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The 1969 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1968–69 season, and the culmination of the 1969 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the defending champion Montreal Canadiens and the St. Louis Blues, a rematch of the previous year's finals. As they did in the previous matchup, the ...
The Stanley Cup. The Stanley Cup is a trophy awarded annually to the playoff champion club of the National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey league. It was donated by the Governor General of Canada Lord Stanley of Preston in 1892, and is the oldest professional sports trophy in North America. [1]
The 1969–70 NHL season was the 53rd season of the National Hockey League.For the third straight season, the St. Louis Blues reached the Stanley Cup Finals, and for the third straight year, the winners of the expansion West Division were swept four games to none.
The 1968–69 NHL season was the 52nd season of the National Hockey League.Twelve teams each played 76 games (two more than in 1967–68). For the second time in a row, the Montreal Canadiens faced the St. Louis Blues in the Stanley Cup Finals.
The 1968–69 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 60th season of play. The Canadiens would defeat the St. Louis Blues to win their 16th Stanley Cup championship in club history. Regular season
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 2025, only) team to win the Stanley Cup, miss the playoffs and win the Cup again in successive campaigns.
The top two seeds played each other for one berth in the Cup finals, while the other four playoff teams battled in a series of rounds for the other berth. Period of the seven-team NHL 1943–1967 The first and third-place teams played for one berth in the Cup finals, while the second and fourth-place teams played for the other berth.
Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins; Hart Memorial Trophy – for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins; Stanley Cup – Montreal Canadiens won 4 games to 0 over the St. Louis Blues; World Hockey Championship. Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden