Category: Habs

Overtime Heartbreak

The youngest player in the NHL was the hero in Boston as Bergeron scored the overtime winner to put the Bruins up by two games to none. At the very least, fans of the Canadiens should be pleased that their team showed up and competed with the Bruins, tho

First Line For Kovalev

When all else fails, you’d think it would make sense to try out what was bound to work. At long last, Alex Kovalev will find himself on the first line, and let’s hope he’ll be staying there for a good period of time.

Undisciplined and Impotent

Well, let’s be brutally honest about this one: the better team won. The Bruins had better goaltending on this night, they had better containment on the puck and they were infinitely better and making intelligent and crisp plays. The Habs looked nervous

Bruins Take Game One

First blood was drawn in the opening game of the first round of the playoffs between Montreal and Boston as the hometown Bruins won easily by a score of 3-0. Despite succeeding in keeping Joe Thornton off the score sheet, the Habs were unable to fight ba

Perreault’s Playing, Is Thornton?

A familiar face will return to the lineup tonight to face a familiar foe, as Yanic Perreault, who not long ago was flying high on the team’s top line, will make his way onto a line with Jimmy Dowd and Alex Kovalev. Perreault is to play the left wing in pl

Those Dreaded Bruins: Up Close

When the Boston Bruins won their last game of the season against the Devils on the last day of the season they clinched second place and a series against the Montreal Canadiens, their arch rival and chief nemesis. These playoffs they face Montreal with t

Matchup Edge: Montreal vs Boston

It will be the 30th post-season series between the two Original Six clubs. Montreal is 22-7 so far. If you want to bet 2$ on the matchup, you’ll have an hard time finding an organization accepting it in the U.S.A.. Books are still hesitant to announce the

Bring on Boston : Rematch of 2002

You can call it deja-vu. You can call it good luck. Or, if all else fails you can simply call it a classic matchup. Forget the Leafs, ladies and gentleman, because we will be playing the Boston Bruins in the first round of this year’s playoffs. Say what y