Pietro Triassi Montreal

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...

Montreal native Pietro Triassi is all about the Montreal Canadiens. He has even started a limited series of blogs on the famed Canadian hockey team. Today’s blog looks back at the franchise’s early years. Image source: nhl.com Image source: Wikipedia.org The Canadiens were a charter member of the National Hockey Association, which was the earlier version of the National Hockey League. The team was founded on Dec. 4, 1909, by J. Ambrose O’Brien. It was part of the francophone community in Montreal and had francophone players. In its first season, the team placed dead last. Following that dismal debut, George Kennedy took over as owner, and the Canadiens drastically improved their showing. In just a span of a few years, in the 1915-1916 season, the team won its first Stanley Cup. The season after, the Canadiens and four other NHA teams formed the NHL. In the 1923-1924 season, the Canadiens won their first NHL Stanley Cup under the leadership of Howie Morenz. ...