Today in Habs History: May 22nd Edition

 

1970:  The Canadiens trade Ernie Hicke and their 1st pick in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft (Chris Oddleifson) to the Oakland Seals for Francois Lacombe, cash and a first round draft choice in 1971. The Canadiens used the pick one year later to select Guy Lafleur.

 

 

The Canadiens also dealt Lucien Grenier, Larry Mickey and Jack Norris to the Los Angeles Kings for Leon Rochefort, Gregg Boddy and Wayne Thomas. Chris Bordeleau was traded to St. Louis Blues for cash, Jude Drouin was sent to the Minnesota North Stars for future considerations (Bill Collins) and Dennis Hextall was also sent to  Oakland in a cash deal.

 

 

 

Today in Habs History: May 21st Edition

Conn Smythe Trophy winner is hoisted on his teammates’ shoulders as he raises the Stanley Cup, May 21, 1979. The Canadiens defeated the Rangers in five games. (Photo: CHC)

 

 

The Canadiens’ seventies dynasty came to a close on this day in 1979, as Montreal defeated the New York Rangers 4-1 in Game Five of the Stanley Cup Finals. The 22nd Cup win in franchise history would be the fourth straight Stanley Cup for the Canadiens, and their sixth in nine years.

 

Today in Habs History: May 20th Edition

 

 

1983: The Canadiens name Jacques Laperriere and Jacques Lemaire become assistant coaches, Jacques Plante is named as goaltending coach.

 

 

1986: The Montreal Canadiens and the Calgary Flames combined for four goals in 1:34 in the first period of Game 3 of the Finals, the fastest four goals by two NHL teams in a Finals' game. Montreal beat Calgary 5-3

Today in Habs History: May 19th Edition

 

Larry Robinson reached 200 playoff game on this day in 1989. (Photo: HHOF)

 

 

1979: Serge Savard scored the winning goal at 7:25 of overtime to lead the Canadiens to a 4-3 win over the New York Rangers, in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals.

 

 

The Canadiens should have scored at 6:04 of overtime on a blast by Larry Robinson. The replay (that you can watch below in the clip provided by Francis Bouchard) showed the puck go behind Rangers goalie John Davidson and out the other side.