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This Day in Habs History for Nov 5
1939: Cy Wentworth had a goal and two assists in the first four minutes of the game, then added another assist in an 8-2 win over the visiting Chicago Black Hawks. 1949: Maurice Richard scored twice in the Canadiens' 3-3 tie with the Boston Bruins. 1955: Jean Beliveau scored four goals, ...
This Day in Habs History for Oct 31
1942: Maurice Richard played his first NHL game with the Montreal Canadiens. He wore #15, and picked up his first NHL point (an assist) 36 seconds into the game, a 3-2 win for over the Boston Bruins. 1974: Ken Dryden recorded his 15th career shutout in the Canadiens' 3-0 win over the Washington...
This Day in Habs History for Oct 21
1930: Montreal Canadiens obtained Johnny Gagnon from Providence (Can-Am) in trade for Gerry Carson, Jean Pusie and cash. 1950: Montreal's rookie goalie Gerry McNeil recorded his second consecutive shutout to lead the Canadiens to a 2-0 win over the visiting Detroit Red Wings. It was the third...
This Day in Habs History for Oct 19
1933: The Habs purchased goaltender Wilf Cude from Philadelphia (CAHL). 1950: Rookie goaltender Gerry McNeil recorded his second career shutout and Maurice Richard scored twice in the Canadiens' 4-0 win over the New York Rangers in Montreal. 1957: Maurice Richard became the first player in NHL...
Today in Habs history
1955: Montreal announced that Henri Richard had been signed to a two-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens. Dave Stubbs noted today on Twitter that the contract was actually signed the night before, but made official on the 13th. Richard's salaries were $7K and $8K for his first two...
Post turkey Habs links and history tidbits
Well the Thanksgiving/Columbus Day weekend is wrapping up. Outside of the call up of Aaron Palushaj this afternoon, it was a quiet day in the Habs camp. Chris Boucher breaks down the Habs against the Jets Pat Hickey on Yannick Weber returning to the blueline Mike Boone with a review of the Habs...
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