List of Montreal Canadiens general managers

Officially known as Le Club de Hockey Canadien,^[1] the Montreal Canadiens (French: Les Canadiens de Montréal) are a Canadian professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). In 1909, the Canadiens were founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association (NHA). In 1917, the franchise joined the NHL, and is one of the Original Six teams.^[2] In their 100-year history, the Canadiens have won 24 Stanley Cup championships, and are the last Canadian team to have won the Stanley Cup, having done so in 1993.^[3] Having played in the Jubilee Arena (1909–1910,1918–1919), the Montreal Arena (1911–1918), the Mount Royal Arena (1919–1926), and the Montreal Forum (1926–1996), the Canadiens have played their home games at the Bell Centre, formerly known as the Molson Centre, since 1996.^[4][5] The team has had eighteen general managers since their inception.^[6]

Key

Key of terms and definitions

Term	Definition
No.	Number of general managers[a]
Ref(s)	References
–	Does not apply
†	Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Builder category

General managers

General managers of the Montreal Canadiens

No.	Name	Tenure	Accomplishments during this term	Ref(s)
1	Joseph Cattarinich†	December 1909 – 1910		[7][8]
	Jack Laviolette
3	George Kennedy	1910 – October 19, 1921	Won Stanley Cup (1916)	[9]
4	Leo Dandurand†	November 2, 1921 – September 17, 1935	Won Stanley Cup 3 times in 4 finals appearances (1924, 1925, 1930, 1931) 4 division titles and 12 playoff appearances	[10]
5	Ernest Savard	September 17, 1935 – 1936	No playoff appearances	[11]
6	Cecil Hart	1936 – 1939	1 division title and 3 playoff appearances	[12]
7	Jules Dugal	1939 – 1940	No playoff appearances	[13]
8	Tommy Gorman†	1940 – July 1946	Won Stanley Cup 2 times (1944, 1946) 6 playoff appearances	[14][15]
9	Frank J. Selke†	July 10, 1946 – May 15, 1964	Won Stanley Cup 6 times (1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960) Lost in Stanley Cup Finals 5 times (1947, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955) 17 playoff appearances	[15][16][17]
10	Sam Pollock†	May 15, 1964 – September 6, 1978	Won Stanley Cup 9 times (1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978) Lost in Stanley Cup Finals (1967) 3 conference titles, 7 division titles, and 13 playoff appearances	[17][18][19]
11	Irving Grundman	September 6, 1978 – April 14, 1983	Won Stanley Cup (1979) 2 conference titles, 4 division titles, and 5 playoff appearances	[19][20][21]
12	Serge Savard	April 28, 1983 – October 17, 1995	Won Stanley Cup 2 times in 3 finals appearances (1986, 1989, 1993) 3 conference titles, 4 division titles, and 11 playoff appearances	[22][23][24]
13	Rejean Houle	October 21, 1995 – November 20, 2000	3 playoff appearances	[24][25][26]
14	Andre Savard	November 20, 2000 – June 2, 2003	1 playoff appearance	[27][28]
15	Bob Gainey	June 2, 2003 – February 8, 2010	1 division title and 4 playoff appearances	[28][29]
16	Pierre Gauthier	February 8, 2010 – March 29, 2012	2 playoff appearances	[30]
17	Marc Bergevin	May 2, 2012 – November 28, 2021	Lost in Stanley Cup Finals (2021) 3 division titles and 6 playoff appearances	[6]
18	Kent Hughes	January 18, 2022 – present	1 playoff appearance

See also

• List of current NHL general managers

Notes

• ^a A running total of the number of general managers of the franchise. Thus any general manager who has two or more separate terms as general manager is only counted once.