It was after the 3-2 shootout win over Carolina at the Bell Centre Tuesday night that Alex Kovalev said the the current Canadiens are not playing the same kind of hockey that the 2007-2008 edition of this club finished the season with, last year.
It’s a refrain that was still ringing in the visitors locker room [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 31, 2008
HABS WIN; PAVEL BOLTS
October 30, 2008
HAMRLIK MAKES THE TRIP, PRICE GETS THE START
Defenceman Roman Hamrlik, who went down late in the third period of last night’s win against Carolina at the Bell Centre, didn’t skate with his teammates today at Verdun. However, he joined them for the flight to Minnesota and is expected to suit against the Wild tomorrow night. Hamrlik hobbled off the ice after taking [...]
October 29, 2008
PLEKANEC THE RIGHT CHOICE IN SHOOTOUT
Guy Carbonneau rolled the dice with Tomas Plekanec during the shootout in last night’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes, and came up snake eyes. However, goaltender Carey Price and Team Captain Saku Koivu saved the day for the Montreal Canadiens as the Habs beat the ‘Caines 3-2.
After both teams skated to a 2-2 tie [...]
October 26, 2008
HABS FALL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN REGULATION
Well, you can’t win ‘em all. And last night at the Bell Centre, the Canadiens certainly didn’t win enough of the battles against an Anaheim Duck team that walked into Ottawa 24 hours and beat the Senators 4-3, and then bussed into Montreal and beat the Canadiens 6-4.
On a night when the Habs outshot [...]
October 24, 2008
HALAK IN, KOSTITSYN REMAINS OUT
As if Carey Price needed to lose any more weight.
After dropping almost 30 pounds during the off-season in his quest to get lean and mean, Canadiens’ goalie Carey Price has dropped another four pounds in recent days as a result of the stomach flu.
“You know what comes with the stomach flu,” deadpanned Price after practice today. Despite [...]
October 23, 2008
HIGGINS LEFT TO PONDER TRADE RUMOURS
Chris Higgins’ name has certainly been mentioned enough times in the early going this season. The trouble is: it’s not because of anything he’s done on the ice.
Higgins has been dealing with a groin injury since training camp, and has yet to make an appearance on the ice for the Montreal Canadiens this [...]
October 21, 2008
HALAK SHARP IN 3-1 WIN OVER PANTHERS
Jaroslav Halak claims there was a little luck involved in keeping the puck out of the net for most of the night against the Florida Panthers. Maybe. But luck will only take you so far when you are faced with 36 shots, and turn aside 35 of them.
Halak, in his second start of [...]
October 19, 2008
KOSTITSYN “DOING A LOT BETTER”
Don’t look for Andrei Kostitsyn to be on the ice tomorrow night when the Montreal Canadiens play host to the Florida Panthers. But do look for Kostitsyn to take a turn on the ice during the morning skate, which is good news indeed for the Habs, and for number 46.
Head coach Guy Carbonneau emerged from [...]
October 19, 2008
CANADIENS WIN GAME, LOSE A. KOSTITSYN
Canadiens 4 Coyotes 1.
Officially, this one was over when linemates Saku Koivu, Alex Tanguay and Guillaume Latendresse came out for their curtain call after being named the games’ three stars.
Unofficially, this one was over when Andrei Kostitsyn ended up on the receiving end of a thunderous body check that left number 46 of the Canadiens [...]
October 18, 2008
CHIPCHURA RETURNED TO HAMILTON
Let me take you back a few months ago, when it became clear that Montreal Canadiens’ General Manager Bob Gainey was having little success trying to convince Mats Sundin to join the Habs.
At the time, Gainey said the Canadiens had a Plan B in place at centre, in Kyle Chipchura, should the Habs fall short [...]
