After the first year, ownership was transferred to George Kennedyof Montreal and the team's fortunes improved o… Montreal Canadiens and canadiens.com are trademarks of the Montreal Canadiens. NHL and the word mark and image of the Stanley Cup are registered trademarks and the NHL Shield and NHL Conference logos are trademarks of the National Hockey League. Even before the puck dropped for the first Canadiens game, the city of Montreal … They went on to capture the Stanley Cup again in 1924, 1930, 1931, 1944, 1946 and 1953. They went on to capture the Stanley Cup again in 1924, 1930, 1931, 1944, 1946 and 1953.
The Canadiens left the NHA to join the National Hockey League when it was established in 1917. Copyright © 2008 Club de hockey Canadien, Inc. All rights reserved. All NHL logos and marks and NHL team logos and marks as well as all … The series allowed ties until 1928. First awarded 1893 Most recent 2019 Current champions St. Louis Blues (2019) (1st title)Most titles Montreal Canadiens (24) The Stanley Cup Finals in ice hockey (also known as the Stanley Cup Final among various media, [note 1] French: Finale de la Coupe Stanley) is the National Hockey League (NHL)'s championship series to determine the winner of the Stanley … The history of the Stanley Cup dates back to 1893, when Governor General Lord Stanley of Preston created the trophy to be given annually to the champions of the Canadian amateur league. See more ideas about Montreal canadiens, Canadiens, Montreal. In the playoff format used from 1929 to 1938, the two teams with identical division ranking would face each other (i.e. The team's first season was not a success, as they placed last. The series alternated between a rink of the NHA and later the NHL and a rink of the PCHA and later the WCHL/WHL. The first winner of the Stanley Cup was the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), champions of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada for 1893. the first place teams played each other, the second place teams play each other, and likewise for the third place teams). The winner of the second and third place series would then play each other, with the winner of that series earning the other berth to the championship round. It was to be the team of the francophone community in Montreal, composed of francophone players, and under francophone ownership as soon as possible. On April 3, 1930, the Canadiens were on the brink of the biggest playoff upset in NHL history, sitting one game up in the best-of-three Stanley Cup Finals against a Boston Bruins team that had gone 38-5-1 in the regular season. It was not until the demise of the WHL, that the final series alternated games between the two finalists' home ice.The NHL has changed its playoff format several times since 1927, and thus the final round has not always pitted conference or division playoff champions against each other.