Montreal Canadiens Assistant Captains

Brendan gallagher was added to the habs leadership group on the same day max pacioretty was named.

Montreal canadiens assistant captains.

Steve shutt 1976 77 guy lafleur 1977 78 60. Subban andrei markov max pacioretty and tomas plekanec are the montreal canadiens new assistant captains for the 2014 2015 nhl season. The next shortest tenured captains are buffalo s jack eichel florida s aleksander barkov montreal s shea weber and the new york islanders anders lee who are all entering their second season. 3449 2281 837 164 7899 points all time goals leader.

Brendan gallagher promoted to assistant captain of montreal canadiens. Team canada defenseman is one of three assistants to captain dillon dube at this. Currently yvan cournoyer is an official ambassador to the montreal canadiens. He later went on to give coaching a go and coached the montreal roadrunners roller hockey during the 1994 95 season.

25 23 stanley cups playoff record. The founders named the team les canadiens a term identified at the time. Ambrose o brien on december 4 1909 as a charter member of the national hockey association the forerunner to the national hockey league it was to be the team of the francophone community in montreal composed of francophone players and under francophone ownership as soon as possible. Two seasons later he was an assistant coach of the canadiens for the 1996 97 season.

The letter once sewn on the sweater is a monogram of symbolic importance reflecting much more than a simple paragraph in the nhl rulebook. The canadiens were founded by j. The canadiens captains have always been men who put themselves above the fray ready and willing to do anything necessary to motivate their troops.