Posts About "George Parros"
George Parros Hired to Head NHL Department of Player Safety
September 8th, 2017 The NHL has made a shift in their department of player safety. The league announced Thursday that former NHL player George Parros would be hired as the new senior vice president of player safety to replace Stephan Quintal who will be stepping down to pursue other opportunities - though he will remain with the department of player safety...
Bergevin Always Gets His Man, Will Now Seek Proven Goal Scorer
May 27th, 2015 When Marc Bergevin landed his first job as an NHL general manager, his Montreal Canadiens team was coming off one of their most disappointing seasons in the 103 year history of the historic franchise. It was going to take some tough decisions to get this franchise back on track, and Bergevin quickly proved his rookie status was not...
Hockey News: Corey Perry Injured; Penguins Make Trade
December 6th, 2014 All of the Penguins top-six winger are hurt, so they traded for a guy who isn't a top-six winger. Things aren't going smoothly in the state of Pennsylvania. Patrick Roy on why Nathan MacKinnon's ice time was cut. David Booth and John Tortorella weren't all that fond of each other. Why Kyle Chipchura might be a good...
George Parros - A Career In Review
December 5th, 2014 George Parros' mustache is more famous than George Parros' wrist shot but that's fine with him. "My No. 1 priority is making it onto an NHL roster," Parros told the Montreal Gazette last August. Unfortunately, the time has come for George Parros and the NHL to part ways. Today, the NHLPA made the announcement that George Parros has...
Montreal’s New Rivalry
April 7th, 2014 Over the 100 plus years of the Montreal Canadiens’ existence, they have built some legendarily rivalries with the best in the NHL, from the last-lasting feuds with the Maples Leafs and the Bruins, to the heated battles with the now-relocated Quebec Nordiques. While last season’s playoffs saw a resurgence of the Habs’...
VIDEO: Does Fighting Belong in Hockey? Have your say!
December 18th, 2013 If there was no fighting in the NHL, there would have been no way or reason for Brooks Orpik to answer for his clean hit, and thus Shawn Thornton would have had no reason to viciously attack him. An interesting sentiment from the anti-fighting crowd among us. A sentiment that suggests fighting is at the core of the rash of violence...
Movember: Top 5 Montreal Mos
November 12th, 2013 This month many of the Montreal Canadiens' players and staff shaved their pre-existing facial hair to then grow anew a fresh moustache for the entire month of November, also known as Movember. If you’re one of the few who haven’t pieced together why grown men of all shapes and sizes look like 1970's porn stars this month, Movember is...
Top 10 Montreal Canadiens Twitter Accounts
October 10th, 2013 The challenges of Twitter are doubled (halved?) when it comes to the Montreal Canadiens. More so than any other club, the Habs have a fan-base that speaks, writes, and reads in English, or in French, or in both official languages. That doesn't stop the team from being the most followed National Hockey League team on Twitter, which...
How To Counter The Enforcer Epidemic
October 9th, 2013 Jay Rosehill isn't an all-star point scorer; he isn't a defensive stalwart of a forward; he isn't gamechanger; he's just an enforcer whose sole purpose is to fight - and to a lesser extent, take dumb penalties. For a player who has a total of 88 career NHL games, six total points (three goals and three assists), and 264 penalty...
Hockey News: George Parros Injury Fallout; Vokoun Out Six Months
October 2nd, 2013 The Blackhawks raised their Stanley Cup banner last night. They also won the game, which was pretty important too. A great look on the impact of re-alignment for the upcoming season. The Maple Leafs re-signed Phil Kessel to a massive contract. And then promptly went on to win their season opener. That just happened to...
Toronto's Scoring Depth Could Be Key To Success, Plus Leafs Quick Hits
October 2nd, 2013 NHL Opening Night. It feels like so long since there was actual meaningful hockey on TV, and I'm sure everyone is just as excited as I am that the NHL season has finally begun. It wouldn't be a seasoner opener unless it featured a classic rivalry, and that's just what we got with the Leafs and Habs last night. It was an...
Montreal Canadiens: Five Stories to Watch
September 27th, 2013 Ahhhh… the optimism, hope and excitement that surrounds NHL locker rooms in September before the start of a new hockey season. Everyone saying all the right things; every new addition seemingly a perfect fit; and new coaches’ honeymoons with the fans, media and organizations seems like they'll last forever -- until a few losses...
For Habs’ Bergevin and Therrien the Real Work Begins
July 24th, 2013 At the end of the 2012 season -- which saw the Montreal Canadiens miss the playoffs for the first time since 2007 -- change was afoot. Owner Geoff Molson, now fully in control of his franchise, hired Marc Bergevin as GM. Bergevin then brought in Michel Therrien to take the reins of a battered and defeated Montreal Canadiens team that...
