By the fall of 1917, a dispute between Eddie Livingstone, owner of the Blueshirts, and the owners of the NHA's other four clubs — the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators and Quebec Bulldogs had come to a boil.

In 1935, Leo Dandurand, owner of the Montreal Canadiens sells the team to Canadian Arena Company, ( Ernest Savard, Louis Gelinas and Maurice Forget ) who also owned the Montreal Maroons for $ 165, 000.

The Bulldogs, along with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers and Ottawa Senators, soon had their fill of Toronto Blueshirts owner Eddie Livingstone's acrimonious dealings.

George Kennedy, owner of the Canadiens, would later say:

Chairman Joey Saputo held talks with George Gillett ( former owner of Montreal Canadiens and co-owner of Liverpool F. C.

A friend of Léo Dandurand, the owner of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League, refereed the game and told Dandurand how good Morenz was.

In 1911 National Hockey Association ( NHA ) owner Ambrose O ' Brien, who had operated four franchises including Cobalt, Haileybury, Montreal Canadiens and Renfrew decided not to operate hockey franchises any longer.

George Kennedy, owner of the Montreal Canadiens, threatened to have Ottawa thrown out of the league.

* Ambrose O ' Brien ( 1885 – 1968 ), founding owner of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team

However, when Maple Leafs owner Harold Ballard learned of the plan to feature both teams, he refused permission to use the Leafs insignia unless plans for the Canadiens mural were scrapped.

In response, Canadiens owner Geoff Molson promised that Cunneyworth's permanent replacement must be bilingual.

With the formation of the National Hockey Association ( NHA ) in December 1909, ( replaced 7 years later by the NHL ), team / league owner Ambrose O ' Brien asked Laviolette to put together a team made up of French Canadian players to play as the " Les Canadiens " franchise in Montreal.

He was the owner and coach of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team in the National Hockey League ( NHL ).

He was a founder of the National Hockey Association ( NHA ), owner of the Renfrew Millionaires and the founding owner of the Montreal Canadiens professional ice hockey team.

After the season, he was sued by George W. Kendall ( Kennedy ) owner of the Club athlétique Canadien, claiming the legal rights to the Canadiens name.

He was fired after a dispute with Canadiens ' owner Leo Dandurand after leading the Canadiens to first place in the 1931 – 32 season, but after Dandurand and Joseph Cattarinich sold the Canadiens to Ernest Savard and Maurice Forget of the Canadian Arena Company, the Canadiens hit bottom in 1935 – 36.

and NASCAR auto-racing team Richard Petty Motorsports, and former owner of the Montreal Canadiens, Miami Dolphins and the Harlem Globetrotters

The following year Montcalm with a huge force of 7200 French and Canadiens and 2400 Native Americans laid siege to Fort William Henry on the southern shores of Lake George and after three weeks of fighting the British commander Monroe surrendered Montcalm gave him honorable terms to return to England and not to fight for 18 months.

2800 French and Canadiens and 700 Native Americans led by Baron Dieskau ( Military commander of New France ) at the Battle of Lake George.

The company owns 20 % of the Montreal Canadiens with the Molson family owning the other 80 %, having purchased the shares from Colorado's George Gillett in 2009.

The success of the Canadiens was underscored during the French and Indian War by George Washington's defeat at Great Meadows and Edward Braddock's embarrassment at the Monongahela River.

On June 20, 2009, the brothers Geoff Molson, Andrew Molson, and Eric Molson announced the purchase of 80. 1 % of the Montreal Canadiens from Colorado businessman George Gillett.

The Montreal Canadiens are taken over by George Kennedy's Club Athletique Canadien after threatening legal action.

The inaugural winner of the trophy was Vézina's successor in goal for the Canadiens, George Hainsworth.

The first NHL penalty shot was awarded to the Montreal Canadiens ' Armand Mondou on November 10, 1934 ; he was stopped by the Toronto Maple Leafs ' George Hainsworth.

The November 10, 1917 annual meeting of the NHA was presided over by Mr. Calder, attended by Martin Rosenthal and E. P Dey for Ottawa ; Sam Lichtenheim for the Wanderers ; George Kennedy for the Canadiens and M. J. Quinn and Charles Freemont for Quebec.

George Robert Ramage ( born January 11, 1959 ) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, Minnesota North Stars, Tampa Bay Lightning, Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers.

George Hainsworth ( June 26, 1895 – October 9, 1950 ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League, and the Saskatoon Crescents in the Western Canada Hockey League.

Other books quote O ' Brien as selling the Canadiens to George Kennedy, leaving the case of which franchise was sold in dispute.

Gerald George McNeil ( April 17, 1926 – June 17, 2004 ) was a professional ice hockey goaltender who won two Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens in the 1950s.

The Montreal Canadiens, last place finishers in 1925 – 26, solved their goaltending woes by signing George Hainsworth.

A company of colonial militia from Virginia under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George Washington, and a small number of Mingo warriors led by Tanacharison ( also known as " Half King "), ambushed a force of 35 Canadiens under the command of Joseph Coulon de Villiers de Jumonville.

On November 2, 1921, Dandurand and his partners, Joseph Cattarinich and Louis Letourneau, purchased the Montreal Canadiens hockey club from the widow of George Kennedy for $ 11, 000.

Lecours was the president of the L ' Association athletique d ' amateurs le National in 1910 when the Club Athletique-Canadien, owned George Kennedy purchased the Montreal Canadiens professional ice hockey team.

George Hainsworth, Canadiens goaltender, set an NHL record that remained unmatched through the 2010-11 season of 22 shutouts and a 0. 92 goals against average.

Selke and Smythe clashed when Selke traded Frank Eddolls to the Montreal Canadiens for the rights to Ted Kennedy in 1943.

After a stellar junior hockey career, Kennedy first came to the attention of the Montreal Canadiens and attended their training camp while still in high school.

The first team to approach Kennedy was the NHL's Montreal Canadiens, although for Kennedy " It was a boyhood dream to play for Toronto.

Upon arriving in Montreal, foreshadowing future troubles, Kennedy discovered there was no one from the Canadiens to greet him at the train.

At the end of the season, in early February 1943, in spite of his having abandoned the Royals, Montreal scout Gus Ogilvie was sent to induce Kennedy to sign a contract with the promise that if he signed he would finish the season with the Canadiens in the NHL.

Kennedy had impressed the Leaf coaches, but his rights were still " officially " owned by the Montreal Canadiens.

In 2001, Sports Illustrated writer and Montreal native, Michael Farber, included the Kennedy trade for Eddolls as one of " the five darkest days " in Montreal Canadiens ' history.

" Kennedy said that the 1945 upset of the Canadiens was the peak event of his career.

However, with his entire team either hospitalized or confined to bed, Kennedy announced he was forfeiting the game — and the Cup — to the Canadiens.

Thereafter Lalonde had two fine years, but after the Kennedy estate sold the Canadiens to Leo Dandurand, his clashes with the new ownership affected his play to the point where he left the team for four games, and he was relegated to reserve duty amidst the boos of the fans.