The
1967–68 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's
59th season of play. The Canadiens won their 15th
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup (french: La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, an ...
in club history.
Offseason
Expansion draft
The
1967 NHL Expansion Draft
The 1967 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 6, 1967, in the ballroom of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. The draft took place to fill the rosters of the league's six expansion teams for the 1967–68 season: the California Seals ...
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.
Final standings
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results
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.
''Montreal wins the series 4–0.''
Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring
;Goaltending
Playoffs
;Scoring
;Goaltending
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.
Transactions
Draft picks
Montreal's draft picks at the 1967 NHL Amateur Draft
The 1967 NHL Amateur Draft was the fifth NHL Entry Draft. It was held June 7, 1967, the day after the 1967 expansion draft, at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.
Selections by round
Listed below are the selections in the 1967 NHL am ...
held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.
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
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