Season LNH 1969-1970

The season LNH 1969 - 70 was the 53e regular season of the National league of hockey. Twelve team played each one 76 matches.

Regular season

Bobby Orr of the Bruins of Boston was the first defender of the history of the league has to gain the Trophée Art Ross while being the player marking the most not in the season. It carried out this performance by carrying out 87 decisive master keys for a total of 120 points, at only six small points of the record establishes the last season by its fellow-member Phil Esposito. Consequently occasion, Orr also gained the Trophée James Norris while being for the third consecutive year the best defender of the league, the trophies Hart and Conn Smythe as a better player of the season and the eliminatory Séries.

For the third consecutive year, the Blues of Saint-Louis finished first of western division.

In the east, however, the situation developed since the Canadian of Montreal passed from their first recurring place to the fifth, lacks the series of little, the Rangers of New York having a better difference in goals were to take the place of the Canadians.

This led to a single situation: during the last match of the Canadians of the season (against the Blackhawks of Chicago), the trainer Claude Ruel chooses to leave his guard 9 minutes before the end the match for the third period. Indeed, if the Canadians marked 3 goals moreover, they would have reached the series.

It is the single season between 1948 and 1995 which the Canadians of Montreal miss the eliminatory series and the 92 points obtained represent the largest total of point for a team not qualified in eliminatory series for the Coupe Stanley.

Bruins and Blackhawks had 99 points and shared the first place of division, Chicago was all the same crowned champion because of a greater number of victories.

Final classifications

Foot-note: V = Victoire, D = Demolished, NR = No one, BP = Goals for, BC = Goals against, Pts = Points, Pun = Minutes of penalties

Better Pointers

Foot-note: PJ = left played, B = goals, has = assistances, Pts = points

Eliminatory series of the Cut Stanley

Divisions Is

; Quarterfinals

Chicago 4 - 0 Strait
Boston 4 - 2 New York

; Semi-finals

Boston 4 - 2 Chicago

Western divisions

; Quarterfinals

Saint-Louis 4 - 2 Minnesota
Oakland 0 - 4 Pittsburgh

; Semi-finals

Saint-Louis 4 - 2 Pittsburgh

Finale of the Cut Stanley

For the third consecutive season, the Blues of Saint-Louis reach the final of the Coupe Stanley but this season they fall against the Bruins from Boston.

Those swept the Blues in 4 matches for their first cut in 29 years. Bobby Orr marked the goal of the victory over a master key of Derek Sanderson at the end of 40 seconds of prolongation. The image of Orr flying in the airs, the arms raised in the air is one of the most famous images of hockey (and was preceded). Indeed, Orr was marked by No5el Picard at the time of the shooting and it did everything to prevent it from marking the goal.

Phil Esposito of Bruins was the best pointer of the series with 13 goals and 14 master keys, follow-up of Bobby Orr with 20 points and John Bucyk, another player of Bruins, with 19 points. Gerry Cheevers guard of Bruins was the best guard of the series with twelve victories Jacques Plante Blues had the best average of goals boxed with 1,48 goals by matches.

Trophies LNH

See too

Fishing out amateur of the LNH 1969

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