1967–68 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1967 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 6, 1967, in the ballroom of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. The Canadiens lost 18 players in the NHL Expansion Draft. General manager Sam Pollock helped Clarence Campbell draw up the rules for the draft.^[1] The most notable players lost were Charlie Hodge, Jean-Guy Talbot, Dave Balon and Jim Roberts.^[1]

Regular season

On March 3, 1968, Jean Beliveau joined Gordie Howe as the only players to have 1000 career points.^[2]

Final standings

East Division^[3]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	74	42	22	10	236	167	+69	94
2	New York Rangers	74	39	23	12	226	183	+43	90
3	Boston Bruins	74	37	27	10	259	216	+43	84
4	Chicago Black Hawks	74	32	26	16	212	222	−10	80
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	74	33	31	10	209	176	+33	76
6	Detroit Red Wings	74	27	35	12	245	257	−12	66

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 1967	2–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)	1–0–0
2	W	October 14, 1967	6–2	Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	2–0–0
3	L	October 15, 1967	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)	2–1–0
4	T	October 18, 1967	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1967–68)	2–1–1
5	W	October 19, 1967	1–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	3–1–1
6	W	October 21, 1967	4–2	Boston Bruins (1967–68)	4–1–1
7	T	October 26, 1967	1–1	New York Rangers (1967–68)	4–1–2
8	W	October 28, 1967	4–1	St. Louis Blues (1967–68)	5–1–2
9	L	November 1, 1967	0–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	5–2–2
10	L	November 4, 1967	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)	5–3–2
11	T	November 5, 1967	1–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)	5–3–3
12	L	November 8, 1967	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	5–4–3
13	T	November 11, 1967	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	5–4–4
14	L	November 12, 1967	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	5–5–4
15	W	November 15, 1967	5–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)	6–5–4
16	L	November 18, 1967	1–2	@ Oakland Seals (1967–68)	6–6–4
17	L	November 19, 1967	2–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)	6–7–4
18	W	November 22, 1967	3–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1967–68)	7–7–4
19	W	November 23, 1967	7–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	8–7–4
20	L	November 25, 1967	1–3	Boston Bruins (1967–68)	8–8–4
21	L	November 29, 1967	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	8–9–4
22	T	November 30, 1967	1–1	Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)	8–9–5
23	L	December 2, 1967	2–3	Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)	8–10–5
24	L	December 3, 1967	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)	8–11–5
25	T	December 7, 1967	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	8–11–6
26	T	December 9, 1967	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	8–11–7
27	L	December 10, 1967	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1967–68)	8–12–7
28	W	December 13, 1967	6–2	@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)	9–12–7
29	W	December 16, 1967	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	10–12–7
30	L	December 17, 1967	6–8	@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	10–13–7
31	W	December 20, 1967	5–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	11–13–7
32	W	December 23, 1967	4–2	Oakland Seals (1967–68)	12–13–7
33	L	December 25, 1967	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	12–14–7
34	T	December 27, 1967	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	12–14–8
35	W	December 28, 1967	6–2	Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)	13–14–8
36	W	December 30, 1967	2–0	Oakland Seals (1967–68)	14–14–8
37	T	January 3, 1968	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	14–14–9
38	W	January 6, 1968	5–2	New York Rangers (1967–68)	15–14–9
39	W	January 7, 1968	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	16–14–9
40	W	January 10, 1968	4–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)	17–14–9
41	W	January 11, 1968	4–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)	18–14–9
42	W	January 13, 1968	5–1	Boston Bruins (1967–68)	19–14–9
43	W	January 17, 1968	6–1	Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	20–14–9
44	W	January 20, 1968	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	21–14–9
45	W	January 25, 1968	2–0	@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)	22–14–9
46	W	January 27, 1968	5–2	Boston Bruins (1967–68)	23–14–9
47	W	January 30, 1968	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	24–14–9
48	W	February 1, 1968	5–2	New York Rangers (1967–68)	25–14–9
49	W	February 3, 1968	5–1	Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)	26–14–9
50	L	February 4, 1968	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1967–68)	26–15–9
51	W	February 7, 1968	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)	27–15–9
52	W	February 10, 1968	6–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	28–15–9
53	W	February 11, 1968	6–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	29–15–9
54	W	February 14, 1968	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	30–15–9
55	W	February 15, 1968	2–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	31–15–9
56	W	February 17, 1968	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)	32–15–9
57	W	February 21, 1968	7–2	@ New York Rangers (1967–68)	33–15–9
58	W	February 22, 1968	2–1	St. Louis Blues (1967–68)	34–15–9
59	L	February 24, 1968	1–6	New York Rangers (1967–68)	34–16–9
60	T	February 28, 1968	3–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1967–68)	34–16–10
61	L	March 2, 1968	2–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)	34–17–10
62	L	March 3, 1968	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	34–18–10
63	W	March 5, 1968	6–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)	35–18–10
64	W	March 6, 1968	2–0	@ Oakland Seals (1967–68)	36–18–10
65	W	March 9, 1968	5–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	37–18–10
66	W	March 14, 1968	3–1	New York Rangers (1967–68)	38–18–10
67	W	March 16, 1968	6–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)	39–18–10
68	L	March 17, 1968	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)	39–19–10
69	W	March 20, 1968	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	40–19–10
70	W	March 23, 1968	7–4	Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	41–19–10
71	W	March 24, 1968	7–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	42–19–10
72	L	March 27, 1968	0–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	42–20–10
73	L	March 30, 1968	1–2	Boston Bruins (1967–68)	42–21–10
74	L	March 31, 1968	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1967–68)	42–22–10

Playoffs

Stanley Cup finals

This was the first Stanley Cup after the 1967 expansion. Montreal defeated Boston and Chicago to advance to the finals as the East Division champion. St. Louis would defeat Philadelphia and Minnesota to advance to the finals as the West Division champion.

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score	Notes
May 5	Montreal	3	St. Louis	2	OT
May 7	Montreal	1	St. Louis	0
May 9	St. Louis	3	Montreal	4	OT
May 11	St. Louis	2	Montreal	3

Montreal wins the series 4–0.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	59	31	37	68	28	9	0	3
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	RW	74	19	46	65	47	7	1	5
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer	RW	64	28	32	60	23	7	1	4
Tremblay, GillesGilles Tremblay	LW	71	23	28	51	8	7	1	2
Duff, DickDick Duff	LW	66	25	21	46	21	6	0	8
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	70	20	25	45	14	3	0	5
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	73	14	30	44	26	2	3	3
Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire	C	69	22	20	42	16	3	1	3
Ferguson, JohnJohn Ferguson	LW	61	15	18	33	117	0	0	3
Tremblay, J. C.J. C. Tremblay	D	73	4	26	30	18	1	0	1
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	54	9	19	28	16	2	0	3
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere	D	72	4	21	25	84	1	0	0
Harris, TedTed Harris	D	67	5	16	21	78	0	0	1
Savard, SergeSerge Savard	D	67	2	13	15	34	1	0	0
Redmond, MickeyMickey Redmond	RW	41	6	5	11	4	1	0	0
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	57	3	8	11	66	0	0	1
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	42	2	9	11	28	0	0	0
Grant, DannyDanny Grant	RW	22	3	4	7	10	0	0	0
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	D	31	1	1	2	31	0	0	0
Watson, BryanBryan Watson	D	12	0	1	1	9	0	0	0
Monahan, GarryGarry Monahan	LW	11	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon	G	39	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	G	40	0	0	0	10	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon	2227	39	23	13	2	92	2.48	4
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	2213	40	19	9	8	73	1.98	6
Team:	4440	74	42	22	10	165	2.23	10

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer	RW	13	6	8	14	4	3	0	1
Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire	C	13	7	6	13	6	2	0	2
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	10	7	4	11	6	3	0	1
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	13	2	8	10	10	1	0	1
Tremblay, J. C.J. C. Tremblay	D	13	3	6	9	2	0	1	1
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	13	4	4	8	4	1	0	0
Ferguson, JohnJohn Ferguson	LW	13	3	5	8	25	0	0	1
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	13	4	3	7	4	0	0	2
Duff, DickDick Duff	LW	13	3	4	7	4	0	0	1
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	RW	13	2	4	6	8	0	0	1
Tremblay, GillesGilles Tremblay	LW	9	1	5	6	2	0	0	0
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	12	3	2	5	8	0	0	0
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere	D	13	1	3	4	20	0	0	0
Harris, TedTed Harris	D	13	0	4	4	22	0	0	0
Grant, DannyDanny Grant	RW	10	0	3	3	5	0	0	0
Savard, SergeSerge Savard	D	6	2	0	2	0	0	2	1
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	13	0	1	1	8	0	0	0
Redmond, MickeyMickey Redmond	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	G	12	0	0	0	10	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	672	12	11	0	21	1.88	1
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon	113	2	1	1	4	2.12	0
Team:	785	13	12	1	25	1.91	1

^[4]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Prince of Wales Trophy.
Jean Beliveau, runner-up, Hart Trophy.^[5]
Claude Provost, Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy.^[5]
J. C. Tremblay, defence, NHL Second Team All-Star.
J. C. Tremblay, runner-up, Norris Trophy.^[6]
Rogie Vachon and Gump Worsley, Vezina Trophy.
Gump Worsley, goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star.

Roster

1967–1968 Montréal Canadiens Roster

Goaltenders

1 – Gump Worsley
30 – Rogie Vachon

Defencemen

Wingers

Centres

GM: Sam Pollock
Coach: Toe Blake
Trainers: Larry Aubut,
Eddy Palchak

Draft picks

For more details on this topic, see 1967 NHL Entry Draft.

References

Notes

1 2 The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D’Arcy Jenish, p. 189, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0.
↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 214.
↑ "1967–1968 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1967-68 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
1 2 National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 220.
↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 222.

Bibliography

National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5.

External links

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Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Marc Bergevin
Head coach: Michel Therrien
Team captain: Max Pacioretty
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: St. John's IceCaps

ECHL: Brampton Beast

General managers

Head coaches

Media

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Radio	English TSN Radio 990 French 98,5 FM

Culture and lore

1967–68 NHL season

East	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

West	Los Angeles Minnesota Oakland Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

See also	NHL expansion Draft Expansion Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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1967–68 Montreal Canadiens season

Offseason

Expansion draft

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Stanley Cup finals

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Roster

Draft picks

See also

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links