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So Long, Bob. I Don’t Blame You

It was easy to be a fan of Bob Gainey when he played because he seemed to do everything right, in a blue-collar kind of way. He wasn’t flashy like teammates Guy Lafleur or Yvan Cournoyer, but he was an all-important piece of the puzzle on the world’s greatest team in the latter part of [...]

February 8, 2010 in Bob Gainey, Carey Price, Dallas Stars, Doug Harvey, Guy Lafleur, Jean Beliveau, Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens, NHL playoffs, Sidney Crosby, Toe Blake, Yvan Cournoyer
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The Year I Paid Absolutely No Attention To My Team

This is my passport photo taken when I was 17. If you look closely you can see pimples.
I was getting ready to go on a big trip, which ultimately would cause me to miss almost the entire Montreal Canadiens 1968-69 season including playoffs. I’m unable to talk about Rogie Vachon and Gump Worsley in [...]

January 11, 2010 in Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Henri Richard, Jean Beliveau, Montreal Canadiens, NHL playoffs, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Yvan Cournoyer
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Retired New Brunswick Columnist Shares Some Great Habs Stories

Eddie St. Pierre, retired columnist for the Moncton Times and Transcript, started writing sports in 1950 and over the years had many connections with the Montreal Canadiens. He shares some great stories here;
“During my long reporting career with this newspaper (I’ve just begun my 60th year of affiliation with the paper, having joined on [...]

December 18, 2009 in Bernard Geoffrion, Dickie Moore, Doug Harvey, Frank Selke, Henri Richard, Jacques Plante, Jean Beliveau, Ken Dryden, Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens, Sam Pollock, Toe Blake, Yvan Cournoyer
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Carbo Answers Questions

Guy Carbonneau has a new gig answering email questions for the CBC. There are five questions here from readers, and at the end I’ll ask a few of my own.
Five questions: Olympic overkill, centennial hangover?
December 10, 2009 01:14 PM | Posted by   Guy Carbonneau

Here’s how it works. You submit a question [...]

December 11, 2009 in Alex Ovechkin, Guy Lafleur, Jean Beliveau, Montreal Canadiens, Olympics, Yvan Cournoyer
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Why A Former Canadiens Fan Turned His Back On The Sport

The article below was written by an Ottawa freelance writer named Buzz Bourdon and appeared in the Ottawa Citizen in 2004. Someone had sent the clipping to me and I’d put it in a book and saved it because for some reason I felt it was worth holding on to. It’s the story of how Bourdon lost his [...]

November 11, 2009 in Bobby Hull, Gordie Howe, Henri Richard, Jacques Plante, Jean Beliveau, John Ferguson Sr., Ken Dryden, Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens, Toe Blake, Toronto Maple Leafs, Yvan Cournoyer
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From Montreal Mystique; A Fireside Chat With Rejean Houle

Montreal Mystique brings us a fascinating and lively audio interview with ex-Hab Rejean Houle. Houle talks about his first coach in the WHA – Jacques Plante, the WHA in general, Marc Tardif (“the best player in the league next to Bobby Hull”), the great Habs teams of the 1970’s, Patrick Roy, today’s team, and lots of other delicious [...]

October 14, 2009 in Bob Gainey, Bobby Hull, Guy Lafleur, Jacques Plante, Montreal Canadiens, Patrick Roy, Sam Pollock, Wayne Gretzky, Yvan Cournoyer
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