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A look at how Maurice Richard played the game of hockey

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mage source: pinterest.com Self-confessed Montreal Canadiens diehard fan Pietro Triassi of Montreal is a great source of information about anything that has to do with his beloved hockey team. Today, he shares about how Maurice “The Rocket” Richard played the game of hockey. At 18 years of age, while studying to become a machinist at the Montreal Technical School, young Richard played in a number teams, one of which was an amateur club, wherein he scored 133 of the team’s 144 goals. If the concept of a sports phenom was already introduced in his time, he would definitely be its poster child. In 1940, he signed with the Montreal Senior Canadiens, the farm team of the Habs, shares Pietro Triassi of Montreal. His stint was temporary, but his talent did not go unnoticed. He eventually signed with the Montreal Canadiens for the 1942–43 season, the franchise in which he won the Stanley Cup for a total of 8 times. In the 1944–45 NHL season, he scored 50 goals in 50 games, a record he h...
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The Canadiens’ wild finish to the 20th century

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Pietro Triassi is a native of Montreal, Canada. He loves everything about his home city, from its cuisine and culture to its history, especially its sports. Pietro is one of the biggest Montreal Canadiens fans people will ever meet. Image source: seatgeek.com Over the past few months, Pietro Triassi has written and released a number of blogs on the Canadiens to share his passion with everyone. For this blog, he looks back at the wild period from the ‘80s to the ‘90s, a time when the Canadiens experienced some pretty high highs and some incredibly low lows. Before anything, Pietro Triassi reminds everyone that from the ‘40s all the way up to the end of the ‘70s, the Canadiens were constantly a force to be reckoned with, establishing two of the most breathtaking NHL dynasties in that span of time. However, the team struggled to stay consistent in the two decades that followed. While the team still kept their streak of winning the Stanley Cup at least o...
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The Montreal Canadiens’ road back to glory in the ‘70s

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Image source: chicagotribune.com Pietro Triassi loves the  Montreal Canadiens. As a Montreal native himself, he has learned all he can about the beloved Canadian hockey team, and still continues to do so. Over the past few months, Pietro Triassi has started a series of blogs in which he shares his knowledge about the team. Today, he pays homage to Canadiens’ resiliency by blogging about the team’s road back to glory in the ‘70s. When one reads about the domination the Canadiens had on the NFL in the ‘70s, it doesn’t really make sense that, a year before the decade, they missed the playoffs. In the 1969-1970 season, the New York Rangers stole their playoff spot, and for the first time since 1948, the Canadiens would not make it into the post-season. The next season, however, Pietro Triassi says things would change. Al MacNeil used Ken Dryden as the team's starting goaltender in the playoffs. It was a bold move as Dryden, a rookie, had only played in six NHL games u...
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The golden age of the Montreal Canadiens

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Image source: pinterest.com  Pietro Triassi is Montreal native who is an absolute fanatic for the city’s hockey team, the Montreal Canadiens. He always takes the time to write blogs about the organization to share his passion for the team to everyone everywhere.  For today’s blog, Pietro Triassi looks at the golden age of the Canadiens, an age which spanned nearly four decades. The 1940s In the 1940s, the Montreal Canadiens on the strength of their three stars, Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Toe Blake, and Elmer Lach, otherwise known as the "Punch Line," dominated the competition and became champions. The 1950s From 1953 to 1960, the Montreal Canadiens went through their most successful run, winning six Stanley Cups, which included a record of five straight championships from 1955 to 1960. During this time, young talent skated at the core of the team’s success. Among them were Jean Beliveau, Dickie Moore, Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, Doug Harvey,...
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A look at Montreal Canadiens colors

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Pietro Triassi is one of the biggest Montreal Canadiens fans in the world. He loves everything about the organization, from its history to its current line-up.  For today's blog, Pietro Triassi discusses the Montreal Canadiens' colors and uniforms, which he is proud to wear whenever he can. The letters "C" and "H" People first saw the "C" and "H" of the Montreal Canadiens during the 1917-18 season when the team changed its name from Club athlétique Canadien to Club de hockey Canadien. In the mid-20th century, in '52, the letters officially became the logo of the team. Blue, red, and white The blue, red, and white predate even the letters "C" and "H" in Canadiens history, Pietro Triassi notes. The home jersey is mostly red with four white and blue stripes across the arms, chest, and waist. The team's away jersey is predominantly white with a red and blue stripe across the waist. There are also r...
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5 moments that will live forever in the hearts of Montreal Canadiens fans

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Image source: cbc.ca If you watch every highlight reel ever made by fans or professionals, there are several moments that gets repeated in these clips. But for a team like the Montreal Canadiens, this might be impossible given the team’s illustrious history and the fact that a lot of the great moments were not shown on TV. But what fans have seen so far is still worth celebrating. Long-time Canadiens fan Pietro Triassi of Montreal City shares the 5 moments that will live forever in the hearts of Montreal Canadiens fans. Passing the torch For 72 years, the Montreal Canadiens called The Montreal Forum their home. Here, they won over 1,500 matches and 22 Stanley Cups. But after a 4-1 win against the Dallas Stars in 1996, the team bid farewell to the stadium in a Passing the Torch ceremony led by former team captains like Emile Bouchard to Maurice Richard himself. 5-peat In 1960, the Canadiens had a chance to win their 5th Stanley Cup in a row. But standing in their way in the finals was ...
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Premiere Rival: Some facts about Wayne Gretzky

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The Montreal Canadiens have a lot to celebrate, what with their clear domination in the sport of hockey. While it has always been fun for Montreal fans to cheer on when players from their fold are able to achieve great things, they also appreciate their rivals who made the game much more exciting. Pietro Triassi of Montreal shares come facts about hockey’s GOAT, Wayne Gretzky. 1. Wayne Gretzky remains as the only NHL player to garner over 200 points in a single season. In the NHL, when a player scores a goal, he gets a point. When the player assists on a goal, he is also awarded a point for it. Gretzky was a good scorer and passer, which made him rack up the many points under his name.  2. Wayne Gretzky is the most illustrious MVP to ever have won the award in any major sport. With 9 MVP awards under his belt, no other athlete has matched his greatness even in other leagues like the National Basketball Association, the National Football League, and even Major League Baseba...
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