Canadiens to retire three more jerseys
Oct 14, 2005 11:48:27 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2005 11:48:27 GMT -5
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The Montreal Canadiens on Saturday will unveil the names of the three players who will see their sweater retired during the 2005-06 season.
The unveiling is part of the activities leading to the Club's Centennial in 2009.
Over the next four seasons the team will retire a series of numbers to mark the 100-year anniversary.
The select group of players whose numbers have already been raised to the Bell Centre rafters include Howie Morenz (No. 7 – retired Nov. 2, 1937), Maurice Richard (No. 9 – retired Oct. 6, 1960), Jean Beliveau (No. 4 – retired Oct. 9, 1971), Henri Richard (No. 16 – retired Dec. 10, 1975), Guy Lafleur (No. 10 – retired Feb. 16, 1985), Doug Harvey (No. 2 – retired Oct. 26, 1985), and Jacques Plante (No. 1 – retired Oct. 7, 1995).
With the possible exception of the New York Yankees, no North American sports team has had as storied and as successful a history as the Canadiens, the oldest team in professional hockey.
The Canadiens have won 24 Stanley Cups and have the most individuals in the Hockey Hall of Fame, with forty-one members inducted since the Hall was built in 1961.
The Montreal Canadiens on Saturday will unveil the names of the three players who will see their sweater retired during the 2005-06 season.
The unveiling is part of the activities leading to the Club's Centennial in 2009.
Over the next four seasons the team will retire a series of numbers to mark the 100-year anniversary.
The select group of players whose numbers have already been raised to the Bell Centre rafters include Howie Morenz (No. 7 – retired Nov. 2, 1937), Maurice Richard (No. 9 – retired Oct. 6, 1960), Jean Beliveau (No. 4 – retired Oct. 9, 1971), Henri Richard (No. 16 – retired Dec. 10, 1975), Guy Lafleur (No. 10 – retired Feb. 16, 1985), Doug Harvey (No. 2 – retired Oct. 26, 1985), and Jacques Plante (No. 1 – retired Oct. 7, 1995).
With the possible exception of the New York Yankees, no North American sports team has had as storied and as successful a history as the Canadiens, the oldest team in professional hockey.
The Canadiens have won 24 Stanley Cups and have the most individuals in the Hockey Hall of Fame, with forty-one members inducted since the Hall was built in 1961.