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Montréal Canadiens
Conference	Eastern
Division	Northeast
Founded	December 4, 1909
History	Montreal Canadiens 1917-present (NHL) 1909-1917 (NHA)
Home Arena	Bell Centre (Centre Bell)
City	Montreal, Quebec
Colours	Blue, White and Red (Bleu, Blanc et Rouge)
Media	English CJAD (800 AM) French RDS CKAC (730 AM)
Owner(s)	Molson Coors Canada
General Manager	Bob Gainey
Head Coach	Jacques Martin
Minor League Affiliates	Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL)
Stanley Cups	1915-16, 1923-24, 1929-30, 1930-31, 1943-44, 1945-46, 1952-53, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1970-71, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1985-86, 1992-93
Conference Championships	1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1980-81, 1985-86, 1988-89, 1992-93
Division Championships	1927-28, 1928-29, 1929-30, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1936-37, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1984-85, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1991-92

The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and playing in the National Hockey League. The oldest of the 30 franchises of the league, having been founded on December 4th, 1909. It is also, and by far, the most successful, having won the Stanley Cup 24 times over the years. They play their home games at the Bell Centre.

Current Roster

Goaltenders
#		Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
31		Carey Price	L	2005	Vancouver, Canada
41		Jaroslav Halak	L	2003	Bratislava, Slovakia

Defencemen
#		Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
3		Ryan O'Byrne			Victoria, British Columbia
6		Jaroslav Spacek		2009	Rokycany, Slovakia
26		Josh Gorges	L	2006	Kelowna, British Columbia
44		Roman Hamrlik	L	2007	Zlin, Czechoslovakia
3		Marc-André Bergeron		2009	Trois-Rivières, Quebec
25		Hal Gill -A		2009	Concord, Massachusetts
24		Jay Leach		2009	Syracuse, New York
51		Paul Mara		2009	New York City, New York
79		Andrei Markov	L	1998	Voskresensk, U.S.S.R.

Forwards
#		Player	Position	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
13		Michael Cammalleri			2009	Richmond Hill, Ontario
28		Kyle Chipchura			2004	Westlock, Alberta
15		Glen Metropolit	C	R	2009	Toronto, Ontario
21		Brian Gionta - A			2009	Rochester, New York
35		Tomas Plekanec	LW	L	2001	Kladno, Czechoslovakia
17		Georges Laraque	LW	R	2008	Montreal, Quebec
46		Andrei Kostitsyn	LW	L	2003	Novopolotsk, Belarus
74		Sergei Kostitsyn	LW	L	2005	Novopolotsk, Belarus
91		Scott Gomez			2009	Anchorage, Alaska
40		Maxim Lapierre	C	D	2003	St-Leonard, Quebec
36		Matt D'Agostini	RW	R	2005	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
67		Max Pacioretty			2007	New Canaan, Connecticut
57		Benoit Pouliot			2009	Alfred, Ontario
94		Tom Pyatt			2009	Thunder Bay, Ontario
70		Gregory Stewart			2004	Kitchener, Ontario
53		Ryan White	C	R	2006	Brandon, Manitoba
48		James Wyman	RW	R	2004	Edina, Michigan
32		Travis Moen			2009	Swift Current, Saskatchewan

Team Captains

Retired numbers

• 1 Jacques Plante, G, 1952-63, number retired October 7, 1995
• 2 Doug Harvey, D, 1947-61, number retired October 26, 1985
• 4 Jean Béliveau, C, 1950-51 & 1952-71, number retired October 9, 1971
• 5 Bernard "Boom-Boom" Geoffrion, RW, 1950-64, number retired March 11, 2006
• 7 Howie Morenz, C, 1923-34 & 1936-37, number retired November 2, 1937
• 9 Maurice "Rocket" Richard, RW, 1942-60, number retired October 6, 1960
• 10 Guy Lafleur, RW, 1971-85, number retired February 16, 1985
• 12 Dickie Moore, LW, 1951-63 & Yvan Cournoyer, RW, 1963-79, number retired November 12, 2005
• 16 Henri Richard, C, 1955-75, number retired December 10, 1975
• 18 Serge Savard, D, 1966-81, number retired November 18, 2006
• 19 Larry Robinson, D, 1972-89, number retired November 19, 2007
• 23 Bob Gainey, LW, 1973-89, number retired February 23, 2008
• 29 Ken Dryden, G, 1970-79, number retired January 29, 2007
• 33 Patrick Roy, G, 1984-1995, number retired November 22, 2009

• 99 Wayne Gretzky, C, 1979-99 (Retired NHL wide, though a banner doesn't hang in the rafters of the Bell Centre)