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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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The Montreal Canadiens' roller coaster final two decades of the 20th century

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Image source: nhl.com It’s no secret that Pietro Triassi is a huge Montreal Canadiens fan. He has cheered for the team since he was a kid, and today, Pietro shares his passion with people online through the series of blogs he releases. On this blog, Pietro looks back at the roller coaster final two decades of the previous century wherein the Canadiens experienced some of the best and some of their worst years. While many sportswriters and Canadiens fans regarded the 1940s up to the end of the 1970s as the greatest decades in franchise history, the team struggled to stay consistent in the 20 years that followed. Image source: seatgeek.com Although the team still kept their streak of winning the Stanley Cup at least once a decade with titles in 1986 in 1993, many thanks to their legendary goaltender Patrick Roy, they still paled in comparison to the success the team had in the '70s, which had rocketed expectations. To compound matters, Patrick Roy left the team...
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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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