Wednesday
Mats Naslund
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Like every other position, the Montreal Canadiens have had a lot of great left wingers over their long and glorious history. Steve Shutt, Bo...
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Tuesday
Pierre Mondou
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This is Pierre Mondou. He won three Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens in the late 1970s. The native of Sorel, Quebec was a nice com...
Monday
Jean Gauthier
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Jean Gauthier died February 20th, 2013. He was 75 years old. Gauthier played 166 NHL games in the 1960s. He played with Montreal, Bost...
Sunday
Robert Fillion
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This is 2 time Stanley Cup champion Robert Fillion. His name is inscribed on the Stanley Cup in 1944 as Bob as he was known as "Bobby...
Tuesday
Patrick Lebeau
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The parallels between the careers of brothers Patrick and Stephan Lebeau are pretty remarkable. Both were undersized scoring sensation...
Stephan Lebeau
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An undersized centre from St-Jerome, Quebec, #47 Stephane Lebeau was junior scoring dynamo. Blessed with quickness and an amazingly accur...
Monday
Gilbert Dionne
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You could be forgiven if you thought Gilbert Dionne's nickname "King" came courtesy of his famous older brother. Marce...
Sunday
Alex Smart
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Alex Smart certainly knew how to make a favorable impression on his coach and new teammates. In his first NHL game he became the first roo...
Wednesday
Louis Berlinguette
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Perhaps the original utility forward, Louis Berlinguette was a notable defensive forward but not a great offensive player. But because he...
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Jean Jacques Daigneault
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J.J. Daigneault grew up in Mario Lemieux's shadow. Literally. The two were born in Montreal just one week apart, and spent much of ...
Saturday
Gordie Poirier
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This is Gordie Poirier. His NHL career consisted of 10 lone games with the Montreal Canadiens in the 1939-40 season. He picked up a lone a...
Friday
Armand Mondou
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Armand Mondou will always go down in NHL history as the answer to this popular trivia question: Who was awarded the NHL’s first penalty ...
Clifford "Red" Goupille
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This is Clifford "Red Goupille, a defenseman out of Trois Rivieres. He played 222 NHL games over parts of 8 seasons - all with the Mo...
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Rod Lorrain
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Rod Lorrain grew up playing hockey in Buckingham, Quebec before joining the Ottawa Lasalle Juniors in 1932-33. Lorrain teamed together wit...
Bill Summerhill
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This is Bill "The Thrill" Summerhill. I am making his nickname up, but it could have applied. He was described as "one of t...
Thursday
Leroy Goldsworthy
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Leroy Goldsworthy played with 6 different NHL teams in the 1920s and 1930s. He never stayed in one spot too long, but he totalled 336 game...
Joffre Desilets
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This is Joffre Desilets, one of the long forgotten NHL players. He played 192 games in the 1930s with Montreal Canadiens (3 seasons) and C...
Wednesday
Georges Mantha
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Georges Mantha, the brother of Hockey Hall of Famer Sylvio Mantha, played 498 regular season games in the NHL, all with the Montreal Canad...
Tuesday
Walter Buswell
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If I asked you to name all the captains in the history of the Montreal Canadiens, you would probably be hard pressed to named the captain ...
Monday
Oleg Petrov
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Remember this guy? It's Oleg Petrov, the first Russian trained player to play for the Montreal Canadiens. Not that Petrov was the high...
Sunday
Marty Burke
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Like Cy Wentworth, Marty Burke very likely will never be in the Hockey Hall of Fame, because he focused strictly on playing defense. That&...
Ching Dheere
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This is Marcel Albert "Ching" Dheere. He was a war-time fill in for the Montreal Canadiens in the 1942-43 season, playing a total ...
Smiley Meronek
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This is William "Smiley" Meronek. He was a sensational hockey star in his native Manitoba. He moved to Verdun in 1937 and continue...
Ray Getliffe
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This is Ray Getliffe, pride of Galt, Ontario. He was a NHL regular from 1936 through 1939 with Boston and from 1939 through 1945 with Montre...
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Friday
Polly Drouin
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This is Polly Drouin. You can tell just by looking at this Beehive photo that he was a tiny hockey player. The native of Verdun stood just 5...
Sunday
Bill Taugher
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Kingston, Ontario's Bill Taugher was a long time goaltending hero with the Buffalo Bisons of the IHL in the late 1920s and early 1930s. ...
Friday
Gerald "Stub" Carson
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This is Gerald "Stub" Carson, brother of fellow NHLers Frank and Bill. Born in Parry Sound, Ontario, "Stub" was a sens...
Monday
Guy Lafleur
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The man known as "The Flower" entered the National Hockey League in 1971 under perhaps the most intense pressure of any projecte...
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Rocket Richard
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The Stare. The stare was Rocket Richard's trademark. When he came at a goalie with his eyes lit up, the opposition was terrified. Glen...
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Jean Beliveau
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Mention the name Jean Beliveau, and so many images come to mind. His size, his skills, his class - he was the perfect hockey player and an e...
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Thursday
Art Gagne
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Art Gagne was a well travelled, 5-foot-7, 160-pound right winger. Described as a scrappy forward, Gagne was best known for playing in Montr...
Saturday
Johnny Matz
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Most sources say Johnny Matz was born in Omaha, Nebraska way back in 1891. The Society for International Hockey Research suggests he was act...
Sunday
Mike McMahon, Sr.
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Mike McMahon Sr. played just 57 games in his NHL career. The vast bulk of that came in his only full campaign, 1943-44, when he was essenti...
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Leo Lamoureux
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Leo Lamoureux was a defenseman with the Montreal Canadiens from 1942 through 1947. Born in Espanala, Ontario but raised in Windsor, Leo was ...
Lyle Odelein
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Lyle Odelein was not a flashy player, adding very little offense or finesse. But the native of Quill Lake, Saskatchewan was a player every...
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