Canadiens’ Josh Gorges throws a third-period punch at Toronto’s Frazer McLaren at the Bell Centre.
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• AUDIO: Michel Therrien’s post-game news briefing
The Toronto Maple Leafs breezed past the lacklustre Canadiens 6-0 in a game they dominated from start to finish.
“That was a bad performance from our club. There’s no doubt about that,” Coach Michel Therrien said after the game. ”We’re going to find solutions and make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
“We got a really, really slow start,” Therrien said. “They beat us with speed.They were ready to play and we weren’t ready to play. We tried to make a push in the second period–we got 20 shots–and it was just a bad night.”
It’s the Canadiens third loss in a row. For the Leafs, it burnishes their impressive road record (6-1-0). They’ve won most of their games on the road this season.
The Leafs set the tone from the get-go scoring at 59 seconds into the game on a goal by Leo Komarov.
Tyler Bozak, James Van Riemsdyk, Phil Kessel, Korbinian Holzer and Dion Phaneuf also scored for the Leafs.
Tempers flared with melées in the third period. Max Pacioretty scrapped with Leafs forward Mikhail Grabovski and could be seen saying to an official that he’d been bitten.
“I saw the bite., It’s clear on the video,” Therrien said. “I’m sure the league is going to pay attention to that.”
Therrien also said the team hopes the league reviews an incident involving Leafs forward Colton Orr who appeared to extend a knee to take down Canadiens forward Tomas Plekanec.
“When you have Colton Orr pull his knee on Plekanec, what are you going to say? Pretty clear, we hope the league is going to review that,” Therrien said.
When Plekanec was asked after the game if he thought it was an intentional attempt to injure, he said he didn’t know, he hadn’t seen the replay.
“I got a pass from our D, I thought, I saw him at the last second and tried to jump over,” Plekanec said.
You can hear what Canadiens defenceman Josh Gorges had to say below:
You can hear what Brendan Gallagher had to say below:
You can hear what Canadiens captain Brian Gionta had to say below:
You can hear what Canadiens goaltender Carey Price had to say below:
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“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
for those who feel that adding just a goon is not the way to go , you are right. However reality is that we will play the leafs many more times and the rules allow the orrs and mclarens to do what they do.The habs need more toughness on the D so Bergevin should be dealing for Erskine or better yet Matt Carkner . He has enough skill as a player and he KO’d Orr !
The Habs got it handed to ‘em in their own goddamn barn!
Gorges is like a baby… he’s trying to fight a guy who’s laughing at him!
It is never too late to book those tee times!
Till next time….
Hockey is a crazy game. Through the first few games we could skate with anyone and now look what happened. I personally think that since the New Jersey game where the devils came back and we were lucky to win it due to an overtime penalty, you could sense the team´s confidence slowly fading. The bruins game ahurt alot as well; we had multiple chances to put that game away and if we did we would be riding pretty high right now.
The team has to do something to get its confidence back, i´m not sure how you do that. But this is what sets teams apart; how they respond to adversity. Every team goes through what the habs have just gone through; with dogged perseverance, determination you get out of it. Since they aren´t a great team, moreso a decent one, they have to work doubly hard to get out of this funk; there are going to be on gifts handed to them, they can´t count on a hat trick or someone to explode and just take over a game for them. But they have enough good pieces to rebound if they just stay disciplined and play the system.
I´m not so worried about Markov; if you look at the replay on the goal, he was flatfooted and still just about managed to stay with kulikov except he kind of slipped off of a push towards the end.
But Cole does worry me.
Man I am so sick of this team getting pushed around, by Boston,the Laffs,etc. I love Prust, but he shouldn’t have to carry everything himself
We need a Ferguson to keep the other teams in line… disgusted
How would that help us win? I’m more worried about that rather than giving up a roster spot to someone who won’t do anything but fight.
Lets see what kind of excuses the coach will make after Tampa has their way with this joke of a team.
Deal for MacIntyre. I’m serious. He can’t play at all, but neither can Armstrong, who can’t fight a lick. Just dress him once in awhile. Doesn’t mean we need to abandon the notion of team toughness. It just means Prust can’t fight behemoths every night, and once in a blue moon, you need the knuckle-dragger. Mac is a little cuckoo.
http://www.hockeyfights.com/fights/97306
http://www.hockeyfights.com/fights/89196
http://www.hockeyfights.com/fights/93965
All I can say is that despite it all, after watching those interviews my respect for Gorges was increased exponentially. And I already thought highly of him.
A lot of questions after tonights game!
Do we have the softest D in the league? Or maybe team for that matter?
Armstrong or Blunden?
Isn’t Moen suppose to add some toughness?
Who’s more useless this season DD or Cole?
How could we lose so badly to half an AHL team?
Some answers:
* Yes on D, no on team.
* Blunden.
* Yes, but Moen disappears in games like these and will be involved in an unnecessary fight Tuesday against Tampa.
* DD, if Cole wakes up at least he won’t get pushed around like a rag doll.
* I don’t know, but I just watched it.
FUBAR. That is all.
I am sure everyone may have seen this already but if not watch this video it is unbelievable, hockey ref has had enough takes his helmet off and goes nuts on player who bumps him and knocks him over. HILARIOUS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yFpsd2JuXs
In russia, ref fights you!
Conan: Almost 20 years of pitiless cumber! No rest, no sleep like other men. And yet the spring wind blows, Subotai. Have you ever felt such a wind?
Subotai: They blow where I live too. In the north of every man’s heart.
Conan: It’s never too late, Subotai.
Subotai: No. It would only lead me back here another day. In even worse company.
Conan: For us, there is no spring. Just the wind that smells fresh before the storm.
Let’s get the finger off the panic button. Every team lays a few eggs every season, this is just magnified b/c of the opponent. Let’s hope that MT keeps the process going and builds the talent and toughness of this team. Some notes from tonight:
1.) Somebody really needs to put a whoopin’ on that little punk, Grabovsky.
2.) Markov has looked slow the last couple of games.
3.) Cole looks uninterested and Gionta looks like he’s about done.
4.) Gorges needs to be the captain of this team, seems to be one of the few guys on this team that brings it every night.
5.) Liking Gallagher, wish all our smurfs were tough like him.
Blaming White & Budaj for this loss, Therrien? Hmm?
List the Habs today who were absolutely totally and without the minutest exception utterly useless. (Hint: they are all forwards and Head Coaches.)
In Soviet Belarus, arm bites you!
Have to laugh at braindead Leaf fans who say that if someone’s forearm was by a player’s mouth, they deserve a chomp. What are these guys, three yr. old toddlers?
Anyone notice Komo did not play and has sat out the last 4 games and no, I don’t want us to trade for him.
Mr. Biter
No Guts No Glory
Last time I think the Habs lost by six at home, Alain Vigneault was coach he was fired after the game and replaced by Michel Therrien ver 1.0 lol
Pretty sure there was an 8-2 loss vs. Carolina back in 2006. Theo’s last game. *I think*
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From the drop of the puck no energy…Faceoff loses have been an issue for the last 3 years….I have rarely seen a team lose their balance and fall as much as this team does in all zones …giving and receiving a pass on the rushs is very poor…
That interview shows why Gorges deserves to be this teams captain
great speaker and great defensive player. Gallagher what can I say you play like you are bigger than CHara and thats amazing glad he made our team. Looking forward to the next game so they can rebound and prove to everyone this was just a freak game.
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The league is looking at the Grabovski biting incident and Orr’s attempt to injure Plekanec right now.
Good those two jerks better get suspended, I hope they learn from this and crush the leafs in toronto
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Really?
Orr better be gone for a long time. That collision (Pleks *thankfully* jumping out of the way) could have had horrible consequences, plain for all to see. He was inches from taking out a player for the season… or for far more.
Newf Habster …After the near decapitation of Pacioretty … forgive me if I don’t have any faith in the league’s biting police.
NorthTOHab
They stunk the place out!!No excuses.
Hearing Gorges is good stuff. Because of his pride.
Just one of those nights — it happens– on to Florida for a win and all is well
Habs were just not mentally in the game from puck-drop. It happens.
Have you only now discovered that.Have you not watched the Bulldogs games.
NorthTOHab
Habs made Reimers night pretty easy as most shots seem to hit him in his midsection…..
From 25 feet out.
Full Breezer 4 Life
On a positive note, I’m loving Gallagher kids got the heart of a lion.
Also happy I won’t have to read someone write “First!” on this thread. lol
Second lol & i love Gallagher as well, type of player teammates learn to love as well as fans, a complete keeper, competes every shift, and works on his game daily to get better on and off the ice .
Gallagher’s a gem, and we can wish he were 6’2″ instead of 5’8″, but if he were, we couldn’t have gotten him at all, much less in the 5th round.
Full Breezer 4 Life
True, I’ll take him at 5’8″ cause he plays much bigger. I also that more impressive that we got him in the 5th and how well he’s doing.
+1
Mr. Biter
No Guts No Glory
I’m thinking having White tonight might have been a good thing frankly he’s got an aggressive edge that might scare some people cause who wants to get jumped and punched a lot cause he hits fast.
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He’s not the biggest but your right he is a rapid puncher and will go with anyone. And win or lose as he skates to the box it’s with a smile on his face. gotta love him.
Mr. Biter
No Guts No Glory