The Hockey News rated this November 10, 1996 bout between Philadelphia’s Ron Hextall and Toronto’s Felix Potvin as the best goalie fight of all time. Hextall, who was quite a hothead, was involved in several fights during his 13-year career in the NHL. Currently he’s employed as the VP and assistant GM of the Los [...]

“CUP COMES HOME” blared the headline in 1993 and little did we know that the Cup just a year later was going to run away from home and stay away. Stanley come home. We miss you. Enough’s enough. I think I’ll change it. It was Montreal’s 24th 25th championship in 1993 2013 and it was [...]

Completely unbiased 2012-13 Stanley Cup predictions: First Round Islanders – Pittsburgh      (Pittsburgh) Ottawa – Montreal       (Montreal) Rangers – Capitals        (Rangers) Toronto – Boston        (Boston) Minnesota – Chicago     (Chicago) Detroit – Anaheim        (Anaheim) San Jose – Vancouver        (Vancouver) L.A. – St. Louis          (L.A.) Second Round Pittsburgh – Rangers          (Pittsburgh) Montreal – Boston           (Montreal) Chicago – L.A.          [...]

Below are the final standings from last year. Notice how Montreal, 15th in the east, ended with a feeble 78 points after 82 games. This year they sit at 59 points after just 46 games. The Rangers last year ended in first place. This year they’re in the 8th spot, with the Winnipeg Jets breathing [...]

It’s the Habs in Newark tonight, and it’s anybody’s guess what we’ll see from the gang that sometimes can’t shoot straight. I’m not even going to try. One thing is certain, though. The team that went to the Stanley Cup finals last year was the New Jersey Devils, and one year later they’re not even [...]

  I wrote this last night and for some reason, probably because I’m losing my mind, I didn’t post it. So it’s a little late. The Canadiens have sent a 2013 fifth-round draft pick to the L.A. Kings in exchange for 28-year old defenceman Davis Drewiske, and I know so little about this guy, I’m [...]

The T206 Honus Wagner cigarette card, bought in 1991 by Wayne Gretzky and L.A. Kings owner Bruce McNall for $451,000. Over the years it’s been resold several times, and the last buyer paid almost three million bucks for it. However, it was found to have been trimmed to make it appear in better condition, and [...]

7-6. Really? We watched the Habs and Pens at the bar at the Shark Club on Georgia St. in Vancouver until just four minutes left in the third period, when it was time to run across the street and pick up our tickets for the Canucks-Kings match, which had been given to us gratis, compliments [...]

It seems that Brendan Gallagher (MTL), Blake Geoffrion (MTL), Jonathan Quick (LA), Sam Gagner (EDM), 30 other players in the NHL, and half the Hamilton Bulldogs are using the new Shnarped Hockey app to engage their fans. I don’t have a device that uses apps, so I guess this leaves me out.

When I own the Canadiens and the team is winning Cups, I promise to do this. Recently, when the L.A. Kings hosted the Vancouver Canucks, fans walking into the Staples Center were given replica Stanley Cup rings instead of the usual towel or fridge magnet or other trinket that one would usually get and which [...]