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2004–05 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season


NHL hockey team season

FieldValue
LeagueNHL
Season2004–05
year2004
TeamMontreal Canadiens
ConferenceEastern
DivisionNortheast
RecordDid not play
GeneralManagerBob Gainey
CoachClaude Julien
CaptainSaku Koivu
ArenaBell Centre
MinorLeagueHamilton Bulldogs
Long Beach Ice Dogs

Long Beach Ice Dogs The 2004–05 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 96th season, 88th in the National Hockey League (NHL). However, its games were cancelled as the 2004–05 NHL lockout could not be resolved in time. The other 29 teams did not play either due to the labour dispute.

Schedule

The Canadiens preseason and regular season schedules were announced on July 14, 2004.

|- | 1 || September 23 || Tampa Bay Lightning |- | 2 || September 24 || Toronto Maple Leafs |- | 3 || September 26 || Ottawa Senators |- | 4 || September 28 || Boston Bruins |- | 5 || September 29 || @ Boston Bruins |- | 6 || October 2 || Buffalo Sabres |- | 7 || October 5 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs |- | 8 || October 6 || @ Buffalo Sabres |- | 9 || October 9 || @ Ottawa Senators

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Transactions

The Canadiens were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, through February 16, 2005, the day the season was officially cancelled.

Trades

DateDetailsRef
To Montreal CanadiensTo Los Angeles Kings
To Montreal CanadiensTo Los Angeles Kings

Players acquired

DatePlayerFormer teamTermViaRef
Raitis Ivanans
Gavin Morgan
Jean-Philippe Cote
Benoit Dusablon

Players lost

DatePlayerNew teamViaRef
Benoit Gratton
Yanic Perreault
Darren Langdon
Gordie Dwyer
Patrick Traverse
Francois Beauchemin
Jean-Francois Damphousse
Jim Dowd
Jerome Marois
Rene Vydareny
Benoit Dusablon
Eric Fichaud

Signings

DatePlayerTermContract typeRef
Steve Begin
Marcel Hossa
Mike Ribeiro
Niklas Sundstrom
Marc-Andre Thinel
Ron Hainsey
Radek Bonk
Cristobal Huet
Richard Zednik
Andrei Kostitsyn
Cory Urquhart
Sheldon Souray
Corey Locke

Draft picks

The 2004 NHL entry draft was held on June 26 at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was the last NHL event to take place before the beginning of the lockout which cancelled all the games scheduled for the 2004–05 NHL season.

Montreal selected nine players at the 2004 draft:

RoundPickPlayerNationalityPositionCollege/junior/club team
118Kyle ChipchuraCentrePrince Albert Raiders (WHL)
384Alexei EmelinDefenceCSK VVS Samara (Russia)
4100J. T. WymanRight wingDartmouth College (NCAA)
5150Mikhail GrabovskiBelarusCentreNeftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Russia)
6181Loic LacasseGoaltenderBaie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
7212Jon GleedDefenceCornell University (NCAA)
8246Gregory StewartRight wingPeterborough Petes (OHL)
9262Mark StreitDefenceHC Zürich (Switzerland)
9278Alexandre Dulac-LemelinDefenceBaie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)

Notes

References

References

  1. (July 14, 2004). "Canadiens announce 2004-05 schedule".
  2. "Hockey Transactions Search Results". Pro Sports Transactions.
  3. (June 26, 2004). "Habs deal pick, Garon, for Bonk, Huet".
  4. (June 27, 2004). "Quintal traded to Los Angeles".
  5. (July 16, 2004). "Canadiens sign AHL skater Ivanans".
  6. (July 23, 2004). "Habs sign Gavin Morgan, ink Hainsey through 2006".
  7. (August 19, 2004). "Canadiens sign Jean-Philippe Cote".
  8. (August 24, 2004). "Canadiens sign Benoit Dusablon".
  9. {{hockey-reference. g/grattbe01. Benoit Gratton, retrieved April 20, 2022
  10. {{eliteprospects. 8912. Yanic Perreault, retrieved April 20, 2022
  11. (July 1, 2004). "2004 free agents". [[ESPN.com]].
  12. (July 3, 2004). "Devils sign veteran free-agent winger Langdon".
  13. (August 10, 2004). "HURRICANES AGREE TO TERMS WITH FORBES, DWYER". Carolina Hurricanes.
  14. (September 9, 2004). "Stars Sign D-Man Patrick Traverse". Dallas Stars.
  15. (September 14, 2004). "BLUE JACKETS CLAIM DEFENSEMAN FRANCOIS BEAUCHEMIN OFF WAIVERS". Columbus Blue Jackets.
  16. (September 16, 2004). "Jean-François Damphousse avec le RADIO X dimanche vs le Fjord du Saguenay".
  17. {{hockey-reference. d/dowdji01. Jim Dowd, retrieved April 20, 2022
  18. "TRANSACTIONS SAISON 2004-2005".
  19. (July 1, 2008). "2008 NHL Free Agent List".
  20. "RENE VYDARENY".
  21. (January 13, 2005). "Benoit Dusablon retires".
  22. (January 25, 2005). "Éric Fichaud avec le Radio X".
  23. (July 13, 2004). "Habs sign quartet of forwards".
  24. (July 14, 2004). "Habs re-sign Ribeiro, three others".
  25. (July 20, 2004). "TRANSACTIONS".
  26. (July 30, 2004). "Bonk signs three-year deal with Habs".
  27. (August 3, 2004). "Huet signs two-year deal".
  28. (August 4, 2004). "Zednik inks three-year contract".
  29. (August 10, 2004). "Kostitsyn scores three-year deal with Habs".
  30. (September 9, 2004). "Canadiens sign Urquhart".
  31. (September 13, 2004). "Souray inks three-year deal".
  32. (September 15, 2004). "Canadiens ink Locke to three-year deal".
  33. "2004 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". hockeyDB.com.
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