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This Day in Habs History for Nov 3
1940: Dick Irvin coached his first game with the Montreal Canadiens, a 1-1 tie against the Boston Bruins. Irvin replaced Pit Lepine as head coach. 1951: Maurice Richard scored his 300th and 301st career NHL goals in a 3-2 Canadiens loss to the visiting Detroit Red Wings. Richard became the first...
This Day In Habs History for Oct 22
1953: Dick Irvin became the first coach in NHL history to win 600 career games, when the Canadiens beat the Blackhawks 3-2 at Chicago. 1961: Jacques Plante became the first goaltender in franchise history (and the 6th in the NHL) to record 250 career victories as the Canadiens won 3-2 at...
So a player called out a coach the other day....and ??
This past Thursday, Andrei Kostitsyn decided to sound off on Montreal Canadiens coach Jacques Martin's decisions, pretty much pointing the source of his sporadic contributions last season at the bench boss. Montreal media, in what is typically the dry days of hockey news, was of course all over...
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