The Habs were in dire straits late in Game 5 Thursday night, going into the third period trailing 3-1 in both the game and the series. Forget the fact that they entered the playoffs as the number 2 seed in the East, that they won of the Northeast Division, that they entered the playoffs with ...
After a month-long slump, the Montreal Canadiens’ most highly-touted rookie is finally showing signs of life for the struggling Habs. The 18-year-old American, who was drafted 3rd overall at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, scored his 7th goal of the season on Monday against the Philadelphia Flyers. In his last 7 games, the versatile forward ...
The playoffs are right around the corner, and although the Canadiens have had a stellar season thus far, there is still some room for improvement. The Habs have relied on a balanced offense to find success this year, so while they are fifth in the league in goals per game but they don’t have a ...
An 11-year NHL veteran, Brian Gionta is the New Jersey Devils franchise leader for goals (48) in a single season (2005-06), is a Stanley Cup champion (2003) and the 34-year-old (standing at 5’7”) is currently the captain of the one of the NHL’s most-storied franchises: the Montreal Canadiens. His brother, 29-year-old Stephen Gionta is currently ...
Despite the Montreal Canadiens’ strong start this season, some players are struggling offensively for the Eastern Conference leaders. One of them is captain Brian Gionta. In 19 contests this season, the diminutive winger has only recorded 3 goals and 5 assists for 8 points despite playing on the team’s first line with Tomas Plekanec and ...
Ten games into the season and sitting at 6-3-1, the Montreal Canadiens have so far been one of the season’s most surprising young teams. After finishing 19th in overall goal scoring last year, and without having made any significant offensive upgrades via trade or free agency, most experts had predicted another anemic output from a ...
Family affairs are nothing new with the New Jersey Devils. Lou Lamoriello is the General Manager of New Jersey and his son Chris serves in the same capacity at Albany. There are also the three Zajac’s in the organization, Travis, Darcy and Kelly. Over the years the Devils have either had brothers in the organization ...
Tomorrow night the Habs will host the Maple Leafs as the shortened season gets underway, but it looks like the Montreal Canadiens still have a key scoring position open in the roster. While it’s pretty clear the top line of Erik Cole, David Desharnais and Max Pacioretty will remain intact, Michel Therrien also made it ...
For the last month you may or may not have noticed an unusual number of men walking around North America with something growing on their upper lip. Day after day, week after week, it got darker and bushier, for we were growing mustaches for Movember. In the process raising thousands of dollars to help fight ...
Often deemed too small by NHL scouts, small, undersized, but skilled players, often have a harder time convincing NHL executives and coaches to give them a chance at the pro hockey level than a 6’4”, 220 pounds forward with lesser skills, but with a bigger physical frame. The rigour of the 82-game NHL calendar take ...
