The Montreal Canadiens: Past and Present
The team has been playing very well since its inception. They have played more or less consistently and have earned a lot of distinction. Some of the recent games that they played are: In the 2001-02 season the team won 36 games as against the 82 games that they played. In the 2002-03 season they bagged 30 wins against the 82 games that they played. They finished 4th in the division. In the 2003-04 season, they won 41 games out of a total of 82 games that they played. In the 2005-06 season the team bagged 42 wins out of the 82 games that they played and they ranked 3rd in their division. In the 2006-07 season, the team managed 42 wins against a total of 82 games that they played.
The players of the team are: Guillaume latendresse, Sergei Kostitsyn, Michael ryder, Andrei Kostitsyn, Maxim Lapierre, Alexei Kovalev, Mathieu Dandenault, Steve begin, Christopher Higgins, bryan smolinski, tomas plekanec, saku koivu, tom kostopoulos, andrei markov, Patrice brisebois, Francis bouillon, Roman hamrlik, Mark Streit, Josh gorges, Mike komisarek, Ryan o' Byrne, Carey price and Cristobel huet. The members of the team who have been inducted into the Hall of Fame are: Albert siebert, Didier Pitre, Jack Laviolette, George Hainsworth, Joe Hall, Maurice Richard, Sylvio Mantha, Herb Gardiner, Sprague Cleghorn, Joe Malone, Newsy Lalonde, Aurel Joliat, Georges Vezina and Howie morenz.