Tom at the Ryan Coke Experience suggested I do this and I thought about it and decided it might be fun. He said I should watch games from the Montreal Canadiens Memorable Games 10 DVD set, and report on them like they were live and had just happened.
So, live, from the press box in 1960, the game.
LEAFS NO [...]

Another Richard brother almost joined Maurice and Henri on the Habs in the 1950’s. Unfortunately, he didn’t have what it takes, but at least he got a lot farther than you and me.
“Claude had pretty well everything you need to play in the NHL except he wasn’t a good skater. He had a good shot. [...]

In the spring of 1960, Maurice ‘Rocket’ Richard scored his final goal of his brilliant career. It was his 626th goal, and it occurred in Toronto during the Habs four-game sweep of the Leafs to win their fifth Stanley Cup in a row. When the series ended, the Rocket retired, although he did attend training camp [...]

In no particular order:
Jean Beliveau, Trevor Linden, Eric Duhatschek, Habs fans, Habs fans who don’t torch cars, Chris Cuthbert, readers of this blog, hard workers like Tom Kostopoulos and Maxim Lapierre,  Canada-Russia games, Henri Richard, Jim Hughson, Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr, players who visit sick kids, Josh Gorges, Dick Irvin, Ken Dryden’s books, Dickie Moore, Ralph [...]

This came out in the Edmonton Journal, written by John MacKinnon, and it’s quite amazing. Somehow, some place, the TSN gang must have got together and dropped some acid. MacKinnon’s story is entitled…
“Habs’ Dream Team Falls Flat With Imagination Shackled”  
So, in honour of the Montreal Canadiens centenary, TSN has assembled the “Ultimate Canadiens Team,” and [...]

 
Who is Miss Lee Dillon? And how did she come to cover the Canadiens during the 1956-57 season?
 
Was she there a few years earlier in March of 1955 when the Richard Riot happened?
 
Did she interview Henri Richard when he broke in with the Habs a year earlier?
 
Did she share knitting tips with Jacques Plante?
 
Did Boom Boom sing to [...]

 
I’d say there’s a lot of things to smile about tonight. This solid 6-2 win over the NY Rangers had to be the Canadiens’ best game of the season. Everyone contributed, and although Alex Kovalev has now gone 15 games without a goal, he was effective and creative, and at least managed an assist.
 
From the beginning, when [...]

A guest writer delves into the ‘Patrick Roy’s sweater being retired’ saga. 
 
Take it away, Jim.
 
“Pro sports are sexy for a variety of reasons, but perhaps their most attractive quality is that they are so readily apprehended. Things are pretty straightforward, excluding the usual geeky obsession with stats - God bless The Schwab, a brilliant trivia geek, but [...]

Hockey items you could discuss with your friends after five or six beer:
 
The Philadelphia Flyers have sent Steve Downey down to their AHL affiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms.
Players around the NHL now stand a much better chance of not having their skulls cracked. AHL players, however, are putting extra padding in their helmets and have told their [...]

Bernie Geoffrion loved being in front of the camera. He was a born ham, and I remember him singing on The Juliette Show one time.
Henri Richard has always been sort of quiet and shy. Someone once asked Toe Blake if Henri spoke English. Blake said he didn’t even know if he spoke French.
 
In this 1985 [...]