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A Century of Montreal Canadiens
The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.
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The Third Season 1911-12 TOP STORY Wholesale change defined the 1911-12 National Hockey Association season. On the ice, six-player hockey became the standard when the league eliminated the rover position; numbers appeared on jerseys, making players easier to identify; and major penalties were codified – including foul language – with offenders fined $5 and ejected. Off the ice, the times were changing as well. The NHA awarded Toronto two franchises to begin play in 1912-13 and a stir was caused by the birth of a rival league based in British Columbia, the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. With more money at its disposal, the PCHA was able to raid the NHA and as many as 65-to-70 percent of players signed to PCHA contracts that season were poached from the NHA, including Canadiens superstar Newsy Lalonde…
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The Ninety-eighth Season 2006-07 TOP STORY When the Canadiens failed to sustain an early-season streak in 2005-06, GM Bob Gainey fired coach Claude Julien and stepped behind the bench himself. He hired long-time Hab and defensive specialist Guy Carbonneau as an assistant to groom him for the lead role. The team made the playoff s, losing to the eventual champions in Carolina, but Gainey stuck by his original plan, going back to his full-time GM duties and handing over the reins to Carbonneau. The 2006-07 season would depend on the growth of their young talent as Gainey decided not to make many moves in the off-season. Another strong start left fans with high hopes, but a similar mid-season tailspin came back to haunt them. An injury to starter Cristobal Huet coupled with poor play…
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The Seventy-fourth Season 1982-83 TOP STORY Rookie Mats Naslund wasn’t exactly an unknown quantity when he came over from Swedish club Brynas in 1982, but if coach Bob Berry had known how good he was, he wouldn’t have made him a healthy scratch in the early going. Once on the ice, Naslund proved his worth, racking up 71 points in 74 games, breaking Guy Lafleur’s franchise record for points by a rookie (65). Listed generously at 5-foot-7, 158 pounds, he dug for pucks and went into corners, surprising opponents with his tenacity before surprising goalies with his scoring touch. “He has proved to everybody that he has heart,” Naslund’s center Pierre Mondou told The Hockey News at the time. “He reminds me of Yvan Cournoyer at his best.” If Naslund felt bad about the…
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The Ninety-seventh Season 2005-06 TOP STORY Three NHL seasons removed from his Hart and Vezina Trophy-winning campaign, Jose Theodore, the beloved homegrown netminder, hit a wall and became a target of anger and ire. Not being able to come anywhere close to equaling his award-winning performance, Theodore’s dedication and drive were called into question after he signed a four-year, $16-million contract. Making matters worse, in pre-Olympic drug testing, Theodore tested positive for a banned substance. While the reason behind the positive result was a hair restoration drug called Propecia, prescribed to him by a dermatologist, it can also used as a masking agent for performance enhancing drugs and was therefore on WADA’s banned list. Theodore took the test because he was part of an 81-man Olympic eligibility list, but he did not make the…
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