Home ice disadvantage
When I was a kid, back in the pre-Loto Québec era, Montreal had a brisk underground trade in pool tickets that were pegged to the time goals were scored.
I seem to remember a mini-scandal embroiling the Forum timekeeper shaving a few
About last night …
I listened to CKAC on the drive home last night and Martin Lemay reeled off some adjectives to describe the Canadiens performances.
In translated form: Disgusting, pathetic, ignoble, stomach-turning,
For whom the Bell does not toll
It was the first time Carey Price's parents have seen him play at the Bell Centre.
All they got was 40 minutes.
For the first time in his NHL career,
About last night …
OK, take a deep breath and remember whom they were playing.
There's nothing quite like the Boston Bruins to snap your Montreal Canadiens out of their lethargy.
But it wasn't
He might be here for a while …
Ryan O'Byrne played solid defence and picked up two assists as the Canadiens dumped the Bruins 4-2 at the TD Banknorth Garden.
After seeing a 3-0 lead frittered away
About last night …
The good news is the Canadiens don't play Detroit eight times in a season.
The bad news is it doesn't seem to matter whom they play (it's the mighty
Hockey 101
Mike Babcock could have worn a Concordia tie.
The Detroit coach didn't need his lucky McGill neckwear as the Red Wings ran a hockey clinic and stomped the
The Children’s Crusade
Bob's making a list.
He's checking it twice.
The fate of Canadiens
Hangs on Halak and Price.
Cristobal Huet, who described the Canadiens as "fragile between the ears" after the Nashville crash,
The NHL Grinch
François Gagnon has a great story today on the Christmas present that is not to be.
As has been the case since 1999, the Canadiens will play road games
About last night …
For 52 minutes, Guy Carbonneau was a genius.
Before the game, the coach's newly-minted line combinations had the denizens of the pressbox scratching our heads and speculating as to
