Posts About "Patrick Roy"
1993 Montreal Canadiens: A Love Letter
December 19th, 2018 “And now a 24th Stanley Cup banner will hang from the rafters of the famous Forum in Montreal. The Canadiens win the Stanley Cup!” To a generation of Montreal Canadiens fans those two sentences, spoken by legendary play-by-play man Bob Cole on CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada, will forever live on in our memories. I can recall that...
The 5 Greatest Goaltenders in NHL History
November 16th, 2018 Ranking goaltenders throughout the history of the NHL is an arduous task. Multiple factors must be considered: sheer dominance, longevity, impact on the sport, etc. For some, raw win and ring totals are more important than how those totals were achieved. With all of these factors in mind, let's take a crack at ranking the five best...
Price Passes Roy with Statement Shutout
October 28th, 2018 Make no mistake, Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price still has a long way to go before he catches Jacques Plante for the most wins on the team’s all-time list. But passing Patrick Roy for No. 2 is a fine start. Price Bounces Back In a lot of ways, the 3-0 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday was a fine start for Price in his...
Hockey Goalies - A Breed Apart
October 25th, 2018 The great Jacques Plante summed it up this way, “Imagine sitting at your desk. You make a mistake. A red light goes on behind you, a siren starts sounding and 18,000 people are yelling at you. That's what it's like to be a goaltender.” Hockey goalies are a different breed, especially those who played before 1959, when there...
Every Canadian Team In the Playoffs - Remembering 1986
October 11th, 2018 Recent history has not been kind to Canadian teams with a 24-season gap since the Montreal Canadiens won the nation's last Stanley Cup in 1993. Since then, Canada has had success with four teams reaching the Stanley Cup Final but it hasn't been consistent. In 2018, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Winnipeg Jets were the only Canadian teams to...
Best NHL Goalies of the 1980s
September 24th, 2018 The 1980s was the golden era of the National Hockey League (or so I’m told). It was a time of dynastic teams, high-scoring games and some of the best international hockey that’s ever been played. Of course, there were also the shady owners, the constant violence, scrums after every whistle and whatever the complete...
