Go Habs Go! Montreal Canadiens 100 Years
The Montreal Canadiens hold the record for being the oldest established hockey team in the NHL and won 24 Stanley Cup Championships (also a NHL record).
The Canadiens have possessed Lord Stanley’s Cup close to a quarter of the hockey club’s history.
Names like “The Rocket“, “Boom Boom“, and “The Flower” conjure images of great Canadiens writing the history of hockey with their talent and love of the sport.
The current roster of Names like, Price, Koivu, Ryder, Komisarek and Brisebois will be attempting to bring Lord Stanley’s Cup back to Canada for their 100th Anniversary.
The video below provided by Annakin Slayd, is an addictive video celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Montreal Canadiens. The tune is so catchy I can’t stop playing it.
- The original 50-goal scorer
- The first player to ever reach 500-goals
- His six overtime goals are a standing playoff record
Bernie “Boom Boom” Geoffrion (1950–64)
- The 2nd 50-goal scorer
- Nicknamed “Boom Boom” because of the thunderous sounds of the stick hitting the puck and the puck hitting the boards
- Hockey lore credits Geoffrion with the ‘invention‘ of the Slap Shot
- Teammate Dollard St. Laurent says, “He’s the reason why goalies started wearing masks.”1
[left] Jean Beliveau (1950–71) 
[center] Henri Richard, (1955–75) 
[right] Guy Lafleur (1971–85) 
Credits:
canadiens.com: Montréal Canadiens – History – Retired jerseys Montréal Canadiens – MAURICE RICHARD Montréal Canadiens – BERNARD GEOFFRION Montréal Canadiens – JEAN BELIVEAU Montréal Canadiens – HENRI RICHARD Montréal Canadiens – GUY LAFLEUR themontrealcanadians.com: Maurice Richard, Bernie Geoffrion, Jean Beliveau, Henri Richard, Guy Lafleur wikipedia: Montreal Canadiens, The Rocket, Boom Boom, The Flower Misc: 1 Bernie Geoffrion, Who Popularized the Slap Shot, Is Dead at 75 – New York Times Montreal Canadiens (Pictures) 1910-Present National Hockey League [NHL] Logo Page at hockeydb.com The Hockey Sweater Museum Hockey History Montreal Canadiens Logo – Chris Creamer’s Sports Logos Page – SportsLogos.Net
Lorna Dysart responds:
Posted: April 29th, 2009 at 1:39 am →
Wonderful to see the HABS 100 years – how i enjoyed living in Montreal in the 70’s and shopping with the hockey players or seeing them at the race track. I still love Frank :>)