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The 1970 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1969–70 season, and the culmination of the 1970 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was a contest between the Boston Bruins and the St. Louis Blues , who appeared in their third consecutive finals series.
The 1969–70 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 46th season in the NHL. The Bruins were coming off of a successful season in 1968–69, as they finished with a franchise record 100 points, sitting in 2nd place in the Eastern Division, however, they would lose to the Montreal Canadiens in the Eastern Division finals.
The Boston Bruins finished second in the East Division, earning 99 points. The New York Rangers earned 92 points to finish fourth in the East. This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with Boston winning four of their six previous meetings.
Boston Bruins: 3 1970, 1972, 2019: 15 1–2 .333 ... This is a list of the most frequent NHL playoff series. Rank Total Team Record Team Last occurrence 1. 34:
The Boston Bruins’ Stanley Cup winners from 1970 and ’72 finally got their chance to raise a banner to the rafters on Saturday night. As part of the club’s 100th season celebration, the club ...
The Bruins missed the playoffs in 1997, finishing with the worst record of the season with 61 points, [4] ending a 29-year playoff appearance streak, the longest in NHL history. [5] Throughout the streak, the Bruins qualified for the Stanley Cup Finals five times apart from their 1970 and 1972 wins— 1974 , 1977 , 1978 , 1988 , and 1990 .
The 1970–71 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 47th season in the NHL. As defending champions, Boston set many NHL records. As defending champions, Boston set many NHL records. They earned 54 wins and 121 points, surpassing the previous records set by the 1968–69 Montreal Canadiens .
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1970–71 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs): Reggie Leach , Boston Bruins Ivan Boldirev , Boston Bruins