The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal. They compete in the National Hockey League as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Other nicknames for the team include Les Canadiens, Le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge, La Sainte-Flanelle, Le Tricolore, Les Glorieux, Le CH, Le Grand Club and Les Habitants. Founded in 1909, the Canadiens are the longest continuously operating professional ice hockey team worldwide and the only existing NHL club to predate the founding of the NHL. One of the oldest North American professional sports franchises, the Canadiens' history predates that of every other Canadian franchise outside football as well as every American franchise outside baseball and the National Football League's Arizona Cardinals. The franchise is one of the "Original Six" teams, a description used for the teams that made up the NHL from 1942 until the 1967 expansion.
About Montreal Canadiens
Historic NHL franchise that's won more Stanley Cups than any organization with 24. The team is the only NHL franchise that predates the founding of the NHL.
Achievement of Montreal Canadiens
The team won 15 Stanley Cups between 1956 and 1979 behind future Hall of Famers such as Maurice Richard, Jean Beliveau, "Boom Boom" Geoffrion and Jacques Plante.
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Latest information about Montreal Canadiens updated on July 28 2021.
