Rookie Goalie Jakub Dobes Helps Montreal Canadiens Make Playoff Push
The Montreal Canadiens have a great history of rookie goaltenders changing their franchise's fortunes. Could Jakub Dobes be ...
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Dryden recalls MacNeil making him Canadiens starter for 1970-71 playoffs
Canadiens coach Al MacNeil behind his team’s Montreal Forum bench during a 1971 game. MacNeil died on Sunday at age 89. The native of Sydney, Nova Scotia won the Stanley Cup three times with the ...
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Al MacNeil, who coached Canadiens to '71 Stanley Cup title, dies at 89
He was a first-year coach of the Canadiens when the team won the Stanley Cup in 1971. MacNeil was Montreal's director of player personnel for Stanley Cup wins in 1978 and 1979. MacNeil won three ...
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MacNeil dies at 89, won Stanley Cup 3 times with Canadiens as coach, executive
Al MacNeil, who rode turbulent waves to coach the Montreal Canadiens to the 1971 Stanley Cup championship in a great upset, died Sunday surrounded by family in a Calgary hospital. He was 89.