Today in Habs History: March 19th Edition
1927: The Canadiens became the first team in NHL history to shut out the same opponent four straight times, when George Hainsworth recorded the 13th shutout of his rookie season in a 5-0 win over the...
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Today In Habs History: March 20th Edition
Ken and Dave Dryden shake hands at centre ice, following their historic meeting 3/20/1971Dave Dryden told me once that on the eve of this historic meeting, his little brother Ken offered to go out for...
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1929: The Canadiens acquire Nick Wasnie from Newark (Can-Am League) for cash. 1939: Claude Bourque became the third rookie goalie in NHL history to get a shutout in his first career Stanley Cup...
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Today In Habs History: March 22nd Edition
Toe Blake celebrates Maurice Richard’s goal on 3/22/1947. Toe’s assist gave him 500 points in his NHL career.(Photo: Roger St-Jean)March 22 has certainly had it’s share of milestones and moments over...
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Today in Habs History: March 23rd Edition
Photo: canadiens.comMaurice Richard’s playoff performance on March 23, 1944 certainly had the hockey world’s attention, as to just what was to be unleashed over the next 16 years. With his first full...
View ArticleToday in Habs History: March 24th Edition
1928: The Montreal Canadiens became the 1st NHL team to end a season with consecutive shutouts, as George Hainsworth had his 13th of the year in a 4-0 win over the Ottawa Senators. 1942: Rookie...
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1924: Montreal beat Calgary 3-0 in Game Two of the Finals (played in Ottawa), to become the 1924 Stanley Cup Champions. Georges Vezina got the shutout as the Canadiens won their first Cup since the...
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1919: In the longest game in Stanley Cup Finals history, the Montreal Canadiens and Seattle Metropolitans played 100 minutes of overtime without scoring a goal. The goalies were Georges Vezina and...
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Today in Habs History: March 27th Edition
This goaltender, born on March 27, 1939, was a Memorial Cup winner, a two-time Allan Cup winner and World Champion. He only played a single period in the NHL, as a member of the Montreal Canadiens....
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Today In Habs History: March 28th Edition
This two-time Cup winner with the Habs ended what had been the longest playoff game in NHL history on March 28, 1930. (Photo: canadiens.com)1930: Gus Rivers ended what had been the longest playoff...
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Today in Habs History: March 29th Edition
Guy Lafleur joins the 50-goal club. (Photo: Denis Brodeur) March 29th, 1975 put Guy Lafleur among the elite in the scoring ranks of the Montreal Canadiens. Playing the Kansas City Scouts, Le Demon...
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Today in Habs History: March 30th Edition
(photo: Hockey Hall of Fame) And so it began. On March 30, 1916, the Montreal Canadiens (then with the NHA) won their first of 24 Stanley Cups, defeating the PCHA Portland Rosebuds 2-1. Though clearly...
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Today in Habs History: March 31st Edition
Michael Ryder was born on this day in 1980. (Photo: Bernard Brault, La Presse)1927: Howie Morenz scored at 12:05 of overtime as the Canadiens beat the Montreal Maroons 1-0, in the first all-NHL Stanley...
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Today in Habs History: April 1st Edition
(Photo: Getty Images)Kenneth Kilander’s name is not on the Stanley Cup, but in 1961 he certainly got his hands on it. It only seems fitting that Killander’s tale of thievery comes on April 1. I wrote...
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Today in Habs History: April 2nd Edition
Photo: HHOF 1950: Bill Durnan played the final game of his NHL career, when Montreal lost 4-1 to the New York Rangers, in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Semi-Finals. Also on this Day.. 1959: Dickie Moore...
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Today in Habs History: April 3rd Edition
(photo: Hockey Hall of Fame)April 3, 1977 brought the conclusion of, what is considered by many, the most dominant regular season by a team in NHL history. With a 2-1 road victory over the Washington...
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Today in Habs History: April 4th Edition
Pat Burns was born on this day in 1952 (Photo : CP/Shaney Komulainen)1944: Maurice Richard made his Stanley Cup Finals debut, getting an assist on the game winning goal, in a 5-1 Montreal Canadiens'...
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Today in Habs History: April 5th Edition
Joe Hall (photo: canadiens.com)1919: Montreal Canadiens' star Joe Hall succumbs to pneumonia, related to the Spanish Flu outbreak that ended the 1919 Stanley Cup Finals between Montreal and the Seattle...
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Today in Habs History: April 6th Edition
Paul Masnick was an unlikely playoff hero in 1952 (photo: HHOF)1944: Maurice Richard scored the first of his NHL-record three Stanley Cup Finals' hat tricks, in a 3-1 win over the Chicago Black Hawks,...
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Today in Habs History: April 7th Edition
Ed Mazur (Photo: Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame) 1953: Rookie Ed Mazur (pictured) scored twice and had an assist in the Canadiens' 4-1 playoff win against the Chicago Black Hawks in the 7th and deciding...
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