Montreal Canadiens
| Le club de hockey Canadien Montreal Canadiens | |
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| Conference | Eastern |
| Division | Northeast |
| Founded | 1909 |
| History | Haileybury Hockey Club 1909-10 Montreal Canadiens 1910-present |
| Home arena | Bell Centre |
| City | Montreal, Quebec |
| Team colours | Red, White, and Blue |
| Media | English CJAD (800 AM) French RDS CKAC (730 AM) |
| Owner(s) | George N. Gillett, Jr. |
| General manager | Bob Gainey |
| Head coach | Guy Carbonneau |
| Captain | Saku Koivu |
| Minor league affiliates | Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) |
The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team, the oldest established National Hockey League (NHL) franchise, and the second most successful professional sports club in all of North American sports history as of 2006 (behind the Boston Celtics in first place, and ahead of the New York Yankees in third place, based on percentage of championships won, versus the number of times a particular sport's championship title has been played for). Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the Canadiens are one of the NHL's 'Original Six' franchises, along with the Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs. In their near-century of existence, the team has won twenty-four Stanley Cups, the most championships by any team in the NHL. The Montreal Canadiens play their home games at the Bell Centre. They played their home games in Jubilee Rink, Montreal Westmount Arena, Mount Royal Arena and the Montreal Forum before that
The franchise is officially known as Le Club de Hockey Canadien, but is usually referred to in French as "Les Canadiens de Montréal" and in English as the "Montreal Canadiens". The name is a reference to French Canadians (and not to the inhabitants of Canada). At it's creation, the Canadiens were recognized as the French Canadian team of Montreal as opposed to the Montreal Maroons, the English Canadian team. French nicknames for the team include Le Bleu-Blanc-et-Rouge, Le Tricolore, Les Glorieux, and Les Habitants. The team jersey is referred to as La Sainte-Flanelle. In English, the main nicknames are the Habs and (usually historically) The Flying Frenchmen. To this date, the Montreal Canadiens remain the last Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup, having last won it in 1992-93.
The team was founded when M.J. O'Brien and his son Ambrose formed the National Hockey Association in 1909. Ambrose decided that French-Canada needed a franchise and gave the people one. Jack Laviolette co-owned the team. The Canadiens finished last in their first season and were a disaster at the gate and financially.They played at Jubilee Rink in their first season. The Canadiens were saved, strangely, by a lawsuit. Georges Kendall, also known as George Kennedy, sued Ambrose J. O'Brien because he (Kennedy) had an athletic club known as Club Athletique Canadien, and alleged name infringement was charged. In the easiest settlement in hockey history, Ambrose gave the franchise to Kennedy / Kendall. But Ambrose said that Newsy Lalonde belonged to Renfrew and demanded Kennedy pay $7,000 for him and so the O'Briens didn't walk away empty handed as it turned out. The Canadiens picked up Georges Vezina from Chicoutimi's amateur team to play in goal, and though the Canadiens finished near the bottom for a few years, they finally tied for first place in 1913-14. They won the Stanley Cup for the first time in 1916 and when they joined the NHL in 1917, from there they became the most successful franchise in the league's history.
Franchise history
With the exception of baseball's New York Yankees, no North American sports team has had as storied and as successful a history as the Montreal Canadiens, the oldest team in professional hockey. They have won 24 Stanley Cups, eleven more than the team with the next largest number – the Toronto Maple Leafs.
While the Maple Leafs are generally regarded as the Canadiens chief rivals, this is open for debate. In the 1970's, the Boston Bruins began a strong rivalry with the Canadiens as a result of their almost annual playoff encounters. After the merger of the World Hockey Association into the NHL in 1979, the former Québec Nordiques were also bitter rivals of the Canadiens, and their matchups came to be known as "The Battle of Quebec".
Nevertheless, their rivalry with the Toronto Maple Leafs is the longest in North American professional ice hockey. The rivalry began in 1917 when the Maple Leafs came into existence. It has enhanced since they were the only two Canadian teams for more than thirty years, and are seen as representing each of Canada's main language groups.
1909 to 1932: The Early NHL
Before there was an NHL, there was a Montreal Canadiens team. They were a charter member of the league's forerunner, the National Hockey Association (NHA), in 1909, operating as the Haileybury Hockey Club. The next season, the Club Antique-Canadien, seeking admission to the NHA, threatened suit for copyright infringement over the NHA's Les Canadiens club, and were admitted to the league, taking over the Haileybury franchise and renaming it the Canadiens, while the former Les Canadiens franchise was taken over by Toronto interests the next season.
In 1916 the Canadiens beat the Portland Rosebuds of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association to win their first Stanley Cup; and they returned to the finals the following season, only to lose to the Seattle Metropolitans.
The Canadiens and four other NHA team executives formed the NHL in 1917. Two years later, they once again faced Seattle for the Stanley Cup, but tragedy struck with the series tied at two games apiece: a Spanish Flu pandemic hit Seattle, and star Joe Hall died. The remainder of the series was cancelled.
In addition to Hall's death, the next season they lost Joe Malone, the league's leading scorer. Malone was on loan from the dormant Quebec Bulldogs, but that team returned to the ice in 1919.
With rookie Howie Morenz completing a line with veterans Aurel Joliat and Billy Boucher, the Canadiens once again reached the top in 1924, defeating both the Calgary Tigers (of the Western Canada Hockey League) and the Vancouver Maroons (of the PCHA) in a convoluted playoff format. In 1925, the Habs lost to the Victoria Cougars (now the Detroit Red Wings) in the last year of the old Western Hockey League challenging for the Stanley Cup.
The Canadiens lost goaltender Georges Vézina to tuberculosis in late 1925, and finished last in the league. The following season, the Canadiens signed a suitable replacement in George Hainsworth, who would win the newly created Vezina Trophy, which was awarded to the goalie who allowed the fewest goals scored against himself. Today it's simply awarded to the league's "best goaltender", as voted by NHL general managers. Hainsworth would be the winner of that prize for the next few years.
Generally, however, the Habs stumbled in the playoffs until they won their third Stanley Cup in 1930, defeating the seemingly invincible Boston Bruins. The "Flying Frenchmen" once again beat the regular-season champion Bruins in the 1931 playoffs, then beat the Ottawa Senators to win their fourth Cup.
1932 to 1967: The End of Morenz to the end of the Original Six
The Canadiens' stars (Morenz and Joliat) faded out in the early 1930s, and they had the worst record in the league by the 1935-36 NHL season. Stunned by such a horrible performance, the NHL gave the Habs rights to all French Canadian players for two years. They had the second-best record in the NHL in 1936-37, but were stunned again by Morenz's death following an on-ice injury from a serious hit by Earl Seibert of the Chicago Blackhawks. The Canadiens were once again mired in mediocrity for several more seasons, until a team led by the "Punch Line" of Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Hector "Toe" Blake and Elmer Lach lifted the Cup again in 1944 after losing only five games in the regular season. The freshman Richard proved he was not "small, fragile and too brittle for the National Hockey League", as coach Dick Irvin, after Richard's rookie year, concernedly voiced. If anything, he was Morenz's successor as one of hockey's preeminent superstars.
In 1945, Richard made NHL history by becoming the first player to score 50 goals in one season, reaching the mark on the final night of the season. Despite their power, the Habs lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the semi-finals. The team was to be invigorated in the 1946 playoffs, winning their sixth Stanley Cup.
In 1957, brothers Tom and Hartland Molson, owners of the Molson brewery, purchased the team. The 1950s were by far the most successful decade for the Canadiens, and it is believed by many that the Habs of this era were the best team in NHL history. Between 1951 and 1960, the Canadiens made the finals every year, winning six times (including a record five straight between 1956 and 1960). Toe Blake would become coach, and they added more of the league's great players such as Jean Béliveau (nicknamed Le Gros Bill), Dickie "Digger" Moore, Doug Harvey, Bernard "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, goalie Jacques Plante (who, in 1959, became the first goalie to regularly wear a mask on November 1 in a 3-1 win at the New York Rangers, but not without some resistance, even from Toe Blake, who was then the Montreal coach) and Maurice Richard's brother Henri.
Montreal fell into a state of unbridled love, if not obsession, with the Canadiens. At no time was this more evident than when Rocket Richard was suspended for the rest of the season on March 13, 1955, for assaulting an official and a Boston player in the aftermath of a stick fight in a game against the Bruins. Montrealers rioted in the streets at the following game (on March 17, at home versus the Detroit Red Wings), causing millions of dollars in damage. The Canadiens had to forfeit the game, and went on to lose in the finals to the Red Wings. The previous year, the Habs had also fallen at the hands of the Red Wings, when Doug Harvey (considered one of the best defencemen of all time) redirected a shot by the Red Wings' Tony Leswick into the Montreal net past Canadiens goalie Gerry McNeil. In 1956 the Canadiens established a "farm team" in Peterborough, Ontario (now known as the Peterborough Petes), which is in the OHL (Ontario Hockey League).
Despite Rocket Richard's retirement in 1960, the Canadiens looked ready to win a sixth straight Cup in 1961; but they were stunned in the playoffs by the Chicago Blackhawks (who eventually won the Stanley Cup behind the offencive genius of winger Bobby Hull) in the semi-finals. The Canadiens continued to suffer (relative) playoff frustration until they won the Cup again in 1965, in Yvan Cournoyer's rookie season, and repeated in 1966. The following season, the favoured Canadiens lost to the Maple Leafs in the Stanley Cup finals, the last time the Habs and Leafs have met in the final round.
1967 to today: the expansion era
With expansion in 1968, the Canadiens handily defeated the fledgling St. Louis Blues in the finals during each of the next two seasons. The Canadiens missed out on a playoff spot in 1970 on the final day of the regular season, thanks to a tiebreaker (and since Toronto missed out as well, it meant the only time in NHL history no Canadian teams made the playoffs.)
The Habs were back to their winning ways in 1971, defeating the Black Hawks to capture yet another Stanley Cup in goalie Ken Dryden's rookie season (starting a career where he would average an astonishing two goals allowed per game), in addition to long-time Leafs' star Frank Mahovlich's first in a Canadiens uniform. According to Hockey Superstars: All-time Greats by sportscaster Paul Romanuk, after the first round of that season's playoffs, the Boston Bruins' Phil Esposito screamed, referring to Dryden, "I can't believe that giraffe stopped me so many times here, OK!!!!" After losing in the quarter-finals to the Rangers in 1972 (Guy Lafleur's rookie season), they would once again win the Cup over Chicago in 1973.
The Canadiens were upset hard by the New York Rangers in the first round in 1974, and would lose out to the Buffalo Sabres in the semi-finals in 1975. But in 1976, under the leadership of head coach Scotty Bowman, they went on to win the Cup again, thwarting the Philadelphia Flyers' hopes for a third consecutive championship. The team was led by Lafleur (who was in the midst of six straight 50-goal seasons, the league's first ever six-consecutive-time 50-goal and 100-point scorer), Cournoyer, Dryden, Steve Shutt, Pete Mahovlich, Guy Lapointe and Larry Robinson. In the 1976-77 season the Canaidiens would set a modern day record by only losing eight games in an eighty game season. The Canadiens would then go on to win three more consecutive Cups to close out the 1970s.
Most of the Canadiens' best players were retired or traded by the early 1980s (the major exceptions being Bob Gainey, Robinson, and Lafleur). They would, however, pick up star Swedish left winger Mats Naslund, as well as Guy Carbonneau in the early 1980s. By the 1985-86 NHL season, they once again had a top goalie in rookie Patrick Roy. Roy would lead the Canadiens to their only Stanley Cup of the decade that season, defeating the Calgary Flames. But the Flames got their own back three years later. They beat the Habs to the 1989 title. "Les Habitants" won their 24th (and, to date, last) Stanley Cup four years after their "fiery" defeat, against the Los Angeles Kings.
By 1995, the Canadiens disintegrated and missed the playoffs for the first time in 25 years. The final straw came in December of that year, when the Canadiens lost 11-1 at home to the Detroit Red Wings. Then-head coach Mario Tremblay refused to pull goaltender Patrick Roy from the net until after the ninth goal, despite the goalie's repeated pleas. After he was pulled, Roy, who had had quite enough by then, approached then team president Ronald Corey and told him, "I've just played my last game in a Montreal Canadiens uniform." Then he walked past Tremblay - "with a defiant spark in his eye" as some newspapers may have reported - and then he took his seat behind the bench. He was dealt to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche along with Mike Keane for Jocelyn Thibault, Andrei Kovalenko, and Martin Rucinsky.
Montreal Gazette sports columnist Jack Todd has suggested that, because of the way management treated Roy, the Canadiens are under "the Curse of St. Patrick." However, while the team's Stanley Cup drought of 13 years as of the 2005-06 season is long by their standards, it is not one of the NHL's longer droughts, and their failures have not featured the kind of bizarre moments that seem to afflict other teams that are supposedly under "curses." It is still early to take a "Curse of St. Patrick" seriously, although the team has been struggling more than contending ever since the trade.
On March 11, 1996, the Canadiens defeated the Dallas Stars, 4-1 in the final game at the historic Montreal Forum. The final goal at the Forum was scored by Andrei Kovalenko. The Stars were chosen as the final Forum opponent because their captain, Guy Carbonneau, and their general manager, Bob Gainey, were both former Canadien captains. Following the game, a closing ceremony was held, in which each living Canadiens captain, wearing an up-to-date version of the uniform with his number on it, passed a torch, the older one to the younger one: Butch Bouchard to Maurice Richard to Jean Beliveau to Henri Richard to Yvan Cournoyer to Serge Savard to Gainey to Carbonneau to Pierre Turgeon,the then current captain. (Three living former captains were unavailable because they were still active with other teams: Mike Keane with the Colorado Avalanche, Kirk Muller with the New York Islanders, and Chris Chelios with the Chicago Blackhawks). Upon being introduced, 74-year-old Maurice Richard, the most popular player in team history, received an 8 minute standing ovation. Maurice Richard was, and is, according to Romanuk's book, a cultural icon, which also notes that when he died at age 78, his funeral was broadcast across Canada.
The team moved into the new Molson Centre (renamed the Bell Centre in 2003) the following Saturday, defeating the New York Rangers, 4-2. Despite solid players like Pierre Turgeon, Mark Recchi, Vladimir Malakhov, and Patrice Brisebois at various points in the late 1990s, the Canadiens would stumble and eventually miss the playoffs three straight seasons between 1999 and 2001. There was even brief talk of the team moving, especially after American investor George N. Gillett Jr. was the only interested buyer when the Molson family sold the team in 2001.
In the fall of 2001, it was revealed that centre Saku Koivu, who had been with the team since 1995, had cancer and would miss the season. However, he came back and, along with the surprising strong play of goalie Jose Theodore (who won the Crozier Award, Hart Trophy and Vezina Trophy that season), inspired the team for a run to the 2002 playoffs as the final seed in the Eastern Conference. They then upset the Bruins in the first round, but lost to the cinderella Carolina Hurricanes in the second round.
On November 22, 2003, the Canadiens participated in the Heritage Classic, the first outdoor hockey game in the history of the NHL. Theodore helped the Habs grind down Ty Conklin and defeated the Oilers 4-3 in front of more than 55,000 fans – an NHL attendance record – at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. The team seemed to turn a corner at that point, and finished the season in the 7th playoff seed with 93 points. The team would again play the Bruins in the playoffs. Coming back from a 3-1 deficit, the Canadiens would win the rest of the games, including a thrilling Game 7 in Boston, to again upset the Bruins. Sadly, however, the team would run into that season's Cup winners, the Tampa Bay Lightning, and fall in a sweep.
The 2004 lockout prevented the Canadiens from gaining on the momentum of the 2004 season, but the team's future still looks bright.
On July 22, 2005, the Canadiens were awarded the fifth position in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft which was held on July 30, 2005 in Ottawa, Canada. They used the fifth pick to draft goaltender Carey Price of the Tri-City Americans of the Western Hockey League. On September 19, prior to the start of the 2005-06 season, the Canadiens announced that they had adopted "Youppi!", the popular former Montréal Expos mascot who was left behind when the Expos moved to Washington D.C. This is the first time the Canadiens have had a mascot in their 90+ year history.
During the 2005 training camp and pre-season, the main story was arguably the performance of the team's 2nd round pick in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, right winger Guillaume Latendresse. The 18-year old Latendresse won over fans, media, teammates and team management alike, playing with skill and passion, on-level with veteran players and surpassing other rookies. However, Latendresse was told he would not play with the Habs in 2005-06. He was sent back to the QMJHL on October 2, 2005. Other stories included elite Swiss defenseman Mark Streit's quest at making the NHL after spending 10 years in the Switzerland National League A with the ZSC Lions and the race for the backup goaltender position left vacant by the injured Cristobal Huet (acquired from Los Angeles on June 25, 2005 in exchange for Mathieu Garon) between Carey Price, NCAA Brown University alumni Yann Danis, and underdog journeyman Olivier Michaud. However, on January 13, 2006, with the team's performance not up to standards, Claude Julien was fired as coach, and replaced on an interim basis by Bob Gainey, the teams' general manager. Guy Carbonneau will take over as head coach of the Montreal Canadiens for the 2006-2007 season. Later on in the season, Montreal starting goalie Jose Theodore was traded to the Colorado Avalanche after numerous disappointing starts, in return for goalie David Aebischer. The Canadiens narrowly made the playoffs, again with 93 points, again finishing 7th in the Eastern Conference, again losing in 6 games to the heavily favoured Carolina Hurricanes, but in the first round. Up 2-0 in the series and 1-0 in Game 3 in the third period, Canadiens captain Koivu received a career-threatening high-stick from Carolina right-winger Justin Williams. The Hurricanes' Rod Brind'Amour scored with nine minutes left in the game and again in overtime on a fluke goal by Eric Staal. The Habs did not win another game in the series, while the 'Canes got to gloat and would finally win the Stanley Cup.
The Near Future and Beyond
A major announcement about the one hundred year anniversary of Les Habs was made on October 2, 2005. On October 15 of that year, to begin the Canadiens' centennial countdown, it was announced that three more jersey numbers would be retired — Dickie Moore's and Yvan Cournoyer's number 12 on November 12 before their game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the number 5 worn by Bernard "Boom Boom" Geoffrion on March 11, 2006 prior to their contest against the New York Rangers, the other team he played for after a one-year retirement — the first since moving from "Le Forum" during a "Legends Night" ceremony, with one additional number to be hoisted to the rafters in each of the three following seasons. Boom Boom Geoffrion died on the day his number was to be retired. The Canadiens won that contest 1-0.
The Canadiens also announced ambitious plans for their Centennial year of 2008-09, including plans to bid on hosting the World Junior Hockey Championships (which were awarded to Ottawa), the NHL Draft and the 2009 NHL All-Star Game, all to be held at the Bell Centre, although it has been widely expected that the Phoenix Coyotes are scheduled to receive the honour of hosting the NHL All-Star Game, because of the cancelled 2006 event due to the 2006 Winter Olympics.
For the first week of the 2006 free-agent market, the Canadiens were very inactive. But when, from Phoenix and the 2006 Stanley Cup finalist Edmonton Oilers, respectively, decently scoring wingers Mike Johnson and Sergei Samsonov (the latter of whom a former Calder Memorial Trophy winner) were acquired on July 10, 2006, the result became a Montreal Canadiens team that looks well to be in the former old direction of their best teams from 1956-60, 1965-71, 1973-79.
Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OT = Overtime points, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes, CQF = Conference Quarter Final, CSF = Conference Semi-Final, CF = Conference
Final, DSF = Division Semi-Final, DF = Division Final, QF = Quarter Final, SF = Semi-Final, PR = Preliminary Round
| Season | GP | W | L | T | OT | GF | GA | Pts | PIM | Finish | Playoffs |
| 1917-18 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | -- | 115 | 84 | 26 | -- | 1st in NHL (tie) | Lost NHL Final vs. Toronto |
| 1918-19 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | -- | 88 | 78 | 20 | 257 | 2nd in NHL | Reached Final, No Decision3 |
| 1919-20 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | -- | 129 | 113 | 26 | 221 | 2nd in NHL | Out of playoffs |
| 1920-21 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | -- | 112 | 99 | 26 | 315 | 3rd in NHL | Out of playoffs |
| 1921-22 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | -- | 88 | 94 | 25 | 174 | 3rd in NHL | Missed Playoffs |
| 1922-23 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | -- | 73 | 61 | 28 | 174 | 2nd in NHL | Lost NHL Final vs. Ottawa |
| 1923-24 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | -- | 59 | 48 | 26 | 144 | 2nd in NHL | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1924-25 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | -- | 93 | 56 | 36 | 371 | 3rd in NHL | Lost Final vs. Victoria |
| 1925-26 | 36 | 11 | 24 | 1 | -- | 79 | 108 | 23 | 458 | 7th (last) in NHL | Out of playoffs |
| 1926-27 | 44 | 28 | 14 | 2 | -- | 99 | 67 | 58 | 395 | 2nd in Canadian | Lost SF vs. Ottawa |
| 1927-28 | 44 | 26 | 11 | 7 | -- | 116 | 48 | 59 | 496 | 1st in Canadian | Lost SF vs. Mtl. Maroons |
| 1928-29 | 44 | 22 | 7 | 15 | -- | 71 | 43 | 59 | 465 | 1st in Canadian | Lost SF vs. Boston |
| 1929-30 | 44 | 21 | 14 | 9 | -- | 142 | 114 | 51 | 600 | 2nd in Canadian | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1930-31 | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | -- | 129 | 89 | 60 | 602 | 1st in Canadian | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1931-32 | 48 | 25 | 16 | 7 | -- | 128 | 111 | 57 | 450 | 1st in Canadian | Lost SF vs. NY Rangers |
| 1932-33 | 48 | 18 | 25 | 5 | -- | 92 | 115 | 41 | 468 | 3rd in Canadian | Lost QF vs. NY Rangers |
| 1933-34 | 48 | 22 | 20 | 6 | -- | 99 | 101 | 50 | 308 | 2nd in Canadian | Lost QF vs. Chicago |
| 1934-35 | 48 | 19 | 23 | 6 | -- | 110 | 145 | 44 | 314 | 3rd in Canadian | Lost QF vs. NY Rangers |
| 1935-36 | 48 | 11 | 26 | 11 | -- | 82 | 123 | 33 | 317 | 4th (last) in Canadian | Out of playoffs |
| 1936-37 | 48 | 24 | 18 | 6 | -- | 115 | 111 | 54 | 298 | 1st in Canadian | Lost SF vs. Detroit |
| 1937-38 | 48 | 18 | 17 | 13 | -- | 123 | 128 | 49 | 340 | 3rd in Canadian | Lost QF vs. Chicago |
| 1938-39 | 48 | 15 | 24 | 9 | -- | 115 | 146 | 39 | 294 | 6th in NHL | Lost QF vs. Detroit |
| 1939-40 | 48 | 10 | 33 | 5 | -- | 90 | 167 | 25 | 338 | 7th (last) in NHL | Out of playoffs |
| 1940-41 | 48 | 16 | 26 | 6 | -- | 121 | 147 | 38 | 435 | 6th in NHL | Lost QF vs. Chicago |
| 1941-42 | 48 | 18 | 27 | 3 | -- | 134 | 173 | 39 | 504 | 6th in NHL | Lost QF vs. Detroit |
| 1942-43 | 50 | 19 | 19 | 12 | -- | 181 | 191 | 50 | 318 | 4th in NHL | Lost SF vs. Boston |
| 1943-44 | 50 | 38 | 5 | 7 | -- | 234 | 109 | 83 | 557 | 1st in NHL | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1944-45 | 50 | 38 | 8 | 4 | -- | 228 | 121 | 80 | 376 | 1st in NHL | Lost SF vs. Toronto |
| 1945-46 | 50 | 28 | 17 | 5 | -- | 172 | 134 | 61 | 337 | 1st in NHL | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1946-47 | 60 | 34 | 16 | 10 | -- | 189 | 138 | 78 | 561 | 1st in NHL | Lost Final vs. Toronto |
| 1947-48 | 60 | 20 | 29 | 11 | -- | 147 | 169 | 51 | 724 | 5th in NHL | Out of playoffs |
| 1948-49 | 60 | 28 | 23 | 9 | -- | 152 | 126 | 65 | 782 | 3rd in NHL | Lost SF vs. Detroit |
| 1949-50 | 70 | 29 | 22 | 19 | -- | 172 | 150 | 77 | 736 | 2nd in NHL | Lost SF vs. NY Rangers |
| 1950-51 | 70 | 25 | 30 | 15 | -- | 173 | 184 | 65 | 835 | 3rd in NHL | Lost Final vs. Toronto |
| 1951-52 | 70 | 34 | 26 | 10 | -- | 195 | 164 | 78 | 661 | 2nd in NHL | Lost Final vs. Detroit |
| 1952-53 | 70 | 28 | 23 | 19 | -- | 155 | 148 | 75 | 777 | 2nd in NHL | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1953-54 | 70 | 35 | 24 | 11 | -- | 195 | 141 | 81 | 1064 | 2nd in NHL | Lost Final vs. Detroit |
| 1954-55 | 70 | 41 | 18 | 11 | -- | 228 | 157 | 93 | 890 | 2nd in NHL | Lost Final vs. Detroit |
| 1955-56 | 70 | 45 | 15 | 10 | -- | 222 | 131 | 100 | 977 | 1st in NHL | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1956-57 | 70 | 35 | 23 | 12 | -- | 210 | 155 | 82 | 870 | 2nd in NHL | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1957-58 | 70 | 43 | 17 | 10 | -- | 250 | 158 | 96 | 945 | 1st in NHL | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1958-59 | 70 | 39 | 18 | 13 | -- | 258 | 158 | 91 | 760 | 1st in NHL | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1959-60 | 70 | 40 | 18 | 12 | -- | 255 | 178 | 92 | 756 | 1st in NHL | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1960-61 | 70 | 41 | 19 | 10 | -- | 254 | 188 | 92 | 811 | 1st in NHL | Lost SF vs. Chicago |
| 1961-62 | 70 | 42 | 14 | 14 | -- | 259 | 166 | 98 | 818 | 1st in NHL | Lost SF vs. Chicago |
| 1962-63 | 70 | 28 | 19 | 23 | -- | 225 | 183 | 79 | 751 | 3rd in NHL | Lost SF vs. Toronto |
| 1963-64 | 70 | 36 | 21 | 13 | -- | 209 | 167 | 85 | 982 | 1st in NHL | Lost SF vs. Toronto |
| 1964-65 | 70 | 36 | 23 | 11 | -- | 211 | 185 | 83 | 1033 | 2nd in NHL | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1965-66 | 70 | 41 | 21 | 8 | -- | 239 | 173 | 90 | 884 | 1st in NHL | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1966-67 | 70 | 32 | 25 | 13 | -- | 202 | 188 | 77 | 879 | 2nd in NHL | Lost Final vs. Toronto |
| 1967-68 | 74 | 42 | 22 | 10 | -- | 236 | 167 | 94 | 700 | 1st in East | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1968-69 | 76 | 46 | 19 | 11 | -- | 271 | 202 | 103 | 780 | 1st in East | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1969-70 | 76 | 38 | 22 | 16 | -- | 244 | 201 | 92 | 892 | 5th in East | Out of playoffs |
| 1970-71 | 78 | 42 | 23 | 13 | -- | 291 | 216 | 97 | 1271 | 3rd in East | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1971-72 | 78 | 46 | 16 | 16 | -- | 307 | 205 | 108 | 783 | 3rd in East | Lost QF vs. NYR |
| 1972-73 | 78 | 52 | 10 | 16 | -- | 329 | 184 | 120 | 783 | 1st in East | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1973-74 | 78 | 45 | 24 | 9 | -- | 293 | 240 | 99 | 761 | 2nd in East | Lost QF vs. NYR |
| 1974-75 | 80 | 47 | 14 | 19 | -- | 374 | 225 | 113 | 155 | 1st in Norris | Lost SF vs. Buffalo |
| 1975-76 | 80 | 58 | 11 | 11 | -- | 337 | 174 | 127 | 977 | 1st in Norris | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1976-77 | 80 | 60 | 8 | 12 | -- | 387 | 171 | 132 | 764 | 1st in Norris | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1977-78 | 80 | 59 | 10 | 11 | -- | 359 | 183 | 129 | 745 | 1st in Norris | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1978-79 | 80 | 52 | 17 | 11 | -- | 337 | 204 | 115 | 803 | 1st in Norris | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1979-80 | 80 | 47 | 20 | 13 | -- | 328 | 240 | 107 | 874 | 1st in Norris | Lost QF vs. Minnesota |
| 1980-81 | 80 | 45 | 22 | 13 | -- | 332 | 232 | 103 | 1398 | 1st in Norris | Lost PR vs. Edmonton |
| 1981-82 | 80 | 46 | 17 | 17 | -- | 360 | 223 | 109 | 1463 | 1st in Norris | Lost DSF vs. Quebec |
| 1982-83 | 80 | 42 | 24 | 14 | -- | 350 | 286 | 98 | 1116 | 2nd in Adams | Lost DSF vs. Buffalo |
| 1983-84 | 80 | 35 | 40 | 5 | -- | 286 | 295 | 75 | 1371 | 4th in Adams | Lost CF vs. NY Islanders |
| 1984-85 | 80 | 41 | 27 | 12 | -- | 309 | 262 | 94 | 1464 | 1st in Adams | Lost DF vs. Quebec |
| 1985-86 | 80 | 40 | 33 | 7 | -- | 330 | 280 | 87 | 1372 | 2nd in Adams | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1986-87 | 80 | 41 | 29 | 10 | -- | 277 | 241 | 92 | 1802 | 2nd in Adams | Lost CF vs. Philadelphia |
| 1987-88 | 80 | 45 | 22 | 13 | -- | 298 | 238 | 103 | 1830 | 1st in Adams | Lost DF vs. Boston |
| 1988-89 | 80 | 53 | 18 | 9 | -- | 315 | 218 | 115 | 1537 | 1st in Adams | Lost Final vs. Calgary |
| 1989-90 | 80 | 41 | 28 | 11 | -- | 288 | 234 | 93 | 1590 | 3rd in Adams | Lost DF vs. Boston |
| 1990-91 | 80 | 39 | 30 | 11 | -- | 273 | 249 | 89 | 1425 | 2nd in Adams | Lost DF vs. Boston |
| 1991-92 | 80 | 41 | 28 | 11 | -- | 267 | 207 | 93 | 1556 | 1st in Adams | Lost DF vs. Boston |
| 1992-93 | 84 | 48 | 30 | 6 | -- | 326 | 280 | 102 | 1788 | 3rd in Adams | Stanley Cup Champion |
| 1993-94 | 84 | 41 | 29 | 14 | -- | 283 | 248 | 96 | 1524 | 3rd in Northeast | Lost CQF vs. Boston |
| 1994-95 2 | 48 | 18 | 23 | 7 | -- | 125 | 148 | 43 | 840 | 6th in Northeast | Out of playoffs |
| 1995-96 | 82 | 40 | 32 | 10 | -- | 265 | 248 | 90 | 1847 | 3rd in Northeast | Lost CQF vs. NY Rangers |
| 1996-97 | 82 | 31 | 36 | 15 | -- | 249 | 276 | 77 | 1469 | 4th in Northeast | Lost CQF vs. New Jersey |
| 1997-98 | 82 | 37 | 32 | 13 | -- | 235 | 208 | 87 | 1547 | 4th in Northeast | Lost CSF vs. Buffalo |
| 1998-99 | 82 | 32 | 39 | 11 | -- | 184 | 209 | 75 | 1299 | 5th (last) in Northeast | Out of playoffs |
| 1999-00 | 82 | 35 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 196 | 194 | 83 | 1067 | 4th in Northeast | Out of playoffs |
| 2000-01 | 82 | 28 | 40 | 8 | 6 | 206 | 232 | 70 | 1020 | 5th (last) in Northeast | Out of playoffs |
| 2001-02 | 82 | 36 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 207 | 209 | 87 | 974 | 4th in Northeast | Lost CSF vs. Carolina |
| 2002-03 | 82 | 30 | 35 | 8 | 9 | 206 | 234 | 77 | 900 | 4th in Northeast | Out of playoffs |
| 2003-04 | 82 | 41 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 208 | 192 | 93 | 1039 | 4th in Northeast | Lost CSF vs. Tampa Bay |
| 2005-06 1 | 82 | 42 | 31 | -- | 9 | 243 | 247 | 93 | 1312 | 3rd in Northeast | Lost CQF vs. Carolina |
| Grand Totals | 5628 | 2891 | 1865 | 837 | 35 | 18528 | 15033 | 6654 | 72660 |
- 1 Previous season was cancelled due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout.
- 2 Season was shortened due to the 1994-95 NHL lockout.
- 3 The 1919 Stanley Cup Final was suspended after five games due to the Spanish Flu pandemic.
Notable players
Current squad
Active roster as of July 16, 2006 [1]
| Goaltenders | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Catches | Acquired | Place of Birth | |
| 30 | 
|
David Aebischer | L | 2006 | Fribourg, Switzerland |
| 39 | 
|
Cristobal Huet | L | 2004 | Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France |
| Defencemen | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Shoots | Acquired | Place of Birth | ||
| 8 | 
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Mike Komisarek | R | 2001 | West Islip, New York | |
| 25 | 
|
Mathieu Dandenault | R | 2005 | Sherbrooke, Quebec | |
| 32 |
|
Mark Streit | L | 2004 | Englisberg, Switzerland | |
| 44 |
|
Sheldon Souray | L | 2000 | Elk Point, Alberta | |
| 51 |
|
Francis Bouillon | L | 2002 | New York City, New York | |
| 52 |
|
Craig Rivet - A | R | 1992 | North Bay, Ontario | |
| 79 | 
|
Andrei Markov | L | 1998 | Voskresensk, U.S.S.R. | |
| Forwards | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Shoots | Position | Acquired | Place of Birth | |
| - |
|
Mike Johnson | R | RW | 2006 | Scarborough, Ontario |
| - |
|
Sergei Samsonov | R | LW/RW | 2006 | Moscow, U.S.S.R. |
| 11 | 
|
Saku Koivu - C | L | C | 1993 | Turku, Finland |
| 14 | 
|
Radek Bonk | L | C/LW | 2004 | Krnov, Czechoslovakia |
| 21 |
|
Christopher Higgins | L | C/LW | 2002 | Smithtown, New York |
| 22 |
|
Steve Bégin | L | C/LW | 2003 | Trois-Rivières, Quebec |
| 27 |
|
Alex Kovalev - A | L | RW/C | 2004 | Togliatti, U.S.S.R. |
| 35 |
|
Tomas Plekanec | L | C/LW | 2001 | Kladno, Czechoslovakia |
| 42 | 
|
Alexander Perezhogin | L | LW/RW | 2001 | Ust-Kamenogorsk, U.S.S.R. |
| 47 |
|
Aaron Downey | R | RW/LW | 2006 | Shelburne, Ontario |
| 57 |
|
Garth Murray | L | C/LW | 2005 | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| 71 |
|
Mike Ribeiro | L | C | 1998 | Montreal, Quebec |
| 73 |
|
Michael Ryder | R | RW | 1998 | Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador |
- Jean Béliveau
- Bob Cob
- Hector "Toe" Blake
- Emile Bouchard
- Sprague Cleghorn
- Yvan Cournoyer
- Ken Dryden
- Dick Duff
- Bill Durnan
- Bob Gainey
- Herb Gardiner
- Bernard "Boom Boom" Geoffrion
- George Hainsworth
- Joe Hall
- Doug Harvey
- Aurel Joliat
- Tom Johnson
- Elmer Lach
- Guy Lafleur
- Newsy Lalonde
- Jacques Laperrière
- Jacques Laronde
- Guy Lapointe
- Jack Laviolette
- Jacques Lemaire
- Frank Mahovlich
- Joe Malone
- Sylvio Mantha
- Dickie Moore
- Howie Morenz
- Bud O'Connor
- Bert Olmstead
- Didier Pitre
- Jacques Plante
- Ken Reardon
- Maurice Richard
- Henri Richard
- Larry Robinson
- Patrick Roy
- Denis Savard
- Serge Savard
- Steve Shutt
- Albert "Babe" Siebert
- Georges Vézina
- Lorne "Gump" Worsley
Team Captains
- Saku Koivu 1999- present
- Vincent Damphousse 1996-99
- Pierre Turgeon 1995-Oct.1996
- Mike Keane 1995 (Apr.-Dec.)
- Kirk Muller 1994-95
- Guy Carbonneau 1990-94
- Guy Carbonneau and Chris Chelios (Co-Cap.) 1989-90
- Bob Gainey 1981-89
- Serge Savard 1979-81
- Yvan Cournoyer 1975-79
- Henri Richard 1971-75
- Jean Béliveau 1961-71
- Doug Harvey 1960-61
- Maurice "Rocket" Richard 1956-60
- Emile "Butch" Bouchard 1948-56
- Bill Durnan 1948 (Jan.-Apr.)
- Hector "Toe" Blake 1940-48
- Walter Buswell 1939-40
- Albert Babe Siebert 1936-39
- Sylvio Mantha 1933-36
- George Hainsworth 1932-33
- Sylvio Mantha 1926-32
- Billy Coutu 1925-26
- Sprague Cleghorn 1922-25
- Edouard "Newsy" Lalonde 1916-22
- Howard McNamara 1915-16
- James Henry "Jimmy" Gardner 1913-15
- Edouard "Newsy" Lalonde 1912-13
- Jean-Baptiste "Jack" Laviolette 1911-12
- Edouard "Newsy" Lalonde 1910-11
- Jean-Baptiste "Jack" Laviolette 1909-10
Retired numbers
- 1 Jacques Plante, G, 1952-63 - Number retired on October 7, 1995.
- 2 Doug Harvey, D, 1947-61 - Number retired on October 26, 1985.
- 4 Jean Béliveau, C, 1950-71 - Number retired on October 9, 1971.
- 5 Bernard "Boom-Boom" Geoffrion, RW, 1950-64 - Number retired on March 11, 2006.
- 7 Howie Morenz, C, 1923-34 & 1936-37 - Number retired on November 2, 1937.
- 9 Maurice "Rocket" Richard, RW, 1942-60 - Number retired on October 6, 1960.
- 10 Guy Lafleur, RW, 1971-85 - Number retired on February 16, 1985
- 12 Dickie "Digger" Moore, LW, 1951-63; and Yvan Cournoyer, RW, 1963-79 - Numbers retired on November 12, 2005.
- 16 Henri Richard, C, 1955-75 - Number retired on December 10, 1975
- 99 Wayne Gretzky, C, 1979-99 (Retired NHL wide)
Infamous Moments
- Billy Coutu: First player banned from the NHL for life
- Maurice Richard: In 1955, was suspended for the remainder of season and entire playoffs, resulting in a riot.
First round draft picks
- 1963: Garry Monahan (1st overall)
- 1964: Claude Chagnon (6th overall)
- 1965: Pierre Bouchard (5th overall)
- 1966: Phil Myre (5th overall)
- 1967: Elgin McCann (8th overall)
- 1968: Michel Plasse (1st overall)
- 1969: Rejean Houle (1st overall), Marc Tardif (2nd overall)
- 1970: Ray Martynuik (5th overall), Chuck Lefley (6th overall)
- 1971: Guy Lafleur (1st overall), Chuck Arnason (7th overall), Murray Wilson (11th overall)
- 1972: Steve Shutt (4th overall), Michel Larocque (6th overall), Dave Gardner (8th overall), John Van Boxmeer (14th overall)
- 1973: Bob Gainey (8th overall)
- 1974: Cam Connor (5th overall), Doug Risebrough (7th overall), Rick Chartraw (10th overall), Mario Tremblay (12th overall), Gord McTavish (15th overall)
- 1975: Robin Sadler (9th overall), Pierre Mondou (15th overall)
- 1976: Peter Lee (12th overall), Rod Schutt (13th overall), Bruce Baker (18th overall)
- 1977: Mark Napier (10th overall), Norm Dupont (18th overall)
- 1978: Danny Geoffrion (8th overall), Dave Hunter (17th overall)
- 1979: none
- 1980: Doug Wickenheiser (1st overall)
- 1981: Mark Hunter (7th overall), Gilbert Delorme (18th overall), Jan Ingman (19th overall)
- 1982: Alain Heroux (19th overall)
- 1983: Alfie Turcotte (17th overall)
- 1984: Petr Svoboda (5th overall), Shayne Corson (8th overall)
- 1985: Jose Charbonneau (12th overall), Tom Chorske (16th overall)
- 1986: Mark Pederson (15th overall)
- 1987: Andrew Cassels (17th overall)
- 1988: Eric Charron (20th overall)
- 1989: Lindsay Vallis (13th overall)
- 1990: Turner Stevenson (12th overall)
- 1991: Brent Bilodeau (17th overall)
- 1992: David Wilkie (20th overall)
- 1993: Saku Koivu (21st overall)
- 1994: Brad Brown (18th overall)
- 1995: Terry Ryan (8th overall)
- 1996: Matt Higgins (18th overall)
- 1997: Jason Ward (11th overall)
- 1998: Eric Chouinard (16th overall)
- 1999: none
- 2000: Ron Hainsey (13th overall), Marcel Hossa (16th overall)
- 2001: Mike Komisarek (7th overall), Alexander Perezhogin (25th overall)
- 2002: Chris Higgins (14th overall)
- 2003: Andrei Kostitsyn (10th overall)
- 2004: Kyle Chipchura (18th overall)
- 2005: Carey Price (5th overall)
- 2006: David Fischer (20th overall)
Franchise scoring leaders
These are the top-ten point-scorers in the history of the Canadiens. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season. Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points
| Player | POS | GP | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruno Cacchaiarelli | D | 2054 | 755 | 1607 | 2362 |
| Jacques Laronde | LW | 1096 | 1152 | 857 | 2009 |
| Guy Lafleur | RW | 961 | 518 | 728 | 1246 |
| Jean Beliveau | C | 1125 | 507 | 712 | 1219 |
| Henri Richard | C | 1256 | 358 | 688 | 1046 |
| Maurice Richard | RW | 978 | 544 | 421 | 965 |
| Larry Robinson | D | 1202 | 197 | 686 | 883 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | RW | 968 | 428 | 435 | 863 |
| Jacques Lemaire | C | 853 | 366 | 469 | 835 |
| Steve Shutt | LW | 871 | 408 | 368 | 776 |
NHL Awards and Trophies
- 1915-16, 1923-24, 1929-30, 1930-31, 1943-44, 1945-46, 1952-53, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1970-71, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1985-86, 1992-93
- 1923-24, 1924-25, 1943-44, 1944-45, 1945-46, 1946-47, 1955-56, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1980-81, 1985-86, 1988-89, 1992-93
- Herb Gardiner: 1926-27
- Howie Morenz: 1927-28, 1930-31, 1931-32
- Roy Worters: 1928-29
- Aurel Joliat: 1933-34
- Babe Siebert: 1936-37
- Toe Blake: 1938-39
- Elmer Lach: 1944-45
- Maurice Richard: 1946-47
- Jean Beliveau: 1955-56, 1963-64
- Bernie Geoffrion: 1960-61
- Jacques Plante: 1961-62
- Guy Lafleur: 1976-77, 1977-78
- Jose Theodore: 2001-02
- Howie Morenz (pre-insection): 1927-28
- Elmer Lach: 1947-48
- Bernie Geoffrion: 1954-55, 1960-61
- Jean Beliveau: 1955-56
- Dickie Moore: 1957-58, 1958-59
- Guy Lafleur: 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78
- Doug Harvey: 1954-55, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1959-60, 1960-61
- Tom Johnson: 1958-59
- Jacques Laperriere: 1965-66
- Larry Robinson: 1976-77, 1979-80
- Chris Chelios: 1988-89
- George Hainsworth: 1926-27, 1927-28, 1928-29
- Bill Durnan: 1943-44, 1944-45, 1945-46, 1946-47, 1948-49, 1949-50
- Jacques Plante: 1955-56, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1961-62
- Charlie Hodge: 1963-64
- Gump Worsley & Charlie Hodge: 1965-66
- Rogatien Vachon & Gump Worsley: 1967-68
- Ken Dryden: 1972-73, 1975-76
- Ken Dryden & Michel Larocque: 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79
- Denis Herron, Michel Larocque & Richard Sevigny: 1980-81
- Patrick Roy: 1988-89, 1989-90, 1991-92
- Jose Theodore: 2001-02
- Jean Beliveau: 1964-65
- Serge Savard: 1968-69
- Ken Dryden: 1970-71
- Yvan Cournoyer: 1972-73
- Guy Lafleur: 1976-77
- Larry Robinson: 1977-78
- Bob Gainey: 1978-79
- Patrick Roy: 1985-86, 1992-93
- Johnny Quilty: 1940-41 (trophy known as "Calder Trophy")
- Bernie Geoffrion: 1951-52
- Ralph Backstrom: 1958-59
- Bobby Rousseau: 1961-62
- Jacques Laperriere: 1963-64
- Ken Dryden: 1971-72
- Rick Wamsley & Denis Herron: 1981-82
- Patrick Roy & Brian Hayward: 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89
- Patrick Roy: 1991-92
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award
Montreal Canadiens Individual Records
- Most Goals in a season: Steve Shutt & Guy Lafleur, 60 (1976-77 & 1977-78)
- Most Assists in a season: Pete Mahovlich, 82 (1974-75)
- Most Points in a season: Guy Lafleur, 136 (1976-77)
- Most Penalty Minutes in a season: Chris Nilan, 358 (1984-85)
- Most Points in a season, defenseman: Larry Robinson, 85 (1976-77)
- Most Points in a season, rookie: Mats Naslund & Kjell Dahlin, 71 (1982-83 & 1985-86)
- Most Wins in a season: Jacques Plante (twice) & Ken Dryden, 42 (1955-56/1961-62 & 1975-76)
- Most Shutouts in a season: George Hainsworth, 22 (1928-29)
Trivia
- The Canadiens' motto in French is "Nos bras meurtris vous tendent le flambeau, à vous toujours de le porter bien haut", which in English is said as "To you from failing hands we throw the torch. Be yours to hold it high". This motto is a part of In Flanders Fields, a poem written by Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae during World War I. It was then adapted into French by Jean Pariseau and is now also used during Remembrance Day ceremonies in Canada.
- Youppi, the Canadiens' mascot, was originally the mascot of the Montreal Expos. When the Expos moved from Montreal and became the Washington Nationals in 2004, the Canadiens acquired Youppi from the team, giving him the role of official team mascot.
See also
- List of Montreal Canadiens players
- Head Coaches of the Montreal Canadiens
- Montreal Canadiens Records
- Bruins-Canadiens Rivalry
- List of Stanley Cup champions
- List of NHL seasons
- List of NHL players
- List of Montreal Canadiens presidents
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