saint0917
April 13th, 2009, 07:08 AM
4/10/69:
Ralph Backstrom beats Gerry Cheevers with just 42 seconds gone in overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins in the opener of their Stanley Cup Eastern Conference final-round series. It’s a crushing defeat for the Bruins, who led 2-0 with six and a half minutes left when John Ferguson scored for Montreal and then by 2-1 with a minute left before Jean Beliveau scored to tie the game and force OT at the Forum. Montreal will win this series in six games and sweep St. Louis in four straight to win their second straight Stanley Cup.
B I R T H D A Y S
John Madden b. 1936
Don Meredith b. 1938
Bob Watson b. 1946
Mel Blount b. 1948
Neil Smith b. 1966
Ralph Backstrom beats Gerry Cheevers with just 42 seconds gone in overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins in the opener of their Stanley Cup Eastern Conference final-round series. It’s a crushing defeat for the Bruins, who led 2-0 with six and a half minutes left when John Ferguson scored for Montreal and then by 2-1 with a minute left before Jean Beliveau scored to tie the game and force OT at the Forum. Montreal will win this series in six games and sweep St. Louis in four straight to win their second straight Stanley Cup.
B I R T H D A Y S
John Madden b. 1936
Don Meredith b. 1938
Bob Watson b. 1946
Mel Blount b. 1948
Neil Smith b. 1966