Retired Numbers: Henri Richard
Selected to four NHL All Star teams, and a winner of the Bill Masterton Trophy in 1974. The Pocket Rocket won the Stanley Cup 11 times, an NHL record that will never be broken. Richard was the...
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The 1973 Cup: The first of many for Bowman
In what was a rematch of the 1971 Stanley Cup Finals, the Montreal Canadiens met the Chicago Black Hawks in the final for the second time in three years. The series pitted the league's top two...
The 1966 Cup
The Montreal Canadiens, fresh off a Stanley Cup celebration, went into the 1965-66 season with a strong team and desire to repeat, and finished the season in first place. They met the Toronto...
The 1956 Cup: A Dynasty begins
With a 4-1 series win over Detroit in 1956, Montreal started a consecutive championship streak that would reach five, a record to this day. Rookie coach Toe Blake replaced Dick Irvin, and Henri...
Scotty Bowman, And The Undoing Of The Canadiens Dynasty
Thirty years ago today, on May 21, 1979, the Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 4-1 to claim their 22nd Stanley Cup. Few knew on that day, that it would be the last game coached by Scotty...
