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Franchise History
Year	Team
1917-present	Montreal Canadiens (NHL)
1909-1917	Montreal Canadiens (NHA)

Retired Numbers
No.	Player
1	Jacques Plante
2	Doug Harvey
4	Jean Beliveau
5	Bernard Geoffrion
7	Howie Morenz
9	Maurice Richard
10	Guy Lafleur
12	Dickie Moore
12	Yvan Cournoyer
16	Henri Richard
18	Serge Savard
19	Larry Robinson
23	Bob Gainey
29	Ken Dryden

Championship History
Postseason Play	Championships
Stanley Cups	24 - 1916 (NHA), 1924 (NHL), 1930 (NHL), 1931 (NHL), 1944 (NHL), 1946 (NHL), 1953 (NHL), 1956 (NHL), 1957 (NHL), 1958 (NHL), 1959 (NHL), 1960 (NHL), 1965 (NHL), 1966 (NHL), 1968 (NHL), 1969 (NHL), 1971 (NHL), 1973 (NHL), 1976 (NHL), 1977 (NHL), 1978 (NHL), 1979 (NHL), 1986 (NHL), 1993 (NHL)
Conference Championships	8 - 1976 (Campbell), 1977 (Campbell), 1978 (Campbell), 1979 (Campbell), 1981 (Wales), 1986 (Wales), 1989 (Wales), 1993 (Wales)
Division Championships	22 - 1928 (Canadian), 1929 (Canadian), 1930 (Canadian), 1931 (Canadian), 1932 (Canadian), 1937 (Canadian), 1968 (East), 1969 (East), 1973 (East), 1975 (Norris), 1976 (Norris), 1977 (Norris), 1978 (Norris), 1979 (Norris), 1980 (Norris), 1981 (Norris), 1982 (Adams), 1985 (Adams), 1988 (Adams), 1989 (Adams), 1992 (Adams), 2008 (Northeast)
Playoff Appearances	77 - 1916, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008

Year-by-Year Results
Year	W	L	T	OTL	PTS	Finish
2007-08	47	25	-	10	104	1st
2006-07	42	34	-	6	90	4th
2005-06	42	31	-	9	93	3rd
2003-04	41	30	7	4	93	4th
2002-03	30	35	8	9	77	4th
2001-02	36	31	12	3	87	4th
2000-01	28	40	8	6	70	5th
1999-00	35	34	9	4	83	4th
1998-99	32	39	11	-	75	5th
1997-98	37	32	13	-	87	4th
1996-97	31	36	15	-	77	4th
1995-96	40	32	10	-	90	3rd
1994-95	18	23	7	-	43	6th
1993-94	41	29	14	-	96	3rd
1992-93	48	30	6	-	102	3rd
1991-92	41	28	11	-	93	1st
1990-91	39	30	11	-	89	2nd
1989-90	41	28	11	-	93	3rd
1988-89	53	18	9	-	115	1st
1987-88	45	22	13	-	103	1st
1986-87	41	29	10	-	92	2nd
1985-86	40	33	7	-	87	2nd
1984-85	41	27	12	-	94	1st
1983-84	35	40	5	-	75	4th
1982-83	42	24	14	-	98	2nd
1981-82	46	17	17	-	109	1st
1980-81	45	22	13	-	103	1st
1979-80	47	20	13	-	107	1st
1978-79	52	17	11	-	115	1st
1977-78	59	10	11	-	129	1st
1976-77	60	8	12	-	132	1st
1975-76	58	11	11	-	127	1st
1974-75	47	14	19	-	113	1st
1973-74	45	24	9	-	99	2nd
1972-73	52	10	16	-	120	1st
1971-72	46	16	16	-	108	3rd
1970-71	42	23	13	-	97	3rd
1969-70	38	22	16	-	92	5th
1968-69	46	19	11	-	103	1st
1967-68	42	22	10	-	94	1st
1966-67	32	25	13	-	77	2nd
1965-66	41	21	8	-	90	1st
1964-65	36	23	11	-	83	2nd
1963-64	36	21	13	-	85	1st
1962-63	28	19	23	-	79	3rd
1961-62	42	14	14	-	98	1st
1960-61	41	19	10	-	92	1st
1959-60	40	18	12	-	92	1st
1958-59	39	18	13	-	91	1st
1957-58	43	17	10	-	96	1st
1956-57	35	23	12	-	82	2nd
1955-56	45	15	10	-	100	1st
1954-55	41	18	11	-	93	2nd
1953-54	35	24	11	-	81	2nd
1952-53	28	23	19	-	75	2nd
1951-52	34	26	10	-	78	2nd
1950-51	25	30	15	-	65	3rd
1949-50	29	22	19	-	77	2nd
1948-49	28	23	9	-	65	3rd
1947-48	20	29	11	-	51	5th
1946-47	34	16	10	-	78	1st
1945-46	28	17	5	-	61	1st
1944-45	38	8	4	-	80	1st
1943-44	38	5	7	-	83	1st
1942-43	19	19	12	-	50	4th
1941-42	18	27	3	-	39	6th
1940-41	16	26	6	-	38	6th
1939-40	10	33	5	-	25	7th
1938-39	15	24	9	-	39	6th
1937-38	18	17	13	-	49	3rd
1936-37	24	18	6	-	54	1st
1935-36	11	26	11	-	33	4th
1934-35	19	23	6	-	44	3rd
1933-34	22	20	6	-	50	2nd
1932-33	18	25	5	-	41	3rd
1931-32	25	16	7	-	57	1st
1930-31	26	10	8	-	60	1st
1929-30	21	14	9	-	51	2nd
1928-29	22	7	15	-	59	1st
1927-28	26	11	7	-	59	1st
1926-27	28	14	2	-	58	2nd
1925-26	11	24	1	-	23	7th
1924-25	17	11	2	-	36	3rd
1923-24	13	11	0	-	26	2nd
1922-23	13	9	2	-	28	2nd
1921-22	12	11	1	-	25	3rd
1920-21	13	11	0	-	26	2nd
1919-20	13	11	0	-	26	3rd
1918-19	10	8	0	-	20	2nd
1917-18	13	9	0	-	26	3rd
Totals	2980	1924	838	42	6848

Coaching History
Years	Coach
2006-07 to present	Guy Carbonneau
2005-06	Bob Gainey, Claude Julien
2003-04 to 2004-05	Claude Julien
2002-03	Claude Julien, Michel Therien
2001-02	Michel Therien
2000-01	Michel Therien, Alain Vigneault
1997-98 to 1999-00	Alain Vigneault
1996-97	Mario Tremblay
1995-96	Mario Tremblay, Jacques Laperriere, Jacques Demers
1992-93 to 1994-95	Jacques Demers
1988-89 to 1991-92	Pat Burns
1985-86 to 1987-88	Jean Perron
1984-85	Jacques Lemaire
1983-84	Jacques Lemaire, Bob Berry
1981-82 to 1982-83	Bob Berry
1980-81	Claude Ruel
1979-80	Claude Ruel, Bernie Geoffrion
1971-72 to 1978-79	Scotty Bowman
1970-71	Al MacNeil, Claude Ruel
1968-69 to 1969-70	Claude Ruel
1955-56 to 1967-68	Toe Blake
1940-41 to 1954-55	Dick Irvin
1939-40	Pit Lepine
1939	Babe Siebert
1938-39	Jules Dugal, Cecil Hart
1936-37 to 1937-38	Cecil Hart
1935-36	Sylvio Mantha
1934-35	Leo Dandurand, Newsy Lalonde
1932-33 to 1933-34	Newsy Lalonde
1926-27 to 1931-32	Cecil Hart
1922-23 to 1925-26	Leo Dandurand
1921-22	Leo Dandurand, Newsy Lalonde
1915-16 to 1920-21	Newsy Lalonde
1913-14 to 1914-15	Jimmy Gardner
1911-12 to 1912-13	Napoleon Dorval
1910-11	Aldophe Lecours
1909-10	Jack Laviolette

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