The Panther
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So, I had the idea of starting an ongoing series of threads where we just talk about each individual NHL season of the post-expansion era. Starting here with 1967-68. I'll post some random stuff about each season, and everyone pile on with anything you know or find interesting. Stats, individual games, narratives, video, box-scores... just anything you about or want to discuss.
I'm just doing post-expansion because I doubt there are many here who can remember much before that, and also there are more stats / teams / video to look at from 1967 onward. Personally, anything before about 1986 I can't remember, so it's especially nice for these late-60s/70s' seasons if the posters whose memories go back further can tell us anything they recall from real-time, as it were.
(Assuming people find this interesting, I'll continue with each successive season every few days or whatever.)
So, let's do it.
The 1967-68 NHL Season
So, obviously, this was the 1st season since 1941-42 not to have six clubs. The NHL doubled in size, adding
Los Angeles Kings
Minnesota North Stars
Oakland Seals
Pittsburgh Penguins
Philadelphia Flyers
St. Louis Blues
It was a 74-game season, too (previously 70).
Regular Season:
Summary: 1967-68 NHL Summary | Hockey-Reference.com
Summary of team stats: NHL Stats
Summary of skaters' stats: NHL Stats
Summary of goalies' stats: NHL Stats
Playoffs:
Summary of teams: NHL Stats
Summary of skaters: NHL Stats
(I bet you could stump a lot of people with trivia that the top-two scorers of the '68 playoffs were Minnesota North Stars!)
The Stanley Cup was won by the Montreal Canadiens, which defeated Boston 4-0, Chicago 4-1 (most would consider this the real Finals), and first-year expansion St. Louis 4-0, for a rather spectacular 12-1 overall record. And the Canadiens' only loss to Chicago was by a modest 2-1 score.
The Conn Smythe, however, went to goaltender Glenn Hall of St. Louis.
I'm just doing post-expansion because I doubt there are many here who can remember much before that, and also there are more stats / teams / video to look at from 1967 onward. Personally, anything before about 1986 I can't remember, so it's especially nice for these late-60s/70s' seasons if the posters whose memories go back further can tell us anything they recall from real-time, as it were.
(Assuming people find this interesting, I'll continue with each successive season every few days or whatever.)
So, let's do it.
The 1967-68 NHL Season
So, obviously, this was the 1st season since 1941-42 not to have six clubs. The NHL doubled in size, adding
Los Angeles Kings
Minnesota North Stars
Oakland Seals
Pittsburgh Penguins
Philadelphia Flyers
St. Louis Blues
It was a 74-game season, too (previously 70).
Regular Season:
Summary: 1967-68 NHL Summary | Hockey-Reference.com
Summary of team stats: NHL Stats
Summary of skaters' stats: NHL Stats
Summary of goalies' stats: NHL Stats
Playoffs:
Summary of teams: NHL Stats
Summary of skaters: NHL Stats
(I bet you could stump a lot of people with trivia that the top-two scorers of the '68 playoffs were Minnesota North Stars!)
The Stanley Cup was won by the Montreal Canadiens, which defeated Boston 4-0, Chicago 4-1 (most would consider this the real Finals), and first-year expansion St. Louis 4-0, for a rather spectacular 12-1 overall record. And the Canadiens' only loss to Chicago was by a modest 2-1 score.
The Conn Smythe, however, went to goaltender Glenn Hall of St. Louis.
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