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Michael Bournival

Habs Waive Michael Bournival

Dustin L. Nelson | December 2, 2015

Montreal Canadiens forward Michael Bournival is finally healthy and ready to play. He returned to the locker room this week after being shut down with post-concussion symptoms last year. There…

Categories Montreal Canadiens, NHL News

Bournival Bounce Back Will Button Up Habs Bottom Six

Ken MacMillan | July 15, 2015

During the busiest time for roster moves on the National Hockey League’s calendar, the Montreal Canadiens have been fairly quiet. The Habs failed to land any free agent names of merit…

Categories Canadiens Transactions, Montreal Canadiens

Michael Bournival’s Injury Speaks to Bigger Issues

Brianne Spiker | March 19, 2015

It was recently revealed that Hamilton Bulldogs forward Michael Bournival has been suffering from dizziness for some time. Bournival was demoted to the AHL after the trade deadline when the…

Categories Montreal Canadiens

It Won’t Get Any Better Than This for Habs’ Louis Leblanc

Ari Grief | October 28, 2013

It definitely has not been an easy ride for Louis Leblanc, the Montreal Canadiens’ 18th overall pick in the 2009 entry-level draft.  But if the twenty-two year old Harvard-educated forward…

Categories Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens’ Depth Put to Test Early

Ari Grief | October 22, 2013

The Montreal Canadiens are off to a very respectable 5-3 start but now the team is being put to the test because of injuries to a few core players. I…

Categories Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens: Five Stories to Watch

Ari Grief | September 27, 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…

Categories Montreal Canadiens, Previews and Predictions

Canadiens Prospects Expected to be with the Hamilton Bulldogs

Mike Burse | September 3, 2013

Every year it can be a tense time for Coaches and Managers of American Hockey League franchises during National Hockey League training camps. They wait and hope to get some…

Categories AHL, Hamilton Bulldogs

Shawinigan Cataractes Win 2012 Memorial Cup

Margann Laurissa | May 30, 2012

Underdogs and longshots. Those are what the Shawinigan Cataractes were considered at the 2012 Memorial Cup, despite the fact that they were the host team.  The Cataractes had a month-long layoff…

Categories CHL, National Juniors, NHL News, QMJHL

Bob Hartley to be named the Montreal Canadiens’ next head coach

Fred Poulin | May 28, 2012

Now that the Mastercard Memorial Cup is over after the host team, the Shawinigan Cataractes, eliminated Dale Hunter’s London Knights 2-1 in overtime yesterday at Centre Bionest on Anton Zlobin’s…

Categories Montreal Canadiens, NHL Rumors, QMJHL

An In-Depth 2012 Memorial Cup Preview

David OConnor | May 15, 2012

The Memorial Cup is the most prized possession in Canadian major junior hockey. Presented each year to the champion of the Canadian Hockey League, the Memorial Cup tournament is round…

Categories CHL, National Juniors, NHL Prospects, OHL, Previews and Predictions, QMJHL, WHL

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