Category: Habs

Relentless Flyers overwhelm Habs

In their ugliest loss of the season thus far, the Montreal Canadiens were manhandled 5-0 by the Philadelphia Flyers. They pressed the Habs defensemen with an aggressive forechecking style, and intimidated the forwards who kept getting rid of the puck.

(HW) Habs @ Flyers preview

Jeff Hackett will face his former team for the first time as a Flyer and both teams will try to get on the winning track. The Flyers are winless in 3 games 0-2-0-1, while the Habs were embarrased at home 6-2 at the hands of the Senators.

(AP) Habs looking for revenge tonight

An easy season-opening win over the Montreal Canadiens sparked the Ottawa Senators to a great start. Apparently the loss was not too upsetting to the Canadiens. While Ottawa opening in strong fashion is no surprise, Montreal doing the same was a lot less

(G&M) Theo shut the door !

Marcel Hossa scored his first goal of the season while Jose Theodore stopped 34 shots for his 19th career shutout as the Montreal Canadiens downed the New York Islanders 3-0 Thursday for their fifth win in six games. Theodore’s made 17 third period saves

(HW) Habs hang on to beat Red Wings

The Montreal Canadiens seemed inspired by their “heritage” jerseys and pounced on the Red Wings from the opening faceoff, and built up a 2 goal lead. The pace later slowed, but they focused on defense and managed to stave off a Detroit comeback… and came