1970–71 St. Louis Blues season

	1970–71 St. Louis Blues
Division	2nd West
1970–71 record	34-25-19
Home record	23-7-9
Road record	11-18-10
Goals for	223
Goals against	208
Team information
General manager	Scotty Bowman
Coach	Scotty Bowman (28 games); Al Arbour (50 games)
Captain	Red Berenson ; Al Arbour
Arena	St. Louis Arena
Average attendance	18,238 (102.6%)
Team leaders
Goals	Christian Bordeleau (21)
Assists	Frank St. Marseille (32)
Points	Christian Bordeleau (53)
Penalty minutes	Barclay Plager (172)
Plus/minus	Christian Bordeleau (14)
Wins	Ernie Wakely (20)
Goals against average	Glenn Hall (2.42)
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970–71 St. Louis Blues season was the St. Louis Blues' 4th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Blues finished 2nd in the West Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Minnesota North Stars 4 games to 2.

Regular Season[]

1970-71-Hall-Barclay Plager — Barclay Plager wore a goalie mask to protect his broken nose during the 1970-71 season.

The Blues began the 1970–71 season with high hopes after making a trip to the Stanley Cup Final in the 1969–70 season. They purchased Christian Bordeleau from the Montreal Canadiens, who led the team in scoring and finished in the top five in game winning goals^[3] that season. They also sold Hockey Hall of Famer Jacques Plante to the Toronto Maple Leafs.^[4]

Barclay Plager suffered a broken nose during and played with a goalie mask for part of the season.

During this season the Blues saw the most ties in their history (19), as well as most home ties (9), and the fewest home losses (7).^[5]

Final Standings[]

West Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Chicago Black Hawks	78	49	20	9	277	184	107
St. Louis Blues	78	34	25	19	223	208	87
Philadelphia Flyers	78	28	33	17	207	225	73
Minnesota North Stars	78	28	34	16	191	223	72
Los Angeles Kings	78	25	40	13	239	303	63
Pittsburgh Penguins	78	21	37	20	221	240	62
California Golden Seals	78	20	53	5	199	320	45

^[6]

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log[]

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Blues points	Opponent's score	Record	Streak	Points
1	October 10	Rangers	W	3	1	1-0-0	W1	2
2	October 12	Canucks	W	4	1	2-0-0	W2	4
3	October 14	@Maple Leafs	L	3	7	2-1-0	L1	4
4	October 17	Sabres	W	4	1	3-1-0	W1	6
5	October 18	@Black Hawks	T	2	2	3-1-1	T1	7
6	October 21	@Golden Seals	T	2	2	3-1-2	T2	8
7	October 23	@Canucks	T	1	1	3-1-3	T3	9
8	Ocotber 24	@Kings	L	1	3	3-2-3	L1	9
9	October 28	Golden Seals	W	3	2	4-2-3	W1	11
10	October 31	Kings	W	3	0	5-2-3	W2	13
11	November 5	@Bruins	W	2	0	6-2-3	W3	15
12	November 7	@North Stars	T	1	1	6-2-4	T1	16
13	November 12	Red Wings	W	2	1	7-2-4	W1	18
14	November 14	Canadiens	T	1	1	7-2-5	T1	19
15	November 15	@Flyers	W	2	1	8-2-5	W1	21
16	November 17	North Stars	L	3	5	8-3-5	L1	21
17	November 19	@Penguins	W	1	0	9-3-5	W1	23
18	November 21	Black Hawks	T	3	3	9-3-6	T1	24
19	November 24	Bruins	T	5	5	9-3-7	T2	25
20	November 26	Maple Leafs	W	1	0	10-3-7	W1	27
21	November 28	Canucks	W	5	1	11-3-7	W2	29
22	December 2	@Rangers	L	2	4	11-4-7	L1	29
23	December 3	@Canadiens	L	3	6	11-5-7	L2	29
24	December 5	Red Wings	W	3	0	12-5-7	W1	31
25	December 6	@Red Wings	W	4	2	13-5-7	W2	33
26	December 9	Flyers	L	2	5	13-6-7	L1	33
27	December 11	Penguins	W	3	2	14-6-7	W1	35
28	December 13	@Flyers	T	2	2	14-6-8	T1	36
29	December 15	North Stars	W	2	1	15-6-8	W1	38
30	December 16	@Black Hawks	L	3	8	15-7-8	L1	38
31	December 19	Bruins	L	1	7	15-8-8	L2	38
32	December 23	Canadiens	T	2	2	15-8-9	T1	39
33	December 26	North Stars	T	1	1	15-8-10	T2	40
34	December 27	@Rangers	T	4	4	15-8-11	T3	41
35	December 30	Flyers	W	5	2	16-8-11	W1	43
36	January 2	@Canucks	W	3	1	17-8-11	W2	45
37	January 3	@Kings	W	7	3	18-8-11	W3	47
38	January 6	@Golden Seals	L	3	6	18-9-11	L3	47
39	January 9	Canucks	T	2	2	18-9-12	T1	48
40	January 10	Rangers	L	2	4	18-10-12	L1	48
41	January 12	Golden Seals	W	8	2	19-10-12	W1	50
42	January 14	@Sabres	L	1	2	19-11-12	L1	50
43	January 16	Black Hawks	W	3	2	20-11-12	W1	52
44	January 21	@North Stars	L	3	5	20-12-12	L1	52
45	January 23	Sabres	W	7	1	21-12-12	W1	54
46	January 27	@Canadiens	L	3	5	21-13-12	L1	54
47	January 28	@Red Wings	T	1	1	21-13-13	T1	55
48	January 31	@Bruins	L	0	6	21-14-13	L1	55
49	February 3	@Maple Leafs	L	2	6	21-15-13	L2	55
50	February 5	Penguins	T	2	2	21-15-14	T1	56
51	February 7	@Flyers	W	6	2	22-15-14	W1	58
52	February 9	Maple Leafs	T	3	3	22-15-15	T1	59
53	February 11	Bruins	L	3	5	22-16-15	L1	59
54	February 13	Rangers	W	2	1	23-16-15	W1	61
55	February 14	@Rangers	L	1	2	23-17-15	L1	61
56	February 16	Golden Seals	W	5	1	24-17-15	W1	63
57	February 20	@Maple Leafs	L	1	3	24-18-15	L1	63
58	February 21	@Sabres	W	3	1	25-18-15	W1	65
59	February 24	@Penguins	T	5	5	25-18-16	T1	66
60	February 25	@Red Wings	W	3	1	26-18-16	W1	68
61	February 27	@Canadiens	L	2	3	26-19-16	L1	68
62	March 3	Black Hawks	L	1	5	26-20-16	L1	68
63	March 5	Maple Leafs	W	3	1	27-20-16	W1	70
64	March 7	@Bruins	L	1	4	27-21-16	L1	70
65	March 9	Kings	L	0	4	27-22-16	L2	70
66	March 10	@North Stars	L	0	4	27-23-16	L3	70
67	March 13	Sabres	W	9	0	28-23-16	W1	72
68	March 14	@Black Hawks	T	4	4	28-23-17	T1	73
69	March 16	Canadiens	W	6	2	29-23-17	W1	75
70	March 18	@Sabres	L	3	5	29-24-17	L1	75
71	March 20	Red Wings	W	2	1	30-24-17	W1	77
72	March 23	@Canucks	L	1	4	30-25-17	L1	77
73	March 26	@Golden Seals	W	8	5	31-25-17	W1	79
74	March 27	@Kings	W	6	3	32-25-17	W2	81
75	March 30	Kings	W	4	3	33-25-17	W3	83
76	April 1	Flyers	T	1	1	33-25-18	T1	84
77	April 3	Penguins	W	4	3	34-25-18	W1	86
78	April 4	@Penguins	T	1	1	34-25-19	T1	87

Playoffs[]

Minnesota North Stars 4, St. Louis Blues 2[]

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score	Series
April 7	Minnesota	3	St. Louis	2	0-1
April 8	Minnesota	2	St. Louis	4	1-1
April 10	St. Louis	3	Minnesota	0	2-1
April 11	St. Louis	1	Minnesota	2	2-2
April 13	Minnesota	4	St. Louis	3	2-3
April 14	St. Louis	2	Minnesota	5	2-4

Statistics[]

Skaters[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

		Regular Season					Playoffs
Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Christian Bordeleau	21	78	21	32	53	48	5	0	1	1	17
Frank St. Marseille	9	77	19	32	51	26	6	2	1	3	4
Red Berenson	7	45	16	26	42	12
Jim Lorentz	19	76	19	21	40	34	6	0	1	1	4
Bill Sutherland		68	19	20	39	41	1	0	0	0	0
Tim Ecclestone	14	47	15	24	39	34
Gary Sabourin	11	59	14	17	31	56
Jimmy Roberts	6	72	13	18	31	77	6	2	1	3	11
Garry Unger		28	15	14	29	41	6	3	2	5	20
George Morrison	10	73	15	10	25	6	3	0	0	0	0
Barclay Plager	8	69	4	20	24	172	6	0	3	3	10
Wayne Connelly		28	5	16	21	9	6	2	1	3	0
Craig Cameron	16	78	14	6	20	32	6	2	0	2	4
Bob Plager	5	70	1	19	20	114	6	0	2	2	4
Bill McCreary, Sr.	15	68	9	10	19	16	6	1	2	3	0
Terry Crisp	12	54	5	11	16	13	6	1	0	1	2
Fran Huck		29	7	8	15	18	6	1	2	3	2
Noel Picard	4	75	3	8	11	119	6	1	1	2	26
Carl Brewer		19	2	9	11	29	5	0	2	2	8
John Arbour		53	1	6	7	81	5	0	0	0	0
Bob Wall	2	25	2	4	6	4
Brit Selby		56	1	4	5	23
Ab McDonald	20	20	0	5	5	6
Larry Keenan	18	10	1	3	4	0
Bill Plager	23	36	0	3	3	45	1	0	0	0	2
Curt Bennett		4	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Al Arbour		22	0	2	2	6	6	0	0	0	6
Larry Hornung		1	0	0	0	0
Norm Dennis	22	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
Jean-Guy Talbot	17	5	0	0	0	6

Goalies[]

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

		Regular Season									Playoffs
Player	#	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Ernie Wakely	31	51	2859	20	14	11	133	3	90.4	2.79	3	180	2	1	7	1		2.33
Glenn Hall	1	32	1761	13	11	8	71	3	91.6	2.42	3	180	0	3	9	0		3.00
Michel Plasse		1	60	1	0	0	3	0	91.7%	3.00

Roster[]

Goaltenders

' Ernie Wakely
' Glenn Hall
' Michel Plasse

Defensemen

' Al Arbour
' John Arbour
' Carl Brewer
' Larry Hornung
' Noel Picard
' Barclay Plager
' Bill Plager
' Bob Plager
' Jean-Guy Talbot
' Bob Wall

Wingers

' Curt Bennett
' Tim Ecclestone
' Larry Keenan
' Bill McCreary, Sr.
' Ab McDonald
' George Morrison
' Brit Selby
' Craig Cameron
' Gary Sabourin
' Frank St. Marseille

Centers

' Red Berenson
' Christian Bordeleau
' Wayne Connelly
' Terry Crisp
' Norm Dennis
' Fran Huck
' Bill Sutherland
' Garry Unger
' Jim Lorentz
' Jimmy Roberts

Coach: Al Arbour

Awards and Records[]

The Blues did not win any awards this season.

Gallery[]

Video[]

Film of the Sabres inaugural season including the 1970 NHL Expansion Draft and 1970 NHL Amateur Draft and many interviews. Footage of the Sabres first exhibition game (against the Rangers), a game versus Montreal, Toronto on November 18, 1970 (featuring Leafs goalie Murray McLachlan in one of his two NHL games), Detroit on February 20, 1971, Boston on February 23, Chicago on March 5, St. Louis on March 18 (Gilbert Perreault breaks the record for most goals by a rookie), Vancouver on March 26, 1971.

Two 1970 NHL Buffalo Sabres Films Sabres Ready, & Touché (Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs)

References[]

↑ databasehockey.com, [1]
↑ blues.nhl.com, [2]
↑ hockey-reference.com, [3]
↑ St. Louis Blues History at blues.nhl.com, [4]
↑ All-Time Team Records at blues.nhl.com, [5]
↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). in Dave McCarthy et al: THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League, 150. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.

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[1] tabasehockey.com, [1]

[2] ues.nhl.com, [2]

[3] y-reference.com, [3]

[4] St. Louis Blues History at blues.nhl.com, [4]

[5] All-Time Team Records at blues.nhl.com, [5]

[6] Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). in Dave McCarthy et al: THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League, 150. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.

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St. Louis Blues Seasons
1960s	1967–68 • 1968–69 • 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 • 1971–72 • 1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 • 2011–12 • 2012–13 • 2013–14 • 2014–15 • 2015–16 • 2016–17 • 2017–18 • 2018–19 • 2019–20

1970–71 NHL season by team
East	Boston • Buffalo • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto • Vancouver
West	California • Chicago • Los Angeles • Minnesota • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis
See also	1970 NHL Amateur Draft • All-Star Game • 1971 Stanley Cup Finals