1995-96 Montreal Canadiens Roster

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 40-32-10 - 90 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to New York Rangers 4-2
Coach: Jacques Demers (0-4)
Coach: Jacques Laperriere (0-1)
Coach: Mario Tremblay (40-27-10)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1995-96 Montreal Canadiens Statistics
1995-96 Montreal Canadiens Results

The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 1995-96 season with a record of 40 wins and 32 losses and 10 ties for 90 points, finishing third in the NHL's Northeast Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.

The Canadiens scored 265 goals and conceded 248. Vincent Damphousse and Pierre Turgeon netted 38 goals for Montreal each, and Pierre Turgeon accounted for 58 assists. Jocelyn Thibault earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.83 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Jacques Demers, Jacques Laperriere and Mario Tremblay coached the team. The 1995-96 Montreal Canadiens lost in the NHL conference quarter-finals.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight S/C Hometown
Sebastien BordeleauCFebruary 15, 19755'11"185RVancouver, BC Canada
Donald BrashearLJanuary 7, 19726'2"235LBedford, IN USA
Patrice BriseboisDJanuary 27, 19716'2"203RMontreal, QC Canada
Benoit BrunetLAugust 24, 19686'0"203LPointe-Claire, QC Canada
Valeri BureRJune 13, 19745'10"185RMoscow, Russia
Marc BureauCMay 19, 19666'1"203RTrois-Rivieres, QC Canada
Craig ConroyCSeptember 4, 19716'2"193RPotsdam, NY USA
J.J. DaigneaultDOctober 12, 19655'10"192LMontreal, QC Canada
Vincent DamphousseCDecember 17, 19676'1"200LMontreal, QC Canada
Robert DirkDAugust 20, 19666'4"210LRegina, SK Canada
Craig FergusonCApril 8, 19705'11"190LCastro Valley, CA USA
Rory FitzpatrickDJanuary 11, 19756'2"208RRochester, NY USA
Scott FraserRMay 3, 19726'1"178RMoncton, NB Canada
Francois GroleauDJanuary 23, 19736'0"197LLongueuil, QC Canada
Pat JablonskiGJune 20, 19676'0"180RToledo, OH USA
Mike KeaneRMay 29, 19675'10"185RWinnipeg, MB Canada
Marko KiprusoffDJune 6, 19726'0"195LTurku, Finland
Saku KoivuCNovember 23, 19745'10"187LTurku, Finland
Andrei KovalenkoRJune 7, 19705'10"200LGorky, Russia
Patrick LabrecqueGMarch 6, 19716'0"190LLaSalle, QC Canada
Mark LambCAugust 3, 19645'9"180LPonteix, SK Canada
Vladimir MalakhovDAugust 30, 19686'4"230LSverdlovsk, Russia
Chris MurrayROctober 25, 19746'2"213RPort Hardy, BC Canada
Lyle OdeleinDJuly 21, 19686'0"210LQuill Lake, SK Canada
Oleg PetrovRApril 18, 19715'9"172LMoscow, Russia
Peter PopovicDFebruary 10, 19686'6"243RKoping, Sweden
Stephane QuintalDOctober 22, 19686'3"231RBoucherville, QC Canada
Yves RacineDFebruary 7, 19696'0"205LMatane, QC Canada
Mark RecchiRFebruary 1, 19685'10"195LKamloops, BC Canada
Craig RivetDSeptember 13, 19746'2"210RNorth Bay, ON Canada
Patrick RoyGOctober 5, 19656'2"185LQuebec City, QC Canada
Martin RucinskyLMarch 11, 19716'1"207LMost, Czech Republic
Yves SaraultLDecember 23, 19726'1"190LValleyfield, QC Canada
Brian SavageLFebruary 24, 19716'1"200LSudbury, ON Canada
Turner StevensonRMay 18, 19726'3"220RPrince George, BC Canada
Jose TheodoreGSeptember 13, 19765'11"182RLaval, QC Canada
Jocelyn ThibaultGJanuary 12, 19755'11"169LMontreal, QC Canada
Darcy TuckerCMarch 15, 19755'10"178LCastor, AB Canada
Pierre TurgeonCAugust 28, 19696'1"199LRouyn-Noranda, QC Canada
David WilkieDMay 30, 19746'3"215REllensburg, WA USA