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Ken Dryden has passed away

Originally posted on Dose.ca | Last updated Sep 6, 2025 10:07 AM ET

Sad news: last night, the Canadiens announced the death of Ken Dryden. The legendary goaltender passed away after a battle with cancer at the age of 78. #TooYoung Obviously, this news affects a lot of people. Dryden helped the Canadiens win six Stanley Cups as a goaltender in the 70’s and his reputation is huge in Montreal. He will always be remembered as a great player in the organization, but also a great person.

Ken Dryden, the legendary Montreal Canadiens goaltender who led the 1970 dynasty to six Stanley Cups, has died at the age of 78 following a battle with cancer.

Communiqué↓https://t.co/nb0iUMKOBm –Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) September 6, 2025

[content-ads] In 2014, Dryden was on hand at the Bell Centre for the team’s opening game.

Ken Dryden

passing the torch to Carey Price before the opening home game of the Habs season in 2014. pic.twitter.com/bgqsOrI6fG

– /r/Habs (@HabsOnReddit) September 6, 2025

Ken Dryden, in total, played eight years. He spent eight seasons in the National League… and won six Stanley Cups in the process. No worse average… especially considering he lost only 57 regular-season games in his career (out of 397). It also explains why his number 29 was retired from the heights of the Bell Centre on January 29, 2007. The Canadiens wanted to honor him, and they did so in the right way. Ken Dryden is one of the Canadiens’ all-time greats… but he’s also one of the greatest in the history of the NHL. And learning that he’s gone will never change the fact that he’ll remain one of the greatest goaltenders in NHL history.

[spacer title=’Prolongation’] I forgot… Dryden has six Stanley Cup rings, but he also won the Vézina Trophy five times in his career. He also won a Conn Smtyhe… and the Calder Trophy in his first season in the league. He’s truly a legend, Ken Dryden.

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