In the winter of 2000/2001 I was in St. Petersburg, Russia, and while there Luci and I heard about a restaurant in the inner core off Nevsky Prospekt called the Montreal Canadiens Restaurant, of all things. So one day we went for a long walk and found the thing. We went in, looked around, made [...]

Kouli in Vancouver always has such great photos for sale on his site at Kouli the Greek and I very much appreciate him letting me show some of his stuff, which I do from time to time. Below, Mr. Beliveau; the 1912 edition of the Habs; Charlie Hodge; Pete and Frank Mahovlich with Pocket Rocket; [...]

There was a strong contingent of Montreal Canadiens on Team Canada ’72 - Ken Dryden, Serge Savard, Guy Lapointe, Frank and Pete Mahovlich, and Yvan Cournoyer, and all, in their own way, contributed mightily to the cause, including Dryden who struggled at times but showed enough to coaches Harry Sinden and John Ferguson to be called [...]

And win they did, 3-2, with no help from German officials Franz Baader and Josef Kompalla , who seemed to love the idea of sending a parade of Canadians to the sin bin and were living proof that when it came to refereeing hockey games, Germany made great cars. No matter. Team Canada allowed a Soviet goal, then [...]

I think it was after this game that my father began cheering for the Russians, which pissed me off to no end. But I can see why, I guess. He also can’t stomach Alan Eagleson, whom he thinks is equal parts son-of-a-bitch, P.T.Barnum, and arrogant bullshit. He’s probably right. Team Canada not only lost the final game in [...]

Yes, indeed, P.K.Subban picked up the puck in glorious fashion in his end, whirled and dashed to the oohs and awes of me and many others, and promptly lost it to the enemy, who then took off and scored on Carey Price. It was a young man’s mistake, learned from years ago when he most certainly [...]

For the last eight Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup wins, from 1971 to 1993, I managed to save the front pages and laminate them. (Although one, from 1977, is an inner page). This is part seven – 1973 Why was 1973 the longest season ever for Frank and Peter Mahovlich, Ken Dryden, Yvan Cournoyer, Guy Lapointe, and [...]

There was one good thing that came from this year’s playoffs. I entered a contest at http://www.informedbet.com/ guessing who would score Detroit’s first goal in round one, and my choice, Pavel Datsyuk, came through. And for that, I won this great autographed 8×10 of Frank Mahovlich during the 1972 Summit Series. Thanks guys.

For a short while in the late 1990′s my buddy and I owned a little sports bar in Powell River, and although it was a struggle, we were proud of it. At least we were proud of it when we weren’t losing our minds. It all began when I was living in Calgary and happened to [...]

A fun little contest is going on at Informed Bet that I think you might like. Try guessing which player on Detroit, Washington, Montreal, Philadelphia, LA, and Chicago scores their team’s first goal in the opening round and some cool autographed items can be won from Guy Lafleur, Steve Shutt, Frank Mahovlich, Bernie Parent, Marcel Dionne, Kevin Hatcher and Pierre Pilote. You need to also [...]