1967–68 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season (won Stanley Cup) March 2026 August 2023 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1967–68 1967 East 1st 42–22–10 26–5–6 16–17–4 236 167 Sam Pollock Toe Blake Jean Beliveau Henri Richard John Ferguson Montreal Forum Jean Beliveau (31) Bobby Rousseau (46) Jean Beliveau (68) John Ferguson (117) Rogie Vachon (23) Gump Worsley (1.98) Yes YesThe 1967–68 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 59th season of play. The Canadiens won their 15th Stanley Cup in club history. 2 Offseason Expansion draft The 1967 NHL expansion draft 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, 978-0-385-66325-0. 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.National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 214. Final standings MON Record vs. opponents MTL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1967–68 regular season1967-68 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1968_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 6, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 11, 1967||2–1 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) ||1–0–0 |- |2||W||October 14, 1967||6–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||2–0–0 |- |3||L||October 15, 1967||2–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||2–1–0 |- |4||T||October 18, 1967||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1967–68) ||2–1–1 |- |5||W||October 19, 1967||1–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||3–1–1 |- |6||W||October 21, 1967||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||4–1–1 |- |7||T||October 26, 1967||1–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1967–68) ||4–1–2 |- |8||W||October 28, 1967||4–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1967–68) ||5–1–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |9||L||November 1, 1967||0–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||5–2–2 |- |10||L||November 4, 1967||1–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) ||5–3–2 |- |11||T||November 5, 1967||1–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) ||5–3–3 |- |12||L||November 8, 1967||2–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||5–4–3 |- |13||T||November 11, 1967||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||5–4–4 |- |14||L||November 12, 1967||1–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||5–5–4 |- |15||W||November 15, 1967||5–1 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) ||6–5–4 |- |16||L||November 18, 1967||1–2 || align="left"| @ California SealsCurrier Steve The California Golden Seals: a tale of white skates, red ink, and one of the NHLs most outlandish teams 2017 University of Nebraska Press Lincoln 978-0-8032-8848-5 52 (1967–68) ||6–6–4 |- |17||L||November 19, 1967||2–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) ||6–7–4 |- |18||W||November 22, 1967||3–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1967–68) ||7–7–4 |- |19||W||November 23, 1967||7–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||8–7–4 |- |20||L||November 25, 1967||1–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||8–8–4 |- |21||L||November 29, 1967||1–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||8–9–4 |- |22||T||November 30, 1967||1–1 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) ||8–9–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |23||L||December 2, 1967||2–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) ||8–10–5 |- |24||L||December 3, 1967||3–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||8–11–5 |- |25||T||December 7, 1967||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||8–11–6 |- |26||T||December 9, 1967||2–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||8–11–7 |- |27||L||December 10, 1967||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1967–68) ||8–12–7 |- |28||W||December 13, 1967||6–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||9–12–7 |- |29||W||December 16, 1967||4–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||10–12–7 |- |30||L||December 17, 1967||6–8 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||10–13–7 |- |31||W||December 20, 1967||5–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||11–13–7 |- |32||W||December 23, 1967||4–2 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1967–68) ||12–13–7 |- |33||L||December 25, 1967||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||12–14–7 |- |34||T||December 27, 1967||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||12–14–8 |- |35||W||December 28, 1967||6–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) ||13–14–8 |- |36||W||December 30, 1967||2–0 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1967–68) ||14–14–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |37||T||January 3, 1968||1–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||14–14–9 |- |38||W||January 6, 1968||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1967–68) ||15–14–9 |- |39||W||January 7, 1968||4–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||16–14–9 |- |40||W||January 10, 1968||4–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) ||17–14–9 |- |41||W||January 11, 1968||4–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) ||18–14–9 |- |42||W||January 13, 1968||5–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||19–14–9 |- |43||W||January 17, 1968||6–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||20–14–9 |- |44||W||January 20, 1968||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||21–14–9 |- |45||W||January 25, 1968||2–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||22–14–9 |- |46||W||January 27, 1968||5–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||23–14–9 |- |47||W||January 30, 1968||3–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||24–14–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |48||W||February 1, 1968||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1967–68) ||25–14–9 |- |49||W||February 3, 1968||5–1 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) ||26–14–9 |- |50||L||February 4, 1968||0–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1967–68) ||26–15–9 |- |51||W||February 7, 1968||4–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) ||27–15–9 |- |52||W||February 10, 1968||6–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||28–15–9 |- |53||W||February 11, 1968||6–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||29–15–9 |- |54||W||February 14, 1968||4–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||30–15–9 |- |55||W||February 15, 1968||2–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||31–15–9 |- |56||W||February 17, 1968||4–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) ||32–15–9 |- |57||W||February 21, 1968||7–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1967–68) ||33–15–9 |- |58||W||February 22, 1968||2–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1967–68) ||34–15–9 |- |59||L||February 24, 1968||1–6 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1967–68) ||34–16–9 |- |60||T||February 28, 1968||3–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1967–68) ||34–16–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |61||L||March 2, 1968||2–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) ||34–17–10 |- |62||L||March 3, 1968||2–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||34–18–10 |- |63||W||March 5, 1968||6–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) ||35–18–10 |- |64||W||March 6, 1968||2–0 || align="left"| @ Oakland Seals (1967–68) ||36–18–10 |- |65||W||March 9, 1968||5–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||37–18–10 |- |66||W||March 14, 1968||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1967–68) ||38–18–10 |- |67||W||March 16, 1968||6–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) ||39–18–10 |- |68||L||March 17, 1968||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||39–19–10 |- |69||W||March 20, 1968||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||40–19–10 |- |70||W||March 23, 1968||7–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||41–19–10 |- |71||W||March 24, 1968||7–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||42–19–10 |- |72||L||March 27, 1968||0–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||42–20–10 |- |73||L||March 30, 1968||1–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||42–21–10 |- |74||L||March 31, 1968||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1967–68) ||42–22–10 |- |- | 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 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. Date Visitors Score Home Score NotesMay 5 Montreal 3 St. Louis 2 OTMay 7 Montreal 1 St. Louis 0 May 9 St. Louis 3 Montreal 4 OTMay 11 St. Louis2 Montreal 3 Montreal wins the series 4–0. Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Jean Beliveau Jean Béliveau C 59 31 37 68 28903 Bobby Rousseau RW 74 19 46 65 47715 Yvan Cournoyer RW 64 28 32 60 23714 Gilles Tremblay Gilles Tremblay (ice hockey) LW 71 23 28 51 8712 Dick Duff LW 66 25 21 46 21608 Ralph Backstrom C 70 20 25 45 14305 Claude Provost RW 73 14 30 44 26233 Jacques Lemaire C 69 22 20 42 16313 John Ferguson John Ferguson Sr. LW 61 15 18 33 117003 J. C. Tremblay D 73 4 26 30 18101 Henri Richard C 54 9 19 28 16203 Jacques Laperriere Jacques Laperrière D 72 4 21 25 84100 Ted Harris Ted Harris (ice hockey) D 67 5 16 21 78001 Serge Savard D 67 2 13 15 34100 Mickey Redmond RW 41 6 5 11 4100 Terry Harper D 57 3 8 11 66001 Claude Larose Claude Larose (ice hockey, born 1942) RW 42 2 9 11 28000 Danny Grant ice hockey RW 22 3 4 7 10000 Carol Vadnais D 31 1 1 2 31000 Bryan Watson Bryan Watson (ice hockey) D 12 0 1 1 9000 Garry Monahan LW 11 0 0 0 8000 Rogie Vachon G 39 0 0 0 2000 Gump Worsley G 40 0 0 0 10000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Rogie Vachon 2227 39 23 13 2 92 2.48 4 Gump Worsley 2213 40 19 9 8 73 1.98 6 Team: 4440 74 42 22 10 165 2.23 10 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Yvan Cournoyer RW 13 6 8 14 4301 Jacques Lemaire C 13 7 6 13 6202 Jean Beliveau Jean Béliveau C 10 7 4 11 6301 Claude Provost RW 13 2 8 10 10101 J. C. Tremblay D 13 3 6 9 2011 Henri Richard C 13 4 4 8 4100 John Ferguson John Ferguson Sr. LW 13 3 5 8 25001 Ralph Backstrom C 13 4 3 7 4002 Dick Duff LW 13 3 4 7 4001 Bobby Rousseau RW 13 2 4 6 8001 Gilles Tremblay Gilles Tremblay (ice hockey) LW 9 1 5 6 2000 Claude Larose Claude Larose (ice hockey, born 1942) RW 12 3 2 5 8000 Jacques Laperriere Jacques Laperrière D 13 1 3 4 20000 Ted Harris Ted Harris (ice hockey) D 13 0 4 4 22000 Danny Grant ice hockey RW 10 0 3 3 5000 Serge Savard D 6 2 0 2 0021 Terry Harper D 13 0 1 1 8000 Mickey Redmond RW 2 0 0 0 0000 Rogie Vachon G 2 0 0 0 0000 Carol Vadnais D 1 0 0 0 0000 Gump Worsley G 12 0 0 0 10000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Gump Worsley 672 12 11 0 21 1.88 1 Rogie Vachon 113 2 1 1 4 2.12 0 Team: 785 13 12 1 25 1.91 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1967-68 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1968.html 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. Draft picks Montreal's draft picks at the 1967 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)18 Elgin McCann Canada Weyburn Red Wings (WCJHL) 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, 0-920445-98-5. External links Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Mon Mon Category:Stanley Cup championship seasons Mon Category:1968 in Montreal Category:1967 in Montreal