 Team photograph of the Montreal Canadiens 1909-10. Image by Albert Dumas, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
Therrien Joe Jr. And His RocketsHistory of the Montreal Canadiens History of the Montreal Canadiens History of the ice hockey club The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, formally Le Club de Hockey Canadien, was founded on December 4, 1909. The Canadiens are the oldest professional hockey franchise in the world.[1] Created as a founding member of the National Hockey Association (NHA) with the aim of appealing to Montreal's francophone population, the Canadiens played their first game on January 5, 1910, and captured their first Stanley Cup in 1916. The team left the NHA and helped found the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1917. They returned to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1919, but their series against the Seattle Metropolitans was cancelled without a winner due… (Source: Wikipedia)
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