On his farm in Montana, former Dryden teammate Rogie Vachon was crushed to learn of his friend’s death. With Dryden moving into the Canadiens as their goalie for the 1970s, Vachon was packaged in a November 1971 trade to the Los Angeles Kings, where he’d be the No. 1 goalie on his way to 2016 Hall of Fame induction.

The first time Ken Dryden walked into the Montreal Canadiens' locker room in 1971, his teammates immediately knew he was different.

Ken Dryden, the star goalie of the Canadiens' 1970s dynasty and one of hockey's most respected thought leaders, died Friday, the team announced. He was 78. "Ken embodied the best of everything the Montreal Canadiens are about,