Montreal Canadiens Assistant Captains

Team canada defenseman is one of three assistants to captain dillon dube at this year s tournament in buffalo.

Montreal canadiens assistant captains. The national hockey league nhl is a professional ice hockey league composed of 31 teams founded in 1917 each team may select a captain who has the privilege of discussing with the referee any questions relating to interpretation of rules which may arise during the progress of a game each team is also permitted to select alternate captains who serve when the captain is not on the ice. Ambrose o brien on december 4 1909 as a charter member of the national hockey association the forerunner to the national hockey league it was to be the team of the francophone community in montreal composed of francophone players and under francophone ownership as soon as possible. The founders named the team les canadiens a term identified at the time. He later went on to give coaching a go and coached the montreal roadrunners roller hockey during the 1994 95 season.

Brendan gallagher was added to the habs leadership group on the same day max pacioretty was named. Two seasons later he was an assistant coach of the canadiens for the 1996 97 season. Brendan gallagher promoted to assistant captain of montreal canadiens. The canadiens captains have always been men who put themselves above the fray ready and willing to do anything necessary to motivate their troops.

25 23 stanley cups playoff record. Steve shutt 1976 77 guy lafleur 1977 78 60. The canadiens were founded by j. Team canada defenseman is one of three assistants to captain dillon dube at this.

102 1917 18 to 2019 20 nhl playoff appearances. 3449 2281 837 164 7899 points all time goals leader. The letter once sewn on the sweater is a monogram of symbolic importance reflecting much more than a simple paragraph in the nhl rulebook.