Completely recovered from a contusion to his right shoulder, Alexei Kovalev will play tonight’s game with Mike Ribeiro and Michael Ryder. The Canadiens concluded his voyage in the west with a 5-2 victory against thi the bad Ducks
Well, here we are post-deadline and we’ve got a couple of new faces, a little more confidence, and our future in our own hands. As we head down the stretch we have to start looking at who we’ll face in The Show (assuming no locker room brawl or injury gl
Another of Gainey’s waiver wire acquisitions, he was brought in for muscle and size and has provided, for the most part. There have been times when I’ve felt he should have taken his role as goon a little more to heart, but to be honest, he’s also played
The Habs have at last swung a deal, albeit a minor one. The team dropped cement head enforcer Sylvain Blouin, and has replaced him with defenceman Rene Vydareny. Chad Kilger was also picked up by the Leafs, and here is a look back and a look ahead …
The trade deadline has come and gone, but at least one big move has snuck in past the deadline, that being Geoff Sanderson to Vancouver. Bob Gainey stood pat, clearly happy with his team’s success and recent acquisitions, but did lose one body. Chad Kilge
There have been times during the season, and in particular during this rather incredible stretch of eight wins in their last nine games, when the Habs have looked less like a playoff or winning club than one would care to admit. However, and this is key,
Perhaps unbelievably, the Canadiens head home after a four-game road trip (during which they went 3-1) and a stretch of nine games in 15 nights (phenomenally 8-1) in a more impressive position in the standings than when they started. Each night they seem
Montreal finishes their four game west coast swing with a game in Anaheim. The struggling Ducks are all but mathmatically out of the playoffs, suffering an all too familiar case of the Playoff Finals Hangover.
Someone has been slowly creeping back for quite some time now. They call him Andrei Markov, and he plays defence for the Montreal Canadiens. Tonight, Markov will bring his fine game into Anaheim as the Habs close up a four game road trip.
Richard Zednik took home a prized award today, one that we call the NHL’s Offensive Player of the Week. After putting up seven points this week, four of which were goals, the winger upped his point total to 43.