The Montreal Canadiens Goalies with the most wins ever
In a hundred years the Habs have had some of the greatest goalies to ever skate on the ice in front of the goal. Who was the greatest to ever don a Canadiens Jersey? Was it Vezina? Roy? Plante? Hainsworth? Dryden?
This is a argument that could go on forever. Each generation of Habs fans thinks they have seen the greatest. All we can do is compare statistics for the game has changed from Vezina's day to the present. It is a very different game than it was 100 years ago so how can you compare. Originally the goal tender had to stay on their feet while protecting the goal. Nowadays they lay across the opening blocking shots. Its very, very different.
So, here is the list of the top winning goalies for the Montreal Canadiens. For what it is worth I personally think George Hainsworth was probably the best ever. But, that is my own opinion. What is yours?
WINS | ||
1 | Jacques Plante | 312 |
2 | Patrick Roy | 289 |
3 | Ken Dryden | 258 |
4 | Bill Durnan | 208 |
5 | George Hainsworth | 167 |
6 | Michel Larocque | 144 |
7 | José Théodore | 124 |
8 | Gerry McNeil | 119 |
9 | Charlie Hodge | 117 |
10 | Rogatien Vachon | 110 |
11 | Georges Vézina | 103 |
12 | Lorne Worsley | 92 |
13 | Wilf Cude | 82 |
14 | Rick Wamsley | 72 |
15 | Brian Hayward | 71 |
16 | Jocelyn Thibault | 67 |
Richard Sevigny | 67 |
As you can see,
the man who put the goalie mask on the map of respectability is the top
winner in Canadiens history. Below is a picture of Jacques Plante the
winningest Goal Tender in Canadiens History.