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An emblematic icon of the Montreal Canadiens, Maurice Richard’s influence and [...]

Team captain for eight seasons, Émile Bouchard dished out solid hits and made [...]

Traded to Montreal by Boston for Jimmy Peters and John Quilty, December 16, 1947.

When Dick Irvin took over the reins of the Canadiens in 1940-41, he felt that [...]

Defensive specialist Floyd Curry excelled at keeping the top forwards of his [...]

Bill Durnan could play with his stick in either hand, often making the change [...]

A French-Canadian born in Springfield, MA, Norm Dussault spent his formative [...]

The letter from Canadiens GM Cecil Hart delivered to the Fillion household in [...]

Leo Gravelle burst onto the hockey scene well before he played his first game [...]

Combining physicality with finesse, Glen Harmon won two Stanley Cups while [...]

Doug Harvey revolutionized the role of defenseman, becoming hockey’s first [...]

One-third of the famous “Punch Line”, Elmer Lach, an exceptional playmaker, [...]

Best known among hockey fans as the catalyst that helped ignite the Richard [...]

In an era when defensemen rarely powered the attack, Roger Léger, a 5-foot-11, [...]


Hailing from Fort William, Ontario, center and right-wiger Murdo Mackay played [...]
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