1968-69 Montreal Canadiens Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 46-19-11 - 103 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's East Division
Postseason: 12-2
Won Stanley Cup
Quarter-Finals - Defeated New York Rangers 4-0
Semi-Finals - Defeated Boston Bruins 4-2
Stanley Cup Finals - Defeated St. Louis Blues 4-0
Coach: Claude Ruel (46-19-11)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1968-69 Montreal Canadiens Roster
1968-69 Montreal Canadiens Results

The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 1968-69 season with a record of 46 wins and 19 losses and 11 ties for 103 points, finishing first in the NHL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-2.

The Canadiens scored 271 goals and allowed 202. Yvan Cournoyer netted 43 goals for Montreal, while Bobby Rousseau and Jean Beliveau tallied 30 or more, too. Jean Beliveau contributed 49 assists. Rogie Vachon topped the squad with 22 wins, plus Gump Worsley added 15 or more wins, too. Gump Worsley recorded a 2.25 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.

Claude Ruel coached the team. The 1968-69 Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Yvan Cournoyer	R	76	43	44	87	31	19	14	0	8	4	245	17.6
Jean Beliveau	C	69	33	49	82	55	15	7	0	5	0	235	14.0
Bobby Rousseau	R	76	30	40	70	59	27	3	0	8	2	278	10.8
Jacques Lemaire	C	75	29	34	63	29	31	5	0	4	1	330	8.8
John Ferguson	L	71	29	23	52	185	30	2	0	7	1	185	15.7
Henri Richard	C	64	15	37	52	45	25	2	0	0	0	210	7.1
Ralph Backstrom	C	72	13	28	41	16	20	2	0	3	0	180	7.2
Dick Duff	L	68	19	21	40	24	-13	5	0	2	0	138	13.8
J.C. Tremblay	D	75	7	32	39	18	29	2	0	1	0	139	5.0
Serge Savard	D	74	8	23	31	73	33	0	0	2	1	98	8.2
Jacques Laperriere	D	69	5	26	31	45	37	0	0	1	0	166	3.0
Claude Provost	R	73	13	15	28	18	12	0	1	5	0	184	7.1
Gilles Tremblay	L	44	10	15	25	2	15	0	0	0	1	95	10.5
Ted Harris	D	76	7	18	25	102	24	0	1	0	0	82	8.5
Mickey Redmond	R	65	9	15	24	12	16	1	0	0	0	118	7.6
Larry Hillman	D	25	0	5	5	17	-2	0	0	0	0	14	0.0
Christian Bordeleau	C	13	1	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	14	7.1
Terry Harper	D	21	0	3	3	37	7	0	0	0	0	14	0.0
Jude Drouin	C	9	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Rogie Vachon	G	36	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guy Lapointe	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Wakely	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gump Worsley	G	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Garry Monahan	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Esposito	G	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Howie Glover	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Berry	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alain Caron	R	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1204	271	432	703	776	327	43	2	46	10	2728	9.9

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Rogie Vachon	36	2051	22	9	3	0	2	98	2.87	0
Gump Worsley	30	1703	19	5	4	0	5	64	2.25	0
Tony Esposito	13	746	5	4	4	2	2	34	2.73	0
Ernie Wakely	1	60	0	1	0	0	0	4	4.00	0
Totals	80	4560	46	19	11	2	9	200	2.63		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Yvan Cournoyer	R	14	4	7	11	5	2	0	2
Jean Beliveau	C	14	5	10	15	8	1	0	1
Bobby Rousseau	R	14	3	2	5	8	0	1	2
Jacques Lemaire	C	14	4	2	6	6	1	0	0
John Ferguson	L	14	4	3	7	80	2	0	2
Henri Richard	C	14	2	4	6	8	0	0	0
Ralph Backstrom	C	14	3	4	7	10	1	0	1
Dick Duff	L	14	6	8	14	11	3	0	1
J.C. Tremblay	D	13	1	4	5	6	0	0	1
Serge Savard	D	14	4	6	10	24	1	0	1
Jacques Laperriere	D	14	1	3	4	28	1	0	0
Claude Provost	R	10	2	2	4	2	0	0	0
Ted Harris	D	14	1	2	3	34	0	0	0
Mickey Redmond	R	14	2	3	5	2	1	0	1
Larry Hillman	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Bordeleau	C	6	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Terry Harper	D	11	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Rogie Vachon	G	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Gump Worsley	G	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Lucien Grenier	R	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		226	43	60	103	247	14	1	12

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Rogie Vachon	8	507	7	1	1	12	1.42	0
Gump Worsley	7	370	5	1	0	14	2.27	0
Totals	15	877	12	2	1	26	1.78		0