The drought is over.
On a power play 9:50 into the third period, Scott Gomez scored his first goal in 369 days.
And for the first time since late October, your Montreal Canadiens have won three games in a row.
MORNING SKATE AUDIO: Raphael Diaz | Travis Moen | Max Pacioretty | Frans Nielsen | Mark Streit
There might be something to this lucky tuque …
But it wasn’t easy.
Two late Islanders’ goals turned the game into a nailbiter.
Hat trick for Max Pacioretty.
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I think with one or two moves we can push for 8 th
Yes let us as fans send the wrong message again. As if watching that tiny tyke Sakku Koivu was bad enough and all the man love that kept him here for so long was pathetic. It’s sad when the highest paid Hab only scores once a year! Never mind if he is injured, the bastard hasn’t scored in over a year. Enough of this man-love for Gomez. Trade the little bastard or send him to the minors. I realize Gomez is not the only reason, but a big reason, for why other teams can push Montreal around at whim. At least when Gomez is on the ice. Having one tyke is bad enough!
What an AS….E Tremblay is with that stupid clapping on AC… maybe we should all clap like that for his coaching of the Habs way back when……
The new drought begins.
YES GOMEZ!!! The Art Ross is still in reach, buddy. LET’S DO THIS!
way to go GOMER! next season he’ll score 25. you heard it from me first!
So damn happy for Scott Gomez tonight. Say what you will about him, but he remains a team player first and foremost. His work along the boards leading up to his goal was outstanding. Way to go, Scott!!!
You know… depression is not a funny issue- and it’s pretty bold for Richer to step forward like that
Earlier in the day I wrote that Sam Gagner was placed on waiver earlier in the season, and was promptly corrected by fellow posters. Well, I just found out that I got him mixed up with Gilbert Brule, who was the one placed on waiver by the Oilers.
Hey they both have French names!
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❝ I can’t really hear what Jeremy says, because I’ve got my two Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears.❞
Wow… this site needs a server UPGRADE!!! Could we all chip in 5 bucks at some fundraiser at Hurleys to make it happen?
Watching some TSN feature w Stephane Richer… never saw him in action, but from the looks of it he was being anointed the next one?
When Stéphane was drafted by the Canadiens, the expectations were high but there were whispers that he was fragile. He was blessed with size, skating ability, a booming shot and a scorer’s nose. After the 1984-85 LHJMQ season there was a sense that he needed another year in juniors, that he wasn’t mature enough at least mentally, and the Chicoutimi Saguenéens traded for him during the season expecting that he’d return for the next season and fill the arena. The Canadiens brought him up though, partly to give him more structure and more of a challenge, and because it was thought that it wouldn’t be the right environment for an impressionable guy like him to be treated like a god in a small town.
I don’t think anyone really thought he was the ‘next’ one after Richard, Béliveau, Cournoyer and Lafleur, partly due to the fact that he was drafted in the second round. It was a pleasant surprise when he scored 50 goals, many thought he’d be a 30 goal guy in the NHL. After that, the pressure on him to produce was immense, and he became a butt of jokes for his awkward interviews and his mangled grammar, in English and French. The comedy troupe “Rock et Belles Oreilles” did a regular and devastating impression of him. This would have been hard for him to accept, given his emotional state. The trade to New Jersey might have been the best thing that happened to him, in hindsight.
A bonus for him at the time was that there were other young players with promising futures in the organization, guys like Petr Svoboda and Chris Chelios and Tom Kurvers, Sergio Momesso, Claude Lemieux, Brian Skrudland, and Patrick Roy. There was also a lot of leadership on the team, with Bob Gainey, Larry Robinson, Guy Carbonneau, Chris Nilan, Bobby Smith, Craig Ludwig. So there were expectations, but he wasn’t seen as the Savior, and wasn’t the focus of the entire fan base, like P.K. and Carey and Max are today. He was insulated partially by the strength of the team and the belief that the future was in good hands. He was a big piece of the puzzle, but only one, so that gave him a little slack.
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Great post, dude.
Richer at his best was an amazing superstar. Size strength, speed, stickhandling, the best shot in the league, he was a treat! I’ll never forget those 50 goal seasons. Too bad he didn’t play a couple of more years to top 500 goals. Close.
I knew not to even try to access the site after Gomer’s goal. History will be made.
Yes, I feel honored to say i was there for Gomez’s Goal, However, it was a good win but the habs constantly turned the puck over and if not for price, this would have been another loss.
“It’s not an obsession, It’s a way of life..”
Price was unreal. What a game for him.
As far as Tim Thomas is concerned, if you can’t take it, don’t dish it out.
Richard R
Now that Mr Gomez has broken his goal scoring slump (after 53 games) – The next forward with the longest slump is George Parros who last scored on Feb 05 2011 & a scoreless streak of 56 gp although the paychecks are a bit different. Lets Go George……
Stamkos, Kessel, Malkin. Only players with more even strength goals than Max P.
Didn’t know that.
Full Breezer 4 Life
Max only has 1 PP goal, no one in the top-30 has less than 4 PP goals. Kid’s turning into a goal scoring stud.
That is pretty impressive. Looking at last year’s stats, Pacs had quite a few PP goals. So if only the PP could get back on track…
Good point. Last year 7 out of 14 goals were on the PP.
So Gomez has as many PP goals as Pacioretty?
25 before 14
WOW, nice stat!
Habs need to trade Gomez right now his value has never been higher!!!!!!
Scott will be entertaining us for two more years my friend.
I doubt it.
And China wants democracy for Syria.
NEWS FLASH!!
To all the 2011 Summiteers.
I received this thank you note to-day from the Canadiens Children’s Foundation.
By next season’s 2012 Summit, HIO Fans will have donated over $10,000.00 to Children’s Charity. We sure are a fantastic community of hockey fans. Great work everyone!
Dear Mr. Cobb,
On behalf of the Montreal Canadiens Children’s Foundation I would like to thank you and your wonderful HIO Fan Group for your generous donation.
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner.
Best regards
Sylvie Nadeau
Coordonnatrice, Dons et administration – Fondation des Canadiens pour l’enfance
Coordinator, Donations and Administration – Montreal Canadiens Children’s Foundation
Canadiens de Montréal
Time for a pre-playoff summit Ian!
Ya! And I get to present Scott with his Rocket Richard scoring trophy!
We may disagree on certain matters, but in the end, we rock! Cheers everyone!
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Don’t let the wultures getcha.
When I saw all those empty seats on the Island and I hear about the easy availability of tickets in Phoenix ……. maybe one of these years you should take the show on the road, Ian.
That my friend is a good idea!
Hmmm… HI/O invades Long Island… I like it!
Just might work Chuck, Long Island just might get a little longer!
Two thumbs up!
Ian, that thank you letter looks like it took about 15 seconds to write. You would think that Peanut Houle could have put his Molson down for a couple of minutes and wrote a personal thank you for all of your hard work.
He dropped by our dinner and thanked us in person… good enough for ya?
The official thank you is being framed as we type my friend. Maybe you could be so kind as to present it to one of the kids that we are doing all this for.
Good to hear. The “sorry for not getting back to you sooner” part made it sound like this was the first contact with you since the Summit and the first thank you you have recieved. Peanut can continue drinking his Molson then.
Well done!
Bravo to all who attended and to Ian and his little helpers for putting this together each year. Looking forward to the next one!
***Subbang Baby!!!***
Undefeated when Gomez scores… and people wanna get rid of him?!
Noticed TSN showed all goal replays but the high stick goal.
ME TOO! I kept tyring to show my son that the goal was CLEARLY high sticked, and it never came up. They don’t wanna show it, cuz they know it should’ve been disallowed. And why did it only take 2 seconds to review? I KNEW they were going to call it a good goal….they are the Habs after all.
“To disbelieve is easy; to scoff is simple; to have faith is harder”
~ Louis L’Amour
I’ve got the faith!
No surprise. They didn’t even seriously review the goal in TO, practically just handed it to the Islanders.
Think they should relocate the goal review video room to somewhere neutral, like Las Vegas.
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❝ I can’t really hear what Jeremy says, because I’ve got my two Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears.❞
From Islanders Blog:
“Montreal 4 (EN), Islanders 2: Price Shuts Door, Even Scott Gomez Scores” LOL
Great nite of hockey L, can we keep this going? Can’t find my magic 8 ball, borrowed to some guy named Scott!
Yes Burly, I’m one of the “crazy Idiots” who voted yes on the poll to the right of you, haha. And let Scott keep the ball!!!!
The way the question is worded you have to answer yes. It is still mathematically possible that the Canadiens CAN make the playoffs. If the question was WILL they make the playoffs, then I can see two possible answers.
Will do, yes for me too!
Islanders have a blog? Whodathunkit?
I hope this recent success doesnt stop us from dealing the UFAs and others (Kabarle) if possible. It should increase their value.
Are you kidding. Gomez is going to score the Stanley Cup winning goal off of a pass from Kaberle.
Rather see Leblanc from Subban and Emelin
Halak allowed three goals on twelve shots, was pulled, Elliot shut the door the rest of the way and the Blues came back to win in SO.
Somebody had to say it.
Full Breezer 4 Life
Wait, you cant say that… Halak is the savior!!!
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Don’t let the wultures getcha.
You have to admit that how this season has gone Halak has a much better chance of ending it with a ring on his finger than Carey does. But Price is the guy for the long haul.
The Price Kool-Aid still works! We’re number 14!
to become cup contenders this team needs to upgrade players like moen and ak46..they have good points but we need better and more consistent players than they are..
So to become a Cup contender, Montreal must upgrade on a player who has won a Cup? Hmmm…
Gomez trending seriously on Twitter.
How is the Tank trending?
Getting derailed. It’s taken on a serious new opponent in the Vatican.
You may need to watch what u say with “them” officially on board.
Que the black helicopters…
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Don’t let the wultures getcha.
Slower.
Yowsers! I couldn’t watch it there at the end. I thought the stick was definitely too high on the first goal, then Streit scores and I thought oh noes, this doesn’t look good! Good for Patch, getting the trick! Gomez was pretty cool about his first goal in a year. Acted like it was something he’d done before. I hope this opens the flood gates and I hope it spoils ” the tankers” night. Go Habs!
That’s 3 in a row, bring on T O. Pricey was outstanding tonight, he deserved to be leaving the rink with a 30+ save shutout but the win is more important to him. He stood on his head the first 2 periods or the Habs may not of even been in the game. Great game by MaxP, only needs 8 more in 27 games to reach 30. The Gomez clocks can stop, he finally got one on a nice shot.
“They don’t hang Conference Championship Banners from the rafters here”
Carey Price
GOmez had a few in the preseason and I was sure he was going to have a good year. I hope this changes his luck and he gets a half dozen or so more.
I actually thought the same thing in the preseason but he got injured early.
“They don’t hang Conference Championship Banners from the rafters here”
Carey Price
I am glad Maxs’ goal counted, but shouldn’t there have been one more faceoff to play out the last half second? I just feel he didn’t get a chance to bask in the glow of a hat trick.
I think the refs wanted to go home early. Probably also why they decided to let the call on the ice stand after less than 20 seconds on the phone.