2004–05 Montreal Canadiens season

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2004–05 Montreal Canadiens
DivisionNortheast
ConferenceEastern
2004–05 recordDid not play
Team information
General managerBob Gainey
CoachClaude Julien
CaptainSaku Koivu
ArenaBell Centre
Minor league affiliate(s)Hamilton Bulldogs
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[edit]

The Canadiens preseason and regular season schedules were announced on July 14, 2004.[1]

2004–05 schedule
Preseason
Game Date Opponent
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
Regular season
Game Date Opponent
1 October 13 @ Ottawa Senators
2 October 16 Philadelphia Flyers
3 October 19 Pittsburgh Penguins
4 October 21 @ Washington Capitals
5 October 23 Toronto Maple Leafs
6 October 26 Carolina Hurricanes
7 October 28 @ Philadelphia Flyers
8 October 30 Atlanta Thrashers
9 November 3 @ Florida Panthers
10 November 5 @ Carolina Hurricanes
11 November 6 @ St. Louis Blues
12 November 9 Washington Capitals
13 November 12 @ Ottawa Senators
14 November 13 Ottawa Senators
15 November 16 Boston Bruins
16 November 17 @ Pittsburgh Penguins
17 November 20 New York Rangers
18 November 24 @ New York Islanders
19 November 26 @ Buffalo Sabres
20 November 27 Boston Bruins
21 November 30 Minnesota Wild
22 December 3 @ New Jersey Devils
23 December 4 @ Boston Bruins
24 December 8 @ Florida Panthers
25 December 9 @ Tampa Bay Lightning
26 December 11 @ Toronto Maple Leafs
27 December 14 Tampa Bay Lightning
28 December 17 @ New Jersey Devils
29 December 18 New Jersey Devils
30 December 21 Buffalo Sabres
31 December 22 @ Buffalo Sabres
32 December 29 @ Vancouver Canucks
33 December 31 @ Calgary Flames
34 January 1 @ Edmonton Oilers
35 January 4 Pittsburgh Penguins
36 January 6 @ Boston Bruins
37 January 8 Florida Panthers
38 January 10 @ New York Rangers
39 January 11 Carolina Hurricanes
40 January 15 Dallas Stars
41 January 17 @ Nashville Predators
42 January 19 @ Colorado Avalanche
43 January 22 Toronto Maple Leafs
44 January 24 Atlanta Thrashers
45 January 26 @ Columbus Blue Jackets
46 January 28 @ Washington Capitals
47 January 29 New York Rangers
48 February 1 Boston Bruins
49 February 3 San Jose Sharks
50 February 5 Los Angeles Kings
51 February 6 New York Islanders
52 February 8 Vancouver Canucks
53 February 10 @ Boston Bruins
54 February 15 Philadelphia Flyers
55 February 17 Edmonton Oilers
56 February 19 Ottawa Senators
57 February 20 @ Philadelphia Flyers
58 February 22 New York Islanders
59 February 24 Florida Panthers
60 February 26 Buffalo Sabres
61 February 27 @ Pittsburgh Penguins
62 March 2 @ Chicago Blackhawks
63 March 3 @ Detroit Red Wings
64 March 5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs
65 March 8 Washington Capitals
66 March 11 @ New York Islanders
67 March 12 Buffalo Sabres
68 March 15 @ Ottawa Senators
69 March 17 @ Carolina Hurricanes
70 March 19 Anaheim Mighty Ducks
71 March 21 Phoenix Coyotes
72 March 23 @ Atlanta Thrashers
73 March 24 @ Tampa Bay Lightning
74 March 26 Calgary Flames
75 March 28 @ New York Rangers
76 March 29 Tampa Bay Lightning
77 March 31 Toronto Maple Leafs
78 April 2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs
79 April 4 New Jersey Devils
80 April 6 @ Atlanta Thrashers
81 April 8 @ Buffalo Sabres
82 April 9 Ottawa Senators

Transactions[edit]

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 2004–05 season was officially cancelled.[2]

Trades[edit]

Date Details Ref
June 26, 2004 To Montreal Canadiens
Radek Bonk
Cristobal Huet 		To Los Angeles Kings
Mathieu Garon
3rd-round pick in 2004 		[3]
June 27, 2004 To Montreal Canadiens
Future considerations 		To Los Angeles Kings
Stephane Quintal 		[4]

Players acquired[edit]

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 16, 2004 (2004-07-16) Raitis Ivanans Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) 2-year Free agency [5]
July 23, 2004 (2004-07-23) Gavin Morgan Dallas Stars 1-year Free agency [6]
August 19, 2004 (2004-08-19) Jean-Philippe Cote Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) 2-year Free agency [7]
August 24, 2004 (2004-08-24) Benoit Dusablon New York Rangers 1-year Free agency [8]

Players lost[edit]

Date Player New team Via[a] Ref
June 9, 2004 (2004-06-09) Benoit Gratton HC Lugano (NLA) Free agency (VI) [10]
July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01) Yanic Perreault[b] Contract expiration (III) [9]
July 3, 2004 (2004-07-03) Darren Langdon New Jersey Devils Free agency (III) [12]
August 11, 2004 (2004-08-11) Gordie Dwyer Carolina Hurricanes Free agency (UFA) [13]
September 9, 2004 (2004-09-09) Patrick Traverse Dallas Stars Free agency (UFA) [14]
September 14, 2004 (2004-09-14) Francois Beauchemin Columbus Blue Jackets Waivers [15]
September 16, 2004 (2004-09-16) Jean-Francois Damphousse Quebec RadioX (LNAH) Free agency (UFA) [16]
October 1, 2004 (2004-10-01) Jim Dowd Hamburg Freezers (DEL) Free agency (III) [17]
October 6, 2004 (2004-10-06) Jerome Marois Trois-Rivieres Caron & Guay (LNAH) Free agency (UFA) [18]
November 13, 2004 (2004-11-13) Rene Vydareny HC Slovan Bratislava (SVK) Free agency (II)[c] [20]
January 13, 2005 (2005-01-13) Benoit Dusablon Retirement [21]
January 25, 2005 (2005-01-25) Eric Fichaud Quebec RadioX (LNAH) Free agency (UFA) [22]

Signings[edit]

Date Player Term Contract type Ref
July 14, 2004 (2004-07-14) Steve Begin 2-year[d] Re-signing [23]
Marcel Hossa 1-year Re-signing [23]
Mike Ribeiro 1-year Re-signing [23]
Niklas Sundstrom 2-year Re-signing [23][24]
July 19, 2004 (2004-07-19) Marc-Andre Thinel 1-year Re-signing [25]
July 23, 2004 (2004-07-23) Ron Hainsey 2-year Re-signing [6]
July 30, 2004 (2004-07-30) Radek Bonk 3-year Re-signing [26]
August 3, 2004 (2004-08-03) Cristobal Huet 2-year Re-signing [27]
August 4, 2004 (2004-08-04) Richard Zednik 3-year Re-signing [28]
August 10, 2004 (2004-08-10) Andrei Kostitsyn 3-year Entry-level [29]
September 9, 2004 (2004-09-09) Cory Urquhart 3-year Entry-level [30]
September 13, 2004 (2004-09-13) Sheldon Souray 3-year Re-signing [31]
September 15, 2004 (2004-09-15) Corey Locke 3-year Entry-level [32]

Draft picks[edit]

The 2004 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 26 at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.[33] 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:

Round Pick Player Nationality Position College/junior/club team
1 18 Kyle Chipchura  Canada Centre Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
3 84 Alexei Emelin  Russia Defence CSK VVS Samara (Russia)
4 100 J. T. Wyman  United States Right Wing Dartmouth College (NCAA)
5 150 Mikhail Grabovski  Belarus Centre Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Russia)
6 181 Loic Lacasse  Canada Goaltender Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
7 212 Jon Gleed  Canada Defence Cornell University (NCAA)
8 246 Gregory Stewart  Canada Right Wing Peterborough Petes (OHL)
9 262 Mark Streit  Switzerland Defence HC Zürich (Switzerland)
9 278 Alexandre Dulac-Lemelin  Canada Defence Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ In parentheses is the player’s free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[9]
  2. ^ Perreault was inactive during the 2004–05 season.[11]
  3. ^ The Canadiens retained Vydareny’s NHL rights through the 2007–08 season.[19]
  4. ^ Club option for a third year.

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Hockey Transactions Search Results". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  3. ^ "Habs deal pick, Garon, for Bonk, Huet". Canadiens de Montreal. June 26, 2004. Archived from the original on August 4, 2004. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  4. ^ "Quintal traded to Los Angeles". Canadiens de Montreal. June 27, 2004. Archived from the original on July 30, 2004. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  5. ^ "Canadiens sign AHL skater Ivanans". TSN.ca. July 16, 2004. Archived from the original on November 17, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Habs sign Gavin Morgan, ink Hainsey through 2006". Canadiens de Montreal. July 23, 2004. Archived from the original on August 7, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  7. ^ "Canadiens sign Jean-Philippe Cote". Canadiens de Montreal. August 19, 2004. Archived from the original on August 20, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  8. ^ "Canadiens sign Benoit Dusablon". Canadiens de Montreal. August 24, 2004. Archived from the original on August 25, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  9. ^ a b "2004 free agents". ESPN.com. July 1, 2004. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  10. ^ Benoit Gratton at Hockey-Reference.com, retrieved April 20, 2022
  11. ^ Yanic Perreault career statistics at EliteProspects.com, retrieved April 20, 2022
  12. ^ "Devils sign veteran free-agent winger Langdon". ESPN.com. July 3, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  13. ^ Preston, Ken (August 10, 2004). "HURRICANES AGREE TO TERMS WITH FORBES, DWYER". Carolina Hurricanes. Archived from the original on February 16, 2005. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  14. ^ "Stars Sign D-Man Patrick Traverse". Dallas Stars. September 9, 2004. Archived from the original on October 24, 2004. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  15. ^ "BLUE JACKETS CLAIM DEFENSEMAN FRANCOIS BEAUCHEMIN OFF WAIVERS". Columbus Blue Jackets. September 14, 2004. Archived from the original on October 10, 2004. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  16. ^ "Jean-François Damphousse avec le RADIO X dimanche vs le Fjord du Saguenay". Le Radio X de Québec (in French). September 16, 2004. Archived from the original on October 11, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  17. ^ Jim Dowd at Hockey-Reference.com, retrieved April 20, 2022
  18. ^ "TRANSACTIONS SAISON 2004-2005". RDS - LNAH (in French). Archived from the original on February 7, 2005. Retrieved April 30, 2022. 04-10-06 Trois-Rivières signe Jérôme Marois
  19. ^ "2008 NHL Free Agent List". NHL.com. July 1, 2008. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  20. ^ "RENE VYDARENY". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on January 7, 2005. Retrieved April 21, 2022. 13-Nov-04: NHL lockout: Signed with the Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia).
  21. ^ "Benoit Dusablon retires". OurSports Central. January 13, 2005. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  22. ^ "Éric Fichaud avec le Radio X". RDS.ca (in French). January 25, 2005. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  23. ^ a b c d "Habs sign quartet of forwards". Canadiens de Montreal. July 13, 2004. Archived from the original on July 30, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  24. ^ "Habs re-sign Ribeiro, three others". TSN.ca. July 14, 2004. Archived from the original on October 18, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  25. ^ "TRANSACTIONS". The New York Times. July 20, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  26. ^ "Bonk signs three-year deal with Habs". Canadiens de Montreal. July 30, 2004. Archived from the original on August 7, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  27. ^ "Huet signs two-year deal". Canadiens de Montreal. August 3, 2004. Archived from the original on August 4, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  28. ^ "Zednik inks three-year contract". Canadiens de Montreal. August 4, 2004. Archived from the original on August 5, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  29. ^ "Kostitsyn scores three-year deal with Habs". Canadiens de Montreal. August 10, 2004. Archived from the original on August 30, 2005. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  30. ^ "Canadiens sign Urquhart". TSN.ca. September 9, 2004. Archived from the original on April 13, 2005. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  31. ^ "Souray inks three-year deal". Canadiens de Montreal. September 13, 2004. Archived from the original on September 15, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  32. ^ "Canadiens ink Locke to three-year deal". Canadiens de Montreal. September 15, 2004. Archived from the original on September 17, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
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