2008-09

Montreal Canadiens

2nd place, Northeast Division
lost conference quarterfinals

The Canadiens began their centennial celebration by unveiling several vintage jerseys they would wear over the next pair of seasons. For 2008-09, they wore replicas of jerseys worn in (top to bottom in the left margin) 1945-46, 1915-16 and 1912-13. Each jersey was to be worn twice during the season, but for some unknown reason, the 1912-13 jersey was only worn once -- on February 1st, a 3-1 loss to the Boston Bruins. They also used their regular road (white) jersey for a pair of home games in their centennial celebration, passing them off as 1970-71 jerseys (although there are some significant differences between the two). They will wear jerseys from 1909-10 and 1910-11 in the 2009-10 season. They also introduced two centennial patches -- the one on the left above was worn on their regular jerseys; the one on the right was worn on their vintage jerseys. Also, since the Canadiens hosted the 2009 All-Star Game, they wore the All-Star Game patch on their regular jerseys (in Français, mind you).