Team1: | St. Louis Blues |
Team1 Short: | St. Louis |
Team2: | Montreal Canadiens |
Team2 Short: | Montreal |
Team2 Coach: | Claude Ruel |
Team1 Coach: | Scotty Bowman |
Team2 Captain: | Jean Beliveau |
Team1 Captain: | Al Arbour |
Year: | 1969 |
Team2 1: | 3 |
Team1 1: | 1 |
Team2 2: | 3 |
Team1 2: | 1 |
Team1 3: | 0 |
Team2 3: | 4 |
Team1 4: | 1 |
Team2 4: | 2 |
Team1 Tot: | 0 |
Team2 Tot: | 4 |
Dates: | April 27 – May 4, 1969 |
Location1: | Montreal Montreal Forum (1, 2) |
Location2: | St. Louis St. Louis Arena (3, 4) |
Team2 Winner: | 1 |
Mvp: | Serge Savard (Canadiens) |
Series Winner: | John Ferguson (3:02, third, G4) |
Hofers: | Blues: Al Arbour (1996, builder) Glenn Hall (1975) Doug Harvey (1973; did not play) Jacques Plante (1978) Canadiens: Jean Beliveau (1972) Yvan Cournoyer (1982) Dick Duff (2006) Tony Esposito (1988) Jacques Laperriere (1987) Jacques Lemaire (1984) Henri Richard (1979) Serge Savard (1986) Rogie Vachon (2016) Gump Worsley (1980; did not play) Coaches: Scotty Bowman (1991) |
The 1969 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1968–69 season, and the culmination of the 1969 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the defending champion Montreal Canadiens and the St. Louis Blues, a rematch of the previous year's finals. As they did in the previous matchup, the Canadiens won the series in four games.
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 and Los Angeles Kings in four games each.
This was the second playoff series between these two teams. Their only previous meeting came in the previous year's Stanley Cup Finals. In this year's six-game regular season series, there were five wins for Montreal and one tie.
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. In the process, he earned his first career playoff shutout.
The 1969 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Jean Beliveau by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Canadiens 2–1 win over the Blues in game four.
The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup
1968–69 Montreal Canadiens
Ralph Backstrom, Jean Beliveau, Yvan Cournoyer, Dick Duff, John Ferguson, Terry Harper, Ted Harris, Jacques Laperriere, Claude Provost, Henri Richard, Bobby Rousseau, Gilles Tremblay, Jean-Claude Tremblay, Gump Worsley (14 players), David Molson, Sam Pollock, Larry Aubut (3 non-players).