Canadians of Montreal

See also: Canadian

The Canadian of Montreal is a team nelle Profession of Hockey evolving/moving in the Ville of Montreal, with the Quebec (Canada). They are members of the North-eastern Division of the Conférence is National league of hockey (LNH). Although the name more used to designate this team is the “Canadians of Montreal”, its official name is the “ Club of Canadian Hockey ”. There is a multitude in other manners of calling this team, that is to say: the Canadian , the Blue-white-red , the Tricolor , the Glorious , the Habs (for “inhabitants”), the CH , the Large Club or the Holy-Flannel (which indicate the uniform).

Founded in 1909, the Canadian of Montreal is the most former team of LNH and belonged to the group of formation of this league named '' Original Six ''. This team gained more Coupes Stanley (24) that any other team of the league, is much more than the Maple Leafs of Toronto, the second equips the most titrated LNH with a harvest with thirteen Coupes Stanley. From the percentage point of view, in 2006, that made of CH the more glorious third, all professional sports confused in North America, having gained 25,3% of all the championships. Only the Celtics of Boston (26,7%) and the Yankees of New York (25,5%) have a better percentage of réussite.

The Canadians of Montreal dispute their matches in residence with the Center Bell, before called the Center Molson until in 2003. The preceding place where the Canadian played named the Forum of Montreal. He was regarded as a true temple of hockey by the amateurs of hockey of the whole world and received the opposing teams during seven decades like all the Coupes Stanley gained by CH except two.

Dynasty of the LNH

This team gained twenty-four Coupes Stanley, a record of LNH. She holds also the unequalled record of five consecutive Stanley Cuts, of 1956 with 1960, exploit which she failed to repeat of 1965 with 1969 with four championships. She gained also another series of four cuts of sharp (of 1976 with 1979), this least record being equalized later by only one another team, the Islanders of New York between 1980 and 1983. It is thus about the most re-elected team of all the LNH, under several aspects. Statistics with support, Canadian arrives good first of side of assistances total, and this since 1996 (except one season when the Canadian finishes second behind the Red Wings de Détroit), the year of the inauguration of the Center Molson, which became the Center Bell, largest arena of hockey in North America.

Genesis of the Club of Canadian Hockey

Precursory context

At the time of the birth of hockey, the students French Canadian started to practice hockey, in company of the Irish which shared the same catholic schools of Montreal. However, it was a difficult beginning, the Francophone S or not being accepted little by the leaders of teams and exclusively anglophone leagues. The bonds between Irishman and French Canadian were however remained strong, and played a determining role in the acceptance of the Francophones within the leagues montréalaises. Their team, the Shamrocks of Montreal, always militated in favor of a French Canadian team in the rows of senior hockey. In 1884, a group of French-speaking business men founded the Athletic Association amateurs Nationale , more simply called thereafter the National : an exclusively made up team French-speaking players. It is only starting from 1905 that the other teams started to accept the French-speaking people within their organizations.

Birth of CH and genesis of the LNH

In 1909, the principal league of hockey came to become the Canadian Hockey Association (CHA), following the dissolution of the ECHA ( Eastern Canada Hockey Association ). Its situation was however nebulous: in the same meeting of the CHA where one has réadmis the National within the league, the Wanderers were expelled by it, their owner wanting that all the matches are played Aréna Jubilée (which it also had). In addition, a team of Renfrew wanted to join the league during this year, but she was refused.

Birth of CH - the representatives of the two left teams on side by the CHA, the Renfrew and the Wanderers, then met with the Hôtel Windsor of Montreal in order to form a new league: the '' National Hockey Association '' (NHA), précurseure of the National league of hockey (LNH). Ironically, this meeting was held in the room close to that where the meeting of the CHA took place.

It is at this time that a new era in the history of hockey started, in correlation with the influence of French Canada on this sport. During this meeting, Renfrew was represented by John Ambrose O' Brien, man rich and ambitious also having another league in the north of the Ontario. In order to attract spectators with the Arena Jubilée, the Wanderers proposed a new French-speaking team, which was to name the Canadians , and advanced the name of Jean-Baptiste Laviolette so that this last sets up it. This one could consequently hope on the financial aid of O' Brien in order to build its new team and to be able to dispute with the National the best French-speaking players of Quebec; this war of contracts lasted one year, then ended finally in a fusion of the National within the Canadian, the January 15th 1910. In the beginning of the team, the French-speaking newspapers believed that O' Brien had made this investments with an only aim of making a blow of marketing or to make money and no one did not suspect future successes of the Canadian.

a final base - Since it had acquired the Canadians, O' Brien maintained that it wanted that the team is yielded to a French-speaking contractor at once that would be possible. However, at the summer 1910, the Canadian athletic Club continued O' Brien in justice in connection with the use of the name. In a payment except court, the club acquired of the team, which it had until in 1921, year when she was sold following the death of her manager George Kennedy.

Tales and legends: mythical CH

The Flying Frenchmen on the way of glory

In the beginning, this club was mainly composed of French Canadian, thing aimed at the time of its genesis, from where its name of Canadian of Montreal . Indeed, they are the French-speaking people who were then labelled like Canadian , a colonial allegiance with the Britannique crown being still very strong anglophone side. It is as for this reason as the official colors of the club are the blue-white-red: the “tricolor one”, symbol recalling to the French-speaking supporteurs the filiation of the team with the French origins of the “Canadian” people. The goal: to create a new club of hockey which can compete with the Wanderers of Montreal of the district McGill College, anglophone bastion of the time (what is not any more the case nowadays)… Of course, several anglophone players marked the glory of this team at her beginnings (as well as the beginnings of LNH), in particular Howie Morenz and Joe Malone, as much as later with the Frank and Pete Mahovlich, Steve Shutt, Ken Dryden, Larry Robinson, Dickie " Digger" Moore, Doug Harvey, Bob Gainey, Toe Blake, Elmer Lach, the trainer Scotty Bowman, to only name most known.

The large teams of the Club of Canadian Hockey of Montreal, transfer its French-speaking hordes to dominate the other teams by their speed and their skill. Let us recall that the Hockey then represented one of the rare doors offered to the French Canadian of the time, allowing them to free itself from a statute of citizen of second class which was allotted to them; to affirm itself until the limit of the social emancipation, and this while moving towards the Quiet revolution which marked the beginning of the year 1960. In short, thus were born legendary and the mythical Flying Frenchmen (French wheels) from CH, of a long time dreaded “conquerors” through LNH until the day when the quite advantageous privilege to obtain the first Québécois choice with each beginning of the season was withdrawn in CH in the years 1970. Under the inspiration of the impetuous Maurice '' the Rocket (the rocket) '' Richard, then later that of the others Flying Frenchmen carried out by Jean '' the Class '' Béliveau (known as also Large Bill ), Yvan Cournoyer, the Fair Demon Guy Lafleur and the Big Three , the most famous dynasty of hockey made its place among the memorable moments of the modern sport.

The Stanley Cut wants Montreal

In 1947, after the 5th match, the final series between the Canadian and the Maple Leafs of Toronto is transported to Toronto with Leafs ahead 3-2. Unfortunately for them, the Coupe Stanley was forgotten with Montreal, and Leafs were private of the latter to celebrate their triumph after their victory in the 6th match. The famous trophy announced its colors for the decades to come…

Maurice Richard, pride of people

Maurice Richard, also called the Rocket or Mr Hockey , was one of the most outstanding players of the hockey. With the the United States, one speaks about him as being the Babe Ruth of his sport. It was adulated in all the North-American towns of hockey, thanks to its single vision of the play and its surprising talent, only its presence was enough to fill the amphitheaters: to New York with the Madison Square Garden, the large Earl Seibert clings to its shoulders in order to slow down it and possibly to make it fall, but the Rocket succeeded in nevertheless thus trailing it until the goal of Harry Lumley, by handling its stick (and the Rondelle) of only one hand, for finally finishing this ride by a goal; its famous combat against hard the Bob Dill; its goal marked while trailing itself on the knees against the guard Emile Francis of the Blackhawks of Chicago whereas it drew two unfavourable defenders fixed on him since the blue line; its eight points obtained in a match after having spent one day exhausting to move pieces of furniture, establishing a new record of LNH for the greatest number of points in a match (eight: five goals and three master keys); its resurrection following a concussion undergone at the time of a match which enabled him at the any end to mark the goal giving the victory of the series semi-final against the Bruins of Boston… It was the very first player to mark fifty goals into fifty matches, from where the fact that the trophy given to the best striker of the LNH during the season bears its name. At the sides of its fellow-members Elmer Lach and Toe Blake, it was the pillar of glorious the Punch Line , most famous and spectacular line of attack of LNH. Popular high-speed motorboat of the Great Blackness and victim of its time, it becomes in spite of him carry-standard of the emancipation of the Québécois. Through his acts described as heroic, Maurice Richard knew to influence the French Canadians of the time in their providing a source of inspiration allowing them to consider a new dignity that the social climate of to formerly refused them.

the riot, first step towards the Quiet revolution - the March 5th 1955, the president of the league, Clarence Campbell, imposes on Richard a suspension which prevented it from taking part in the eliminatory series. Two days later, Campbell presents himself to the Forum of Montreal to attend a match of the Tricolor one. Then wake up a rumor growing in all the Forum: crowd did not forgive in Campbell to have punished so severely her idol and considered her presence with the match (announced on a tone of challenge) a such élitiste arrogance. The spark put fire at the powders: a lachrymatory Bombe was then launched in its direction, forcing the police officers to make evacuate the Forum. Thereafter, of people seized this occasion to reverse and burn cars, to crash to pieces the windows commercial, and to plunder this “zone of the exploitor” whom the west of the Rue Holy-Catherine in their eyes represented. Montreal had not lived such scenes since the demonstrations against the conscription. Consequently confronted with popular excesses that the social context caused, the people woke up and started themselves towards the Quiet revolution after a group of artists, Automatistes , had put the table using a proclamation entitled Total Refus , whose Maurice Richard was one of the elements releases. Well in spite of him, and at the time of one evening hockey, in an amphitheater of sport, Maurice Richard launches a call to calm with the radio.

Jacques Plants: the masked guard

In addition to the innovating manner to play hockey, most spectacular of the innovations of CH could be the port of the rigid protective mask for goalkeeper, put before by the cerberus Jacques Plante at the end of the years 1950, years when CH gained five consecutive Coupes Stanley (during the last years of Maurice Richard).

New York, Madison Square Garden, the 1 {{er}} November 1959. A striking down shooting of the player of center Andy Bathgate fracture the nose of Jacques Plants. Fortunately, to the doors of the pause between two periods of the play, this last can turn over to the cloakroom and made there pose many points of joining in order to close again the open wound. At that time, the goalkeepers did not carry yet of protective mask because it was believed that those would harm their vision. Seul Plante used it during the training sessions. At its exit of the private clinic, Plante challenged its trainer, Toe Blake, and mentioned to him that it would return in the tournament under condition of using his mask (at the time each team had one regular goalkeeper). Then Toe, which wanted nothing to hear since nearly four seasons, had of another choice only to accept its request. The Canadian returned from the back to gain the tournament as well as the eleven following meetings, for finally gaining the Coupe Stanley at the end of the season. Thereafter, never again one asked Plante to remove his mask, the adversary while being intimidated besides. A legend had been born…

Boom-boom, throw-struck here

If Jacques Plante is recognized like the instigator of the mask for Goalkeeper, all recognize that it is Bernard Geoffrion which invented the throw-struck (Slapshot). Indeed, at the time of a match where Geoffrion was frustrated to miss the target with throws by the wrist and throws of the reverse, it starts to strike the Rondelle as if it were a ball of Golf. The result was that the Rondelle fused towards the net for finally marking a goal, which médusa all spectators present at the match! A new striking down manner to launch a disc of hockey had just been born. Whereas Geoffrion practiced its throws during a drive with the Forum, a journalist of the newspaper The Gazette named Charlie Moore épiait his gestures. After having heard the sound of the struck throws of Geoffrion, a sound when after the back dash, the stick strikes the ice in contact with the Rondelle (a first " Boom"), then another when the Rondelle strikes the end grained timber band of course (a second " Boom"), Moore consequently stuck to him the nickname of “Boom Boom Geoffrion”, which became later Boomer .

The Forum of Montreal, Temple of Hockey

The Forum of Montreal was built in 1924 for the Maroons of Montreal, the anglophone team of the city. Towards the end of the year thirty, Maroons leave the scene montréalaise and the Forum becomes Canadian the residence, the French-speaking team of Montreal. The Canadians will gain twenty-two from their twenty-four Coupes Stanley in this prestigious arena. The Forum will see evolving/moving the Howie Morenz, Aurel Joliat, Toe Blake, Maurice Richard, Jacques Plante, Bernard Geoffrion, Ken Dryden and several others. The famous building closed its doors the March 11th 1996 after a victory of the Canadians over the Stars of Dallas. It is today converted into shopping mall comprising several cinemas and is called from now on the Forum Pepsi.

Super Series of 1975

the unforgettable December 31st, 1975: CSKA Moscow against the Canadian of Montreal . The red-blue-white against the blue-white-red , the two best clubs of hockey in the world at that time. Under consideration by several like greater duel of the history of hockey, it was a match of anthology which one still remembers several decades later. Hockey with its best, all in smoothness and speed, virile but without animosity as it were the case at the time of the preceding meetings between the other teams of LNH and the Soviets (particularly with the the United States). Three days earlier, the club of the Red Army easily overcame the Rangers of New York 7 to 3. Into full Cold war, the match revêt consequently a certain political character: for the players of the two best teams in the world, it is imperative to gain, and with rough talent against rough talent, all prepared with living a great evening of hockey. What is regarded as one of most beautiful the matches of the history did not make of winner (null from 3 to 3), but continuous to feed the discussions in the living rooms and the bars thirty years later. Yvan Cournoyer and Vladislav Tretiak, author of thirty-five stops, were selected player par excellence of their respective camp. With the eyes of the trainer Viktor Tikhonov, Bob Gainey is however the most complete player in the world. Already crowned champion in 1971 and 1973, in this day before New Year's Day, Montreal was on the point of living a sequence of four consecutive conquests of the Coupe Stanley, an exploit that only its team could achieve by the passé.

Rene Lecavalier and Dick Irvin: voices of CH

Whereas hockey was presented only to the radio, the French-speaking televised station of Radio-Canada presents the first televised match of the history of hockey to Canada. With the Forum, starting from 1952 until its retirement in 1982, it is Rene Lecavalier which comments on the matches of the Canadian for Radio-Canada. It is Lecavalier which francized hockey by developing, in French, of the words suitable for hockey (off-side, put in failure, etc).

At CBC, the english language version of Radio-Canada, it is Dick Irvin which covers the matches of the Canadian with the emission “Night Hockey in Canada” . In fact, Irvin travelled with the Canadian lasting more than thirty years as a their radio operator commentator and covered nearly 3000 matches to the Télévision and the radio.

With the advent of televised hockey, more and more of people can know what a match of professional hockey resembles since they can look at the Hockey with the Télévision, which causes the bankruptcy of certain amateures teams of the areas for which the assistance drops in a fulgurating way.

The Fair Demon Guy Lafleur

Guy Lafleur is the very first player of the LNH to be marked more than fifty goals in one season during six consecutive years. It was the pillar of the team of Montreal which gained four Coupes Stanley of sharpened between 1975-1976 and 1978-1979. In addition to its many plays worthy of anthology, it made the cuffs with Mireille Mathieu, his singer preferred (Mrs. Mathieu seemed to appreciate this fast and virile sport ): the latter, assistant with a match with the Forum of Montreal and not being able more to be contained, almost had suddenly spanned the band in order to give a kiss to this athlete whom she admired as much… Guy Lafleur marked three goals there this evening, a Tour of the hat in all reverence of gentleman.

One stole the Coupe Stanley: the Fair Démon starts a new tradition . During the season of 1979, immediately after the parade in the streets of Montreal celebrating the victory of the Cut Stanley, Lafleur took the latter and party conveys some without informing the official person in charge. Laflor introduced to the house his parents with Thurso, and placed the cut on the floor in front of the house where all people could come to be made photograph in its company. Guy Lafleur returned the Coupe Stanley later this evening, and received there a warning on behalf of the league ordering to him not to start again more. As of this day, each player and member of the organization of the gaining team have the right to have the Coupe Stanley to his own way lasting two days, of which to present it to its village, its birthplace, its place of residence. It was already transported to the highest summits of the Rocky Mountains Canadian by a player and visited several regions of Europe of the East.

Phantoms of the Forum

The phantom belong to an small group very sélect players who “would haunt” the Forum of Montreal, but which according to some, did not move yet towards the Center Bell. This group would be actually composed of Georges Vézina, Newsy Lalonde, Joe Malone, Howie Morenz, Aurel Joliat, Hector “Toe” Blake, Bill Durnan, Jacques Plante, Doug Harvey, Dickie Moore, Maurice Richard and later Jean Béliveau known as “Large Bill” , Serge Savard known as “the Senator” , Henri Richard the “Pocket Rocket” (rocket of pocket) : the latter often visited the Forum at various times, especially at the time of the eliminatory series.

From the practice that had the largest players of the history to come to shoulder young people, it is as with them and all other the “Glorious ones” of the team as the famous verse engraved in bronze refers to the center of the room of the players:
Our ravaged arms tighten you the torch, with you always to carry it well high… the effigies of all the players of the history of CH admitted with the Temple of re-elected hockey are also engraved there in bronze, just above the inscription. The largest victim of the phantoms of the Forum was coloured the trainer of the Bruins of Boston, Don Cherry. With her great distress, its team (the Maple Leafs of Toronto) never succeeded in overcoming the Canadian of Montreal during the eliminatory series for the Coupe, and always the Canadian managed to eclipse the excellence of Boston, the greatest competition of LNH at the time.

CH, compost for goalkeepers

The Canadian often knew to benefit from an excellent trainer for goalkeepers, such Roland Melanson. Thus equipped with such an asset, the Canadian of Montreal always could count on a solid Goalkeeper who can carry out it far during the regular season but especially in the eliminatory series, when each match is excessively important to reach the following round. Moreover, the good guards of Tricolor often allowed him to save the pieces of furniture when the parts started with evil to turn for the team, since the goalkeeper is often the player who can make the difference to seal the exit of a match.

100 years of the organization

The calculation of the centenary is started and the leaders announced several special events to underline the hundred years of the Club of Canadian hockey. The organization will withdraw a series of pullovers, including five which was withdrawn since 2005-2006. If all goes for best for the Canadians, the calendar 2009 will be extremely charged. A two hour old film on the Canadian history will be carried out at the cost of five million dollars to underline the event. This one should leave in the rooms to the Automne 2008. The team introduced to her candidature for the organization of the world Championnat junior 2009, beginning at the end December 2008 and being prolonged at the beginning of January 2009. Finally, it is the town of Ottawa which was selected. The January 23rd 2007, the police chief Gary Bettman announces that the club will organize the Match of the stars 2009. They want to also organize the meeting of fishing out amateur of the same year. The last time that Montreal had been the host of the match of stars was in 1993, and the meeting of fishing out in 1992, is the same year as their last conquest of the Coupe Stanley.

Logo, uniform and mascot

Logo

One of oldest and recognizable of the logos of sporting teams, traditional “C” and “H” of the Canadians of Montreal was used for the first time during the season 1917-1918, after having evolved/moved under its current form in 1952-1953. A frequent error relating to this logo with several partisans is to believe that “H” means Habs , but in fact, it is the initial one of “Hockey”, as in the “Club of Canadian Hockey”, the official name of the team. The original name of the team was before “Canadian Athletic Club”, this why the “H” of the current logo was before “has” 1913 with 1917.

Uniform

The current colors of the Canadian are: the Blue , the White and the Red . They all can be seen that it is on the Chandail carried to the house, the pullover related to the road or the third pullover. Pullover carried with house, which was the pullover related to the road until in 2003 when LNH decided to reverse the two waistcoats, has a prevalence for the red color. There are four blue lines and white, one on each arm, one on the chest and one on the belly. The principal pullover related to the road is same model as the original pullover of the team, of white color with a similar Logo, except the three lines are blue and red, with only one red line finishing each handle. The third pullover is mainly white and incorporates a mixture of the two other waistcoats, with only one white line on the belly, and a red at the end of each handle. The shoulders also covered with red.

The famous colors of the Canadian of Montreal are a part important of the culture of the French Canadian. In the tale “the pullover of hockey”, written by Roch Carrier, the pullover of the principal rival of CH, the Maple Leafs of Toronto, is accidentally given to an young man Québécois. An extract of this tale is found on the Canadian ticket of five dollars:
the winters of my childhood were long, long seasons. We lived in three places: the school, the church and the skating rink; but the true life was on the skating rink.

Since this team has a rather rich history, its pullover is often presented by several by the name of “ Holy-Flannel ” (a synonym of pullover blessed ).

Mascot

Since the season 2004-2005, the Canadians adopted a hairy and orange creature named “Youppi” like official mascot, their first Mascotte with life. Youppi was a mascot lasting of many years for the Expos of Montreal, a former team of Baseball montréalaise which moved with Washington D.C in 2004 under the name of the Nationals. With this change of league, Youppi became the first mascot working for a team of professional sport to achieve such an exploit.

Arenas

The Canadians of Montreal elected residence in five arenas different during their long story.

• the Arena Jubilée : Located in the district Hochelaga, this arena was that having accommodated the Canadians at the time of their first match in 1909. At the time, Jubilée was regarded as one of most beautiful and the most roomy arena. The construction of this building finished the December 12th 1908, that is to say one year hardly before the creation of the Canadian. This arena was destroyed by fire in 1919, which had with an electric problem, and was never rebuilt.

• the Arena of Westmount : Located in the district Westmount, this arena was built in 1898 and could contain twice more people than Jubilée (6000 seats instead of 3000). The Canadian starts to play there at beginning of the season 1910 - 1911 and plays there during eight seasons. It will gain there its first Coupe Stanley in March 1916 against the Rosebuds de Portland. This arena was divided with the Wanderers of Montreal. Following the example Jubilée, the arena of known Westmount a fine tragedy the January 2nd 1918 whereas it was destroyed by fire. However, the reason of the initiation of the fire was never given. The arena was not rebuilt and CH turned over to play Jubilée during one year.

• the Mount-Royal Arena : Had with the loss of the two possible residences of the Canadian, the arena Mount-Royal is built in the three months space only. It is located at the Center-ville Montreal (with the corner of the streets Mount-Royal and St-Urbain), and can accommodate to 8000 sitted people. Characteristic specific to this arena: an artificial ice was installed there for the first time in 1924. However, since the restorations took delay, during the inauguration of the season 1924-1925 it did not have there ice and CH due outward journey to inaugurate new an arena: the Forum of Montreal.

• the Forum of Montreal : With a capacity of 9300 seats, the Forum was regarded at the time as being the most adequate building for the matches of hockey and made the desire of several teams of Hockey. Before the Canadians are not established there the November 29th 1924, this arena was used already as residence with the Maroons of Montreal. The first version of the Forum was called the skating rink of the Mountain dweller and its construction was supplemented at the cost of 1,25 million dollars in approximately five months, just in time so that the Canadian disputes its first match there. In 1949, first restorations of about 600.000$ are carried out there in order to carry the capacity in 13.551 sitted places. Then, in 1968, a second cure of renovation evaluated to 9,5 million dollars is undertaken. One will preserve only the structure, the steps and the benches of the original building. One added ten corporative cabins to it, a gallery of press, counters of sale gathered as well as an access by mobile staircases. The full capacity of the building is then assembled in 16.200 sitted places. A total of 22 Coupes Stanley will be gained there. The history between the Canadian and the Forum will finish the March 11th 1996. Since May 2001, the Forum became a center of entertainment with 22 cinemas and was famous Forum Pepsi.

• the Molson Center/Center Bell : The construction of the Molson Center began at the summer 1993 and was finished for the end of season 1995-1996 at the cost of 270 million dollars. The reason for which one left the Forum to come to settle in this new arena was of to put itself at the same level as the other amphitheaters much more luxurious of LNH. The Molson Center can accommodate 21.273 sitted people and account 135 cabins corporative with living rooms of great luxury what makes of it the largest amphitheater of hockey of the LNH. The steps in height however move away the spectators of the play and one had to install microphones at the level of the skating rink so that the spectators hear the noise of the disc which strikes the band. It is into full Center-ville with Montreal on the street of Gauchetière very close to the Windsor station and the subway stations Bonaventure and Lucien To combine It and consists of an immense network of underground galleries with stores and restaurants. It is the March 16th 1996 which the Molson Center is inaugurated with Pierre Turgeon which arrived at the center of the ice with the torch which had been transmitted of captain as a captain during the closing of the Forum. Maurice Richard will be entitled to the very first ovation of the building. It is during the season 2002-2003 that the Molson Center changed its name for Center Bell question of having new Commanditaire S in the entourage of the team. Being now established at the Center Bell, the Canadians of Montreal seem to have found there a residence which is appropriate for the requirements of the Hockey modern. The history of this new building remains however to carry out…

Trophies

Cut Stanley

Ultimate trophy for a team of hockey, the Coupe Stanley is given to the champion of the eliminatory series of LNH since 1926-1927. During all his history, the Canadian gained 24 Coupes Stanley:

Trophies of team

Here the list of the trophies of team given by LNH to the teams having achieved specific exploits as well as the years when the Canadian of Montreal gained each one of them:

Trophy Prince de Galles - Since the season 1993-1994, this trophy is given to the team gaining the final of the Conférence of the East during the eliminatory Séries. The trophy Prince de Galles is the trophy which generally changed definition during its history. The Canadian is the team having gained it the greatest number with life with 25 profits and is followed by far by the Bruins of Boston with 15 handing-over.

Trophy Clarence S. Campbell - Since the season 1992-1993, this trophy is given to the team gaining the final of the Conférence of the West during the eliminatory Séries. The trophy Clarence S. Campbell knew several definitions during its history to some extent following the changes of definition of the trophy Prince de Galles. -->

Trophy President - This trophy is given to the team having accumulated the most points with general classification lasting the regular season. Its first attribution was done during the season 1985-1986. Since the advent of the trophy President, the Canadian of Montreal it forever gained, however, if there had existed since the beginning of the creation of LNH, it would have gained it with 22 recoveries.

N.B. The Cut Stanley (see above) as formed part of this category but is infinitely more prestigious as all the other trophies of équipe.

Individual trophies

Here the totality of the individual trophies given by LNH to the players (except the Trophy Jack Adams given to trainers) like its member elects at the Canadian of Montreal:

Trophies of the organization

Cut Molson

The Coupe Molson is given to the player having piled up the most points with the classification of three stars established at the end of each match. Each first star gives 5 points to the classification, each second star gives of them 3 and each third star gives 1 of them. In the event of equality, that which will have piled up the most first stars will be the winner.

Players having obtained the greatest number of Molson Cuts in career:

• Seven by Guy Lafleur
• Four by Patrick Roy
• Four by Jose Theodore

History

The name of the trophy draws its origin from the breweries Molson principal silent partners of the team since 1957, during the acquisition of the club the first time by Hartland de Montarville Molson. The Molson company remained associated with the Canadian in spite of the change with owner in the years 1970, more especially as it was silent partner of the Evening of Hockey to the Société Radio-Canada.

The Molson Cut can be perceived as the mixture enters the Trophée Binder and the Trophée To ballast B. Pearson of LNH, with light differences.

Member elects

Trophy Jacques Beauchamp

The trophy Jacques Beauchamp is given to the player having played a determining role in successes of the team without withdrawing particular honor from it. The vote is listed near the journalists of Montreal.

Players having obtained the greatest number of trophies Jacques Beauchamp in career:

• Three by Craig Ludwig
• Three by Mike McPhee

History

Jacques Beauchamp, a journalist pioneer of the late newspaper the Montreal-Morning and one of the founders of the Newspaper of Montreal, received an offer to deal with the section of the sports. Having always been affected with the cover of the Canadian and being very close to the organization, Beauchamp will on even the occasion to sign a contract with the organization as guard substitute with Jacques Plante in 1959. It will take part regularly in the training of the team but it never will have to replace Plante lasting of truths matches. It is one of the first journalists of the written press admitted with the Temple of Famous the in 1984.

Member elects

Trophy Jean Béliveau

The trophy Jean-Béliveau is given to the player of the Canadian of Montreal being dissociated more by its Community engagement. Its first attribution was done very recently, during the season 2004-2005. This trophy is given at the time of the tournament of annual Golf of the team in September.

Player having obtained the greatest number of Jean-Béliveau trophies in career:

• One by Saku Koivu

History

Jean Béliveau began his career as player with the Canadian in 1953 and there will pass more than eighteen seasons. During its career, the “Large Bill” gained the Coupe Stanley with ten recoveries, the Trophée Binder twice (in 1956 and 1964) and the Trophée Idiot Smythe, of which he is the very first member elect, once (in 1965). This extremely talented player will be selected on fourteen occasions to take part in the match of stars of the LNH in addition to obtaining eleven selections on one or the other of the teams of leaving stars.

He was captain of the Canadian of 1961 with 1971 what makes of him longest in station with the team until today. A few months after its retirement, its pullover (number 4) was withdrawn by the organization. Béliveau is currently vice-president of the operations hockey with CH. It was withdrawn from this function in 1993 to become ambassador of the team.

Having currently more than fifty years of association with the Canadians of Montreal and having always been a symbol of respect, the Club of Canadian Hockey decided to name a trophy of the organization to its name. To choose one gaining, a selection committee made up of the members of the board of directors of the foundation of the Club of Canadian Hockey for childhood meets to evaluate the Community level of engagement of each player, it does not matter that this engagement is with the Quebec or not. In addition to gaining the trophy, gaining it receives the sum of 25.000 dollars which it can pour at an organization of benevolence in Quebec which supports the cause of the children.

Member elects

• 2005 - Saku Koivu
• 2006 - Year following the Lockout no member elect

Deliver records

In career

• More seasons: Henri Richard and Jean Béliveau, 20
• More matches: Henri Richard, 1256
• More goals: Maurice Richard, 544
• More assistances: Guy Lafleur, 728
• More points: Guy Lafleur, 1246 (518B, 728A)
• More minutes of penalty: Chris Nilan, 2248
• More white plays: George Hainsworth, 75
• More consecutive matches: Doug Jarvis, 560
• More Stanley Cuts: Henri Richard, 11

In one season

• More goals: Steve Shutt and Guy Lafleur, 60 (1976-1977; 1977-1978)
• More goals (defender): Guy Lapointe, 28 (1974-1975)
• More goals (favors numerical): Sheldon Souray, 19 (2006-2007)
• More assistances: Pete Mahovlich, 82 (1974-1975)
• More points: Guy Lafleur, 136 (56B, 80A) (1976-1977)
• More points (defender): Larry Robinson, 85 (19B, 66A) (1976-1977)
• More points (recruit): Chechmates Näslund and Kjell Dahlin, 71 (26B, 45A); (32B, 39A) (1982-1983; 1985-1986)
• More minutes of penalty: Chris Nilan, 358 (1984-1985)
• More victories: Jacques Plants and Ken Dryden, 42 (1955-1956 and 1961-1962; 1975-1976)
• More white plays: George Hainsworth, 22 (1928-1929)

In a match

• More goals: Newsy Lalonde, 6 (January 10th 1920)
• More assistances: Elmer Lach, 6 (January 6th 1943)
• More points: Maurice Richard and Bert Olmstead, 8 (5B, 3A); (4B, 4A) (December 28th 1944); (January 9th 1954)

Better pointers

Here Statistical of the players having exceeded the course of the 500 points in career with the Canadians of Montreal.

Players

See also: List of players of the Canadian of Montreal

Current players

On 2007

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Assailing

Nationality of the players

• Canada: 9 players (of which: 4 players)

• the United States: 4 players
• Russia: 2 players
• : 2 players
• : 2 players
• France: 1 Swiss player
• : 1 player
• Finland: 1 player
• Slovakia: 1 player

With the Temple of re-elected hockey

This section introduces the important players in the history of the Canadians having acquired one of the most beautiful rewards in LNH, the access to the Temple of re-elected hockey. In order to be allowed there, the file of each petitioner will have to pass in front of eighteen members of the committee and to receive at least the three-quarters of the votes (fifteen members). Each year, are allowed to the maximum:

• Four players ;
• Two builders ;
• a referee or line judge .

For the players, the referee or line judge, the person must have taken his retirement for at least three years. In the past, there were exceptions for the players equipped with an exceptional talent which, according to the committee, deserved to be established before the three regulatory years. It was the case for example for Maurice Richard and Jean Béliveau.

Captains

Withdrawn pullovers

The Canadian of Montreal is the team of Hockey having the greatest number (13) of officially withdrawn pullovers. Within the framework of the ceremonies leading to the Centenary of the team in 2009, the Canadian envisages to withdraw the pullovers of two other former players during the season 2007-2008: number 19 of Larry Robinson as well as the number 23 of Bob Gainey.

Trainers

See also: Trainer-Chiefs of the Canadians of Montreal

For her first season, the team has seen passing a great number of trainers. This section recalls the whole of these people since Jean-Baptiste Laviolette, first trainer in 1909-1910 and captain of the team, with Guy Carbonneau, the current trainer since 2006-2007.

Before the LNH

Jean-Baptiste Laviolette is the first trainer of the team for the season 1909-1910 and thereafter three trainers pass behind the bench before Edouard “Newsy” Lalonde does not become in 1915 the trainer of the team. He will be the trainer of the team the day of the creation of LNH.

• 1910-1911 - Adolphe Lecours
• 1911-1913 - Napoleon Dorval
• 1913-1915 - James Henry “Jimmy” Gardner
• 1915-1921 - Edouard “Newsy” Lalonde

The first times

This period includes/understands the seasons between 1917 and 1943, period when the number of teams in LNH evolved/moved much. Edouard “Newsy” Lalonde is player and trainer of the team as of the first match of the Canadian in LNH. In 1920, the Canadian is sold with Léo Dandurand. The agreement between the two men not being with the good shape, Lalonde is isolated of the team and consequently occasion of the post of trainer.

The new owner then becomes the trainer of the team until the end of the season 1925-1926. Dandurand engages then Cecil Hart as trainer of the team. It will lead the Canadian to two Coupes Stanley in 1930 and 1931. After an argument with Dandurand whereas the Canadians are first of division the following season, it is returned organization.

Lalonde thus returns to the head of the team for the end of the season and the following season then is shouldered by the president of the team.

Sylvio Mantha replaces the two men in 1935-1936 but the results not following, Hart returns within the organization for a little more than two seasons but to about thirty matches of the end of the 1938-1939, it is replaced by Jules Dugal. The Canadians are qualified for the eliminatory Séries but lose with the first turn against the Red Wings de Détroit.

To replace it, Babe Siebert, double winner of the Cut Stanley in 1926 (Maroons of Montreal) and 1933 (Rangers of New York), is employed by the Canadian. Unfortunately, during the summer which was to precede its first season, it drowns. Alfred Lépine is then recruited to replace with the foot raised Siebert but he does not manage to carry out one good season and the Canadian finishing in the last place of the league, he is thanked at the end of the season 1939-1940.

Dick Irvin rebuilds the team then. Irvin was then trainer since 1930 and had passed ten seasons behind the bench of the Maple Leafs of Toronto (gaining only once the Coupe Stanley). Irvin is engaged on the councils of Conn Smythe with the owners of the Canadians of Montreal. There will remain fifteen seasons behind the bench of the Canadians and will be the trainer of Elmer Lach, Doug Harvey, Bill Durnan and of some Maurice Richard, players of the beginning of a dynasty during the period of the six original '' teams ''.

• 1915-1921 - Edouard “Newsy” Lalonde

• 1921-1922 - Edouard “Newsy” Lalonde and Léo Dandurand
• 1922-1926 - Léo Dandurand
• 1926-1932 - Cecil Binder
• 1932-1934 - Edouard “Newsy” Lalonde
• 1934-1935 - Edouard “Newsy” Lalonde and Léo Dandurand
• 1935-1936 - Sylvio Mantha
• 1936-1938 - Cecil Binder
• 1938-1939 - Cecil Binder and Jules Dugal
• 1939 - Albert “Babe” Siebert
• 1939-1940 - Alfred “Pit” Lépine
• 1940-1955 - Dick Irvin

The period of the six original teams

This period includes/understands the seasons 1942 with 1967. During these years, the Canadians gained ten Coupes Stanley under the direction of two different trainers: Dick Irvin and Hector “Toe” Blake.

Dick Irvin leaves its post office at the end of the season 1954-1955 following the incident commonly called the riot Maurice Richard. Indeed, it then tends to develop a physical tactic of plays, which does not like much inside the organization of the team. It is forced to withdraw itself after the final lost against the Red Wings de Détroit.

To succeed to him, old the winger of the team Toe Blake is set up. The main reasons are that it was usually expressed in French and that he was a player of the same line that Maurice Richard, he was more with same as Irvin to manage the character of the striker of the Canadians. As of its first season behind the bench of the team, it gains the Coupe Stanley, performance which it repeats the four following seasons; it gained eight in thirteen seasons of them.

• 1940-1955 - Dick Irvin

• 1955-1968 - Hector “Toe” Blake

Modern times

This period includes/understands the seasons since the expansion of the LNH in 1967. Toe Blake gains its eighth Coupe Stanley this season but declares thereafter that he prefers to withdraw himself because he had never known a season at this point stressing. To succeed Blake, the Canadians set up young a 29 year old trainer, Claude Ruel. This one occupied the station of recruiter at that time and became the youngest trainer in station. It remains behind the bench until the end of the season 1969-1970.

• 1968-1970 - Claude Ruel
• 1970-1971 - Claude Ruel and Al MacNeil
• 1971-1979 - Scotty Bowman
• 1979-1980 - Bernard Geoffrion and Claude Ruel
• 1980-1981 - Claude Ruel
• 1981-1984 - Bob Berry
• 1984-1985 - Jacques Lemaire
• 1985-1988 - Jean Perron
• 1988-1992 - Stalemate Burns
• 1992-1995 - Jacques Demers
• 1995-1997 - Mario Tremblay
• 1997-2000 - Alain Vigneault
• 2000-2003 - Michel Therrien
• 2003-2006 - Claude Julien
• 2006 - Bob Gainey (trainer by interim)
• 2006-aujourd' today - Guy Carbonneau

Managing directors

See also: List of the managing directors of the Canadians of Montreal

• 1909-1910 - Jean-Baptiste “Jack” Laviolette
• 1909-1910 - Joseph Cattarinich
• 1910-1921 - George Kendall
• 1921-1935 - Joseph Viateur “Léo” Dandurand
• 1935-1936 - Ernest Savard
• 1936-1939 - Cecil Hart
• 1939-1940 - Jules Dugal
• 1940-1946 - Divided into volumes Patrick “Tommy” Gorman
• 1946-1964 - Frank J. Selke
• 1964-1978 - Sam Pollock
• 1978-1983 - Irving Grundman
• 1983-1995 - Serge Savard
• 1995-2000 - Réjean Houle
• 2000-2003 - Andre Savard
• 2003-aujourd' today - Bob Gainey

Presidents

• 1909-1910 - John Ambrose O' Brien
• 1910-1913 - Hector Bisaillon
• 1913-1917 - Urgèle Butcher
• 1917-1921 - George Kendall
• 1921-1935 - Athanase David
• 1935-1940 - Ernest Savard
• 1940-1957 - Donat Raymond
• 1957-1964 - Hartland de Montarville Molson
• 1964-1971 - David Molson
• 1971-1979 - Courteous Jacques
• 1979-1982 - Morgan McCammon
• 1982-1999 - Ronald Corey
• 1999-aujourd' today - Pierre Boivin

See too

Internal bonds

• Competitions of the LNH
• Records of the Statistical Canadian of Montreal
• of the leaders of the LNH
• List on the participation in series eliminating heats of the teams of the LNH
• Wages of the players of the LNH
• Canadian Juniors of Montreal
• Bulldogs of Historical Hamilton
• of the results of the matches of the Canadian of Montreal
• Fishings out of the Canadian of Montreal
• Season 2006-2007 of the Canadians of Montreal

External bonds

• Official site of the Canadians of Montreal.
• tricolore.ca - the Community Web on the Canadian of Montreal.
• the site of Truths Fans of the Canadian of Montreal.
• the official site of the Fans of the Canadian of Montreal.
• the 24 Stanley Cuts of the Canadian of Montreal

References

Be-X-old: МанрэальКанадыенз Simple: Montreal Canadian

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