His skill at it explained the longevity of his career on a Montreal team laden with more talented players. Data Provided By He's second only to George Hainsworth in career shut-outs. Through no fault of his own Geoffrion seemed to find himself Roger Maris- like rivalry with Canadiens hero Rocket Richard. A penalized player used to have to sit the entire two minutes whether the opposing team scored or not. There was no one on those teams that worked harder than Claude Provost. He was part of the five cup dynasty team that won cups from 1955 to 1960. George Vezina was picked up by the Canadiens in 1910 when he shut-out the Canadiens in and Exhibition game. He played over 150 fewer regular season games than career leaders Plante and Roy who had 314 and 289 wins respectively. He won a second Norris trophy in 1979-80 when he also managed more than a point a game. Regular season GP 654 G 254 A 340  PTS 594, Playoffs            GP 113 G 38  A 56    PTS 94. During his first five seasons with the Canadiens he managed over a .920 save percentage. Regular season  GP 664 G 215 A 408  PTS 623, Playoffs             GP  74  G  19  A  45  PTS   64. He passed a faltering Mahovlich and won the Art Ross trophy as he lead the league in points and the Hart trophy as the league's most valuable player. Or write about sports? He lead his Canadiens in scoring seven times. Moore won six cups including five in a row on what is often called the greatest NHL team of all-time. Frank came over to the Canadiens in the middle of 1970-71 season in a deal for young sniper Mickey Redmond and veteran Bill Collins. All rights reserved. Savard excelled early in Montreal. Regular season   GP 962   G 518  A 728    PTS 1246, Playoffs              GP 124   G  57   A 76     PTS  133. It is awarded to the NHL forward who demonstrates the most skill in the defensive component of the game. He's only the third Montreal Canadien to score 500 goals in his career as a Canadien. Jacques Lemaire had a 12 year career in Montreal during which he won eight Stanley Cups including four in a row in his last four seasons in the league from 1975-76 until 1978-79. During the summer of 1956 NHL owners voted to allow the penalized player out of the penalty box once his team was scored on. Ahead of his time he designed, introduced and eventually popularized the mask. Regular season-  GP 460  G 257 A 160 PTS 417, Playoffs-             GP  45   G 21   A 12  PTS 33. He will join the taxi squad. Geoffrion got in the race and with an amazing end of season burst finished with 50 goals and 95 points in 64 games. Joe Malone was one of the greatest players in hockey history and certainly one of the best from first half of the 20th century. He scored two cup winning goals. Richards 544 regular season goals and 82 playoff goals are still Montreal records. 2019-20 Montreal Canadiens Roster and Statistics Previous Season Next Season Record: 31-31-9 (71 points), Finished 5th in NHL Atlantic Division ( Schedule and Results ) Plante was one of the first goalies to venture out of his net to corral pucks for his defenceman. Regular Season   GP 328   W 173  L 146 T 6 SO 15  GAA 3.42, Playoffs              GP   39    W  23  L  15  T 1  SO 5  GAA 3.08. When he died in 1937 he held the league record with 472 career points. He was a sniper who also could fight and he insulated the "Rocket" from the attentions of other teams goons. He's one of the best left wingers in NHL history. Malone still holds the record for most goals in one game, seven. Guy Lafleur (1976-77), 136, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Sunday, April 18, 4:16AM. NTC-NMC. He has the second most career regular season points in Canadien history. He was an excellent fast ball pitcher as well and his glove work was the best in the league. Regular Season  GP  777 G 166 A 406  PTS 570, Playoffs             GP  112  G 25   A  43   PTS 68. He was the first to score 500 goals in a career. He won the first Conn Smythe trophy with his performance in the 1965 Stanley cup run. Durnan won two Stanley Cups in Montreal. This is my attempt to rank the top 25 players who had the best careers for Les Glorieux. Regular season GP 890 G 76 A 371  PTS 447, Playoffs            GP  123  G  8  A 59   PTS  67. Hainsworth also holds the record for the longest shut-out streak in the playoffs of 270 minutes and 8 seconds on the way to hist first Stanley Cup win in 1931. The Montreal Canadiens have been around longer than the NHL. The year Rocket Richard scored fifty goals in fifty games and surpassed Joe Malones record for most goals in a season Lach had 80 points and 54 assists to lead the league and won the Hart trophy as league MVP. He won ten Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens. Seven times in his career Vezina lead the league in goals against average. In a league where players pride themselves on their stoicism Dickie Moore was famed for his pain tolerance. He won two Hart trophies as the leagues MVP, three Art Ross Trophies as the leagues leading scorer and one Conn Smythe trophy as the MVP in the playoffs. His biggest claim to fame was his ability to shut-down Chicago superstar Bobby Hull without fouling. His stone hands often let him down near the net but the speed let him generate opportunities and kept the oppositions scoring line running around in their own zone. Babe Siebert. Henri as a center was obviously better in the face-off circle. Transactions. He was a key member of team that while being one of the best offensive teams in history was also one of the best defensive teams of all time. He was quick, especially from the blueline in. Since 1981-82 the trophy has been given to the goalie voted as the best in the league by the NHL general managers. Regular season GP 978 G 544 A 421 PTS 965, Playoffs            GP 133  G 82  A  44  PTS 126. The player he always likened himself to was the Leafs Teeder Kennedy. Lafleur was definitely one of the greatest Montreal Canadiens of all time. Lafleur has the most career points of any Montreal Canadien in history. His speed allowed him to compete with anyone at any level. He was the first to score 50 goals in a season and he did it in fifty games. Guy Lafleur (1977-78), 60, Most Points, Season: Serge Savard was a member of 8 Stanley cup winning teams and one of the greatest of all the Montreal Canadiens defenceman. The next season, his last in Montreal, he was made team captain. The first time he lead the league with a .900 save percentage in 1987-88 which just shows how much the NHL has changed since the high scoring 80's. Vezina collapsed in his last NHL game. Their closest … Most historical data provided by Dan Diamond and Associates. This long successful history leads to a long storied list of players to be considered as the greatest Montreal Canadiens of all time. Guy Lapointe was the middle man in Montreal's "big three" defenceman of the 1970's. The 1992–93 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 76th season in the National Hockey League (NHL) and their 84th overall. Montreal Canadiens Statistics and History [NHL] Leagues -> NHL -> Montreal Canadiens. His size and long arms and legs made him impossible to get around. Lapointe was one of the great offensive defenceman in an era of offensive defenceman and one of the great Montreal Canadien power play quarterbacks of all time. Malone had one of the greatest seasons in hockey history as a Montreal Canadien. He won the Hart trophy in 1933-34 as the leagues most valuable player. Gainey managed to augment his defensive game with a point a game that playoff year. Lemaire gained fame as the offensive center between sniper Steve Shutt and Guy Lafleur. His 15 goals in 17 games in the 1972-73 playoffs were a record at the time and earned him a Conn Smythe trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs. Jean won the scoring title and the Hart trophy in his third full season in the league. He's the career leader with 80 playoff wins and is tied with Plante with 10 playoff shut-outs. Trending pages. Player reserve list for the Montreal Canadiens NHL club. Of course, that depends on when the league reschedules the set of games that are postponed against the Edmonton Oilers due to COVID-19. Beliveau used his size to advantage but was never a dirty player. Henri Richard was one of the most versatile and enduring players in NHL history. The Vezina trophy was created to honour him and was given out at the time to the goaltender who lead the league in goals against average. For 16 years Bob Gainey was the best defensive forward in hockey. Regular season GP 556 W 314 L133 T 107  SO 57 GAA 2.23, Playoffs            GP 90 W 59   L 28           SO 10     GAA 2.13. In the playoffs he managed 4 goals and ten points in fourteen games as the Canadiens won the cup. Larry was a great defenceman, the fourth leader in career assists in Montreal Canadiens history and one of the toughest players ever to wear the bleu,  blanc et rouge. The tiny Joliat was also called the 'Little Giant". Dryden had the third most career wins as a Canadien goalie with 258. There have been 27 head coaches for the Canadiens franchise in the NHL. He won six Stanley Cups in Montreal including the famous five in a row. Please note that players may not be in the uniform of the correct team in these images. He won the James Norris trophy when he managed 85 points and 19 goals in 1976-77. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. He was still contributing offensively in the playoffs ten years later with 20 points in 17 games in that failed cup run. 25 Regular season GP 1202  G 197 A 686 PTS 883, Playoffs           GP 203    G  25  A 109 PTS 134. Hainsworth replaced the legendary Vezina in nets and won the the three first Vezina trophies as the goalie with the best goals against average in the league. Regular season  GP 263 G 129 A 181 PTS 310, Playoffs             GP  49  G  27  A  31  PTS 58. A badly broken leg ended his career in 1948 and broke up what was perhaps the greatest line in Montreal Canadiens history, Regular season   GP 383  W 208 L 112 T 62 SO 34 GAA 2.36, Playoffs              GP  45   W  27  L 18          SO 2   GAA 2.07. Malone was a Quebec Bulldog most of his career but when the NHA was dissolved and the NHL formed Malone was parcelled out to the Montreal Canadiens. By the end of the season he had scored 44 goals in 20 games, a record that even Gretzky couldn't touch. Playing against the Russians in the 1972 series he earned the nickname "The Train" from the Russian players because once he got going he couldn't be stopped. Montreal has not lost in regulation on the road this season (6-0-4), but at home, an issue last season, is shaky again. By his third season though he had his legs under him and was a punishing hitter and an offensive juggernaut. Inspired by team icons like Doug Harvey and JC Tremblay; Lapointe was primarily an offensive defenceman with the Canadiens. That power play was so dominant an NHL rule was changed for them. Hull showed nothing but respect for Provost who seemed to have a knack for getting to a spot on the ice ahead of the puck and breaking up a play just as the puck arrived. If Frank Mahovlich had played his entire career in Montreal he could easily have been one of the top five habitants of all time. He starred on the first ever Stanley Cup winning Canadien team in 1916 when the Canadiens defeated the Portland Rosebuds three games to two. projected cap hit : $82,217,379 projected ltir used : $1,079,814 projected cap space : $362,436 The leverage they afforded him assured he would punish players who tried to get around him. He was a solid defensive defenceman in Montreal. Founded: 1909 GM: Marc Bergevin Owned By: Molson Family Coach: Dominique Ducharme Home Rink: Bell Centre Captain: Shea Weber Founded in 1909, the Canadiens are … The Montreal Canadiens have been around longer than the NHL. The Rocket called him the best left winger he'd ever played with. The Montreal Canadiens Historical Web Site is the team's official online encyclopedia. Henri Richard was smaller than big brother Maurice but no less fiery. General Managers ... Entry-Level Slides. His short time in Montreal prevents him from being one of the greatest Canadiens of all time. While with the Canadiens he won six James Norris trophies as the best defenceman in the league. He was a member of one of the greatest lines of all time early in his career with Toe Blake and Elmer Lach, the 'Punch" line. Retained Salary. He was a great skater but more renowned for his first pass out of the zone. Mahovlich's 27 playoff goals place him 15th on the all-time Montreal Canadien playoff goal scoring list. In the span of six seasons, the Montreal Canadiens went from Claude Ruel’s precarious grasp of power to a team of coaches that included two assistant coaches and a goaltending coach… By the end of his twenty years he had been on 11 Stanley Cup winning teams. He was one of the quickest goalies of his era with a snake-like glove hand and feet to match. Regular season  GP 318  W 167  L 97 T 54 SO 75 GAA 1.77, Playoffs             GP  31   W 13   L 13  T 5   SO 6   GAA 1.78. At the turn of the 20th century Newsy Lalonde was "the" big Montreal Canadien star. Morenz had 11 good years in Montreal where he won three Stanley Cups. Jacques Lemaire was that rare combination of offensive skill and defensive awareness that made him one of the greatest players in Montreal Canadiens history. Whatever the obstacle "The Rocket" would blast his way through it to the net. Mario Tremblay, Montreal Canadiens (Mandatory Credit: Glenn Cratty /Allsport) NHL … For a brief period Elmer Lach was the NHL leader in total points until he was overtaken by linemate Maurice "The Rocket" Richard. Jimmy Gardner. Lemaire became known as a playmaking center with one of the hardest most accurate slap-shots in the league. They moved Malone to left wing to play on a line with other Canadiens' greats Eduoard "Newsy" Lalonde and Didier Pitre. In his first full season the Canadiens finished first overall. An asterisk (*) indicates a playoff appearance. Guy Carbonneau. All-time Points Leader: Guy Lafleur, 1246. He won the Hart for a second time in 1963-64. His style of play allowed him a long career even after his skating had slowed. An inconsistent first half to the 2020-21 season revealed initially the Canadiens’ massive … The ungainly Provost had an awkward looking wide stance as he skated and yet he seemed to get everywhere on time. He managed 23 points in 17 games in the playoffs in 1974 and helped the Canadiens to their second cup while he was there. He won the Hart trophy the same year. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Morenz was quick able to attain full speed in a very few strides. The lack of blazing speed forced Provost to become a student of the game. Perhaps the best captain in Montreal Canadien's history I see Beliveau as the second greatest player in that history as well. Regular season GP 1259 G 358 A 688 PTS 1046, Playoffs            GP  180  G   49  A 80 PTS 129. He was voted the best hockey player of the first half of the twentieth century by the Canadian Press. He was the third leading scoring defenceman in Canadien's history behind only Robinson and Lapointe. MONTREAL — Veteran centre Eric Staal admitted to some "good nervous energy "ahead of his Montreal Canadiens debut. His six overtime winners in the playoffs are second only to Joe Sakic's eight. He leads in assists and is second only to Rocket Richard in career goals. He also has the distinction of being a player who had a great run with three different original six teams: the Toronto Maple Leafs, The Detroit Red Wings, and the Montreal Canadiens. He was tied with Dryden with 10 playoff shut-outs. He managed to have four near point a game seasons in the heart of his career. The 96 points was the highest total for one season until 1967 and Stan Mikita managed 97 points in the new 12 team NHL. He was a member of the Canadiens team that won the cup in 1924 though he never played in the playoffs that year. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. he won a scoring championship as a Canadien. This rule was drawn up specifically to thwart that dominant habs power platy. He was also a member with Beliveau, Olmstead, Harvey and Geoffrion on one of the greatest power plays of all time. Savard suffered a devastating broken leg in 1970 and then broke the same leg the next year missing the Canadiens Stanley cup run that year. Despite his reputation as the toughest player on the Canadiens Blake won the Lady Byng trophy for the 1945-46 season as the "player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability. The change from center didn't hurt him. Serge Savard says he learned his famous spinerama watching Harvey get away from fore-checkers with the puck. He lead the team in playoff scoring in 1946. the official stats partner of the NHL. Newsy won two NHL scoring titles and was one of the dominant goal scorers of his era. Dryden won the Conn Smythe trophy in his first season after playing only six regular season games. Despite that he won six Stanley Cups, five Vezina trophies, a Calder trophy and a Conn Smythe trophy all as a Montreal Canadien. Coaches. Toe won the NHL scoring title in the 1938-39 season. He was the last NHL goalie to post four consecutive shut-outs. The team played in the Montreal Forum, among others. The team's first head coach in the NHL was Newsy Lalonde, who coached the Canadiens for eight NHL seasons in two stints. We present them here for purely educational purposes. (23 Stanley Cups), Record (W-L-T-OTL): Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? He lead the Canadiens in scoring with 30 goals in his rookie season and won the Calder trophy as the leagues best rookie that year. Beliveau was a big fluid skating center who stick handled like a man half his size. In a tournament where the Canadian team often suffered in a comparison of skating speed with the Russians, Cournoyer was never out matched or out-skated. During the 1960-61 season Frank Mahovlich, then with the Maple Leafs, was threatening to break Rocket Richard's record of 50 goals in a season. 3468-2295-837-173 As he aged he evolved into a checking center and team leader. He managed a then record 27 points in the playoffs helping the Dryden lead Canadiens to a Stanley cup. Yvan Cournoyer played in 16 seasons for the Montreal Canadiens finishing as captain. Regular season   GP 968  G 428 A 435 PTS 863, Playoffs              GP 147  G  64 A 63   PTS  127. Are you a Stathead, too? Do you have a blog? Signings. He won three Stanley cups in Montreal. The Canadiens have won 24 Stanley cups the most in NHL history. Discover the history of the oldest team in the National Hockey League He was over a point a game player in his four season stay in Montreal. Copyright © 2000-2021 Sports Reference LLC. The following year he won again with 41 goals and a record 96 points. Robinson has the leading career regular season and playoff point totals for a Montreal Canadiens defenceman. Still Geoffrion was the second man ever to score 50 goals in an NHL season and one of the all time Montreal Canadien greats. He is third to Ken Dryden and Patrick Roy in playoff wins in Montreal. Special thanks to ourhistory.canadiens.com for their Montreal Canadien-centric statistics. He died in 1926 at the age of 38 of tuberculosis. Cournoyer excelled in the playoffs and in international competition. Regular season GP 766  G 371 A 388 PTS 759, Playoffs            GP 127  G  56  A 59  PTS 115. Dryden only played eight seasons in the NHL and the first was a six game nub. That’s the challenge Montreal Canadiens … Alain Vigneault. He's also third in goal scoring behind Richard and Lafleur. He was notorious for drawing forecheckers in and then moving the puck out of his zone to a variety of forwards. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Robinson won six cups and played 17 straight years in the playoffs with the Canadiens. His time there was however, extraordinary. The year he took off in a salary dispute and articled with Ralph Nader, 1973-74, the Canadiens lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Rangers. Team Name: Montreal Canadiens Seasons: 103 (1917-18 to 2020-21) NHL Playoff Appearances: 84 NHL Championships: 25 (23 Stanley Cups) Playoff Record: 427-312 Record (W-L-T-OTL): 3467-2293-837-173 (7944 points) All-time Goals Leader: Maurice Richard, 544. Vezina played in an era before players were allowed to drop to the ice to stop a puck. Lapointe's skating and skill helped the Canadiens to six Stanley cups in his tenure there. Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. His four goals were one shy of the record for goals by a defenceman in the playoffs and combined with his defensive play earned him the Conn Smythe trophy as the MVP for the playoffs. He is third on the team in career playoff shut-outs with six behind Dryden and Plante. Harvey was the power play quarterback in a line-up that featured Jean Beliveau, Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, Bert Olmstead and Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion on the other point. He lead the league four times in save percentage with Montreal. Richard was the definitive goal scorer and his name now fittingly adorns the trophy for the leagues regular season goal scoring leader. ", Blake was credited with two cup winning goals in 1944 and 1946 the  two Stanley Cup winning teams he was on. Lalonde was the Montreal Canadiens first great star. Richard had a good shot both forehand and backhand. Regular Season  GP 853 G 366 A 469 PTS 835, Playoffs              GP 145 G  61 A 78  PTS  139. 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