1969–70 St. Louis Blues season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1969–70 1969 St. Louis Blues West 1st 37–27–12 24–9–5 13–18–7 224 179 Scotty Bowman Scotty Bowman Al Arbour Jim RobertsJean-Guy TalbotRed Berenson St. Louis Arena Red Berenson (33) Phil Goyette (49) Phil Goyette (78) Barclay Plager (128) Jacques Plante (18) Ernie Wakely (2.11) Yes The 1969–70 St. Louis Blues season involved them finishing in first place in the West Division and being the only team in the West Division with a winning record for the second consecutive season, as they finished 22 points ahead of the second-placed Pittsburgh Penguins. The Blues matched their previous season's total of 37 wins but finished with 86 points, two points shy of the previous season's points total. NHL legend Camille Henry played his final game with the St. Louis Blues, notching 3 points in 4 games. From a goaltending standpoint, the franchise experienced many changes. Glenn Hall had retired at the end of the 1968–69 season but returned. Despite an appearance in the All-Star Game, Jacques Plante played his final season in St. Louis. He was sold by the Blues to the Toronto Maple Leafs for cash on May 18, 1970. Ernie Wakely was acquired from the defending Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens and became the Blues starting goaltender for the following season. In the playoffs, St. Louis defeated the Minnesota North Stars 4–2 and the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 to advance to their third consecutive Stanley Cup Finals, where they were swept by the Boston Bruins. Phil Goyette became the first Lady Byng Trophy winner in franchise history as he led the team with 78 points. This would also mark the last time the Blues would make the finals until 2019, where they would again face the Bruins, and captured their first Stanley Cup in seven games. 2 Offseason NHL draft Tommi Salmelainen was the first European drafted by an NHL franchise.Hockey's Book of Firsts, p. 46, James Duplacey, JG Press, 978-1-57215-037-9. 1969 NHL amateur draft Round Pick Player Nationality219Mike LoweCanada330Bernie GagnonCanada442Vic TealCanada554Brian GlenwrightCanada666Tommi Salmelainen670Dale YutsykCanada773Bob CollyardUnited States777David PulkkinenCanada880Patrick LangeCanada982John ConverseCanada Regular season Glenn Hall As he did with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1966, Glenn Hall retired from St. Louis at the end of the 1968–69 season.Legends of Hockey – The Legends – Honoured Player – Hall, Glenn – Biography https://web.archive.org/web/20110809055125/http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p197504&type=Player&page=bio&list=#photo August 9, 2011 He was talked into returning, usually with a promise of more money, but he didn't profess to enjoy his livelihood. Although Hall stayed in St. Louis, he still got nauseous before each game as he did earlier in his career. Ernie Wakely Ernie Wakely played two games for the Montreal Canadiens from 1962 to 1969. On June 27, 1969, Wakely got his big break when the Canadiens dealt the 28-year-old to the St. Louis Blues for Norm Beaudin and Bobby Schmautz.Montreal Canadiens Goaltenders: Ernie Wakely 1962–69 The 1969–70 season was a career season for Wakely. He appeared in 30 games for St. Louis, registering a 2.11 GAA and four shutouts. Wakely had to take over from the legendary Glenn Hall. Wakely made the most of his opportunity as he helped lead the Blues to the Stanley Cup Finals. The Blues were defeated in four straight games by Bobby Orr's Boston Bruins. Final standings STL Record vs. opponents STL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 5px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 5px solid; 1969–70 regular season1969-70 St. Louis Blues Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/STL/1970_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||W||October 11, 1969||7–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) ||1–0–0 |- |2||W||October 15, 1969||4–1 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) ||2–0–0 |- |3||W||October 18, 1969||4–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) ||3–0–0 |- |4||L||October 19, 1969||2–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) ||3–1–0 |- |5||T||October 22, 1969||3–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) ||3–1–1 |- |6||L||October 25, 1969||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) ||3–2–1 |- |7||T||October 26, 1969||0–0 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) ||3–2–2 |- |8||T||October 30, 1969||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) ||3–2–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |9||W||November 1, 1969||8–0 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) ||4–2–3 |- |10||L||November 2, 1969||4–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1969–70) ||4–3–3 |- |11||T||November 5, 1969||4–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1969–70) ||4–3–4 |- |12||W||November 6, 1969||5–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) ||5–3–4 |- |13||L||November 8, 1969||2–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) ||5–4–4 |- |14||W||November 13, 1969||4–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) ||6–4–4 |- |15||L||November 15, 1969||2–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) ||6–5–4 |- |16||L||November 16, 1969||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1969–70) ||6–6–4 |- |17||W||November 19, 1969||4–0 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) ||7–6–4 |- |18||W||November 20, 1969||3–1 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) ||8–6–4 |- |19||L||November 22, 1969||0–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1969–70) ||8–7–4 |- |20||W||November 26, 1969||4–1 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1969–70) ||9–7–4 |- |21||W||November 29, 1969||3–1 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) ||10–7–4 |- |22||L||November 30, 1969||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) ||10–8–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |23||W||December 3, 1969||3–1 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1969–70) ||11–8–4 |- |24||L||December 6, 1969||1–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) ||11–9–4 |- |25||W||December 7, 1969||4–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) ||12–9–4 |- |26||T||December 10, 1969||3–3 || align="left"| @ Oakland Seals (1969–70) ||12–9–5 |- |27||W||December 13, 1969||8–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) ||13–9–5 |- |28||W||December 16, 1969||6–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) ||14–9–5 |- |29||T||December 18, 1969||3–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1969–70) ||14–9–6 |- |30||W||December 20, 1969||3–0 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) ||15–9–6 |- |31||L||December 21, 1969||0–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) ||15–10–6 |- |32||W||December 23, 1969||5–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) ||16–10–6 |- |33||W||December 26, 1969||3–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) ||17–10–6 |- |34||L||December 27, 1969||1–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) ||17–11–6 |- |35||W||December 30, 1969||5–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) ||18–11–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |36||W||January 3, 1970||6–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) ||19–11–6 |- |37||T||January 7, 1970||2–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) ||19–11–7 |- |38||L||January 10, 1970||2–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) ||19–12–7 |- |39||L||January 14, 1970||2–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) ||19–13–7 |- |40||W||January 15, 1970||2–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) ||20–13–7 |- |41||W||January 17, 1970||3–1 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) ||21–13–7 |- |42||W||January 22, 1970||4–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1969–70) ||22–13–7 |- |43||L||January 24, 1970||2–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) ||22–14–7 |- |44||L||January 25, 1970||0–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) ||22–15–7 |- |45||W||January 28, 1970||6–1 || align="left"| @ Oakland Seals (1969–70) ||23–15–7 |- |46||W||January 29, 1970||3–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) ||24–15–7 |- |47||L||January 31, 1970||1–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) ||24–16–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |48||L||February 4, 1970||0–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) ||24–17–7 |- |49||L||February 6, 1970||1–2 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1969–70) ||24–18–7 |- |50||L||February 8, 1970||1–7 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1969–70) ||24–19–7 |- |51||L||February 11, 1970||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1969–70) ||24–20–7 |- |52||L||February 12, 1970||2–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70) ||24–21–7 |- |53||W||February 14, 1970||2–1 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) ||25–21–7 |- |54||T||February 15, 1970||3–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) ||25–21–8 |- |55||W||February 18, 1970||5–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) ||26–21–8 |- |56||W||February 20, 1970||3–1 || align="left"| @ Oakland Seals (1969–70) ||27–21–8 |- |57||W||February 21, 1970||4–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) ||28–21–8 |- |58||L||February 25, 1970||1–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1969–70) ||28–22–8 |- |59||W||February 28, 1970||3–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) ||29–22–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |60||L||March 1, 1970||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1969–70) ||29–23–8 |- |61||W||March 4, 1970||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1969–70) ||30–23–8 |- |62||W||March 6, 1970||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1969–70) ||31–23–8 |- |63||T||March 7, 1970||2–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) ||31–23–9 |- |64||W||March 11, 1970||9–1 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) ||32–23–9 |- |65||W||March 12, 1970||4–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) ||33–23–9 |- |66||L||March 14, 1970||2–6 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1969–70) ||33–24–9 |- |67||T||March 17, 1970||5–5 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1969–70) ||33–24–10 |- |68||W||March 19, 1970||3–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) ||34–24–10 |- |69||L||March 21, 1970||0–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70) ||34–25–10 |- |70||L||March 22, 1970||0–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70) ||34–26–10 |- |71||W||March 24, 1970||4–0 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70) ||35–26–10 |- |72||L||March 27, 1970||2–3 || align="left"| @ Oakland Seals (1969–70) ||35–27–10 |- |73||T||March 29, 1970||5–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) ||35–27–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |74||T||April 1, 1970||2–2 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1969–70) ||35–27–12 |- |75||W||April 2, 1970||1–0 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70) ||36–27–12 |- |76||W||April 4, 1970||3–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70) ||37–27–12 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs West Division semifinals In the West Division playoffs, the St. Louis Blues ousted the Minnesota North Stars in six games. The Blues won the first two games at the St. Louis Arena. Game three at the Metropolitan Sports Center featured Gump Worsley's sharp goaltending and Bill Goldsworthy scoring two goals in a 4–2 win for the North Stars. Cesare Maniago played in goal for Minnesota in game four and picked up a 4–0 shutout, tying the series. Game five at St. Louis Arena was tied 3–3 when St Louis scored three goals in the third period by Red Berenson, Terry Gray and Jim Roberts, and the Blues won 6–3. In game six, Ab McDonald scored two goals as the Blues eliminated the North Stars by a score of 4–2. West Division finals Stanley Cup Finals Boston Bruins vs. St. Louis Blues Date Visitors Score Home Score NotesMay 3 Boston 6 St. Louis 1 May 5 Boston 6 St. Louis 2 May 7 St. Louis 1 Boston 4 May 10 St. Louis3 Boston 4 OT For the third consecutive year, the Blues were swept in the Stanley Cup Finals. This time, they faced the Boston Bruins, who, with stars like Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito, were more than a match for them. The first three games were not close. The Blues managed to force overtime in game four, but Orr scored his famous game-winning goal to end the series. Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Phil Goyette C 72 29 49 78 161305 Red Berenson C 67 33 39 72 381608 Frank St. Marseille RW 74 16 43 59 18301 Ab McDonald LW 64 25 30 55 81104 Gary Sabourin RW 72 28 14 42 611105 Tim Ecclestone LW 65 16 21 37 59502 Larry Keenan LW 56 10 23 33 8300 Bill McCreary Bill McCreary Sr. LW 73 15 17 32 16211 Barclay Plager D 75 6 26 32 128111 Jim Roberts Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) D/RW 76 13 17 30 51124 Ron Anderson Ron Anderson (ice hockey, born 1945) RW 59 9 9 18 36000 Andre Boudrias André Boudrias LW 50 3 14 17 20102 Jean-Guy Talbot D 75 2 15 17 40010 Bob Plager D 64 3 11 14 113000 Terry Crisp C 26 5 6 11 2001 Terry Gray Terry Gray (ice hockey) RW 28 2 5 7 17002 Ray Fortin D 57 1 4 5 19000 Noel Picard D 39 1 4 5 88100 Bill Plager D 24 1 4 5 30000 Norm Dennis C 5 3 0 3 5000 Wayne Maki LW 16 2 1 3 4001 Camille Henry C 4 1 2 3 0100 Al Arbour D 68 0 3 3 85000 Jacques Plante G 32 0 2 2 0000 Ron Buchanan C 2 0 0 0 0000 Gary Edwards Gary Edwards (ice hockey) G 1 0 0 0 0000 Glenn Hall G 18 0 0 0 0000 Jaroslav Jirik Jaroslav Jiřík LW 3 0 0 0 0000 Ernie Wakely G 30 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending = Indicates league leader Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Jacques Plante 1839 32 18 9 5 67 2.19 5 Ernie Wakely 1651 30 12 9 4 58 2.11 4 Glenn Hall 1010 18 7 8 3 49 2.91 1 Gary Edwards Gary Edwards (ice hockey) 60 1 0 1 0 4 4.00 0 Team: 4560 76 37 27 12 178 2.34 10 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Ab McDonald LW 16 5 10 15 13300 Phil Goyette C 16 3 11 14 6102 Larry Keenan LW 16 7 6 13 0402 Frank St. Marseille RW 15 6 7 13 4301 Red Berenson C 16 7 5 12 8311 Bill McCreary Bill McCreary Sr. LW 15 1 7 8 0000 Tim Ecclestone LW 16 3 4 7 48110 Jean-Guy Talbot D 16 1 6 7 16000 Andre Boudrias André Boudrias LW 14 2 4 6 4100 Gary Sabourin RW 16 5 0 5 10001 Terry Crisp C 16 2 3 5 2100 Jim Roberts Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) D/RW 16 2 3 5 29000 Terry Gray Terry Gray (ice hockey) RW 16 2 1 3 4101 Bob Plager D 16 0 3 3 46000 Noel Picard D 16 0 2 2 65000 Barclay Plager D 13 0 2 2 20000 Al Arbour D 14 0 1 1 16000 Ron Anderson Ron Anderson (ice hockey, born 1945) RW 1 0 0 0 2000 Norm Dennis C 2 0 0 0 2000 Ray Fortin D 3 0 0 0 6000 Glenn Hall G 7 0 0 0 0000 Bill Plager D 3 0 0 0 0000 Jacques Plante G 6 0 0 0 2000 Ernie Wakely G 4 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Glenn Hall 421 7 4 3 21 2.99 0 Jacques Plante 324 6 4 1 8 1.48 1 Ernie Wakely 216 4 0 4 17 4.72 0 Team: 961 16 8 8 46 2.87 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-15 1969-70 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/STL/1970.html Awards and records Clarence S. Campbell Bowl Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: || Phil Goyette Jacques Plante, goaltender, NHL All-Star Game References Blues on Hockey Database Category:St. Louis Blues seasons St. Louis St Louis St Louis