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 19:46 - John Ferguson (3)
Jacques Plante Goalie stats Rogie Vachon
April 29 St. Louis Blues 1–3 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoring First period 17:26 - Ralph Backstrom (3)
No scoring Second period 9:07 - pp - Dick Duff (4)
14:11 - Yvan Cournoyer (4)
Larry Keenan (4) - pp - 9:20 Third period No scoring
Glenn Hall Goalie stats Rogie Vachon
May 1 Montreal Canadiens 4–0 St. Louis Blues St. Louis Arena Recap  
Serge Savard (4) - 12:34 First period No scoring
Jacques Lemaire (4) - 9:16
Dick Duff (5) - 13:38 		Second period No scoring
Dick Duff (6) - pp - 18:35 Third period No scoring
Rogie Vachon Goalie stats Jacques Plante
May 4 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 St. Louis Blues St. Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 10:50 - Terry Gray (3)
Ted Harris (1) - 00:42
John Ferguson (4) - 3:02 		Third period No scoring
Rogie Vachon Goalie stats Glenn Hall
Montreal won series 4–0


Stanley Cup engraving

The 1969 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Jean Beliveau by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Canadiens 2–1 win over the Blues in game four.

The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1968–69 Montreal Canadiens

Players

Coaching and administrative staff

Stanley Cup engraving

  • Anthony "Tony" Esposito's name was misspelled on the Replica Stanley Cup created in 1992–93 as P. FSPOSITO instead of A. ESPOSITO.
  • Claude Ruel was the 10th NHL rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup.
  • &-Gilles Tremblay missed the playoffs with a career-ending injury. His name was still included in the Stanley Cup.
  • &-Lucien Grenier played 2 semi-final games, but his name was left off the Stanley Cup even though he qualified to be engraved on it because was regular member of the team.

Won 4 Stanley Cups in 5 Years with Montreal 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969

Ralph Backstrom, Jean Beliveau, Yvan Cournoyer, Dick Duff, John Ferguson, Terry Harper, Ted Harris, Jacques Laperriere, Claude Provost, Henri Richard, Bobby Rousseau, Gilles Tremblay, Jean-Claude Tremblay, Gump Worsley (14 players), David Molson, Sam Pollock, Larry Aubut (3 non-players).

See also

Notes

References

  • Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Stanley Cup. NHL.
  • Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7.
Preceded by Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup Champions
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