The Stanley Cup Final featured the Marty McSorley illegal stick challenge in Game 2 that changed the series, and a Montreal Canadiens victory -- the last team from Canada to win the Cup. Off the ice, it was the last year of the Adams, Patrick, Norris and Smythe divisions; the first ye...
MASTERPIECE THEATER GOES DARK; After 72 years and 24 Stanley Cups, the Montreal Canadiens are leaving behind the fabled Forum, but not the many memories. Series: THE MONTREAL FORUM Series Number: 1/2William Gildea
Sunday marked 100 years to the day that the Bruins played their first NHL game, a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Maroons at the Boston Arena (today Matthews Arena). Only a week later, the Canadiens first visited Boston (yes, a Habs win), the start of what became one of North American...
28: Montreal Canadiens This might be an example of an otherwise only mildly obnoxious team and brand being dragged down by the most obnoxious fan base in hockey. Toronto is in a hysterical panic all the time. Montreal is trying to explain the meaning of the universe outside a bar and won...
A four-time All-Star, Lapointe was part of the Big Three during the most dominant decade in Montreal Canadiens history, finishing in the top five in Norris Trophy voting six times, and winning six Stanley Cups. 46. Sergei Zubov Arguably the greatest Russian defenceman of all time, Zubov was...