1969-70 Montreal Canadiens Statistics
Team Record: 38-22-16 - 92 points
in the NHL's Eastern Division
Coach: Claude Ruel (38-22-16)
The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 1969-70 season with a record of 38 wins and 22 losses and 16 ties for 92 points in the NHL's Eastern Division.
The club scored 244 goals and allowed 201. Jacques Lemaire netted 32 goals for the squad, and Yvan Cournoyer and Henri Richard each contributed 36 assists. Rogie Vachon earned 31 wins in front of the net for the team and a team-best 2.63 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Claude Ruel coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yvan Cournoyer | R | 72 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 233 | 11.6 |
| Jacques Lemaire | C | 69 | 32 | 28 | 60 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 237 | 13.5 |
| Bobby Rousseau | R | 72 | 24 | 34 | 58 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 228 | 10.5 |
| Mickey Redmond | R | 75 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 61 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 279 | 9.7 |
| Henri Richard | C | 62 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 61 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 204 | 7.8 |
| Jean Beliveau | C | 63 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 169 | 11.2 |
| Ralph Backstrom | C | 72 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 187 | 10.2 |
| Jacques Laperriere | D | 73 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 98 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 169 | 3.6 |
| John Ferguson | L | 48 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 139 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 116 | 16.4 |
| Serge Savard | D | 64 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 151 | 7.9 |
| Terry Harper | D | 75 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 109 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 6.7 |
| Claude Provost | R | 65 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 8.3 |
| J.C. Tremblay | D | 58 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 2.6 |
| Ted Harris | D | 74 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 116 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 4.6 |
| Pete Mahovlich | C | 36 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 75 | 12.0 |
| Christian Bordeleau | C | 48 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3.9 |
| Larry Mickey | R | 21 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | -10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 10.5 |
| Marc Tardif | L | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12.0 |
| Lucien Grenier | R | 23 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 |
| Bobby Sheehan | C | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Dick Duff | L | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Larry Pleau | C | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Rejean Houle | L | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Phil Roberto | R | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jean Gauthier | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Paul Curtis | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Guy Lapointe | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Guy Charron | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Rogie Vachon | G | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jude Drouin | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Phil Myre | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fran Huck | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Gump Worsley | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1334 | 244 | 378 | 622 | 892 | 175 | 57 | 8 | 38 | 16 | 2590 | 9.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Myre | 10 | 503 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2.27 | |||
| Rogie Vachon | 64 | 3697 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 162 | 2.63 | |||
| Gump Worsley | 6 | 360 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.33 | |||
| Totals | 80 | 4560 | 38 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 195 | 2.57 | 0 |
