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The Montreal Canadiens.
“There unstoppable, they’ve won so
many games in a row and now they won the Stanley Cup for all their hard
work, along with their new goalie Patrick Roy.” This year this team has
been almost invincible in their way to the top. Montreal will most likely
have a huge celebration with their Stanley cup victory.
Questions
- What’s the NHL and how was it
believed to start?
- Why was the NHL formed?
- Who are the Canadiens Managers?
- Who were some all stars
from1984-1988 and when were they drafted?
- How many Stanley cups has been
won from 1975-1993?
Answers
The
NHL is the National Hockey League. It’s for the top elite that play for
money and heavy competition. The NHL is so old that no one knows how it
started. An idea is that it started by people playing field hockey in the
summer and then eventually the players started to play in the winter on the
ice. Then they started it as a winter sport and called it ice hockey when it
got from London to Canada, British soldiers stationed in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, some people believed to have formed small contests on frozen ponds
throughout the town. At that time Montreal students began to go head to head
in a downtown rink to have fun. The continents first Hockey league
supposedly started in Kingston, Ontario, 1885. Hockey was so popular that
games between the original four teams were played weekly. The first four
teams were Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. A man named Lord Stanley was a
high ranking official, he went out and bought a giant cup and stated that he
would give it to the best ranking amateur team each year. That award has now
come to be known as the Stanley Cup and is awarded to the top team in the
NHL.
The NHL was formed to
separate those who are pure skilled and those who aren’t so talented as
myself. It was made in the United States and when World War 1 hit the game
was postponed. Before the war there were the NHA and then the PCL. After the
war though the NHL was created and with that came the rise of the following
teams: the Montreal Canadiens, the Montreal Wanderers, the Ottawa Senators,
the Quebec Bulldogs, and the Toronto Arenas. Then the first game played was
on December 19, 1917.
Today in this highly
expensive world one of the Canadiens managers are Claude Julien, the head
coach. He’s taught so many plays and so many games he should know almost
every little move an every little bounce the puck can get off a post or
board. The next is one of the assistant coaches Rick Green. Rick is a 49
year old male and has coached so many different teams that he’s the best
assistant coach to have cause he can almost tell you what the next player
will do. The last assistant coach is Roland Melanson. Roland has been with
the Canadiens for seven years and is also in charge of the goalies.
Some all stars from
1984-1990 are going to be listed below along with when they were drafted.
Player: Drafted:
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Jacques Lemaire
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Jun 1984 |
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Bert Olmstead |
Jun 1985 |
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Serge Savard |
Jun 1986 |
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Jacques Laperriere |
Jun 1987 |
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Guy Lafleur |
Sep 1988 |
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Bud O'connor |
Sep 1988 |
The Canadiens have won
tons of Stanley’s, here are a few:
Year: Team : points :
Game winner : team players:
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1975-76 |
Flyers |
(4-0) |
Guy Lafleur |
Ken Dryden, Michel Larocque,
Bill Nyrop, John VanBoxmeer, Guy Lapointe, Serge Savard, Larry Robinson,
Don Awrey, Pierre Bouchard, Rick Chartraw, Jim Roberts, Doug Risebrough,
Guy Lafleur, Yvon Lambert, Mario Tremblay, Murray Wilson, Pete
Mahovlich, Doug Jarvis, Steve Shutt, Bob Gainey, Jacques Lemaire.
Yvan Cournoyer (Capitaine/Captain)
Claude Ruel (Entraîneur adjoint/Assistant coach)
Scott Bowman (Entraîneur/Coach)
Sam Pollock (Directeur-gérant/General Manager)
Eddy Palchak, Pierre Meilleur (Soigneurs/Trainers). |
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1976-77 |
Bruins |
(4-0) |
Jacques Lemaire |
Ken Dryden, Michel Larocque,
Bill Nyrop, Guy Lapointe, Serge Savard, Larry Robinson, Pierre Bouchard,
Rick Chartraw, Jim Roberts, Doug Risebrough, Guy Lafleur, Yvon Lambert,
Mario Tremblay, Réjean Houle, Murray Wilson, Pete Mahovlich, Pierre
Mondou, Doug Jarvis, Steve Shutt, Bob Gainey, Jacques Lemaire, Mike
Polich.
Yvan Cournoyer (Capitaine/Captain)
Claude Ruel (Entraîneur adjoint/Assistant coach)
Scott Bowman (Entraîneur/Coach)
Sam Pollock (Directeur-gérant/General Manager)
Eddy Palchak, Pierre Meilleur (Soigneurs/Trainers). |
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1977-78 |
Bruins |
(4-2) |
Mario Tremblay |
Ken Dryden, Michel Larocque,
Bill Nyrop, Brian Engblom, Guy Lapointe, Serge Savard, Larry Robinson,
Gilles Lupien, Pierre Bouchard, Rick Chartraw, Pierre Mondou, Doug
Risebrough, Guy Lafleur, Yvon Lambert, Mario Tremblay, Réjean Houle,
Murray Wilson, Doug Jarvis, Steve Shutt, Bob Gainey, Jacques Lemaire,
Pierre Larouche.
Yvan Cournoyer (Capitaine/Captain)
Claude Ruel (Entraîneur adjoint/Assistant coach)
Scott Bowman (Entraîneur/Coach)
Sam Pollock (Directeur-gérant/General Manager)
Eddy Palchak, Pierre Meilleur (Soigneurs/Trainers). |
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1978-79 |
Rangers |
(4-1) |
Jacques Lemaire |
Ken Dryden, Michel Larocque,
Brian Engblom, Guy Lapointe, Pierre Mondou, Doug Risebrough, Guy
Lafleur, Yvon Lambert, Mario Tremblay, Réjean Houle, Rod Langway, Serge
Savard, Larry Robinson, Cam Connor, Doug Jarvis, Steve Shutt, Bob
Gainey, Gilles Lupien, Jacques Lemaire, Rick Chartraw, Pierre Larouche,
Mark Napier, Pat Hughes.
Yvan Cournoyer (Capitaine/Captain)
Claude Ruel (Entraîneur adjoint/Assistant coach)
Scott Bowman (Entraîneur/Coach)
Irving Grundman (Vice-président délégué & Directeur-gérant/Executive
Vice-President & Managing Director)
Eddy Palchak, Pierre Meilleur(Soigneurs/Trainers). |
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1985-86 |
Flames |
(4-1) |
Bobby Smith |
Doug Soetaert, Patrick Roy,
Steve Penney, Rick Green, David Maley, Ryan Walter, Mario Tremblay,
Bobby Smith, Craig Ludwig, Tom Kurvers, Larry Robinson, Kjell Dahlin,
Guy Carbonneau, Randy Bucyk, Chris Chelios, Petr Svoboda, Mats Naslund,
Lucien DeBlois, Steve Rooney, Gaston Gingras, Chris Nilan, John Kordic,
Claude Lemieux, Mike McPhee, Mike Lalor, Sergio Momesso, Brian
Skrudland, Stéphane Richer, Serge Boisvert.
Bob Gainey (Capitaine/Captain)
Jacques Laperrière (Entraîneur adjoint/Assistant coach)
Jean Perron (Entraîneur-chef/Head Coach)
Serge Savard (Directeur-gérant/General Manager)
Eddy Palchak (Gérant de l’équipement/Equipment Manager)
Sylvain Toupin (Adjoint au gérant de l’équipement/Assistant to the
equipment manager)
Yvon Bélanger (Thérapeute athlétique/Athletic Therapist)
Gaétan Lefebvre (Thérapeute athlétique adjoint/Assistant Athletic
Therapist). |
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1992-93 |
Kings |
(4-1) |
Kirk Muller |
Patrick Roy, André Racicot, Rob
Ramage, Kirk Muller, Mike Keane, Kevin Haller, Paul DiPietro, John
LeClair, Denis Savard, Benoît Brunet, Brian Bellows, Lyle Odelein,
Vincent Damphousse, Gary Leeman, Mathieu Schneider, Eric Desjardins,
Jesse Bélanger, Ed Ronan, Mario Roberge, Donald Dufresne, Todd Ewen,
Sean Hill, Patrice Brisebois, Gilbert Dionne, Stephan Lebeau,
Jean-Jacques Daigneault.
Guy Carbonneau (Capitaine/Captain)
Jacques Laperrière (Entraîneur adjoint/Assistant coach)
Charles Thiffault (Entraîneur adjoint/Assistant coach)
Jacques Demers (Entraîneur-chef/Head Coach)
Serge Savard (Directeur-gérant/General Manager)
Gaétan Lefebvre (Soigneur/Athletic Trainer)
John Shipman (Adjoint au soigneur/Assistant to the athletic trainer)
Eddy Palchak (Gérant de l’équipement/Equipment Manager)
Pierre Gervais (Adjoint au gérant de l’équipement/Assistant to the
equipment manager)
Robert Boulanger (Adjoint au gérant de l’équipement/Assistant to the
equipment manager). |
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