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This is a full list of ice hockey players who have played for the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL). It includes players that have played at least one regular season or playoff game for the Montreal Canadiens since the team joined the NHL in 1917. Founded in 1909 as one of the founding members of the National Hockey ...
4-time Stanley Cup Champion (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988); NHL all-time points leader; 8-time NHL MVP; Widely considered the greatest ice hockey player of all time [142] 1975: Harry Griffith: Football: Builder: 2-time and inaugural Grey Cup champion as coach of the University of Toronto (1909, 1910) [184] 2015: Phyllis Griffiths: Sport Journalist ...
This is a list of National Hockey League statistical leaders by country of birth, sorted by total points. The top ten players from each country are included. Statistics are current through the end of the 2023–24 NHL season and players currently playing in the National Hockey League are marked in boldface.
Many of Canada's top players were professional, so the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) pushed for the ability to use professional and amateur players. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) refused, and Canada withdrew from the 1972 and 1976 Olympics in protest.
Nicknamed "the Great One", [1] he has been called the greatest ice hockey player ever by the NHL [2] based on surveys of hockey writers, ex-players, general managers and coaches. [3] Gretzky is the leading career goal scorer, assist producer and point scorer in NHL history, [4] and has more career assists than any other player has total points ...
The 4 Nations was a one-off tournament with no past and no future, a trimmed-down version of a World Cup of Hockey staged because the best players in the world waited so long for something of its ...
Sometimes noted as 1962 inductees, the pre-NHL era players were named at the 1962 Hall of Fame luncheon at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), but were inducted one year later, in 1963 at the CNE. [12] [13] [14] 232 of the player inductees are Canadian-born, while 16 European-born players have been inducted. [2]
CAHA president Earl Dawson withdrew the national team from international competitions against European hockey teams until Canada was allowed to use its best players. [10] While boycotting the IIHF, other international competitions were held such as the 1972 Canada–USSR Summit Series and in 1976 the inaugural Canada Cup invitational.