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Baker's Dozen of Strange and Amazing Hockey Records and Distinct Achievements
Everyone likes lists and records, and the notion came to me to combine the two yesterday. I started thinking not only of unbreakable records, but unique ones as well, especially those di...
1917-18 Malone Paces Canadiens In NHL Launch
It was the Montreal Canadiens ninth season of existance, and the NHL as we know it, was about to be born.The Canadiens were not yet known as "the Habs", "Les Glorieux" or "Le Tricolore", and the term ...
1918-19 The Cup That Almost Was
The NHL began its second season with the three franchises who survived the hard times of the 1917-18 campaign: The Montreal Canadiens, the Ottawa Senators and the Toronto Arenas.The new season w...
1919-20 Newsy And Joe Malone Battle It Out
Canadiens fans were excited and relieved to hear the announcement that a new hockey arena was being built at the corners of Mount Royal and Saint Urbain, and would be ready in the coming season. With ...
1920-21 Aging Canadiens Fall Short
As the 1920-21 NHL season was on the horizon, there was much wheeling and dealing going on behind the scenes for the Canadiens and the league's three other clubs. The Flying Frenchman had missed...
1922-23 The Newsy Era Ends, A New OneBegins
Two shocking blockbuster trades, with opposite results, highlighted the Canadiens 1922-23 season.On November 3, Canadiens owner Jos Cattarinich announced to much consternation and fan outcry, that the...
1923-24 With Morenz Comes A Second Cup
After a span of several seasons in which the Canadiens roster saw hardly any changes, a youth movement of sorts, begun in 1922, had a dramatic effect on the team's fortunes for the 1923-24 campaign. T...
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