Abe Hefter
Veteran radio broadcaster Abe Hefter is the voice of morning sports on the Andrew Carter Morning Show on CJAD 800 and cjad.com. He also takes your calls on the Montreal Canadiens post-game show on CJAD and can be found tweeting at @hefteronthehabs.
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Habs and Lapierre Part Company
After making him a second-round pick, No. 61 overall in the 2003 NHL entry draft, the Montreal Canadiens have said goodbye to Maxim Lapierre.The Habs sent Lapierre packing yesterday to Anaheim in a deal that brings defenseman Brett Festerling and a fifth-round 2012 draft pick to the Canadiens.Let it be known that...
Looks Like Max Pacioretty Was Right
December 16th, 2010 Let me take you back some six weeks ago when the Hamilton Bulldogs put in an appearance at the Bell Centre to play an American Hockey League game against the Binghamton Senators.It was early November, and Max Pacioretty was beginning to tear it up in the AHL. At the time, Pacioretty raised more than a few eyebrows when he...
Gomez' Season Comes to Grinding Halt, For Now
December 8th, 2010 It hasn't been much of a season for Scott Gomez.Last night, while the Montreal Canadiens were in the process of beating a goal-challenged Ottawa Senators' team 4-1, Gomez was nursing an injury that forced him out of this game just two shifts into the second period.The official word on Gomez is: Day-to-day with a "lower body...
White and Weber to Ride the Buses Again
October 6th, 2010 And so it has come to this for forwards Ryan White and Ben Maxwell, defencemen Yannick Weber and Alex Henry and goalie Curtis Sanford. On the eve of the Montreal Canadiens' regular-season opener in Toronto against the Leafs, the Habs broke camp and announced that the five would be making their way to the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American...
Canadiens Play Numbers Game
September 28th, 2010 And then there were 31.Thirty-one players remaining in camp with the Montreal Canadiens as they look ahead to their penultimate pre-season game Thursday night at the Bell Centre when the Buffalo Sabres come to town.After an initial series of cuts in the opening days of training camp, which reduced the roster to 53 players, there...Let the (pre-season) Games Begin
September 21st, 2010 It's time to roll up our sleeves and see what we've got here when it comes to the 2010-2011 edition of the Montreal Canadiens as the Habs get set to drop the puck on pre-season play Wednesday night with the Boston Bruins in town.First and foremost, it's time to start assessing some of the talent that came to the team during the...