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I know I'm late to the thread and all, but while everybody is discussing "Great Habs Moments" (which I'm sure Red Fisher will do an article on because he's witnessed every home game since 1909), I figured I would add a few of my favourites. These are in random order.
Henri Richard scoring the Cup winner in '71 on the backhand over a fallen Tony O.
My all-time idol, le Gros Bill scoring a hat trick against Minnesota to reach 500. He deked out 2 defenders and made the goalie disappear before backhanding it in.
The Lafleur blast in '79 against the Bruins (too many men) followed by the OT tap in by Lambert.
Lemaire scoring from center against Tony O on a rising slapper when he just wanted to change.
Leclair's 2 OT winners against the Kings.
Cournoyer in full flight being literally flipped by Blackhawks D-man.
There are too many more to list.Such a great franchise with so many amazing players who may not hold scoring titles, but instead share one thing: Stanley Cups.
Gilbert
2008/09 is the season of the Habs
Koivu's return.Chilling.Still watch it on youtube
The wink. Because it meant that destiny (the Cup), as it should be, was ours, once again.
"Give Koivu a Lifetime Contract"
Great Choice Koivu 12, you gotta love St. Patrick.
Love that one!
Another one from that year is Eric Desjardins putting it through Kelly Hrudy's legs in overtime to complete the hat trick during the illegal stick game. That was sweet!
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That was great. I agree. Ilove your choice of "The Ovation" as well. It was definitely a hallmark moment of the Habs past.
"Give Koivu a Lifetime Contract"
K 12 - I feel your lonely so have a good night.
Are you all packed for your vacation yet GTC
Not yet Ian, due to weather conditions we're postponing our trip by a couple of days, but I'll be at your BBQ without fail.
This is the second time that the headline of one of your posts made me think that Sundin finally signed with a team. [The first one was "It's official".]
so jonathan toews is the captain for the blackhawks now... they keep getting younger these captains
I think as Habs' fans, Jean Beliveau is the yardstick by which we judge all captains. Unfortunately, I don't think that there are many in the rooms of current teams, perhaps Koivu or Mats being exceptions, who can just shoot a teammate "the look" and he knows what is expected. For better or worse, I think the C is looked upon now as a marketing tool. That is why it is put on the "marquee" player. Man, we have come a long way! I could be wrong, but I never remember Guy wearing so much as an "A."
Aside from all of that, I do think that the 'hawks are going to be a really fun team to watch. I would love to see the Habs play them for all the marbles next season!
Good post. I always felt the oldest guy with the most years on the team should be captain, if not then it has to be a guy who can get a Gordie Howe hattrick. Jarome Iginla is also a guy who can give you the look.
The Big Guy wasn't even close on my favourite player of the time, but I can't possibly imagine anyone else as Captain. Jean Belliveau was born with the C over the CH........
I think you have really hit upon a very interesting thing here. If you had to pick "The Image" of the Habs in the Centennial Year, what would you go with? One moment, one image, what would it be? I open this one up to all Habs fans! Put all the recent nonsense aside! We all love this team! This is once and for all our chance to chime in. Put all the past crap aside! What is YOUR moment from a Century of the best our sport has to offer? Let Fly!!! We should ALL be friends here. God Bless you all and our team!!!
I dont know if its moment of the century type but Roy winking was something. For sure theres many others but for some of them I wasnt alive so...
Any shot from the late '70's dynasty of Dryden leaning on his stick would do in my books.
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I am partial to the image of "The Thinking Man" with gloves and equipment lying around all over the ice around his net as he watches the ensuing brawl.
That is just one classic image among many for the Habs.
I think 'The Ovation' is a great choice, and the wink is good too, but I have to say that the image of Dryden leaning on his stick is the one that has buried itself most deeply into my conscience. As much as it was a reflection of his own personality, it represented the state of the team so vividly. The comfort and, by extension, confidence exuded by that stance, contrasted with the way he looked in action, making saves, was mesmerizing to a young kid. I think it spoke to the whole country, clearly communicating that they were privileged to watch one of the most complete and dominant sports teams of all time. It sure stirs up memories.
...and his great mask only increased the whole aura. You know those second generation masks really added something great to the spectacle of the game. They made the goalies look like friggin' superheroes, from another planet, in the future no less.
... which is probably the same image that came to a lot of peoples minds, first thing I thought of.
Brian
I'm going to go outside the box here. My favorite memory is the Dec. 31/75 game against the Russians when they were supposed to be the fastest and best-conditioned hockey players in the world.
The "Image" I have is the Russians at the bench gasping for air and sweating profusely because we skated them into the ice.
I chose this one because it is different from all the Cups we won.
The Bruin's Gilles Gilbert, stretched out and leaning on his trapper hand on the ice after failing to stop Lafleur's bullet in "To Many Men" is a personal favourite.
For newer fans, it could very well be Roy holding the Cup over his head in '93, skating towards the boards to utter his immortal line: "I'm going to f****n' Disney World!
Or how about Richard during the closing ceremonies of the Forum and "The Ovation"?
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Chuck
"The Ovation" was definitely the most moving bar none.
Totally. That for me was the most sports related moving video i've ever seen. Gave me goosebumps.
I think that I went through a whole box of Kleenex on that one!
That moment (if you can call all of those minutes a "moment") perfectly represents what the most revered player in team history meant to the fans, and by extension, what it means to be a Montreal Canadien.
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Hi Brian. i have a pic of Guy on my wall here with others, and I had to get up and check, and you are right, he never even wore an A.
Big Jean was a class by himself when it came to leadership, and Bob was no slouch either. Did I spell that one right?
Le Gros Bill is in a class by himself, even through the 70s dynasty there was nobody on the team that was anywhere near his equal.
The only person I can think of who came close in any sport might have been DiMaggio with the Yankees. Men who didn't have to utter a word, but could just give you the look. Another capable of it, although he didn't wear the C for all that long, might have been Henri Richard. The fire certainly burned in him as deeply as it did in his older brother.
I know I will get shit for this, but it always drove me crazy when people went on and on about Gordie Howe being "Mr. Hockey." I always looked them in the eye and said he hasn't had his name on the Cup since '54-'55. I would rather be Henri Richard. He played 20 years and got his name on the Cup 11 times. That is a career and then some! Today, I stand by that. Hockey is a team sport and by that standard, it is hard to say that the "Pocket Rocket" wasn't damn near the greatest.
Hear hear! Number 16 representin'!
:)
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