Montreal Canadiens – 100 years
Though they’re one of the most successful franchises in all of professional sports, the Montreal Canadiens will celebrate their 100th anniversary looking to avoid matching their longest losing streak of the season.
The struggling Canadiens try to prevent a fifth consecutive loss when they host their longtime rival and surging Boston Bruins on Friday night.
The Canadiens (12-14-2) would like nothing more than to snap their skid by beating their Original Six rival to culminate a five-year celebration of the franchise’s founding at the old Windsor Hotel in Montreal on Dec. 4, 1909.
The Canadiens, whose 24 Stanley Cup victories trail only the New York Yankees’ 27 World Series titles for the most championships by a franchise in one of the four major North American sports, will celebrate the Centennial Game by featuring a number of their former stars. The current Montreal players hope the memories of “Boom Boom” Geoffrion, Jacques Plante and Guy Lafleur will help provide some momentum as they try to avoid equaling a five-game losing streak from Oct. 6-17.
Full story here
I don’t think this can be over any quicker for the Canadiens, these 100th season celebrations for the last two seasons have been killers for them.
