First Quarter Grades: Goalies & Defence
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We’re not even a month into the NHL season and already the Habs have hit the quarter pole.
We’re not even a month into the NHL season and already the Habs have hit the quarter pole.
A week after everything was looking up for the Habs, it all came crashing back down after a winless week that saw the team earn just one of six points.
The Habs will look to get back in the win column while exacting some revenge on division rival Toronto for beating them on opening night when the two teams square off Saturday night at the Bell Centre.
The votes have been counted, and the Habsworld readers have made their opinions known. With a 4-2-0 record in the month of January, there were plenty of candidates for 3 Star consideration. Rene Bourque, Raphael Diaz, Alexei Emelin, Alex Galchenyuk, Bre
In back to back nights the Canadiens surrendered 3rd period leads to eventually fall to a divisional foe.
The Hamilton Bulldogs roster just got even weaker on Tuesday as Aaron Palushaj, who was on waivers to re-join the team after recovering from a shoulder injury, was claimed by the Colorado Avalanche.
Last season, playing at home did not provide any sort of advantage for the Habs but the same can’t be said early on this year after a perfect 3-0 week on home ice.
For the second time this year, the Habs were looking to win back-to-back games.
After getting shellacked in Ottawa, the Habs bounced back in the best way possible, crushing division rival Buffalo 6-1 on Saturday afternoon.
The Canadiens will look to regain their winning ways this afternoon, as they host the Buffalo Sabres. Montreal was last in action on Wednesday night, and lost emphatically to the Ottawa Senators, 5-1.