No Storybook Ending For The 2013 Montreal Canadiens With the Ottawa Senators sending the Montreal Canadiens packing in five games, Habs nation finds themselves looking for a way to deal with a disappointing end to a surprisingly successful season. As the lockout came to an end and the puck dropped to begin the 2013 season, nobody ...
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 ...
The Ottawa Senators hold a commanding 3-1 lead against the Montréal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and will look to finish off the Habs on Thursday. Ottawa has played extremely well at times throughout the series but have benefited from a lot of lucky bounces as well as the injuries the Canadiens have faced. ...
Which Canadiens Team Will Show Up For Game Three? With the first round series between the Montreal Canadiens and the Ottawa Senators set to resume tonight at Scotiabank Place, Habs fans are hoping to the Canadiens from game two rather that the team that fell apart in game one following Eric Gryba’s crushing blow to ...
It’s not the fact that a player was hit. It’s not the fact that Raphael Diaz fed Lars Eller a pass that led to the hit. It’s the fact that there was nothing wrong with the hit Gryba delivered with disastrous results to Lars Eller. You can throw around phrases like “suicide pass”, “no respect”, ...
A raucous capacity crowd at the Bell Centre was stunned to silence late in the second period as a pool of blood collected on the ice, gushing from the nose of Lars Eller. As Eller received a breakout pass from Raphael Diaz, Ottawa’s Eric Gryba stepped up and flattened the Habs center with a blindside ...
It’s been quite a final week for the New York Islanders. After a thrilling contest in Winnipeg on Saturday, the Islanders survived a late comeback by the Jets to win on a John Tavares shootout goal. Suddenly, the Islanders were poised to clinch a playoff spot, their first in 6 years, on Tuesday night ...
After qualifying for the playoffs on Saturday night for the first time in seven years, Toronto Maple Leaf fans from coast-to-coast find themselves looking ahead to possible playoff matchups. If the standings remain in a holding pattern through to the end of the season the Maple Leafs will open the playoffs on the road against ...
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 ...
Wow, time flies. There are less than eight games left for most teams to finish up the shortened 2013 NHL season. But don’t let the 48-game season fool you. For most fans, this season felt really long. It didn’t help that both sides did nothing to prevent the owner-Gary-imposed lockout from happening on September 15. ...
