The Hawks repeated their appearance in Cup Final that year, however, again losing to Montreal.

* Paul Pilgrim won both the 400 and 800 metres, a feat that was first repeated during Montreal 1976 by Alberto Juantorena.

Three years later Arcand repeated this award-garnering performance with his widely acclaimed 1989 film Jésus de Montréal ( Jesus of Montreal ) winning the same three Genie awards, plus the " Jury Prize " at Cannes.

On the road to their third consecutive Memorial Cup appearance, St. Michael's repeated their sweep of the Galt Black Hawks in the OHA finals from two 1945, and the previous year's sweep on the Montreal Jr. Canadiens in the eastern finals.

( February 23, 1680 – March 7, 1767 ) was a colonizer, born in Montreal, Quebec and an early, repeated governor of French Louisiana, appointed 4 separate times during 1701-1743.

In 2002, the team was nearly disbanded when Major League Baseball selected the Twins and the Montreal Expos ( now the Washington Nationals franchise ) for elimination due to their financial weakness relative to other franchises in the league.

On May 5, 1978, Rose became the 13th player in major league history to collect his 3, 000th career hit, with a single off Montreal Expos pitcher Steve Rogers.

The Toronto franchise was the AL's attempt to compete with the National League's Montreal Expos while the Mariners were added in an attempt to settle a pending $ 90 million lawsuit against the league by the city of Seattle over the quick departure of the Pilots in 1970.

On October 11, 1967, league president Clarence Campbell and McGregor jointly dropped the ceremonial first puck of the Penguins opening home game against the Montreal Canadiens.

Sweetland and Ross also believed that the AHAC was the top league, and as first place finishers in the AHAC, Montreal was the best team in Canada.

The Montreal Victorias had won the league title and thus the Stanley Cup, but the challenge match was between the previous year's champion, Montreal HC, and the university squad.

One year later, the Montreal HC and the Montreal Victorias, the two remaining amateur teams, left the ECAHA, and the ECAHA dropped " Amateur " from their name to become a professional league.

In his career, Stairs played for more major-league teams than any position player in major league history ( 12 ( technically 13 teams but 12 franchises as he played for the Montreal Expos and Washington Nationals ); Octavio Dotel holds the record for pitchers and all players at 13 ).

* December 2 — The Montreal Wanderers form the National Hockey Association ( NHA ) with the Renfrew Creamery Kings, Cobalt Silver Kings and Haileybury Comets of the Temiscaming league.

* July 28-Dennis Martinez of the Montreal Expos pitches the 13th perfect game in major league history, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0.

* 8 December — world's first championship ice hockey league, the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada ( AHAC ) is formed at a meeting in Montreal

This left the two remaining teams, Montreal and Ottawa, to play a playoff for the league championship.

The trophy was accepted by the league at its May 15, 1927 meeting in Montreal.

The Montreal Gazette and The Globe and Mail reported that it was ' to be awarded each year to the goalkeeper in the National Hockey League having the best ( goals against ) average ,' while the Toronto Star reported that the trophy went to the ' most valuable ' goaltender in the league.

The score shattered league records for total goals in a game with 49, and Montreal set a new mark for goals by one team.

* Ethan Moreau, a former major league hockey player and current scout for the Montreal Canadiens.

Doby heard of Jackie Robinson's minor league contract deal with the Montreal Royals of the International League from his base on Ulithi listening to Armed Forces Radio.

After retiring as a player, Doby became a scout with the Montreal Expos in 1969 and served as a minor league instructor with the organization in 1970.

When the A-League became the USL First Division in 2005, the league comprised 12 teams: Atlanta Silverbacks, Charleston Battery, Minnesota Thunder, Montreal Impact, Portland Timbers, Puerto Rico Islanders, Richmond Kickers, Rochester Raging Rhinos, Seattle Sounders, Toronto Lynx, Vancouver Whitecaps and Virginia Beach Mariners.

Rider fans have been referred to as the best fans in the league and were ranked the rowdiest fans of any sports team in Canada by MSN Sports, ranking ahead of the Canada men's national junior ice hockey team and the Montreal Canadiens.

Because of the season-ending 1994-95 MLBPA strike where the season was abandoned without official league champions, the game featured the " unofficial " league champions, the managers of the clubs leading their respective leagues ' won-loss records, Buck Showalter of the New York Yankees and Felipe Alou of the Montreal Expos for the All-Star Game.

The Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, which later became more famously known as the Stanley Cup, was first awarded in 1893 to the Montreal HC, champions of the AHAC.

In 1976 and 1977, the Islanders were knocked out in the semifinals by eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Montreal Canadiens.

Sweetland and Ross first presented the trophy in 1893 to the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association on behalf of the affiliated Montreal Hockey Club, the champions of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada ( AHAC ), since they " defeated all comers during the late season, including the champions of the Ontario Association " ( Ottawa ).

The trustees decided that if the Montreal HC won the challenge match, the Victorias would become the Stanley Cup champions.

The Montreal HC won the match 5 – 1 and their cross-town rivals were crowned the champions.

After two first-round exits at the hands of the eventual champions from Montreal in 1959 and 1960, it was expected that the Canadiens would once again beat the Hawks when they met in the semifinals in 1961.

* March 7-The Montreal Victorias are the 1896 AHAC season champions.

* January 10-Ottawa Hockey Club defeats the Montreal Hockey Club 4 – 3 to become Amateur Hockey Association of Canada ( AHAC ) champions

The Argos then headed down the 401 to face the league-leading Montreal Alouettes in the Eastern Final, losing to the eventual Grey Cup champions 35 – 18 in front of a boisterous sell-out crowd at Olympic Stadium.

As a result, the Phillies were named NL East champions for the first half of the season, however, they lost to the second half champion Montreal Expos in the 1981 National League Division Series.

The Whalers then pushed the division finals to seven games, losing the final game 2 – 1 in overtime to the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Montreal Canadiens.

Montreal defended the Cup in its first challenge as champions in December 1906.

The Allan Cup was donated in early 1909 by Montreal businessman and Montreal Amateur Athletic Association president Sir H. Montagu Allan to be presented to the amateur champions of Canada.

The trophy was originally presented to the Victoria Hockey Club of Montreal, members of the IPAHU, to award to the champions of the IPAHU.

The other clubs, most specifically Ottawa, then the Stanley Cup champions, wanted to only play at the Montreal Arena.

They would attempt to repeat as champions in 1926 but they were unsuccessful as they lost the final series to the NHL's Montreal Maroons.

The 1893 champion of the league, Montreal Hockey Club was the first winner of the Stanley Cup, who were awarded the Cup as the champions of the AHAC since the AHAC was considered the top league of Canada.

Expectations were high for the defending Stanley Cup champions, but Montreal's other NHL team, the Montreal Maroons, were too strong for Victoria handily beating them three games to one and out scoring them 10 to 3.