MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS AS HABS FALL IN RALEIGH

With game 31 of the regular season in the books, a 3-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricaines in one of the strangest hockey games you’ll ever see, I’m left pondering the question:
Where are these guys?
Where is the Tomas Plekanec who emerged as a truly splended centreman last season on a line with Andrei Kostitsyn and [...]

BETTER PERFORMANCE, SAME RESULT

Well, at least they weren’t embarrassed.
The Montreal Canadiens came up with a better performance but still came up on the short end of a 2-1 decision to the Philadelphia Flyers Saturday night at the Bell Centre.  This was a more determined effort by a Canadiens‘ club that was shellacked 6-1 in Boston 48 hours earlier.  [...]

CARBONNEAU LEFT SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS

Midway through this hockey game, it looked like a rummage sale out there:  head coach Guy Carbonneau sifting and sorting through his bench in an effort to find a line combination or two worth throwing out onto the ice.
By the end of the night, nothing worked.  Certainly not his players, as the Canadiens followed up [...]

KOSTITSYN BRO’S LEAD HABS IN PHILLY

Let the record show that, three games into the regular season, Sergei Kostitsyn has been the best forward on the ice for the Montreal Canadiens.
This 21-year old from Novopolotsk, Russia, is beginning to show a maturity beyond his years, as witnessed by the completely unselfish play he made when he dished the puck to Robert [...]

TANGUAY AND SERGEI LIGHT IT UP IN TORONTO

Newcomer Alex Tanguay realizes he’s not going to have a performance like this every night. He’s he’s just trying to come in and help his team.
And help his team he did.
Tanguay exploded out of the starting blocks last night, picking up a goal and three assists in his second career game as a member of [...]