Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Pure Dominance

The 1976/77 Montreal Canadiens - From 1976 to 1979, the Montreal Canadiens won four consecutive Stanley Cups while enjoying some of the greatest regular-season results in NHL history. The Montreal Canadiens best season during this four year stretch was 1976/77, when Montreal went 60w-8l-12t for an NHL record 132 points. The Canadiens were dominant on offense, defense and in goal. Guy Lafleur won both the Art Ross and Hart trophies, Larry Robinson won the Norris trophy, and Ken Dryden along with Bunny Larocque shared the Vezina trophy. Lafleur, Robinson, Dryden and teammate Steve Shutt were selected to the First All-Star Team and Guy Lapointe was selected to the Second All-Star Team.