The Montreal Canadiens have a long history of great players suiting up for them. Many of the all time greats in hockey history played for the Canadiens and took home individual awards and won multiple Stanley Cup titles.
The best players in the history of the franchise are entered into the team’s Ring of Honor as recognition of their great accomplishments in the NHL. The Canadiens last added Guy Carbonneau to the Ring of Honor in 2019 after he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame earlier that season.
The next, and 60th person, to be enshrined in the Canadiens Ring of Honor will be Pierre Turgeon.
Turgeon played only one full season in Montreal, and parts of three different seasons, but he was quite good in a short time with the Habs. His only full season saw him score 38 goals and 96 points in 1995-96 and we have not seen anyone top that mark with the Habs since.
He also served as the team’s captain that season and was in that role when the Canadiens played their final game ever at the Montreal Forum as well as their first game at the Bell Centre (then Molson Centre) the following season.
He played just 104 career games with the Canadiens, scoring 50 goals and 127 points in that time. His 1.22 points per game only trails Newsy Lalonde and Guy Lafleur in Canadiens franchise history.
While Turgeon is being added to the Ring of Honor due to his Hockey Hall of Fame nod which was mostly due to his performance elsewhere, he did play great for the Habs for a short period of time.
He will be entered into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 13th, and then be added to the Canadiens Ring of Honor a day later, on November 14th before the Habs face the Calgary Flames at the Bell Centre.
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