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This Seems Familiar
On Monday night, the New York Rangers were moments away from having to stave off elimination 2 days later. That is, until Joel Ward of the Washington Capitals took an ill-advised high-sticking double minor for cutting Carl Hagelin. With Henrik Lundqvist pulled for a 2-man advantage, Brad Richards connected with 7.6 seconds to spare to [...]
Analyzing The Bruins’ Possible First Round Opponents
With the regular season drawing to a close faster than a Zdeno Chara 108.8 MPH slapshot, now is as good a time as any to take a look at the possibilities for the Boston Bruins in the first round of the NHL post-season. Under the assumption that the Black and Gold will indeed clinch the [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 17-23-4 with 38 points through 44 games. After 44 games last season, the Bolts were 26-13-5 with 57 points. The Bolts are in fifth (last) place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Washington Capitals by twelve points. Tampa Bay is in 15th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, twelve [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 1-2-2 with four points in their first five games. Certainly not the start they wanted. They are in fourth place in the Southeast Division, already four points behind the Washington Capitals and 11th in the Eastern Conference. After five games, defenseman Marc-Andre Bergeron leads the team in goals (2), assists [...]
Bruins win tight series, Game 7 vs. Habs 4-3 on Horton’s OT winner
After the Bruins took an early two-goal lead in game 7 five minutes into the deciding contest, with goals from Johnny Boychuk and Mark Recchi, everyone thought the Canadiens would let go and that it was going to be over early for the visitors. But the Canadiens took advantage of special teams with a power [...]
Canadiens go wild in Minnesota, PK Subban scores hat trick in 8-1 win
The Canadiens chased former Montreal goaltender Jose Theodore scoring five goals on only 19 shots to obtain an easy 8-1 win in Minnesota. Rookie Ryan White is first career NHL-goal 31 seconds into the game, also earning a Gordie Howe hat trick (a goal, assist and a fight), adding one helper and fighting Clayton Stoner [...]
Canadiens beat Canucks 3-2, avoid being swept on Western Canada trip
After losing 4-1 to the hands of the lowly Edmonton Oilers and 4-0 against the Flames at the Heritage Classic in Calgary, the Montreal Canadiens were set to face their biggest test of their annual trip in Western Canada against the Vancouver Canucks, the best team in the NHL so far with season. The last [...]
Canadiens lose Pacioretty, Cammalleri and Halpern to injuries, lose 2-1 in OT to the Sabres ***UPDATED***
After surrendering a 4-0 lead to the Calgary Flames on Monday, to finally win the game in overtime thanks to a PK Subban goal, the Montreal Canadiens visited the Buffalo Sabres yesterday evening for a 2nd game in 24 hours. Despite taking an early 4-0 lead against the lifeless Flames, the Canadiens’ back-up goaltender, Alex [...]
Habs beat Senators 4-1, Gomez out with lower-body injury and Subban suffers in silence
Yesterday, the Montreal Canadiens beat the Ottawa Senators 4-1 thanks to three third-period goals to win their third consecutive game. The Habs got tallies from Brian Gionta, Michael Cammalleri, Roman Hamrlik and Jeff Halpern to win their 18th game of the season. Nick Foligno, on the power play, was the lone goal-scorer for Ottawa. With [...]
The race for the Frank Selke Trophy (Best defensive forward)
One third into the 2010-11 NHL season, let’s have a look at the best defensive forwards in the league this year. I have compiled a list of the best 20 players that should be considered for this prestigious, yet underrated award. Past winners since 2000-2001: 2000–01 John Madden New Jersey Devils C 2001–02 Michael Peca [...]
Constant line juggling is killing the Habs chemistry; weekend recap
24 games into the season, it’s time to have a look at the different forward line combinations used by head coach Jacques Martin to find what’s working or not in Habland. After a .500 weekend where the Habs came out flat on Friday in Atlanta in a 3-0 loss to the hands of the Thrashers, [...]
Subban, Canadiens set to face Richards, Flyers in Philly
The Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers meet for the second time in less than a week tonight, after the Habs blanked the Flyers 3-0 last Tuesday at the Bell Centre on Carey Price’s 41-save shutout. At the time, Montreal snapped Philly’s ten-game unbeaten streak with the victory. But the main topic after the game was [...]
Price, Canadiens blank Flyers 3-0 and extend their winning streak to 4 games
Netminder Carey Price made 41 saves, 20 in the second period alone, for his third shutout of the season as the Canadiens extended their winning streak to four games. Montreal scored two goals on the power play despite losing their power play general to a knee injury Saturday against the Carolina Hurricanes to improve their [...]
Canadiens extend the Sabres’ misery in a 3-2 win
The Buffalo Sabres remain winless at home after a 3-2 loss against their division foe, the Montreal Canadiens. Buffalo is now 0-6-1 in seven games so far at HSBC Centre and stands dead last in the Eastern Conference with 8 points in 14 games. The Canadiens, on the other hand, are now leading the Northeast [...]
.500 weekend for the Canadiens; changes expected for tomorrow
After beating the New York Islanders 3-1 in Long Island on goals by Tomas Plekanec, Benoit Pouliot and Tarvis Moen, as well as a great performance by goaltender Alex Auld, who made 30 saves, the Canadiens faltered Saturday at Bell Centre, losing 3-1 to the lowly Florida Panthers. Montreal swept the home-and-home series from the [...]
Price blanks Senators, Kostitsyn with 2 goals in a 3-0 win
When the Canadiens score the first goal of the game this season, they win. And that’s what they did yesterday against the Ottawa Senators Score first. The Canadiens have now four wins in regulation when scoring the first goal, and two losses when the opponent scores first. The only time the Habs when scoring first [...]
Canadiens set final roster, ready to open season against Toronto
Yesterday the Montreal Canadiens set their 22-man roster by sending goalie Curtis Sanford, forwards Ryan White and Ben Maxwell, as well as defencemen Yannick Weber and Alex Henry to their AHL affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs. With Roman Hamrlik likely to miss the season opener in Toronto tonight with a sprained right knee, and all-star rearguard [...]
Pierre Gauthier addresses the press; Canadiens rookie training camp kicks in
Earlier today Pierre Gauthier addressed the press in Montreal during a 47-minute presser, just before the opening of the rookie camp in Brossard, Quebec. Gauthier mentioned the appointment of Carey Price as the team number one goaltender and the recovery of all-star defenseman Andrei Markov, among other things. Gauthier also talked about the Canadiens deep [...]
Into Next Season
HI’s Kings correspondent, Anthony Curatolo, takes a look inside the Los Angeles Kings as they have now entered into off-season planning. UFA’s and RFA’s and stud like goalies, oh my!
Olympic break hangover – cured
What has gone on in Los Angeles? An opportunity, which the team jumped on, in rebounding last night against Columbus.
