Canadiens History
Do You Know Your Canadiens' Trivia?
August 12th, 2017 Think you know all there is to know about the Montreal Canadiens? Time to find out. We've dug into the past of the nearly 108-year-old team to pull out some factoids you may be totally unaware of. Time for a Habs history lesson. How Well Do You Know the Habs'...
Top 5 Goaltenders of the 1970's
August 8th, 2017 Ranking all-time greats, no matter the sport, is a near impossible task. Almost every era is drastically different from the next and the game of hockey is no different. With that in mind, we decided to break down our look at the greatest goaltenders to have played the game...
Canadiens Have Lousy Luck at No. 25
June 14th, 2017 When the Montreal Canadiens make the No. 25 pick at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, the bar will be set pretty low… metaphorically speaking. In spite of Michael McCarron being listed as 6’6”, he is probably the best the Habs have ever done with the pick in the...
Hockey Royalty: Bernie “Boom Boom” Geoffrion
March 16th, 2017 On this date, March 16, 1961, the Montreal Canadiens' Bernie 'Boom Boom' Geoffrion became the second player in NHL history to score 50 goals in a season, in a 5-2 win over Toronto. His 50 goals tied a mark set in 1945 by Maurice 'Rocket' Richard. From The Hockey...
Top 3 All-Time Canadiens Goalies
March 14th, 2017 While the adage goes that defense wins championships, 16 goalies have won the Conn Smythe Trophy in NHL history compared to just 10 defensemen. Considering the Montreal Canadiens have won a league-high 24 Stanley Cups, that’s a lot of good goalies from which to choose...
Myth of the Montreal Canadiens' Early Success
February 1st, 2017 On this day, Feb. 1, 1977, the Montreal Canadiens' Guy Lafleur began an NHL-record 28-game point scoring streak, with a goal and three assists, in the Canadiens' 7-3 win over the Cleveland Barons. Wayne Gretzky later upped the record to 51 games. For generations, the Habs...