The 1993 Canadiens by K P Wee

The 1993 Canadiens by K P Wee

Never to be confused with any previous Montreal Canadien Flying Frenchmen juggernauts who dominated the NHL between the 1950s and 1970s, the 1992-93 Canadiens, whose lone superstar was future Hall-of-Fame goaltender Patrick Roy, were essentially a nondescript team coming off an embarrassing second-round playoff series sweep against the Boston Bruins the previous spring.

Yet these Habs, led by the goaltending of Roy and with timely goals from various unlikely heroes, stunned the hockey world by winning a record 10 consecutive playoff overtime games over a magical seven-week run during the spring of 1993. Montreal ultimately captured hockey's ultimate prize that June--the 24th championship in franchise history--in the last Stanley Cup Finals series ever played at the venerable Montreal Forum.

While the Canadiens had veteran presence in Kirk Muller, Vincent Damphousse, Brian Bellows, Denis Savard and Guy Carbonneau, Montreal might not have won the Cup without unlikely heroes like Gilbert Dionne, Stephan Lebeau and Paul DiPietro scoring goals in the clutch. Others such as Gary Leeman and Mario Roberge, despite not always being in the lineup, contributed in ways that didn't necessarily show up on the scoresheet. And behind the bench, while Jacques Demers made all the right moves that spring, he isn't even considered today among the top 50 coaches of all-time.

More than a quarter century later, these Habs remain the last Canadian-based team to win the Cup--and in The 1993 Canadiens: Seven Magical Weeks, Unlikely Heroes and Canada's Last Stanley Cup Champions, K. P. Wee relives the story of this incredible season.

K. P. Wee is the author of multiple sports books, including Tom Candiotti: A Life of Knuckleballs (2014), The End of the Montreal Jinx: Boston's Short-Lived Glory in the Historic Bruins-Canadiens Rivalry (2015), and Don't Blame the Knuckleballer: Baseball Legends, Myths, and Stories (2015). He was a media relations assistant for the Vancouver Canadians Baseball Club and hosted a radio show every week in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781626015463
ISBN 10	1626015465
Title	The 1993 Canadiens
Author	K P Wee
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Riverdale Avenue Books
Year published	2020-01-26
Number of pages	320
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.