1967–68 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1967–68 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 59th season of play. The Canadiens won their 15th Stanley Cup in club history.

Offseason

Expansion draft 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.The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D'Arcy Jenish, p. 189, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, . The most notable players lost were Charlie Hodge, Jean-Guy Talbot, Dave Balon and Jim Roberts.

Regular season On March 3, 1968, Jean Beliveau joined Gordie Howe as the only players to have 1000 career points.National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 214.

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 11, 1967||2–1 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) ||1–0–0

|2||W||October 14, 1967||6–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||2–0–0

|3||L||October 15, 1967||2–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||2–1–0

|4||T||October 18, 1967||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1967–68) ||2–1–1

|5||W||October 19, 1967||1–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||3–1–1

|6||W||October 21, 1967||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||4–1–1

|7||T||October 26, 1967||1–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1967–68) ||4–1–2

|8||W||October 28, 1967||4–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1967–68) ||5–1–2

|9||L||November 1, 1967||0–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||5–2–2

|10||L||November 4, 1967||1–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) ||5–3–2

|11||T||November 5, 1967||1–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) ||5–3–3

|12||L||November 8, 1967||2–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||5–4–3

|13||T||November 11, 1967||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||5–4–4

|14||L||November 12, 1967||1–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||5–5–4

|15||W||November 15, 1967||5–1 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) ||6–5–4

|16||L||November 18, 1967||1–2 || align="left"| @ California Seals (1967–68) ||6–6–4

|17||L||November 19, 1967||2–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) ||6–7–4

|18||W||November 22, 1967||3–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1967–68) ||7–7–4

|19||W||November 23, 1967||7–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||8–7–4

|20||L||November 25, 1967||1–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||8–8–4

|21||L||November 29, 1967||1–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||8–9–4

|22||T||November 30, 1967||1–1 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) ||8–9–5

|23||L||December 2, 1967||2–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) ||8–10–5

|24||L||December 3, 1967||3–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||8–11–5

|25||T||December 7, 1967||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||8–11–6

|26||T||December 9, 1967||2–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||8–11–7

|27||L||December 10, 1967||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1967–68) ||8–12–7

|28||W||December 13, 1967||6–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||9–12–7

|29||W||December 16, 1967||4–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||10–12–7

|30||L||December 17, 1967||6–8 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||10–13–7

|31||W||December 20, 1967||5–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||11–13–7

|32||W||December 23, 1967||4–2 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1967–68) ||12–13–7

|33||L||December 25, 1967||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||12–14–7

|34||T||December 27, 1967||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||12–14–8

|35||W||December 28, 1967||6–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) ||13–14–8

|36||W||December 30, 1967||2–0 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1967–68) ||14–14–8

|37||T||January 3, 1968||1–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||14–14–9

|38||W||January 6, 1968||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1967–68) ||15–14–9

|39||W||January 7, 1968||4–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||16–14–9

|40||W||January 10, 1968||4–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) ||17–14–9

|41||W||January 11, 1968||4–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) ||18–14–9

|42||W||January 13, 1968||5–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||19–14–9

|43||W||January 17, 1968||6–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||20–14–9

|44||W||January 20, 1968||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||21–14–9

|45||W||January 25, 1968||2–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||22–14–9

|46||W||January 27, 1968||5–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||23–14–9

|47||W||January 30, 1968||3–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||24–14–9

|48||W||February 1, 1968||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1967–68) ||25–14–9

|49||W||February 3, 1968||5–1 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) ||26–14–9

|50||L||February 4, 1968||0–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1967–68) ||26–15–9

|51||W||February 7, 1968||4–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) ||27–15–9

|52||W||February 10, 1968||6–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||28–15–9

|53||W||February 11, 1968||6–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||29–15–9

|54||W||February 14, 1968||4–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||30–15–9

|55||W||February 15, 1968||2–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||31–15–9

|56||W||February 17, 1968||4–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) ||32–15–9

|57||W||February 21, 1968||7–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1967–68) ||33–15–9

|58||W||February 22, 1968||2–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1967–68) ||34–15–9

|59||L||February 24, 1968||1–6 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1967–68) ||34–16–9

|60||T||February 28, 1968||3–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1967–68) ||34–16–10

|61||L||March 2, 1968||2–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) ||34–17–10

|62||L||March 3, 1968||2–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||34–18–10

|63||W||March 5, 1968||6–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) ||35–18–10

|64||W||March 6, 1968||2–0 || align="left"| @ Oakland Seals (1967–68) ||36–18–10

|65||W||March 9, 1968||5–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||37–18–10

|66||W||March 14, 1968||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1967–68) ||38–18–10

|67||W||March 16, 1968||6–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) ||39–18–10

|68||L||March 17, 1968||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||39–19–10

|69||W||March 20, 1968||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||40–19–10

|70||W||March 23, 1968||7–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||41–19–10

|71||W||March 24, 1968||7–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||42–19–10

|72||L||March 27, 1968||0–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||42–20–10

|73||L||March 30, 1968||1–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||42–21–10

|74||L||March 31, 1968||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1967–68) ||42–22–10

Legend:

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 NotesMay 5 Montreal 3 St. Louis 2 OTMay 7 Montreal 1 St. Louis 0 May 9 St. Louis 3 Montreal 4 OTMay 11 St. Louis2 Montreal 3

Montreal wins the series 4–0.

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG C 59 31 37 68 28903 RW 74 19 46 65 47715 RW 64 28 32 60 23714 LW 71 23 28 51 8712 LW 66 25 21 46 21608 C 70 20 25 45 14305 RW 73 14 30 44 26233 C 69 22 20 42 16313 LW 61 15 18 33 117003 D 73 4 26 30 18101 C 54 9 19 28 16203 D 72 4 21 25 84100 D 67 5 16 21 78001 D 67 2 13 15 34100 RW 41 6 5 11 4100 D 57 3 8 11 66001 RW 42 2 9 11 28000 RW 22 3 4 7 10000 D 31 1 1 2 31000 D 12 0 1 1 9000 LW 11 0 0 0 8000 G 39 0 0 0 2000 G 40 0 0 0 10000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 2227 39 23 13 2 92 2.48 4 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 RW 13 6 8 14 4301 C 13 7 6 13 6202 C 10 7 4 11 6301 RW 13 2 8 10 10101 D 13 3 6 9 2011 C 13 4 4 8 4100 LW 13 3 5 8 25001 C 13 4 3 7 4002 LW 13 3 4 7 4001 RW 13 2 4 6 8001 LW 9 1 5 6 2000 RW 12 3 2 5 8000 D 13 1 3 4 20000 D 13 0 4 4 22000 RW 10 0 3 3 5000 D 6 2 0 2 0021 D 13 0 1 1 8000 RW 2 0 0 0 0000 G 2 0 0 0 0000 D 1 0 0 0 0000 G 12 0 0 0 10000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO 672 12 11 0 21 1.88 1 113 2 1 1 4 2.12 0 Team: 785 13 12 1 25 1.91 1

Awards and records Prince of Wales Trophy. Jean Beliveau, runner-up, Hart Trophy.National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 220. Claude Provost, Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy. J. C. Tremblay, defence, NHL Second Team All-Star. J. C. Tremblay, runner-up, Norris Trophy.National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 222. Rogie Vachon and Gump Worsley, Vezina Trophy. Gump Worsley, goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star.

Draft picks Montreal's draft picks at the 1967 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)18 Elgin McCann Weyburn Red Wings (WCJHL)

See also 1967–68 NHL season List of Stanley Cup champions

References

Notes

Bibliography National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, .

External links Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference