Hockey Accomplishments

• Won the Canada Cup with Team Canada in 1976
• Was a member of Team Canada for the 1972 Summit Series
• Team Canada was 4-0-1 with him in the lineup during the 1972 Summit Series
• Played 1,040 NHL games with Montreal and Winnipeg from 1967-83
• Recorded 439 points (106 goals, 333 assists) during his NHL career
• Won eight Stanley Cups with the Canadiens (1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
• Served as captain in Montreal from 1979-81
• Was the second-last player from the Original Six Era to play in the NHL
• A member of the “Big Three” in Montreal with Guy Lapointe and Larry Robinson
• Played in the 1979 Challenge Cup (Soviet Union vs. NHL All-Stars)
• Was general manager of the Canadiens from 1983-95
• Won two Stanley Cups as GM of the Canadiens (1986, 1993)
• Named CPHL rookie of the year with the Houston Apollos in 1966-67
• Served as captain of the Montreal Junior Canadiens in 1965-66
• Was part-owner of the QMJHL’s P.E.I. Rocket (originally based in Montreal) from 1999-2013

Additional Background

• Born January 22, 1946 in Landrienne, Que.
• Nickname: “The Senator”
• He and his wife, Paulette, have two sons, Serge Jr. and Marc, and one daughter, Catherine

Honours

• Had his No. 18 retired by the Canadiens in 2006
• Made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec in 2004
• Ranked No. 81 on The Hockey News’ list of 100 greatest players in 1998
• Appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1994
• Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1986
• Won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy in 1979
• Won the Conn Smythe Trophy as NHL playoff MVP in 1969