Nationals complete first trade; sign two more CORNWALL ONTARIO – The Nationals have made their first Federal Hockey League transaction and acquired forward MJ Graham. In 49 games with the Brewster Bulldogs last season, the 23-year-old from Montreal had 11 goals and 43 assists for 54 points. The 5-foot-10,Continue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Last season was a bleak year for Canadian hockey fans as nary a single franchise made it to the play offs from North of the border. The Habs had an historic and epic fail after goalie Carey Price was injured. Some murmured about giving up or tankingContinue Reading
FHL Formally Approves Expansion to Cornwall, Ontario for 2016-17 Season Syracuse, NY – The Federal Hockey League (FHL) has formally approved an expansion FHL Member Club to Cornwall, Ontario, Canada that will begin play during the 2016-17 season. The new Cornwall expansion membership will play its home games at theContinue Reading
On the heels of his failed attempt to save the Cornwall River Kings of the LNAH, Rodney Rivette has teamed up with Mitch Gagne to try and get a Federal Hockey League expansion team up and running in time for the current season. The Federal Hockey league nearly came toContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – There are a core group of people in Cornwall that like to wear their civic pride like a badge of honor or Nero fiddling while Rome burned. Finish near the last in Entrepreneurial studies, and you’ll hear complaints about how the study was done. Celebrate our pizzaContinue Reading
River Kings sign Big 3 CORNWALL – Earlier this summer, the River Kings added offensive punch with some key signings. Now, General Manager Rick Lalonde has added a different kind of punch, with three massive signings that promise to make the 2016-17 season the most exciting in team history. TheContinue Reading
River Kings land Hand from Thetford CORNWALL – The River Kings blueline just got a whole lot tougher. General manager Rick Lalonde has acquired Ryan Hand from Thetford in exchange for Olivier Croteau, who was picked up earlier this summer from Jonquiere. In 37 games with the Assurancia last season,Continue Reading
Alas Montreal fans have been rending their garments since the loss of the much beloved PK Subban. For a 2nd round draft pick PK did well. He won a Norris, excelled when it counted, the play offs, and entertained the fans. Sadly, Montreal being Montreal, language politics impact allContinue Reading
Two 2nd round picks for Andrew Shaw? Really? Habs GM opened up the draft with a splash sending Lars Eller to the Caps for two future 2nd pics from the Caps. Eller, one of the larger bodies on the Habs that has play off cred took a lotContinue Reading
Tick Tock, tick tock. July 1st is coming fast, but what’s coming faster is the NHL draft. While there are many arguments that can be made about trading any player PK Subban is an interesting case. For whatever reason he’s had a bit of a rough ride in Montreal. InContinue Reading
River Kings acquire Lariviere CORNWALL Ontario – The River Kings have acquired super pest Martin Lariviere from the Thetford Assurancia. Cornwall sends Maxime Vachon to Thetford. The 10-year LNAH veteran is already well known to Cornwall fans and will quickly become a fan-favourite at the Civic Complex. In 303 regularContinue Reading
Desjardins, Kings will be ready for 2016-17 CORNWALL — The River Kings will have a familiar face behind the bench when the puck drops on the 2016-17 LNAH season. Veteran bench boss Bob Desjardins will return in the fall as the team’s head coach. “I’m really looking forward to startingContinue Reading
I have a distinct perception of how The Habs work in a sense. In the 90’s I was their first videographer and created systems far ahead of what we today call analytics. Some of the tools I created way back then still have not been matched. We tend toContinue Reading
Addressing needs isn’t easy in today’s NHL. For the Montreal Canadiens one of their needs is on Right Wing as well as getting some grit. Alex Radulov started his career in Quebec notching 61 goals in the Q in 2005/06 playing for Quebec City. Listed as 6’1 andContinue Reading
The Montreal Canadiens are a not your average hockey team. They may have played like that for too many years, but they are the gold standard for the sport of Hockey. They are akin to the NY Yankees in Baseball. Winning, and winning it all is an expectation and alwaysContinue Reading
River Kings forward Alexandre Gauthier continues to fight for his life in a Quebec hospital, but his condition has improved according to head coach Bob Desjardins. “I’ve seen Alex twice this week in the hospital,” said Desjardins, who is very close with the 26-year-old. “It was very tough to seeContinue Reading
Classy move by the Ottawa Senators in rewarding one of my faves, Chris Neil, with a contract extension for next season. The long time tough guy is a great dressing room presence and has a pretty darn good year in limited minutes. Today is trade deadline day in the NHLContinue Reading
Going into this season Habs GM Marc Bergevin made very few impact changes. Washington for example, clearly saw a need for some secondary scoring support and nabbed TJ Oshie, and Justin Williams. Montreal saw some lottery tickets. Alex Semin, Zach Kassian, and Tomas Fleischman. While “Flash”Continue Reading