2006-10-29 10:53:09 · 11 answers · asked by RetroDawg 1 in Sports ➔ Hockey
1976-77 Montreal Canadiens. Their record was 60 wins, 8 losses and 12 ties. For a single season they were the most dominating team. No team had 3 defenseman as good as Serge Savard, Larry Robinson and Guy Lapointe at the same time. The Habs could play anyway you wanted to play against them They could outskate you. They could play physical. If you wanted to goon it up against them they could stand up to it. They had 2 of the best defensive and penalty killing forwards in Bob Gainey and Doug Jarvis.
2006-10-29 17:24:31 · answer #1 · answered by brian57 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Montreal Canadiens
1976-77
Montreal proved to be unstoppable in their quest for a second straight Stanley Cup. They won a record 60 games in the regular season, including an incredible 33-1 home record! The playoffs were no different. Montreal rolled over the Bruins in the finals, taking the Cup in a four-game sweep. Guy Lafleur led the playoff-scoring race tallying 26 points in 14 games. Come season end he was awarded the Conn Smythe, Hart, Art Ross and Pearson trophies. Defenseman Larry Robinson won the Norris Trophy, Ken Dryden and Michel Larocque shared the Vezina and coach Scotty Bowman won his first Jack Adams Award.
Key Team Records:
Most Wins: 60 (1976-77)
Most Points: 132 (1976-77 - NHL record)
Most Goals: 387 (1976-77)
Key Individual Records:
Most Goals: 60 (Steve Shutt in 1976-77, Guy Lafleur in 1977-78)
2006-10-29 11:16:16 · answer #2 · answered by al_batros59 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
1976-77 season GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Montreal Canadiens 80 60 8 12 132 387 171 764
2006-10-29 19:00:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Man, there are GREAT answers here tonight, are there not? I can't decide myself but between the 70s and early 80s first the Flyers, the Canadiens, then the Islanders, and then the Oilers, that period must have produced the greatest teams of all time, that was a true Golden Age of Hockey!
There wasn't ONE of those teams that wouldn't have taken today's Stanley Cup Champion Hurricanes out, in four straight!
(Oh, and "statistically speaking" if you LOSE the Stanley Cup, your "statistical ratio" is actuallly 0.0! That IS what its all about......)
2006-10-29 20:11:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lot's of very good answers here that I can agree with, especially the Hab's (who beat my Flyers) and the Isle's (who beat my Flyers). But I was really impressed by the Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup teams (who beat my Flyers). As a fan, my favorite team is the team I followed to the 2nd championship of their history, the 1974-75 Flyers. I can't take credit for the first one, I didn't hear of them until they beat Boston in Game 5.
2006-10-29 13:54:31 · answer #5 · answered by Awesome Bill 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Statistically speaking?
The 1929-30 Boston Bruins, 0.875 Points Pct - but they lost the Cup
The 1943-44 Montreal Canadiens, 0.830 Points Pct, Unbeaten at home (22-0-3)...Cup Winner
2006-10-29 11:51:16 · answer #6 · answered by cyrenaica 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Without a doubt the 95-96 Detroit Redwings...
They had a record of 62 wins 13 losses and 7 ties.
And the Russian 5 were unbelivable to watch:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Five
This is also the same team that scored so many goals on Patrick Roy in Montreal that he ended up being traded to Cololado.
2006-10-29 13:25:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
some rapid examine pronounced the 1974-75 Washington Capitals. curiously Jim Anderson (the coach) could be in tears after each interest, and that they set the checklist for aims allowed in a season with 446, alongside with maximum highway losses, consecutive highway losses, consecutive losses, and lowest quantity of wins via a collection enjoying 70 or greater video games. wow. edit- I dunno in case you have been requesting worst guy or woman group, or worst franchise. in case you have been searching for franchise, my selection may be the Columbus Blue Jackets. They weren't a solid group for an prolonged time. they could be stable this 3 hundred and sixty 5 days, yet they nonetheless havent made the playoffs, so yeah.
2016-10-20 23:34:36 · answer #8 · answered by dampier 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion, the 80-81 Islanders may be the best single season team ever. I'll let you look at the numbers, but here's the names: Bossy, Trottier, Nystrom, Gillies, Smith, Potvin, Tonelli, Bourne, Howatt, Longevin, the list goes on and on....
2006-10-29 11:02:53 · answer #9 · answered by nyctnv 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
1993-94 New York Rangers
2006-10-30 02:46:12 · answer #10 · answered by andjusticeivall 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋