The Montreal Canadiens’ road back to glory in the ‘70s
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...