Despite a very important 2-1 win against their division rivals on Saturday at Bell Centre, the Canadiens lost a key element of their defensive brigade when bruising defensemen Alexei Emelin left the game midway through the first period. He sustained a left knee injury in a thunderous collision while taking a run at big Boston Bruins forward ...
Hockey is one of the most physical games on the planet, as a result you are bound to see physical contacts between players. Whether it is with a thunderous hip check or a shattering body check, certain players know how to knock skaters on the ice a la Scott Stevens. Consequently, when these players are on the ...
Who would have thought that after three games, the Montreal Canadiens’ leading scorer would be sophomore defenseman Raphael Diaz? That’s right, nobody! Diaz is currently leading the team in scoring with five points (five assists), three of which came with the man advantage. He also has eight blocked shots and a +1 plus/minus rating in ...
Hockey players strive for perfection, but sometimes they are prone to accidents -or faux-pas- on the ice just like the rest of us, beer-league players. Whether it’s a defenseman trying to clear the front of the net or a player trying to passing the puck to an empty net, there are plenty of incidents that plague ...
New Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin has been fairly active regarding the signing and the re-signing of key players for the organization in the past 72 hours. The rookie GM had a lot of work on the table with more than ten unrestricted and restricted free agents to re-sign for the upcoming season. Below ...
Looking at the Montreal Canadiens’ defensive depth chart this off-season, it is difficult to decide whether the team boasts an embarrassment of riches…or just plain embarrassment. With so many question marks surrounding the Habs’ blue line, it would be easy to justify an argument in either direction. Perhaps Andrei Markov’s surgically repaired knee cannot be trusted, ...
He was widely seen as one of the next great hockey minds during his tenure with the Chicago Blackhawks’ front office. He rose quickly through the ranks upon his retirement as a player and has a proven championship pedigree. He is charming, well-liked, and a charismatic leader who is unafraid to speak his mind in ...
Carey Price makes a glove save vs. the Washington Capitals. The Montreal Canadiens’ 2011/12 season will certainly go down as one of the worst in recent memory, as the team failed to reach the 80 point plateau for the just the second time this century, and missed the playoffs by a little more than a ...
Whether it is with a thunderous hip check or a shattering body check, certain players know how to put skaters on the ice a la Scott Stevens. As a result, when these players are on the ice, you better keep your head up or you’re going to fall flat on your back. Besides a great goal, there ...
The name Alexei Emelin has been but a whisper in the Bell Centre rafters since the Montreal Canadiens selected the young Russian with the 84th overall selection in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. For seven long years, Habs’ fans have waited patiently for the 6’2, 220lb blue-liner, whose reputation for thunderous open-ice hits has ...
