Posts About "Saku Koivu"
Saku Koivu, Jere Lehtinen & Ville Peltonen to Have Numbers Retired
November 30th, 2015 The Finnish National Team has announced plans to retire the numbers of Saku Koivu, Jere Lehtinen and Ville Peltonen on the opening day of the 2016 World Junior Championship taking place in Helsinki, Finland. Lehtinen's #26, Koivu's #11 and Peltonen's #26 will be hung from the rafters, joining Jari Kurri's #17 and Raimo Helminen's #14...
From "A" To "C", Max Pacioretty Is Montreal's New Captain
September 18th, 2015 The players have spoken and Max Pacioretty is officially the new captain of the Montreal Canadiens. The captaincy was decided by a players' vote as the 26-year-old American becomes the 29th captain in franchise history, upgrading from the A he wore last year. It's no secret that leadership is a team effort and the Habs are blessed with...
Max Pacioretty: American Sniper Edition
January 24th, 2015 With the image of Max Pacioretty lying motionless on the ice on that fateful night back in March 2011, more than a few fans were probably thinking his career was over. After hearing the later diagnosis that it was a cracked vertebrae along with a severe concussion, the thought process became if he comes back from this, will he be the...
What it Means to Be Captain of the Canadiens
December 4th, 2014 This week has been a jarring reminder of what it means to be captain of the Montreal Canadiens. If these emotional last few days have proven anything to Montreal Canadiens fans it’s that management was right to hold an audition year for the next Habs captain and not rush to fill the position left open by Brian Gionta. On the...
Appreciating Andrei Markov
October 20th, 2014 He has never won the Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenceman. He isn't the most intimidating guy on the ice. And he certainly isn't the most sought after interview in the Canadiens dressing room. But all of that doesn't matter. Andrei Markov has been one of the most underrated defenceman since he has entered the league and many often...
Inside the Mind of Long-time Habs Writer, Dave Stubbs
October 10th, 2014 Recently, I had an opportunity to interview Dave Stubbs of the Montreal Gazette. For me, a 21-year-old university student, this was a particularly gratifying experience because Stubbs has been covering the Montreal Canadiens for a longer time than I have, and has written more about the Habs than I have. So for myself, it was an...