Montreal Canadiens centers

Montreal Canadiens
Center

100 players

100 centers have played for the Montreal Canadiens. Tomas Plekanec stayed the longest: 15 seasons. On a roster now: Jake Evans, Nick Suzuki, Phillip Danault, Lars Eller, and Kirby Dach.

Montreal Canadiens centers
PlayerPosWith clubSeasons
Tomas PlekanecC2003–201915
Saku KoivuC1995–200913
Guy CarbonneauC1980–199413
Jake EvansC2019–20278
Nick SuzukiC2019–20278
Phillip DanaultC2015–20278
David DesharnaisC2009–20178
Brian SkrudlandC1985–19927
Lars EllerC2010–20166
Maxim LapierreC2005–20116
Mike RibeiroC1999–20066
Kirby DachC2022–20275
Ryan WhiteC2009–20145
Jan BulisC2000–20065
Stephan LebeauC1988–19935
Alex NewhookC2023–20274
Christian DvorakC2021–20254
Torrey MitchellC2014–20184
Gabriel DumontC2011–20154
Jason WardC1999–20044
Keith ActonC1979–19834
Owen BeckC2022–20263
Ryan PoehlingC2018–20223
Jesperi KotkaniemiC2018–20213
Michael McCarronC2015–20183
Scott GomezC2009–20123
Kyle ChipchuraC2007–20103
Garth MurrayC2005–20083
Joe JuneauC2001–20043
Yanic PerreaultC2001–20043
Craig DarbyC1999–20023
Dainius ZubrusC1998–20013
Sergei ZholtokC1998–20013
Jesse BelangerC1991–20003
Eric HoudeC1996–19993
Marc BureauC1995–19983
Sebastien BordeleauC1995–19983
Craig FergusonC1993–19963
Paul DipietroC1991–19943
Denis SavardC1990–19933
Alfie TurcotteC1983–19863
Oliver KapanenC2024–20262
Sean MonahanC2022–20242
Mike HoffmanC2021–20232
Tyler ToffoliC2020–20222
Jordan WealC2018–20202
Matthew PecaC2018–20202
Max DomiC2018–20202
Nate ThompsonC2018–20202
Louis LeblancC2011–20142
Jeff HalpernC2010–20132
Andreas EngqvistC2010–20122
Tom PyattC2009–20112
Ben MaxwellC2008–20102
Glen MetropolitC2008–20102
Mikhail GrabovskiC2006–20082
Radek BonkC2005–20072
Benoit GrattonC2001–20042
Doug GilmourC2001–20032
Eric LandryC2000–20022
Trevor LindenC1999–20012
Trent McClearyC1998–20002
Pierre TurgeonC1995–19972
Craig ConroyC1994–19962
Andrew CasselsC1989–19912
David MaleyC1985–19872
Jared DavidsonC2025–20261
Joe VelenoC2025–20261
Alex Barre-BouletC2024–20251
Colin WhiteC2023–20241
Mitchell StephensC2023–20241
Sean FarrellC2022–20231
Cedric PaquetteC2021–20221
Laurent DauphinC2021–20221
Tyler PitlickC2021–20221
Eric StaalC2020–20211
Nick CousinsC2019–20201
Michael ChaputC2018–20191
Byron FroeseC2017–20181
Steve OttC2016–20171
Bud HollowayC2015–20161
Manny MalhotraC2014–20151
Daniel BriereC2013–20141
Martin St. PierreC2013–20141
Blake GeoffrionC2011–20121
Petteri NokelainenC2011–20121
Dustin BoydC2010–20111
Brock TrotterC2009–20101
Dominic MooreC2009–20101
Robert LangC2008–20091
Bryan SmolinskiC2007–20081
Corey LockeC2007–20081
Jim DowdC2003–20041
Shaun Van AllenC2001–20021
P.J. StockC2000–20011
Xavier DelisleC2000–20011
Jean-Francois JompeC1998–19991
Mark LambC1995–19961
Scott FraserC1995–19961
Vladimir VujtekC1991–19921

Positions as ESPN lists them: a player who moved is filed under the one he played last. Seasons are on file in full from 1993-94; before that only some of the stars are, so an older name can be missing.

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