In the first game back after the Christmas break the Canadiens suffered an overtime loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. Sean Hill scored the winner on a power-play. The power play was the result of a borderline penalty call on Andrei Markov for boarding. The

Canadiens defenseman Patrice Brisebois will miss the teams next two games because of a groin injury. Brisebois has 9 points in 29 games this season along with a team leading +8. Brisebois will be replaced by Mike Komisarek in the lineup.

Canadiens defenceman Stephane Quintal was suspended Sunday for one game as a result of a play that occurred at the end of Saturdays game between the Canadiens and the Hurricanes.

Well the results of the latest HabsWorld poll are in , and your choice for who is the most deserving hab to represent the team at the All-Star game is… Sheldon Souray! Souray finished with 51 votes , Jose Theodore was 2nd with 41 votes.

MONTREAL (CP) – Montreal defenceman Craig Rivet feels there are certain players in the NHL who are employed to do more than play hockey.

After being a healthy scratch against Washington , Canadiens defenseman Stéphane Quintal will return to the lineup against Florida , as he will replace Andrei Markov in the lineup. Markov hurt his ankle when he blocked a shot last night.

Here is the video of Sidney Crosby’s version of the “Mike Legg” goal , it was Crosby’s 2nd goal of the game , he had 6 total points.

After being a healthy scratch for the previous game, Michael Ryder will play with Saku Koivu and Richard Zednik on the first line tonight. Yanic Perreault and Marcel Hossa willsit out the game. The Canadiens will start Jose Theodore in nets , while the Ca

BOSTON (AP) – Joe Juneau ended Montreal’s drought of over three games without a goal when he scored 1:39 into overtime to give the Canadiens a 1-0 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.

The Canadiens had not scored a goal since Monday ni