Author Randy Schultz is an NHL.com Correspondent. His viewpoint is that this incredible run by the Montreal Canadiens will not be matched. His purpose of this article is to inform hockey fans of one of, if not the greatest, runs in NHL history by the team with the most history, the Montreal Canadiens. This run was in 1956-1960, a stretch in which the Habs had a record of 198-95-57 and won 5 consecutive Stanley Cup titles. The author has a biased opinion, using several player quotes to back up why he thinks that this run will never be broken. He doesn’t use any slant and there is no conflicting evidence.
I believe that this source is reliable because it has quotes from NHL Hall of Famers that worked with this historic team, such as Maurice “The Rocket” Richard, Jean Beliveau, and Hector “Toe” Blake. Beliveau says that “The power play is much different then than from what it is now. The player in the box would stay in the box until the full penalty time was up, no matter how many goals were scored.” This slanted my thoughts toward thinking that it may have been slightly easier to win then than it is now, because now, if the team on the power play scores a goal, the player being penalized comes out of the box.
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