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Captain of the Farm: A history of AHL captains

For the last two seasons Gabriel Dumont captained the Montreal Canadiens farm team. With his departure from the organization, the team will be looking to crown a new captain for the upcoming season.

Dumont is but one in a long list of captains who have championed the Canadiens name and safeguarded their prospects over the years. The list of former captains is long, and surprisingly there will be one very important trend that emerges as we revisit this group.

For the 1984-85 season, the Canadiens farm team moved, going from being the Nova Scotia Voyageurs to the Sherbrooke Canadiens.