1969 – 70 St . Louis Blues season The 1969 – 70 St . Louis Blues season involved finishing in first place in the West Division for the second consecutive season . The Blues were the only team in the West Division with a winning record as they finished 22 points ahead of the second place Pittsburgh Penguins . The Blues matched their previous season ' s total of 37 wins but finished with 86 points , two points shy of the previous season ' s points total . NHL legend Camille Henry played his final game with the St . Louis Blues . Henry got 3 points in 4 games . From a goaltending standpoint , the franchise experienced many changes . Glenn Hall had retired at the end of the 1968 – 69 season but returned . Despite an appearance in the All - Star Game , Jacques Plante played his final season in St . Louis . He was sold by the Blues to the Toronto Maple Leafs for cash , May 18 , 1970 . Ernie Wakely was acquired from the defending Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens and became the Blues starting goaltender for the following season . In the playoffs , St . Louis defeated the Minnesota North Stars 4 – 2 and the Pittsburgh Penguins 4 – 2 to advance to their third consecutive Stanley Cup Final , where they were swept by the Boston Bruins . Phil Goyette became the first Lady Byng Trophy winner in franchise history as he led the team with 78 points . Offseason . NHL Draft . Tommi Salmelainen was the first European drafted by an NHL franchise . Regular season . Glenn Hall . As he did with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1966 , Hall retired from St . Louis at the end of the 1968 – 69 season . He was talked into returning , usually with a promise of more money , but he didn ' t profess to enjoy his livelihood . Although Hall stayed in St . Louis , he still got nauseous before each game as he did earlier in his career . Ernie Wakely . Ernie Wakely played 2 games from the Montreal Canadiens from 1962 to 1969 . On June 27 , 1969 , Wakely got his big break when the Canadiens dealt the 28 year old to the St . Louis Blues for Norm Beaudin and Bobby Schmautz . The 1969 – 70 season was a career season for Wakely . He appeared in 30 games for St . Louis , registering a 2 . 11 GAA and four shutouts . Wakely had to take over from the legendary Glenn Hall . Wakely made the most of his opportunity as he helped lead the Blues to the Stanley Cup finals . The Blues were defeated in four straight games by Bobby Orr ' s Boston Bruins . Playoffs . West Division Semi - Finals . In the West Division playoffs , the St . Louis Blues ousted the Minnesota North Stars in six games . The Blues won the first two games at the St . Louis Arena . Game three at the Metropolitan Sports Center featured Gump Worsley ' s sharp goaltending and Bill Goldsworthy scoring two goals in a 4 – 2 win for the North Stars . Cesare Maniago played in goal for Minnesota in game four and picked up a 4 – 0 shutout , tying the series . Game five at St . Louis Arena was tied 3 – 3 when St Louis scored three goals in the third period by Red Berenson , Terry Gray and Jim Roberts and the Blues won 6 – 3 . In game six , Ab McDonald scored two goals as the Blues eliminated the North Stars by a score of 4 – 2 . Stanley Cup Finals . Boston Bruins vs . St . Louis Blues For the third consecutive year , the Blues were swept in the Stanley Cup finals . This time , they faced the Boston Bruins , who , with stars like Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito , were more than a match for them . The first three games were not close . The Blues managed to force overtime in game 4 , but Orr scored the most famous goal in NHL history to end the series .