Giving up 48 shots in your home rink during a Play-Off drive is not the sign of a good team. There were some beacons of light. The Habs were hitting more which was good and Halak gave another good performance other than one fluke goal, but again you can’t scoreContinue Reading
BOXSCORES Busy night in the NHL. Boston beat Ottawa 5-3; Buffalo stabs Florida 3-1; Marty Brodeur beat Phoenix 5-2 as he closes on Patrick Roy’s record gaining win number 550 ; Washington capped Philly 2-1; Columbus 4-3 over the Penguins in OT; Calgary got 2 goals from Olli Jokenin toContinue Reading
Habs GM and now Head Coach Bob Gainey won in his debut game back behind the bench as the Canadians beat Edmonton 4-3 in OT. Captain Saku Koivu led the way with 2 goals. It was a nice game. They weren’t blown out shotwise; Gregory Stewart had a fight; ChrisContinue Reading
As I suggested recently in this blog, the Habs have fired head coach Guy Carbonneau and GM Bob Gainey has stepped into the breach for the remainnder of this season. Bob said on trade deadline day that he was happy with “His” team and I am predicting that if “His”Continue Reading
Hey Carey Price won a game! Habs beat the Stars 3-1 while being outshot 31-19. It was a chippy affair too which is good to see. In other NHL Scores: Rangers beat Boston 4-3; Isles 3-2 over Phoenix; Penguins 4-3 shootout win over the Caps; Atlanta put out the FlamesContinue Reading
Busy night in the NHL and a lot of high scoring games. Mark Recchi scored 2 goals helping the Bruins smack Chicago 5-3; the Islanders scored 7 goals against Marty Brodeur and the Devils in their 7-3 win; LA 4-3 over Minnesota; Edmonton raked the Leafs 4-1; Ottawa doubled BuffaloContinue Reading
Carey Price and the Habs were shut out 2-0 by Atlanta last night continuing Price’s losing streak. I think he needs to be sent down to get his groove back and give Marc Denis a chance to back up Halak. The game wasn’t as bad as the final score. ItContinue Reading
Busy busy night in the NHL. Olli Jokinen paid immediate dividends for Calgary scoring 2 goals in Calgary’s 5-1 romp over the Flyers. Makes one wonder of the Buffalo loss for the Habs if they’d had that big presence on line 1… In other NHL scores; Phoenix edged Boston 2-1;Continue Reading
Not a lot of games to report on. The Habs took the news of no action on deadline day and responded with a 5-1 trouncing at the hands of the Buffalo Sabres. Patrick Lalime of all goalies looked like Jaroslav Halak and was the games first star making 38 savesContinue Reading
It wasn’t the most exciting of trade deadlines. Other than Jokinen to Calgary there were no really huge or surprising moves. Bob Gainey let down Canadian’s fans and probably some of his players and coaches. Guerin went for a bag of pucks and the same can be said for someContinue Reading
Busy sched in the NHL last night. Philly 4-2 over Boston; Carolina beat the Caps 5-2; Florida 4-3 over Atlanta; Columbus 5 LA 4; Marty Brodeur and the Devils beat the Leafs 3-2; Calgary doubled Ottawa 6-3; Penguins 3 Tampa Bay 1; Nashville beat Edmonton 6-5; Chicago over Anaheim 3-2,Continue Reading
The Habs beat SJ Saturday night. It was another Halak steal as the Canadians were woefully outshot. SATURDAY BOXSCORES SUNDAY BOXSCORES The trade buzz is going crazy as the deadline is almost upon us. The Habs still seems to be about to pull a rabbit out of their hat. TheContinue Reading
Matthew Schneider scored the winning goal in OT and Alex Kovalev had 3 points in the Habs 4-3 win over the Flyers. Cudos to the boys as this was a good win other than a lack lustre 2nd period. Jaroslav Halak won again in nets and it looks like theContinue Reading
Marty Brodeur was back with a bang and a shut out as NJ beat Colorado 4-0. Welcome back Marty! Boston shut out and spanked Anaheim 6-0. 2 goals for former Hab Mike Ryder. I guess there’s no need to keep Pronger now. Leafs 5-4 over the Isles in the battleContinue Reading
Looks like Anaheim wants to move Pronger and/or Neidermeyer…. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ACQUIRE KUNITZ, TANGRADI FROM ANAHEIM IN EXCHANGE FOR RYAN WHITNEY The Pittsburgh Penguins have acquired forward Chris Kunitz and prospect Eric Tangradi from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for defenseman Ryan Whitney, it was announced today by Executive ViceContinue Reading
Slow night in the NHL. Marty Biron and the Flyers shut out LA 2-0; The Leafs beat the Rangers 2-1 in the shoot out; Penguins 1-0 over the Isles; and Henrik Zetterberg’s 2 goals led Detroit 4-1 over the Sharks. and just because he was the Babe Ruth of HockeyContinue Reading
Alex Kovalev picked up a point as Jaroslav Halak and the Habs shut out a hot Vancouver Canuck team. Again they were outshot 34-17, but a win is a win. In other NHL Scores, The Sens beat Carolina 4-2; Atlanta over Colorado 4-3; The Flyers 4-2 over the Caps; AnaheimContinue Reading
Glen Sather, GM of the NY Rangers fired coach Tom Rennie and hired for Tampa Coach John Tortorella in a bid to solidify his team for the play-offs. The Rangers are rumored to be signing tough centre Keith Tkachuk. Only one game to report on, a 1-0 win for theContinue Reading