1968-69 Montreal Canadiens Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 46-19-11 - 103 points
in the NHL's Eastern Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Claude Ruel (46-19-11)
1968-69 Montreal Canadiens RosterTeam Record: 46-19-11 - 103 points
in the NHL's Eastern Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Claude Ruel (46-19-11)
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 in the NHL's Eastern Division.
The club scored 271 goals and allowed 202. Yvan Cournoyer netted 43 goals for the squad, while Jean Beliveau and Bobby Rousseau tallied 30 or more, too. Jean Beliveau contributed 49 assists. Rogie Vachon topped the team 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 League Championship.
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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 | 1 | 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 |
| Bob Berry | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gump Worsley | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Howie Glover | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Esposito | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guy Lapointe | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garry Monahan | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Wakely | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alain Caron | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rogie Vachon | G | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1204 | 271 | 432 | 703 | 776 | 316 | 43 | 2 | 46 | 10 | 2728 | 9.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Esposito | 13 | 746 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 2.73 | |||
| Rogie Vachon | 36 | 2051 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 98 | 2.87 | |||
| Gump Worsley | 30 | 1703 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 64 | 2.25 | |||
| Ernie Wakely | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | |||
| Totals | 80 | 4560 | 46 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 200 | 2.63 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yvan Cournoyer | R | 14 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jean Beliveau | C | 14 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Rousseau | R | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jacques Lemaire | C | 14 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Ferguson | L | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Henri Richard | C | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Backstrom | C | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Duff | L | 14 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| J.C. Tremblay | D | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Serge Savard | D | 14 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jacques Laperriere | D | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Provost | R | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Harris | D | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Redmond | R | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hillman | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christian Bordeleau | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Harper | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lucien Grenier | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gump Worsley | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rogie Vachon | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 226 | 43 | 60 | 103 | 247 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogie Vachon | 8 | 507 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1.42 | 269 | 257 | .955 |
| Gump Worsley | 7 | 370 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.27 | 191 | 177 | .927 |
| Totals | 15 | 877 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 1.78 | 460 | 434 | .943 |
