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1969–70 Montreal Canadiens season

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The 1969–70 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 61st season of play. The defending Stanley Cup champions finished sixteen games above .500, but it was not enough to return to the playoffs in the powerful East Division. Montreal finished fifth after losing tiebreaker to the New York Rangers on goals scored, and missed the playoffs for the first time since the 1947–48 season, ending their 21-season playoff streak.

Division5th East
1969–70 record38–22–16
Home record21–9–8
Road record17–13–8
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1969–70 Montreal Canadiens
Division5th East
1969–70 record38–22–16
Home record21–9–8
Road record17–13–8
Goals for244
Goals against201
Team information
General managerSam Pollock
CoachClaude Ruel
CaptainJean Beliveau
Alternate captainsHenri Richard
Unknown
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsJacques Lemaire (32)
AssistsYvan Cournoyer (36)
PointsYvan Cournoyer (63)
Penalty minutesJohn Ferguson (139)
WinsRogie Vachon (31)
Goals against averagePhil Myre (2.27)
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This team was the only Canadiens team between the 1948–49 season and the 1993–94 season that missed the playoffs, a span of 46 years. Montreal would go on to win another Cup the following season, becoming the first (and, as of 2026, only) team to win the Stanley Cup, miss the playoffs, and win the Cup again in successive campaigns, and with their 1968 Stanley Cup victory, they are the only team to win the Stanley Cup in 3 of 4 years, with one missed playoff appearance.

Regular season

On April 5, 1970 the Montreal Canadiens, in a desperate race to qualify for the NHL playoffs, the team played away against the Chicago Black Hawks. With 9:30 left in regulation time, Montreal was down by a score of 5–2. The Canadiens' only hope of qualifying for the playoffs was to score three more goals. Montreal coach Claude Ruel pulled his goaltender, Rogatien Vachon, from the net, sending him back out only for faceoffs. Unfortunately, luck ran out as Chicago scored five empty net goals and won the game by a score of 10–2, while the Rangers racked up a 9–5 win over Detroit. Thus, Montreal missed the playoffs for the first time in 22 years.

Final standings

More information GP, W ...
East Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Chicago Black Hawks7645229250170+8099
2Boston Bruins76401719277216+6199
3Detroit Red Wings76402115246199+4795
4New York Rangers76382216246189+5792
5Montreal Canadiens76382216244201+4392
6Toronto Maple Leafs76293413222242−2071
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Record vs. opponents

Vs. East Division

More information NHL records, Team ...
1969–70 NHL records[2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR Total
Boston —3–3–21–2–52–3–34–44–3–114–15–11
Chicago 3–3–2—4–44–44–1–34–3–119–15–6
Detroit 2–1–54–4—4–2–22–4–26–218–13–9
Montreal 3–2–34–42–4–2—4–3–14–1–317–14–9
New York 4–41–4–34–2–23–4–1—6–218–16–6
Toronto 3–4–13–4–12–61–4–32–6—11–24–5
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Vs. West Division

More information NHL records, Team ...
1969–70 NHL records
Team LAK MIN OAK PHI PIT STL Total
Boston 5–0–14–1–15–0–14–0–25–0–13–1–226–2–8
Chicago 5–13–2–13–34–0–26–04–225–8–3
Detroit 6–01–1–44–23–1–24–24–222–8–6
Montreal 6–02–2–23–2–14–0–24–22–2–221–8–7
New York 4–1–13–1–25–10–0–64–1–14–220–6–10
Toronto 3–1–22–2–24–1–13–2–12–2–24–218–10–8
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Schedule and results

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1969–70 regular season[3]
October
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
1WOctober 11, 19695–1Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)1–0–0
2TOctober 15, 19692–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)1–0–1
3WOctober 18, 19697–3New York Rangers (1969–70)2–0–1
4TOctober 19, 19691–1@ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)2–0–2
5TOctober 22, 19693–3St. Louis Blues (1969–70)2–0–3
6LOctober 25, 19690–5Chicago 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
November
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
10WNovember 1, 19699–2Boston Bruins (1969–70)4–2–4
11TNovember 5, 19692–2Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)4–2–5
12WNovember 6, 19694–1@ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)5–2–5
13WNovember 8, 19696–3Toronto 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, 19695–5Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)9–3–6
19WNovember 22, 19694–2Oakland 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, 19692–2Boston Bruins (1969–70)11–3–8
December
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
23WDecember 4, 19691–0@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)12–3–8
24LDecember 6, 19693–4Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)12–4–8
25LDecember 7, 19693–6@ New York Rangers (1969–70)12–5–8
26WDecember 10, 19696–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)13–5–8
27WDecember 13, 19694–1Chicago 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, 19692–3Detroit 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, 19692–2Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)16–7–10
34LDecember 30, 19690–5St. Louis Blues (1969–70)16–8–10
35LDecember 31, 19692–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)16–9–10
January
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
36WJanuary 3, 19705–1Oakland Seals (1969–70)17–9–10
37WJanuary 6, 19704–3Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)18–9–10
38WJanuary 8, 19703–1Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)19–9–10
39WJanuary 11, 19704–1New York Rangers (1969–70)20–9–10
40WJanuary 14, 19704–2Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)21–9–10
41LJanuary 17, 19700–3Oakland 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, 19704–1Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)23–11–10
45WJanuary 25, 19704–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)24–11–10
46WJanuary 28, 19705–4Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)25–11–10
47TJanuary 31, 19703–3Boston Bruins (1969–70)25–11–11
February
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
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, 19703–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)28–12–13
54LFebruary 14, 19702–5Detroit 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, 19705–3Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)29–15–13
58WFebruary 22, 19701–0@ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)30–15–13
59WFebruary 25, 19703–2Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)31–15–13
60LFebruary 28, 19702–3St. Louis Blues (1969–70)31–16–13
March
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
61LMarch 4, 19701–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)31–17–13
62LMarch 7, 19702–4Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)31–18–13
63LMarch 8, 19700–2@ Boston Bruins (1969–70)31–19–13
64WMarch 11, 19705–3New 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, 19702–0Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)35–19–15
70WMarch 22, 19705–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)36–19–15
71WMarch 25, 19705–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)37–19–15
72TMarch 28, 19701–1New York Rangers (1969–70)37–19–16
73LMarch 29, 19701–4@ New York Rangers (1969–70)37–20–16
April
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
74WApril 1, 19706–3Boston Bruins (1969–70)38–20–16
75LApril 4, 19701–4Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)38–21–16
76LApril 5, 19702–10@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)38–22–16

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

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Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Yvan CournoyerRW72273663231004
Jacques LemaireC69322860161305
Bobby RousseauRW7224345830524
Mickey RedmondRW7527275461302
Henri RichardC6216365261204
Jean BeliveauC6319304910301
Ralph BackstromC7219244320102
Jacques LaperriereD736313798211
John FergusonLW48191332139607
Serge SavardD6412193138532
Terry HarperD7541822109000
Claude ProvostRW6510112122001
J.C. TremblayD58219217100
Ted HarrisD7431720116000
Pete MahovlichC36981751002
Christian BordeleauC482131518000
Larry MickeyRW214484302
Marc TardifLW1832527100
Lucien GrenierRW232352001
Bobby SheehanC162132000
Dick DuffLW171124000
Larry PleauC201010010
Jean GauthierD40110000
Rejean HouleW90110000
Phil RobertoRW80118000
Guy CharronC50000000
Paul CurtisD10000000
Jude DrouinC30002000
Fran HuckC20000000
Guy LapointeD50004000
Phil MyreG100002000
Rogie VachonG640000000
Gump WorsleyG60000000
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Goaltending

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Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Rogie Vachon3697643118121622.634
Phil Myre50310432192.270
Gump Worsley3606312142.330
Team:4560763822161952.574
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Note:
Pos = Position;GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Pos = Position;GP = Games played; 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

Draft picks

See also: 1969 NHL amateur draft
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Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
11Réjean Houle CanadaMontreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
12Marc Tardif CanadaMontreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
332Bobby Sheehan United StatesSt. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
444Murray Anderson CanadaFlin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
556Gary Doyle CanadaOttawa 67's (OHA)
663Guy Delparte CanadaLondon Knights (OHA)
668Lynn Powis CanadaDenver Pioneers (NCAA)
774Ian Wilkie CanadaEdmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
775Dale Power CanadaPeterborough Petes (OHA)
879Frank Hamill CanadaToronto Marlboros (OHA)
983Gilles Drolet CanadaQuebec Remparts (QMJHL)
1084Darrel Knibbs CanadaLethbridge Sugar Kings (AJHL)
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