NHL 1970/71
NHL 1970/71 | |
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league | National Hockey League |
Period | October 9, 1970 to May 18, 1971 |
Teams | 14th |
Games / team | 78 |
Draft | |
Event | NHL Amateur Draft 1970 |
Top pick | Gilbert Perreault |
Elected by | Buffalo Sabers |
Regular season | |
winner | Boston Bruins |
MVP | Bobby Orr (Boston) |
Top scorer | Phil Esposito (Boston) |
Playoffs | |
Stanley Cup winner | Canadiens de Montréal |
finalist | Chicago Black Hawks |
Playoff MVP | Ken Dryden (Montréal) |
NHL seasons | |
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The 1970/71 NHL season was the 54th season in the National Hockey League . 14 teams played 78 games each. The Stanley Cup won the Montréal Canadiens after a 4-3 win in the final series against the Chicago Black Hawks . Just three years ago in Vancouver and Buffalo you had to live with not being part of the NHL expansion. But now the time had finally come for the Buffalo Sabers and the Vancouver Canucks . Both teams came to the East to join the " Original Six " teams. From there the Blackhawks moved to the west.
With the still existing difference in performance, the 20 point lead in the regular season and the Hawks' participation in the finals were not surprising. The regular season was dominated by last year's Stanley Cup winner, the Boston Bruins . 57 wins, 121 points and 399 goals were records at the time. They were led by Bobby Orr , who set two records for defenders with 102 assists and 139 points, and Phil Esposito , who set records for years with 76 goals and 152 points. Another Esposito record from this season has been held to this day. He shot 550 times on the opposing goal. No other player has made the 430 mark so far.
A drama took place off the ice on December 12th. Roy Spencer was looking forward to seeing his son Brian, a rookie in the Maple Leafs, on TV at Hockey Night in Canada in Fort St. James , British Columbia , but there was Vancouver versus California. He drove 70 miles to Prince George at the CBC to use gun violence to force the Toronto game to be broadcast. The angry father was shot dead by the police.
Regular season
Closing tables
Abbreviations: W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
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Best scorer
Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points
player | team | GP | G | A. | Pts |
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Phil Esposito | Boston | 78 | 76 | 76 | 152 |
Bobby Orr | Boston | 78 | 37 | 102 | 139 |
John Bucyk | Boston | 78 | 51 | 65 | 116 |
Ken Hodge | Boston | 78 | 43 | 62 | 105 |
Bobby Hull | Chicago | 78 | 44 | 52 | 96 |
Norm Ullman | Toronto | 73 | 34 | 51 | 85 |
Wayne Cashman | Boston | 77 | 21st | 58 | 79 |
John McKenzie | Boston | 65 | 31 | 46 | 77 |
Dave Keon | Toronto | 76 | 38 | 38 | 76 |
Jean Béliveau | Montreal | 70 | 25th | 51 | 76 |
Fred Stanfield | Boston | 75 | 24 | 52 | 76 |
Stanley Cup playoffs
Quarter finals | Semifinals | Stanley Cup Final | |||||||||||
E1 | Boston Bruins | 3 | |||||||||||
E3 | Canadiens de Montréal | 4th | |||||||||||
E3 | Canadiens de Montréal | 4th | |||||||||||
W4 | Minnesota North Stars | 2 | |||||||||||
W2 | St. Louis Blues | 2 | |||||||||||
W4 | Minnesota North Stars | 4th | |||||||||||
E3 | Canadiens de Montréal | 4th | |||||||||||
W1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3 | |||||||||||
W1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 4th | |||||||||||
W3 | Philadelphia Flyers | 0 | |||||||||||
W1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 4th | |||||||||||
E2 | New York Rangers | 3 | |||||||||||
E2 | New York Rangers | 4th | |||||||||||
E4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 |
NHL awards
See also
Web links
- Hacx.de: All NHL final tables ( Memento from March 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )