1969 Stanley Cup Finals

1969 Stanley Cup Finals
Teams 1 2 3 4 Games St. Louis Blues  1 1 0 1 0 Montreal Canadiens  3 3 4 2 4
Location: Montreal, QC (Montreal Forum) (1,2) St. Louis, MO (St. Louis Arena) (3,4) Format: Best-of-seven Coaches: St. Louis: Scotty Bowman Montreal: Claude Ruel Captains: St. Louis: Al Arbour Montreal: Jean Beliveau Dates: April 27 to May 4, 1969 MVP: Serge Savard Series-winning goal: John Ferguson (3:02, third, G4)
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The 1969 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series played from April 27 to May 4, 1969, between the defending champions Montreal Canadiens and the St. Louis Blues, the same finalists as in 1968. The Canadiens would win the series in four-straight games.

Paths to the final

Montreal defeated the New York Rangers 4–0 and the Boston Bruins 4–2 to advance to the finals.

St. Louis defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4–0 and the Los Angeles Kings 4–0.

The series

Claude Ruel became the eleventh rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup. Montreal goaltender Rogie Vachon limited St. Louis to three goals in four games and his first career playoff shutout.

Montreal Canadiens vs. St. Louis Blues

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 27	St. Louis	1	Montreal	3
April 29	St. Louis	1	Montreal	3
May 1	Montreal	4	St. Louis	0
May 4	Montreal	2	St. Louis	1

Montreal wins the series 4–0.

Montreal Canadiens 1969 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centres

• 4 Jean Beliveau (Captain)
• 6 Ralph Backstrom
• 16 Henri Richard(A)
• 25 Jacques Lemaire
• 23 Christian Bordeleau

  Wingers

• 8 Dick Duff
• 12 Yvan Cournoyer
• 14 Claude Provost(A)
• 15 Bobby Rousseau
• 20 Lucien Grenier
• 21 Gilles Tremblay
• 22 John Ferguson Sr.
• 24 Michael Mickey Redmond

  Defencemen

• 2 Jacques Laperriere
• 3 Jean-Claude J. C. Tremblay
• 10 Edward Ted Harris
• 17 Larry Hillman
• 18 Serge Savard
• 19 Terry Harper

  Goaltenders

• 29-30 Rogatien Vachon
• 1 Lorne Gump Worsley
• 29 Tony Esposito

  Coaching and Administrative Staff

• J. David Molson (President/Owner), William Molson (Vice President/Owner)
• Peter Molson (Vice President/Owner), Sam Pollock (Vice President/General Manager)
• Claude Ruel (Head Coach)
• Larry Albut (Trainer), Eddy Palchak (Asst. Trainer)
• Floyd Curry (Asst. General Manager)&&

&-Lucien Grenier played 2 playoff games, but name was left off the Stanley Cup. &&-name was left of the Stanley Cup.

Stanley Cup engraving

• Anthony "Tony" Esposito's name was misspelled on the Replica Stanley Cup created in 1992–93 as P. FSPOSITO instead of A. ESPOSITO.
• Claude Ruel was the 10th NHL rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup.

Won 4 Stanley Cup in 5 Years with Montreal 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969

Ralph Backstrom, Jean Beliveau, Yvan Cournoyer, Dick Duff, John Ferguson, Terry Harper, Ted Harris, Jacques Laperrierre, Claude Provost, Henri Richard, Bobby Rousseau, Gilles Tremblay, Jean-Claude Tremblay, Gump Worsley (14 players), David Molson, Sam Pollock, Larry Aubut (3 non-players).

See also

• List of Stanley Cup champions
• 1968–69 NHL season

References

• Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Stanley Cup. NHL. 
• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Triumph Books. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7. 

Preceded by Montreal Canadiens 1968

Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions 1969

Succeeded by Boston Bruins 1970