Only two players - forwards Philip Danault and Jonathan Drouin, who is on an indefinite leave of absence - are from the province. Sauvageau laughs that recently she hasn't "heard a lot about whether we should have more Quebec players - we're winning, that's what took over".
But the conversation will come back, and I think it's important to have. If the Habs do pull off the unlikely win against Tampa, they'll have broken both their own Stanley Cup dry spell and Canada's. Says Zweig: "Being Canadians and living in the shadow of the United States - we always have that bit of an inferiority complex anyway, so this is a bit of a 'Ha!
We finally got it back. Canadians have long complained about what they view as the "Americanisation" of "Canada's game" even as the NHL - headquartered in New York - sought to aggressively expand into the US market, he says. While there may be some domestic rivalries at play, like "historic hatred" between Toronto and Montreal, Sauvageau thinks Canadians will still catch Habs fever.
And she has hope that the Canadiens can build on their momentum, despite stumbling into the finals with two losses against Tampa in the best-of seven series. The Lightning won hockey's Holy grail last season and are the Goliath in these finals - at least on paper. So a Canadiens victory would be an upset, but not impossible, says Sauvageau - "because hockey is [played] on ice and not on paper".
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They would repeat the series against St. Louis in , playing their home games in the newly renovated Montreal Forum under coach Claude Ruel. After winning their 16th Stanley Cup, the Canadiens began the —70 season with high hopes. Consequently, the team's standings suffered, and the Canadiens watched the playoffs from the sidelines. Soon after the victory, MacNeil was replaced by Scotty Bowman as coach. Bowman became a legendary Canadiens coach, leading a team based on speed, scoring, and defence.
The Canadiens remained competitive during the s, but as the NHL expanded, their domination came to an end. Though they were at the top of league scoring thanks to stars like Guy Lafleur , Pierre Larouche, Steve Shutt, and Pierre Mondou, and the return of coach Claude Ruel, the loss of past stars dropped Montreal to third place by the end of the —80 season.
They finished the season without a Cup, the first time in five years. Team general manager Irving Grundman attempted to mix the team up, and drafted Doug Wickenheiser, first overall draft pick, for the next season. Despite a successful season in —81, the Canadiens were swept from the first round of the playoffs by the Edmonton Oilers.
Bob Berry replaced Ruel as coach for the —82 season and led the team to their eighth straight year as division champions. However, the division's fourth place team, the Quebec Nordiques , dashed the Canadiens' hopes for a Cup in the first round.
Their eight-year reign as division champions came to an end in the —83 season, when the team finished second in their division and failed to make it past the first round of playoffs for the third year in a row. Subsequently, general manager Irving Grundman was fired, replaced by Serge Savard.
The team fell to fourth place in the division during —84, and coach Berry was replaced by former player Jacques Lemaire at the end of February. It was Montreal's first losing season in 33 years. During the summer of , Savard picked Patrick Roy in the draft; Roy would, however, play only one period during the —85 season. It was truly the end of an era, as Guy Lafleur announced his retirement on 26 November The team recorded a mediocre —86 season and finished second in their division.
The gamble paid off and the Canadiens won their 23rd Stanley Cup in , led by the outstanding goaltending of rookie Roy. The Canadiens did not finish past the second round of the playoffs until the —89 Stanley Cup finals, when the Canadiens, with Pat Burns behind the bench, met the Calgary Flames again.
This time, the Flames were victorious, the first visiting team to win the Stanley Cup on Montreal Forum ice. This did not, however, stop coach Pat Burns from leaving the team to coach the rival Toronto Maple Leafs at the end of the playoffs. Jacques Demers took the reins as coach for the —93 season, and his timing could not have been better. That year's playoff run was remarkable for the 10 straight overtime wins the Canadiens earned. They were, again, led by the spectacular goaltending of Patrick Roy , who won the Conn Smyth Trophy for the second time in his career.
The Cup was the team's last at the Montreal Forum. Although they made it to the playoffs the next year, they were quickly knocked out by the Boston Bruins. The —95 season was cut short by a lockout, and the Canadians missed the playoffs for the first time in 25 years.
Just a few months into the season, Roy was traded to the Colorado Avalanche. The team's last game in the Montreal Forum, where they had played since , was on 11 March Their next home game, five days later, was played in the Molson Centre now known as the Bell Centre , the largest arena in the NHL at 21, seats.
Their first home game was a success, with the Canadiens beating the New York Rangers 4—2. Their next two playoff runs were short lived, with the team losing in the first round in both and In December , the team played its 5,th game in the NHL. By the end of the season, however, the Canadiens had slipped to seventh in the Eastern Conference and did not advance past the second round of the playoffs.
It was just the beginning of their troubles. By December of the —99 season, the team marked an game winless streak and finished the season out of playoff contention, with the lowest point total the team had seen in 40 years. The team was plagued with injuries and finished the season out of playoff contention. Then in May , Maurice Richard died; more than , people attended a public memorial held at the Molson Centre.
In —02, the team made it to the playoffs for the first time in four years. They blasted past the Boston Bruins in the first round but lost to the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round. In —03, the Canadiens missed the playoffs for the fourth time in five years. In the hopes of reviving the struggling team, former Canadien Bob Gainey was hired as the team's new general manager, beginning what has been called the Gainey era.
The era began with a slow start, even with the highlight on 22 November of the first outdoor NHL game, against the Edmonton Oilers. By the end of the regular season, the team was back in playoff contention but lost in the second round to eventual Cup winners the Tampa Bay Lightning. The team met the same fate in the playoffs against the Carolina Hurricanes the —05 season was cancelled due to a lockout.
While the team was the toast of the league, the Canadiens season could only be classified as moderately successful.
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