As the Montreal Canadiens head into Buffalo tomorrow night there will be one thing on the players’ minds: victory. After a pair of disappointing losses at the hands of the Devils and Maple Leafs, in which the Habs only scored one goal in 120 minutes, the
Well, I think we can safely say the Habs are back down to Earth after two lousy performances two days running. For those who figured the next step in the evolution of the team was to challenge those above, certainly there was a significant reality check.
Jason Ward is one tough hockey player, but no matter what good he does on the ice, a rather unfortunate event seems to be cruely hiding right around the corner.
A week ago the Canadiens were creeping up the Eastern Conference standings no longer as worried about who was behind them so much as the teams in front and who they might be able to catch. It can probably be said that they’ve come down to Earth a little,
MONTREAL (AP) — Bryan McCabe, Joe Nieuwendyk and Mikael Renberg scored second-period goals in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 4-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
On Saturday night, the NHL released the 11-man rosters for the 2004 NHL YoungStars game, starring the best young prospects in the NHL. Canadiens’ forward Michael Ryder has been named to the roster, despite his contract status (normally, only those on the
Steal two points from the Flyers? Check. Lulled to sleep by the most boring team in hockey? Uh, scratch that one. Completely dominate the Toronto Maple Leafs on home ice en route to the victory? To be determined. It’s rivalry reignited tonight in Montreal
After such a brilliant showing in Philadelphia, the Habs were completely putrid tonight. There are those who will say it was the towering defence and wonderful trapping play of the Devils that was the cause, but I beg to differ. Even open passes were in t
It was a game where the visiting squad were flat, uninspired, and mentally unprepared; three traits that have been mercifully absent in the Habs for some time now. There were communication problems all over the ice, a majority of the passes hit skate blad
The Habs never really were in this game from the start, despite only losing by two goals. The Devils played a game that is very common to them and they came away with the 2 points.
After being outshot 18-9 in the first two periods, Montreal did manage