1969–70 Montreal Canadiens season

1969–70 Montreal Canadiens
Division 5th East
1969–70 record 38–22–16
Goals for 244
Goals against 201
Team information
General Manager Sam Pollock
Coach Claude Ruel
Captain Jean Beliveau
Alternate captains Henry Richard
Arena Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals Jacques Lemaire (32)
Assists Yvan Cournoyer (36)
Points Yvan Cournoyer (63)
Penalties in minutes John Ferguson (139)
Wins Rogie Vachon (31)
Goals against average Phil Myre (2.27)
<1968–69 1970–71>

The 1969–70 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 61st season of play. The Canadiens placed fifth in the East division and missed the playoffs for the first time since the 1947–48 season.

Regular season

April 5, 1970 – The Montreal Canadiens were in a desperate race to qualify for the NHL playoffs. The Canadiens hosted the Chicago Blackhawks. With 9 minutes and 30 seconds left in the third period, Montreal was down by a score of 5–2. Montreal’s only hope of qualifying for the playoffs was to score three more goals. Canadiens coach Claude Ruel removed his goalie, Rogatien Vachon from the net. Vachon would return to the net only for faceoffs. Chicago would score five empty net goals and win the game by a score of 10–2. Montreal would miss the playoffs for the first time in 22 years.

Final standings

East Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Chicago Black Hawks 76 45 22 9 250 170 +80 99
2 Boston Bruins 76 40 17 19 277 216 +61 99
3 Detroit Red Wings 76 40 21 15 246 199 +47 95
4 New York Rangers 76 38 22 16 246 189 +57 92
5 Montreal Canadiens 76 38 22 16 244 201 +43 92
6 Toronto Maple Leafs 76 29 34 13 222 242 −20 71

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 11, 19695–1 Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 1–0–0
2TOctober 15, 19692–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) 1–0–1
3WOctober 18, 19697–3 New York Rangers (1969–70) 2–0–1
4TOctober 19, 19691–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 2–0–2
5TOctober 22, 19693–3 St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 2–0–3
6LOctober 25, 19690–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 2–1–3
7WOctober 26, 19698–3 @ New York Rangers (1969–70) 3–1–3
8LOctober 29, 19691–4 @ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) 3–2–3
9TOctober 30, 19692–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 3–2–4
10WNovember 1, 19699–2 Boston Bruins (1969–70) 4–2–4
11TNovember 5, 19692–2 Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) 4–2–5
12WNovember 6, 19694–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 5–2–5
13WNovember 8, 19696–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) 6–2–5
14WNovember 10, 19696–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 7–2–5
15WNovember 12, 19695–0 @ Oakland Seals (1969–70) 8–2–5
16WNovember 15, 19693–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 9–2–5
17LNovember 16, 19690–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 9–3–5
18TNovember 19, 19695–5 Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 9–3–6
19WNovember 22, 19694–2 Oakland Seals (1969–70) 10–3–6
20TNovember 23, 19692–2 @ Boston Bruins (1969–70) 10–3–7
21WNovember 26, 19693–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) 11–3–7
22TNovember 29, 19692–2 Boston Bruins (1969–70) 11–3–8
23WDecember 4, 19691–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 12–3–8
24LDecember 6, 19693–4 Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) 12–4–8
25LDecember 7, 19693–6 @ New York Rangers (1969–70) 12–5–8
26WDecember 10, 19696–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) 13–5–8
27WDecember 13, 19694–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 14–5–8
28LDecember 14, 19692–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 14–6–8
29WDecember 17, 19695–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 15–6–8
30LDecember 20, 19692–3 Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 15–7–8
31WDecember 21, 19695–2 @ Boston Bruins (1969–70) 16–7–8
32TDecember 26, 19693–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 16–7–9
33TDecember 27, 19692–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 16–7–10
34LDecember 30, 19690–5 St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 16–8–10
35LDecember 31, 19692–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 16–9–10
36WJanuary 3, 19705–1 Oakland Seals (1969–70) 17–9–10
37WJanuary 6, 19704–3 Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 18–9–10
38WJanuary 8, 19703–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 19–9–10
39WJanuary 11, 19704–1 New York Rangers (1969–70) 20–9–10
40WJanuary 14, 19704–2 Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 21–9–10
41LJanuary 17, 19700–3 Oakland Seals (1969–70) 21–10–10
42LJanuary 18, 19703–6 @ Boston Bruins (1969–70) 21–11–10
43WJanuary 22, 19704–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) 22–11–10
44WJanuary 24, 19704–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 23–11–10
45WJanuary 25, 19704–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 24–11–10
46WJanuary 28, 19705–4 Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) 25–11–10
47TJanuary 31, 19703–3 Boston Bruins (1969–70) 25–11–11
48WFebruary 1, 19705–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 26–11–11
49LFebruary 4, 19702–5 @ Oakland Seals (1969–70) 26–12–11
50WFebruary 5, 19705–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 27–12–11
51TFebruary 7, 19701–1 @ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) 27–12–12
52WFebruary 8, 19703–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 28–12–12
53TFebruary 11, 19703–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) 28–12–13
54LFebruary 14, 19702–5 Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 28–13–13
55LFebruary 15, 19700–2 @ New York Rangers (1969–70) 28–14–13
56LFebruary 18, 19703–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) 28–15–13
57WFebruary 21, 19705–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 29–15–13
58WFebruary 22, 19701–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 30–15–13
59WFebruary 25, 19703–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 31–15–13
60LFebruary 28, 19702–3 St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 31–16–13
61LMarch 4, 19701–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 31–17–13
62LMarch 7, 19702–4 Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) 31–18–13
63LMarch 8, 19700–2 @ Boston Bruins (1969–70) 31–19–13
64WMarch 11, 19705–3 New York Rangers (1969–70) 32–19–13
65WMarch 14, 19706–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1969–70) 33–19–13
66TMarch 15, 19703–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) 33–19–14
67TMarch 18, 19702–2 @ Oakland Seals (1969–70) 33–19–15
68WMarch 19, 19706–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) 34–19–15
69WMarch 21, 19702–0 Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) 35–19–15
70WMarch 22, 19705–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) 36–19–15
71WMarch 25, 19705–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) 37–19–15
72TMarch 28, 19701–1 New York Rangers (1969–70) 37–19–16
73LMarch 29, 19701–4 @ New York Rangers (1969–70) 37–20–16
74WApril 1, 19706–3 Boston Bruins (1969–70) 38–20–16
75LApril 4, 19701–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 38–21–16
76LApril 5, 19702–10 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) 38–22–16

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer RW 72 27 36 63 231004
Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire C 69 32 28 60 161305
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau RW 72 24 34 58 30524
Redmond, MickeyMickey Redmond RW 75 27 27 54 61302
Richard, HenriHenri Richard C 62 16 36 52 61204
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau C 63 19 30 49 10301
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom C 72 19 24 43 20102
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere D 73 6 31 37 98211
Ferguson, JohnJohn Ferguson LW 48 19 13 32 139607
Savard, SergeSerge Savard D 64 12 19 31 38532
Harper, TerryTerry Harper D 75 4 18 22 109000
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost RW 65 10 11 21 22001
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay D 58 2 19 21 7100
Harris, TedTed Harris D 74 3 17 20 116000
Mahovlich, PetePete Mahovlich C 36 9 8 17 51002
Bordeleau, ChristianChristian Bordeleau C 48 2 13 15 18000
Mickey, LarryLarry Mickey RW 21 4 4 8 4302
Tardif, MarcMarc Tardif LW 18 3 2 5 27100
Grenier, LucienLucien Grenier RW 23 2 3 5 2001
Sheehan, BobbyBobby Sheehan C 16 2 1 3 2000
Duff, DickDick Duff LW 17 1 1 2 4000
Pleau, LarryLarry Pleau C 20 1 0 1 0010
Gauthier, JeanJean Gauthier D 4 0 1 1 0000
Houle, RejeanRejean Houle W 9 0 1 1 0000
Roberto, PhilPhil Roberto RW 8 0 1 1 8000
Charron, GuyGuy Charron C 5 0 0 0 0000
Curtis, PaulPaul Curtis D 1 0 0 0 0000
Drouin, JudeJude Drouin C 3 0 0 0 2000
Huck, FranFran Huck C 2 0 0 0 0000
Lapointe, GuyGuy Lapointe D 5 0 0 0 4000
Myre, PhilPhil Myre G 10 0 0 0 2000
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon G 64 0 0 0 0000
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley G 6 0 0 0 0000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon 3697 64 31 18 12 162 2.63 4
Myre, PhilPhil Myre 503 10 4 3 2 19 2.27 0
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley 360 6 3 1 2 14 2.33 0
Team: 4560 76 38 22 16 195 2.57 4

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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

Roster

1969–1970 Montréal Canadiens Roster
Goaltenders

Defencemen

Wingers

Centres

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Nationality College/junior/club team
1 1. Rejean Houle  Canada Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
1 2. Marc Tardif  Canada Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)

See also

External links

  1. "1969–1970 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. "1969-70 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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