Today in Habs History: October 26th Edition
1940: The Montreal Canadiens signed Ken Reardon and John Quilty. 1946: Maurice Richard scored his 8th career hat trick, and added an assist, and Billy Reay picked up three assists in the...
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1945: Rookie Billy Reay scored twice in the first game of his NHL career, and Elmer Lach added a goal and three assists to lead the Canadiens to an 8-4 win over the Chicago Black Hawks. 1957: The...
View ArticleToday in Habs History: October 28th Edition
1926: The Montreal Canadiens send Johnny KcKinnon to the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash. 1937: The Canadiens send cash to the New York Americains for Oscar Asmundson. 1950: Maurice Richard and...
View ArticleToday in Habs History: October 29th Edition
1939: A team of NHL All Stars defeat the Montreal Canadiens, 5-2. (scoring summary and rosters can be seen here) in a memorial game for Babe Siebert, who died in Aug. 1939. 1942: The Canadiens...
View ArticleToday in Habs History: October 3oth Edition
1943: What would be the more well known version of the Canadiens “Punch Line" played together for the first time. Maurice Richard played on the wing with Elmer Lach and Toe Blake. It was also the...
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Today in Habs History: October 31st Edition
1942: Rookie 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...
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Today in Habs History: November 1st Edition
1921: Léo Dandurand, Joseph Cattarinnich and Louis Létourneau purchased the Montreal Canadiens from George Kennedy’s estate, for the reported price of $11,000. 1923: The Montreal Canadiens trade...
View ArticleToday in Habs History: November 2nd Edition
1937: A benefit All-Star game (the second in NHL history) for the family of Howie Morenz was held at the Forum in Montreal. A crowd of 8,683 were on hand as the NHL All-Stars defeated a combined...
View ArticleToday in Habs History: November 3rd Edition
1940: Dick Irvin coached his first game with the Montreal Canadiens, a 1-1 tie against the Boston Bruins. Irvin replaced Pit Lepine as head coach. 1951: Maurice Richard scored his 300th and 301st...
View ArticleToday in Habs History: November 4th Edition
1942: The Canadiens trade Felix Mancuso to the New York Rangers for cash. 1956:Jacques Plante completed a perfect weekend, with his second straight shutout over the Chicago Blackhawks, a 1-0 win...
View ArticleToday in Habs History: November 5th Edition
1934: Gordon Savage is traded to the Boston Bruins for Tommy Filmore and cash. 1939: Cy Wentworth had a goal and two assists in the first four minutes of the game, then added another assist in an...
View ArticleToday in Habs History: November 6th Edition
1947: Bill Durnan recorded his 13th career shutout in the Canadiens' 3-0 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. 1948: Durnan recorded his 19th career shutout, and "Butch" Bouchard scored twice to lead...
View ArticleToday in Habs History: November 7th Edition
1956: Dickie Moore scored his third career hat trick as the Canadiens won 4-3 over the Toronto Maple Leafs. 1957: Jacques Plante recorded his 27th career shutout, and Maurice Richard and Claude...
View ArticleToday in Habs History: November 8th Edition
1925: The Montreal Canadiens send Sprague Cleghorn to the Boston Bruins for $5000. 1942: Canadiens rookie Maurice Richard scored his first NHL goal in a 10-4 win over the New York Rangers, at the...
View ArticleToday in Habs History: November 9th Edition
1944: Maurice Richard scored his 4th career hat trick, and added two assists in the Canadiens' 9-2 win against the visiting Chicago Black Hawks. Elmer Lach had 2 goals and 4 assists, and Toe Blake...
View ArticleToday in Habs History: November 10th Edition
1926: The Montreal Canadiens acquire Leo LaFrance from the Duluth Hornets (AHA) in a cash deal. 1934: The Canadiens' Armand Mondou became the first player in NHL history to take a penalty shot. He...
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A Remembrance Day Look at Amos Arbour
Canadiens forward Amos Arbour (front row, left) served in the Canadian Military during the First World War. Fellow Habs George Prodger (top row, first on right) and Howard McNamara (4th from right)...
View ArticleToday in Habs History: November 11th Edition
1929: The Montreal Canadiens send Pete Palangio to London (IHL) in a cash deal. 1949: The Canadiens trade Joe Carveth to the Detroit Red Wings for Calum MacKay. 1964: Claude Provost scored a goal...
View ArticleToday in Habs History: November 12th Edition
1910: The Club de Hockey Canadien is sold to George Kennedy and renamed Club Athletique Canadien. The sweater is now red with a green Maple Leaf in the center bearing a gothic "C" in its center....
View ArticleToday in Habs History: November 13th Edition
1925: The Montreal Canadiens signed Alfred "Pit" Lepine. 1947: For the first time in NHL history, the league initiated the policy of having players raise their sticks to signify the scoring of a...
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