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In 1909, the Canadiens were founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association (NHA). In 1917, the franchise joined the NHL, and is one of the Original Six teams. [2] In their 100-year history, the Canadiens have won 24 Stanley Cup championships, and are the last Canadian team to have won the Stanley Cup, having done so in 1993. [3]
[4] [5] The Canadiens are owned by the Molson Family. The general manager position is filled by Kent Hughes while their coaches consist of Martin St. Louis as their head coach, Alexandre Burrows, Trevor Letowski, and Stephane Robidas as assistant coaches, and Eric Raymond as the goaltender coach. The current captain of the Canadiens is Nick Suzuki.
Often named the best general manager in NHL history, Pollock led the Canadiens to nine Stanley Cup championships in his 14 years at the helm of the team. [96] One of his key tactics was trading aging stars to expansion teams for draft picks, which led to the team drafting future Hall of Famers Guy Lafleur, Larry Robinson and Ken Dryden. [96]
Hughes' first draft as general manager was consequential in that Montreal was both the host and held the first overall pick for the first time since 1980. The Canadiens would draft Slovak winger Juraj Slafkovský first overall, departing from the longstanding consensus that had favoured Canadian centre Shane Wright as the
Bergevin also appointed former Canadiens defenseman Patrice Brisebois as player development coach on June 13, 2012. [6] He finished second in voting for the General Manager of the Year award for the 2013–14 season, [7] and again in the 2020–21 season. [8] On November 28, 2021, Bergevin was fired from the Montreal Canadiens. [9]
Castonguay played four years at Niagara University as a forward before former Montreal Canadiens GM Pierre Gauthier hired her as an intern as her introduction into the NHL management realm. After ...
He was the general manager of the Montreal Canadiens when they won the Stanley Cup in 1985-86 and 1992-93. In 1994 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada . In 2004, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec .
Doug Armstrong has been the general manager of the St. Louis Blues since 2010. Armstrong, who won a Stanley Cup championship with the Blues in 2019, is currently the longest tenured general manager in the National Hockey League. This is a list of current general managers in the National Hockey League.