1967-68 NHL season

 The 1967-68 NHL season had - guess what - 12 teams and a 74 game schedule. Highlights include: 1. May 15, 1967 Boston gets Phil Esposito and Ken Hodge Sr from Chicago. 2. Alan Eagleson negotiates Bobby Orr's contract. Salaries rise. 3. February 24, 1968, Garry Unger begins a 914 consecutive games played streak. It ends on December 21st 1979. During the streak, he plays in Toronto, Detroit St Louis and Atlanta. He had passed Andy Hebenton. 4. April 6, Los Angeles wins consecutive playoff games, the first team to do so in their first playoffs. Michel Plasse is the first pick in the 1968 draft, drafted by Montreal. He plays 299 games with Cleveland, Kansas City, St Louis, Montreal, Pittsburgh, Colorado and Quebec. He has a 92-136-57 record. Playoffs: QF;Montreal 4 Boston 0, Chicago 4 New York 2, St Louis 4 Philadelphia 3, Minnesota 4 Los Angeles 3. SF: Montreal 4 Chicago 1, St Louis 4 Minnesota 3. Stanley Cup: Montreal 4 St Louis 0. Montreal wins 15th Cup. Glenn Hall of St Louis wins Conn Smythe trophy. Most went 12-1 in Playoffs. Toe Blake retires after series. Claude Ruel takes over. St Louis coach Scotty Bowman eventually coaches Montreal. Soon the 1968-69 season. 

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