All Entries Tagged With: "Michael Cammalleri"
Fast Five: Predictions For the NHL’s Second Half
As we hit the all-star break this weekend with the Fantasy Draft kicking things off this evening at 8 P.M., the 2011-’12 NHL season has officially reached it’s mid-point. There have been many surprises — and equally as many disappointments — across the league this season on both an individual and team basis. In anticipation [...]
An Inside Look At The NHL’s First Ever In-Game Trade
In any sport, it’s normal for a team to make trades. For a variety of reasons, trades are used to help build franchises. Nothing out of the ordinary, right? Well, what made the Montreal Canadiens’ trade of top line winger Michael Cammalleri so different was the fact that he was traded during the second intermission [...]
Old-School Rivalry Taking On New Feel As B’s Sink Habs 2-1 At TD Garden
Once upon a time, the rivalry between the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens was revered as one of the best in all of sport. A time when every meeting between the two Original Six foes was regarded as “must-watch television”, where each and every hockey fanatic in New England and Quebec, casual and die-hards [...]
Top-10 Undersized Players in the NHL
Often deemed too small by NHL scouts, undersized, but skilled, players often have a harder time convincing NHL executives to give them a chance at the pro level than let’s say a 6’4”, 220 pounds forward with lesser skills. The rigor of the 82-game NHL calendar take its toll on every player, and even more [...]
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 take commanding 2-0 series lead against hapless Bruins
Well, who would have thought the Montreal Canadiens, the sixth-seeded team in the Eastern Conference, would take a commanding 2-0 series lead against their division rivals and third-seeded team, the Boston Bruins, beating the Big Bad Bruins 2-0 and 3-1 in back-to-back road wins. The Canadiens, under head coach Jacques Martin, have played two perfect [...]
Montreal Canadiens set to face division rivals Boston Bruins
It was written in the sky; the Montreal Canadiens will face the Boston Bruins in the playoffs for the 33rd time in NHL history, and for the fifth time in the first round since 2002. The Canadiens currently have a 24-8 all-time playoff series record against the Bruins, but Boston swept the series the last [...]
After .500 trip, Canadiens prepare for very important week
Following the Chara-Pacioretty incident that made the news everywhere in North America and even in Europe, the Canadiens took the road to face the St. Louis Blues and former Hab netminder Jaroslav Halak on Thursday, and the Pittsburgh Penguins and Marc-Andre Fleury on Saturday. After taking a 1-0 lead in the 1st period on Jeff [...]
Habs, Carey Price blank Leafs 3-0, end three-game skid
Despite battling a rash of injuries, the Canadiens played a great all-around game to defeat the hapless Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0 at Bell Centre on Saturday night. Without the services of Michael Cammalleri, Mathieu Darche, Hal Gill, Josh Gorges and Andrei Markov, and coming off three consecutive losses to the hands of the Devils, the [...]
Boom, there goes the Gionta-mite! Habs defeat Caps 3-2 in overtime
The Montreal Canadiens overcame an early 2-0 deficit in the first period to beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in a shootout thanks to their captain Brian Gionta who scored twice in the second frame and added the game-winner in sudden-death. Mathieu Perreault scored on a turnover 2:29 into the game beating Carey Price between the [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 destroy Hurricanes 7-2, lose Andrei Markov to injury
After an inspiring 3-1 win in Boston last Thursday against the Bruins, the Canadiens were facing the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday at Bell Centre. The Hurricanes, who were badly beaten 8-1 by the Phalidelphia Flyers were expected to be motivated against the Canadiens, a team against which they had much success in recent years. The [...]
.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 [...]
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 [...]
Talk Is Cheap
As the NHL’s Eastern Conference Final shifted to Montreal, the team with the 2-0 series lead vowed to play better. The Philadelphia Flyers echoed sentiments of improvement, despite having outscored the Canadiens 9-0 at the Wachovia Center. Well, as Chris Pronger so delicately put it early this postseason, “talk is cheap.” For the fourth straight [...]
Kings rumored to trade Frolov to Canadiens for D’Agostini and Weber
According to Patrick Caisse of Canoe.ca , the Los Angeles Kings and the Montreal Canadiens will announce the transaction before tomorrow’s Olympic trade freeze deadline. Details regarding the salary cap need to be finalized so the trade can go through. The Kings are also trying to another veteran forward before making the trade with Montreal [...]
Dull Rivals: Boston Versus Montreal Lacks Familiar Fire
Growing up in Boston, the hatred for the Montreal Canadiens is instilled in you through your parents, your friends, or in most cases the Habs knocking the Bruins out of the playoffs routinely. The Canadiens didn’t like the Bruins, and the Bruins deplored the Habs and their 24 Stanley Cups. Throughout their entire history the [...]
Montreal Canadiens lose Michael Cammalleri to right knee injury
The Montreal Canadiens lost sniper Michael Cammalleri Saturday afternoon when he went hard into the boards after colliding with defenseman Anton Volchenkov, his leg buckling under him. The injury did not look good at all, and Cammy was unable to put any weight on his right leg. At first glance, it looks like he both [...]