It’s time to see what Sergei Kostitsyn can bring to the table.
After being banished to Hamilton and the American Hockey League Bulldogs for the past dozen games (which included a stint on the sidelines as a result of injury problems), it’s time for the Montreal Canadiens to give Sergei Kostitsyn another shot at the big time.
Seriously. [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Sergei Kostitsyn’
November 16, 2009
IT’S TIME TO SEE WHAT SERGEI CAN DO
February 21, 2009
HABS’ CENTENNIAL SEASON HANGS IN BALANCE
Some celebration.
The Montreal Canadiens’ Centennial Season is turning into a non-stop nightmare, both on and off the ice.
The action on the ice took a back seat, earlier this week, as a result of the unusual move by General Manager Bob Gainey to leave Alex Kovalev behind before the Canadiens moved on to Washington and Pittsburgh, to [...]
February 18, 2009
IS THIS THE END OF THE LINE FOR KOVALEV?
Has Alex Kovalev played his final game as a member of the Montreal Canadiens?
That’s the question Habs’ fans are asking themselves after general manager Bob Gainey sent jaws dropping today at the team’s practice facility when he informed reporters that he has told Kovalev to take a few days off in what the G.M. acknowledged [...]
December 21, 2008
KOVALEV THREADS NEEDLE FOR WINNER IN O.T.
Alex Kovalev always predicted that, when the goals started coming, they would start coming in bunches.
He was right.
Kovalev scored his third in three games, this one the winner in overtime, to lead the Canadiens to a 4-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres Saturday night at the Bell Centre. The deciding goal came on the power [...]
November 21, 2008
ONE STEP FORWARD…
…two steps back?
We’ll begin to get the answer to that question Saturday night, when the Boston Bruins come to town on a night when the Montreal Canadiens retire Patrick Roy’s jersey number 33.
We’ve been down this road with this Canadiens‘ team before, of late. I take you back to the 6-3 loss to the [...]
November 14, 2008
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 [...]
November 9, 2008
HABS EMBARRASSED BY LEAFS
Embarrassing.
That is the only way to put last night’s 6-3 setback by the Canadiens at the hands of Mikhail Grabovski and the Toronto Maple Leafs. When this one was over, Habs‘ head coach Guy Carbonneau called it the most embarrassing game he’s ever been associated with.
And for good reason.
The Canadiens walked into the Air [...]
November 8, 2008
FIVE OF A POSSIBLE SIX
It’s hard to argue with a team that has picked up five of a possible six road-trip points, and one that is 8-1-and-2, overall.
However, I will. Argue, that is.
Yes, the Canadiens beat Minnesota 2-1 to open this four-game road trip. But only because of the heroics of goaltender Carey Price. Yes, the [...]
November 4, 2008
KOIVU AND HIGGINS REUNITED, FOR NOW
No surprise to see Chris Higgins skating with Saku Koivu and Alex Tanguay as the Canadiens were back on the ice at practice today at the Bell Centre, preparing for their next game Friday night in Columbus against the Blue Jackets.
Higgins was reunited with Koivu in the third period of Saturday night’s game against the [...]
November 2, 2008
A MOST IMPROBABLE VICTORY
Let us take you back to the 3:54 mark of the second period, when Alex Kovalev took a bad penalty: a hooking call with the New York Islanders leading the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 at the time.
Kovalev knew it was a bad penalty. Everyone in the Nassau Coliseum knew it was a bad penalty (many [...]
