Canadiens Maybe Relishing Roles of Spoilers to End 2023-24 Too Much?
It’s interesting the Montreal Canadiens have first won three games in a row in 2023-24, when they’re all but mathematically eliminated.
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Founded in 1909 by J. Ambrose O’Brien, the Montreal Canadiens are the longest continuously operating professional ice hockey team worldwide and the only existing NHL club to predate the founding of the NHL. Their first NHL game was played on Dec. 19, 1917, versus the Ottawa Senators, which they won 7-4. They are the most successful NHL franchise with 25 championships, 11 more than the second-place Toronto Maple Leafs. They also happen to be the most recent Canadian franchise to win the Stanley Cup, having done so in 1993. Additionally, 65 players who donned a Canadiens sweater during their careers have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
It’s interesting the Montreal Canadiens have first won three games in a row in 2023-24, when they’re all but mathematically eliminated.
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The Montreal Canadiens were founded in 1909 by J. Ambrose O’Brien.
The Canadiens’ first NHL game was played on Dec. 19, 1917, versus the Ottawa Senators, which they won 7-4.
Martin St. Louis is the current head coach for the Montreal Canadiens.