The Montreal Juniors were a junior ice hockey

Junior ice hockey

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 team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

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 from 1975 to 1982. They played at the Montreal Forum

Montreal Forum

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History

The Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge

Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge

The Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge were a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from 1972 to 1975. They played at the Montreal Forum.-History:...

 were renamed in 1975, becoming the Montreal Juniors. The most famous graduate from the team is Denis Savard

Denis Savard

Denis Joseph Savard is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League from 1980 to 1997, and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2000...

. The team played for seven seasons as the Montreal Juniors before moving to Verdun.

Award winners

Robert Lebel Trophy (Team with the best Goals Against Average) Montreal Juniors 1981-82 Michel Brière Commemorative Trophy (Most valuable player) 1977-78 Kevin Reeves 1979-80 Denis Savard Jacques Plante Commemorative Trophy (Best Goals Against Average) 1981-82 Jeff Barratt Emile Bouchard Trophy (Defenseman of the year) 1976-77 Robert Picard 1977-78 Mark Hardy

Instructor's Trophy (Offensive Rookie of the Year) 1977-78 Denis Savard (co-winner) Raymond Lagacé Trophy (Offensive Rookie of the Year) 1980-81 Billy Campbell Frank J. Selke Commemorative Trophy (Most sportsmanlike player) 1975-76 Normand Dupont 1977-78 Kevin Reeves Marcel Robert Trophy (Scholastic player of the year) 1980-81 François Lecomte

Hall of Fame alumni

Two members of the Montreal Juniors would be enshrined in the HHOF. One of them played for the Juniors, the other was one of the team's coaches.

Denis Savard

Denis Savard

Denis Joseph Savard is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League from 1980 to 1997, and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2000...

 was a local superstar and centreman, who played three seasons with the Juniors racking up 455 points in three years. He would go onto play many years for the Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks

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, and won a Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup

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 with the Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

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 in 1993.

Jacques Laperrière

Jacques Laperriere

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 was a defenseman, part of many Montreal Canadiens championship teams. After retiring as a player, Laperrière took on the position of coach of the Montreal Juniors prior to the 1975-76 season. Partway through the following year he resigned, as the pressure and violence at the amateur level caused him to sour on his new profession.

NHL alumni

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Regular season

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Pct %	Goals for	Goals against	Standing
1975-76	72	36	29	7	79	0.549	328	289	3rd West
1976-77	72	27	37	8	62	0.431	310	368	4th Lebel
1977-78	72	41	25	6	88	0.611	397	327	2nd Lebel
1978-79	72	39	25	8	86	0.597	384	291	2nd Lebel
1979-80	72	39	30	3	81	0.562	406	387	2nd Lebel
1980-81	72	35	37	0	70	0.486	316	328	3rd Lebel
1981-82	64	40	22	2	82	0.641	311	247	3rd QMJHL

Playoffs

• 1975-1976 Lost to Cornwall Royals 4 games to 2 in quarter-finals.
• 1976-1977 Defeated Chicoutimi Saguenéens 9 points to 7 in quarter-finals.
  Lost to Quebec Remparts 9 points to 1 in semi-finals.
• 1977-1978 Defeated Verdun Eperviers 8 points to 0 in quarter-finals.
  Defeated Cornwall Royals 8 points to 2 in semi-finals.
  Lost to Trois-Rivières Draveurs 8 points to 0 in finals.
• 1978-1979 Defeated Quebec Remparts 8 points to 4 in quarter-finals.
  Lost to Trois-Rivières Draveurs 8 points to 2 in semi-finals.
• 1979-1980 Defeated Quebec Remparts 4 games to 1 in quarter-finals.
  Lost to Sherbrook Castors 4 games to 1 in semi-finals.
• 1980-1981 Lost to Trois-Rivières 4 games to 3 in quarter-finals.
• 1981-1982 Eliminated by finishing 7th place in an 8 team round-robin. (5 wins, 9 losses)