Archive for the ‘Los Angeles Kings’ Category
Tony Gallagher in the Vancouver Province tells us some very interesting information regarding the 1993 Marty McSorley stick-measuring incident that changed the momentum for the Habs, who then went on to take series and win the Stanley Cup.
First, a recap:
The 1993 final had the LA Kings winning game 1 and were leading by a goal late in [...]
November 7, 2009 in Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, NHL playoffs
Tags: 1993 Stanley Cup, Habs, Jacques Demers, LA Kings, Luc Robitaille, Marty McSorley stick measuring, Tony Gallagher, Vancouver Province | 17 Comments »
Phil Wu is a Chinese fellow who grew up in Montreal but now lives in that hockey hotbed, China. That’s nice, but the problem with that is that Phil won’t be able to see his treasured Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre anymore. I know the feeling. But I only live three thousand miles away. Phil lives about three [...]
August 17, 2009 in Anaheim Ducks, Bell Centre, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens
Tags: Anaheim Ducks, Brian Gionta, China, Chinese hockey, England, Habs, LA Kings, Mike Cammalleri, Scott Gomez | 15 Comments »
My old friend Paul was a guitar player in clubs in Toronto for years. And not only is he a tremendous guitarist, but he’s also a big Habs fan. In fact, he painted his Telecaster red and put a nice Habs sticker on it because often at various clubs he was playing around Hogtown, Leaf players such [...]
August 8, 2009 in Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens
Tags: Danny Gallivan, Dave Ellett, Dick Irvin, Doug Gilmour, Habs, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Kings, Telecaster, Wendel Clark | 8 Comments »
When I was twelve our Orillia peewee baseball team beat all comers, from little towns to big cities, and we won the all-Ontario championship. The following year, Orillia put on a Sports Celebrity dinner and our team and some successful minor hockey teams were invited and we accepted trophies and such from the celebrities – like baseball legend Sal Maglie, hockey star [...]
June 10, 2009 in Los Angeles Kings
Tags: Andy Bathgate, Carman Basilio, Garney Henley, Ken "Jiggs" McDonald, New England Whalers, Orillia, Rick Ley, Roger Crozier, Sal Maglie | 1 Comment »
It needs to be said first. The Canadiens scored two goals in the final two minutes of the game, the last with 22 seconds left, to beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3, and most importantly, ended their slightly-nightmarish four-game skid.
That was good. That was dramatic. That spells relief.
But Josh Gorges took a serious run-and- jump [...]
January 31, 2009 in Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens
Tags: Bell Centre, Boston Bruins, Denis Gauthier's hit on Josh Gorges, Los Angeles Kings | 7 Comments »
Don’t forget, both Montreal games this weekend are afternoon games. Los Angeles today and Boston tomorrow are 2pm EST starts, (11am Pacific) and it appears that both are on CBC and of course, RDS.
Don’t want anybody to miss the new Habs, the ones who are going to come storming out.
January 31, 2009 in Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens
Tags: Boston Bruins, CBC, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens | 1 Comment »
I had a real bad feeling after the Canadiens lost to Atlanta and then to New Jersey just before the All-Star break. Because then they’d have to avoid losing to Tampa Bay not to become officially mired in a three-game losing slump.
But they did lose to the Tampa Bay Lightning, 5-3, and so, just like that, [...]
January 27, 2009 in Atlanta Thrashers, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, Tampa Bay Lightning
Tags: Carey Price, Martin St. Louis, Montreal Canadiens, Montreal radio, Super Bowl in Tampa, Tampa Bay Lightning, Vincent Lacavalier | 1 Comment »
It was announced a few days back that my old hometown arena in Orillia is on its last legs, and that its doors are now locked due to structural damage.
It’s a sad thought for me, the idea that the old arena could be no more. But it’s 60 years old, built by volunteers after the [...]
January 24, 2009 in Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens
Tags: Bill Goldsworthy, Don Awrey, Don Messer, Lester Pearson, Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens, Niagara Falls Flyers, Orillia arena, Orillia Community Centre, Oshawa Generals, Prime Minister of Canada, public skating, Rocket Richard, Ron Schock, Tommy Hunter | 2 Comments »
The Buffalo Sabres beat Boston 4-2 in Boston today. This ends the Bruins’ ten-game winning streak. It’s so nice to see this over-achieving band of Beantown gangsters lose, and hopefully it’s the beginning of many more losses to come.
Also….Florida took it to Pittsburgh, winning 6-1 in Pittsburgh. Sidney Crosby was in a couple of fights, [...]
January 3, 2009 in Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals
Tags: Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Florida Panthers, Habs, hockey, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, NHL, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Sidney Crosby, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals | 1 Comment »
When Wayne Gretzky retired, the entire league, every team, agreed the proper thing to do was to retire jersey no. 99 permanently so no other player would ever wear it.
This is absolutely reasonable. Gretzky deserves this honour. He was Gretzky, for goodness sakes.
But there’s another number out there that deserves the same royal treatment. [...]
December 7, 2008 in Atlanta Thrashers, Bobby Hull, Buffalo Sabres, Dallas Stars, Florida Panthers, Gordie Howe, Los Angeles Kings, Maurice Richard, Minnesota Wild, Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Ottawa Senators, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks, St. Louis Blues, Tampa Bay Lightning, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks, Wayne Gretzky
Tags: Atlanta Thrashers, Bobby Hull, Brendan Bell, Buffalo Sabres, Dallas Stars, Derek Roy, Eric Christensen, Florida Panthers, Gordie Howe, hockey, LA Kings, Maurice Richard, Mike Modano, Mikko Koivu, Milan Michalek, Minnesota Wild, Mr. Hockey, New Jersey Devils, NHL, Niklas Hagman, Oscar Moller, Ottawa Senators, Pascal Dupuis, Paul Kariya, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks, Scottie Upshall, St. Louis Blues, Steve Downie, Steve Weiss, Tampa Bay Lighning, Taylor Pyatt, the Golden Jet, The Rocket, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks, Wayne Gretzky, Zach Parise | 7 Comments »