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

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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 until that point. He would go on to win the Conn Smythe Trophy, leading the team through series after series.

After some controversy with Canadiens management, MacNeil would replaced by the hockey genius Scotty Bowman, who coached the Canadiens to a staggering five Stanley Cups in eight seasons, with four of those being in consecutive years.

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