Montreal Canadiens

The Montréal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montréal, Québec. The Canadiens are the oldest NHL Franchise, as one of the "Original Six" of the NHL. The Canadiens have won 24 Stanley Cups, the most of any NHL Team. The team last won the Stanley Cup in the 1992-1993 season, the last time any Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup. The Canadiens play in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference at home in the Bell Centre since 1996. Another famous home of the Canadiens (or "Habs" as they are know by their English fans) was the Montréal Forum which was opened in 1924.

Management

The team's Front Office:^[1]

Owner: George N. Gillet Jr., since 2001.

President: Pierre Boivin, since 1999.

General Manager: Bob Gainey, since 2003.

Assistant GM: Pierre Gauthier, since 2003.

Head Coach: Guy Carbonneau, since 2006.

Assistant Coaches: Kirk Muller, Doug Jarvis and Roland Melanson

Roster

Goalkeepers

Defenders

51 Francis Bouillon

71 Patrice Brisebois

71 Mathieu Carle

25 Mathieu Dandenault

26 Josh Gorges

44 Roman Hamrlik

8 Mike Komisarek

79 Andrei Markov

3 Ryan O'Byrne

Mathieu Schneider

68 Yannick Weber

Forwards

22 Steve Begin

28 Kyle Chipchura

36 Matt D'Agostini

21 Christopher Higgins

11 Saku Koivu

46 Andrei Kostitsyn

74 Segei Kostitsyn

6 Tom Kostopoulos

27 Alexei Kovalev

20 Robert Lang

40 Maxim Lapierre

17 Georges Laraque

84 Guillaume Latendresse

67 Max Pacioretty

42 Alexander Perezhogin

14 Tomas Plekanec

13 Alex Tanguay

Season Results

2007-2008

Season	W	L	OTL	PTS	FINISH	GF	GA	HOME	AWAY
Regular^[2]	47	25	10	104	1st, Northeast	262	222	22-13-6	25-12-4
1st Round v. BOS	4	3		8	Won	19	15	1-2	3-1
2nd Round v. PHI	1	4		2	Lost	14	20	1-2	0-2