1968–69 St. Louis Blues season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1968–69 1968 St. Louis Blues West 1st 37–25–14 21–8–9 16–17–5 204 157 Scotty Bowman Scotty Bowman Al Arbour Jim RobertsJean-Guy TalbotRed Berenson St. Louis Arena Red Berenson (35) Red Berenson (47) Red Berenson (82) Noel Picard (131) Glenn Hall (19) Jacques Plante (1.96) Yes The 1968–69 St. Louis Blues season was the second in the history of the franchise. The Blues won the NHL's West Division title for the first time in their history. In the playoffs, the Blues swept the Philadelphia Flyers and the Los Angeles Kings, winning both series four games to none, before losing the Stanley Cup Finals in four straight to the Montreal Canadiens for the second straight season. 2 Regular season On November 7, 1968, Red Berenson scored six goals in a road game versus the Philadelphia Flyers. He became the first player to score a double hat trick on a road game.Hockey's Book of Firsts, p. 27, James Duplacey, JG Press, 978-1-57215-037-9. Goaltenders Glenn Hall and Jacques Plante shared the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goalie tandem for that season, and set the Blues' record (broken in 2011–12) of 13 shutouts. For Hall, it was his third Vezina, while Plante, who had come out of retirement during the summer of 1968, took home his seventh. It was the second major award that an NHL expansion team has earned. Hall also earned the Conn Smythe Trophy as the NHL Playoffs MVP the previous season. Final standings STL Record vs. opponents STL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 5px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 5px solid; 1968–69 regular season1968-69 St. Louis Blues Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/STL/1969_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 26, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||October 11, 1968||3–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 12, 1968||6–0 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 16, 1968||2–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||1–2–0 |- |4||W||October 19, 1968||4–1 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||2–2–0 |- |5||L||October 23, 1968||4–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||2–3–0 |- |6||W||October 24, 1968||2–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||3–3–0 |- |7||L||October 26, 1968||2–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||3–4–0 |- |8||W||October 30, 1968||4–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||4–4–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |9||L||November 2, 1968||0–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||4–5–0 |- |10||T||November 3, 1968||4–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||4–5–1 |- |11||W||November 6, 1968||3–1 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||5–5–1 |- |12||W||November 7, 1968||8–0 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||6–5–1 |- |13||L||November 9, 1968||1–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||6–6–1 |- |14||T||November 10, 1968||1–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||6–6–2 |- |15||W||November 13, 1968||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1968–69) ||7–6–2 |- |16||T||November 16, 1968||1–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||7–6–3 |- |17||T||November 17, 1968||3–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||7–6–4 |- |18||W||November 20, 1968||7–0 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||8–6–4 |- |19||W||November 23, 1968||1–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||9–6–4 |- |20||T||November 27, 1968||4–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||9–6–5 |- |21||W||November 28, 1968||3–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||10–6–5 |- |22||W||November 30, 1968||1–0 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||11–6–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |23||T||December 4, 1968||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||11–6–6 |- |24||T||December 7, 1968||1–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||11–6–7 |- |25||T||December 8, 1968||4–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||11–6–8 |- |26||L||December 11, 1968||3–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||11–7–8 |- |27||L||December 12, 1968||4–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||11–8–8 |- |28||L||December 14, 1968||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||11–9–8 |- |29||W||December 15, 1968||3–1 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||12–9–8 |- |30||W||December 20, 1968||1–0 || align="left"| @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||13–9–8 |- |31||T||December 21, 1968||2–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1968–69) ||13–9–9 |- |32||W||December 25, 1968||2–0 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||14–9–9 |- |33||W||December 26, 1968||3–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||15–9–9 |- |34||L||December 28, 1968||2–6 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||15–10–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |35||T||January 1, 1969||0–0 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||15–10–10 |- |36||W||January 3, 1969||3–1 || align="left"| @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||16–10–10 |- |37||W||January 4, 1969||3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||17–10–10 |- |38||W||January 7, 1969||5–0 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||18–10–10 |- |39||L||January 8, 1969||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||18–11–10 |- |40||W||January 11, 1969||6–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||19–11–10 |- |41||W||January 12, 1969||2–0 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||20–11–10 |- |42||W||January 15, 1969||4–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||21–11–10 |- |43||T||January 18, 1969||2–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1968–69) ||21–11–11 |- |44||W||January 19, 1969||3–1 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||22–11–11 |- |45||L||January 23, 1969||2–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||22–12–11 |- |46||L||January 25, 1969||0–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||22–13–11 |- |47||W||January 26, 1969||3–1 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||23–13–11 |- |48||W||January 29, 1969||2–1 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||24–13–11 |- |49||L||January 30, 1969||3–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1968–69) ||24–14–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |50||W||February 1, 1969||2–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||25–14–11 |- |51||W||February 2, 1969||5–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||26–14–11 |- |52||L||February 4, 1969||2–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||26–15–11 |- |53||W||February 6, 1969||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||27–15–11 |- |54||L||February 8, 1969||0–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1968–69) ||27–16–11 |- |55||T||February 9, 1969||4–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||27–16–12 |- |56||W||February 12, 1969||2–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||28–16–12 |- |57||W||February 13, 1969||2–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||29–16–12 |- |58||W||February 15, 1969||4–1 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||30–16–12 |- |59||W||February 16, 1969||6–0 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||31–16–12 |- |60||W||February 19, 1969||3–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||32–16–12 |- |61||L||February 21, 1969||2–3 || align="left"| @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||32–17–12 |- |62||W||February 22, 1969||3–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||33–17–12 |- |63||L||February 26, 1969||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||33–18–12 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |64||L||March 1, 1969||0–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||33–19–12 |- |65||L||March 2, 1969||1–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1968–69) ||33–20–12 |- |66||L||March 5, 1969||2–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||33–21–12 |- |67||W||March 8, 1969||5–2 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||34–21–12 |- |68||T||March 9, 1969||2–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||34–21–13 |- |69||L||March 11, 1969||0–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||34–22–13 |- |70||W||March 15, 1969||3–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) ||35–22–13 |- |71||L||March 16, 1969||2–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||35–23–13 |- |72||T||March 19, 1969||1–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||35–23–14 |- |73||L||March 22, 1969||1–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||35–24–14 |- |74||L||March 23, 1969||3–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||35–25–14 |- |75||W||March 26, 1969||5–3 || align="left"| @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||36–25–14 |- |76||W||March 29, 1969||3–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||37–25–14 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals 1969 Stanley Cup Finals 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 NotesApril 27 St. Louis 1 Montreal 3 April 29 St. Louis1 Montreal 3 May 1 Montreal 4 St. Louis 0 May 4 Montreal 2 St. Louis 1 Montreal wins the series 4–0. Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Red Berenson C 76 35 47 82 43716 Gary Sabourin RW 75 25 23 48 58303 Ab McDonald LW 68 21 21 42 12204 Camille Henry C 64 17 22 39 8701 Ron Schock C 67 12 27 39 14403 Frank St. Marseille RW 72 12 26 38 22303 Tim Ecclestone LW 68 11 23 34 31104 Jim Roberts Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) D/RW 72 14 19 33 81211 Bill McCreary Bill McCreary Sr. LW 71 13 17 30 50314 Barclay Plager D 61 4 26 30 120001 Noel Picard D 67 5 19 24 131001 Doug Harvey Doug Harvey (ice hockey) D 70 2 20 22 30100 Craig Cameron Craig Cameron (hockey) RW 72 11 5 16 40201 Terry Crisp C 57 6 9 15 14110 Larry Keenan LW 46 5 9 14 6002 Jean-Guy Talbot D 69 5 4 9 24001 Al Arbour D 67 1 6 7 50001 Bob Plager D 32 0 7 7 43000 Terry Gray Terry Gray (ice hockey) RW 8 4 0 4 4201 Glenn Hall G 41 0 2 2 20000 Myron Stankiewicz LW 16 0 2 2 11000 Ray Fortin D 11 1 0 1 6000 Norm Dennis C 2 0 0 0 2000 Gary Edwards Gary Edwards (ice hockey) G 1 0 0 0 0000 Robbie Irons G 1 0 0 0 0000 Ted Ouimet G 1 0 0 0 0000 Bill Plager D 2 0 0 0 2000 Jacques Plante G 37 0 0 0 2000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Glenn Hall 2354 41 19 12 8 85 2.17 8 Jacques Plante 2139 37 18 12 6 70 1.96 5 Gary Edwards Gary Edwards (ice hockey) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 Robbie Irons 3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 Ted Ouimet 60 1 0 1 0 2 2.00 0 Team: 4560 76 37 25 14 157 2.07 13 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Gary Sabourin RW 12 6 5 11 12102 Red Berenson C 12 7 3 10 20201 Larry Keenan LW 12 4 5 9 8102 Terry Crisp C 12 3 4 7 20002 Camille Henry C 11 2 5 7 0100 Frank St. Marseille RW 12 3 3 6 2000 Bill McCreary Bill McCreary Sr. LW 12 1 5 6 14101 Terry Gray Terry Gray (ice hockey) RW 11 3 2 5 8100 Noel Picard D 12 1 4 5 30000 Jim Roberts Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) D/RW 12 1 4 5 10000 Tim Ecclestone LW 12 2 2 4 20000 Barclay Plager D 12 0 4 4 31000 Bob Plager D 9 0 4 4 47000 Ab McDonald LW 12 2 1 3 10000 Ron Schock C 12 1 2 3 6000 Jean-Guy Talbot D 12 0 2 2 6000 Jacques Plante G 10 0 1 1 0000 Al Arbour D 12 0 0 0 10000 Craig Cameron Craig Cameron (hockey) RW 2 0 0 0 0000 Glenn Hall G 3 0 0 0 0000 Bill Plager D 4 0 0 0 4000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Jacques Plante 589 10 8 2 14 1.43 3 Glenn Hall 131 3 0 2 5 2.29 0 Team: 720 12 8 4 19 1.58 3 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-15 1968-69 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/STL/1969.html Awards and records Red Berenson, most goals in one road game (6), achieved on November 7, 1968, vs. PhiladelphiaNational Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 179, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, 0-920445-98-5. Draft picks St. Louis's picks at the 1968 NHL entry draft. Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 6 Gary Edwards Goaltender Canada Toronto Marlboros (OHA) 2 16 Curt Bennett Left wing United States Brown Bears (NCAA) References External links Blues on Hockey Database Category:St. Louis Blues seasons St. Louis St Louis St Louis