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 [...]

Below is an article from a 1997 Hockey News. I’ve borrowed it and I don’t care. I’m a rebel. And sometimes I’m lazy. And the picture above has nothing to do with the article, except that this is Vinny posing with someone many of you wouldn’t mind posing with.
Now quit looking at the picture and read [...]

 GAME 7
 It wasn’t their best game of the season, but it was certainly their best game of the playoffs. By far their best game. A beautiful 5-0 shutout. It’s like getting rid of a big boil on your nose.
Monday night, game seven, we saw the Montreal Canadiens we had become used to throughout the regular season. They attacked. [...]

  GAME 6
The picture is now crystal clear. Boston has figured Montreal out, and Montreal doesn’t know how to figure Boston out. Claude Julien understands how playoff hockey works, adjusted nicely, and his team has delivered.
Tonight, it became a 5-4 Bruins win, and it was a game that surely has left all Habs fans grumbling [...]

It’s Friday, the day before the big game at the Bell Centre, and for now, all’s quiet on the eastern front. There’s nothing I can say about this series that hasn’t already been said.
But I have to keep things interesting, so I’ll talk about………
I live in an area jam-packed with Vancouver Canucks fans. But I’ve noticed [...]

Here’s what they’re saying in Boston about tonight’s game, and mostly about the way Montreal has manhandled the Bruins this year. I don’t know about you, but it sounds like the Bruins are slightly paranoid.
Montreal not only must win tonight, but it’s entirely possible they could meet the Bruins in the first round. So it’s [...]