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Posts Tagged ‘Jacques Demers’

“The Hockey News” From 1988

In a box in my closet I found a few old issues of The Hockey News from 1988, and here’s a sampling of things mentioned: “We’re so used to this against Montreal, but we’re not complaining.” – Quebec Nordique GM Maurice Filion after an apparent tying goal was waved off against Montreal Feb. 29. Consumer [...]

December 7, 2012 in Buffalo Sabres, Colorado Avalanche, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Winnipeg Jets
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Bure Exploded

  I watched the Hall of Fame announcements the other day, and I’m only just now waking up from the coma. Bill Hay, Jim Gregory, and Pat Quinn gave us the four new names (Adam Oates, Joe Sakic, Pavel Bure, and Mats Sundin), like they were giving a eulogy at a funeral. It was like everyone was [...]

June 28, 2012 in Boston Bruins, Florida Panthers, Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks
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Three Big Similarities Between A Cup Winner In 1993 And A Non-Cup Winner In 2010

“You always wonder whether guys are ready to pay the price in games like these. You wonder and then you’re afraid maybe a few of the guys won’t or can’t go higher and farther, and that could be enough to hurt you.” So said then-forward and now assistant coach Kirk Muller after his team had defeated [...]

May 29, 2010 in Buffalo Sabres, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders, NHL playoffs, Patrick Roy, Phoenix Coyotes
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Luc Robitaille Says The Habs 1993 Cup Win Has A Secret

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 [...]

November 7, 2009 in Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, NHL playoffs
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Drink Lots Of Coffee At Those Senate Meetings, Jacques.

Jacques Demers will be pulling in $130,400 a year as senator in the Canadian Senate. And other than the fact it’s a job for his spare time when he’s not being the Howie Meeker of RDS televised Habs games, and aside from the $130,400, which isn’t chump change, the job probably sucks. You only have to show [...]

August 28, 2009 in Montreal Canadiens
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Ex-Habs Bench Boss Jacques Demers Going To The Senate

He couldn’t read or write throughout most of his life, and now Jacques Demers, ex-coach of the Habs, the one who led the team to a Stanley Cup in 1993, is about to be appointed to the Senate in Ottawa. Is that an inspiring story or what? Demers isn’t the first ex-Hab to become a senator. [...]

August 27, 2009 in Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens
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Bryan Fogarty Could’ve Been

Fourteen years ago, Montreal defenceman Bryan Fogarty was in the doghouse of coach Jacques Demers for failing to notify team officials until the morning of a game in Hartford that he had the flu, leaving the Canadiens with only five defencemen. Then, during a team meeting, he was caught reading a newspaper. Something like this [...]

July 6, 2009 in Montreal Canadiens, Pittsburgh Penguins
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What’s Going On? Ten Days And No Stuff?

What the hell’s going on? It’s been more than ten days now, and not one bit of malicious, nutty, silly, dangerous, disturbing, crazy, possibly true, rumour mill madness from the Canadiens’ camp. Oh, RDS is saying that Larry Robinson might be interested in the coaching job, but that’s pretty well it. I don’t get it. [...]

May 2, 2009 in Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens
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What About Those RDS Guys?

Because I’m not all that proficient in the French language (I wish I was), I can’t really understand a lot of the chatter that goes on during Canadiens games on RDS, especially between periods. So I’m left wondering about the RDS team that does the games. It seems to me that Pierre Houde is as [...]

February 4, 2009 in Montreal Canadiens
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A Hamiltonian Tells His Jean Beliveau Story…..And Then Puts The Hammer Down On Patrick Roy

For some reason, Jean Beliveau has always got it. He understands his fans. Maybe Jean had his own heroes, and maybe he met them and they treated him right, and he learned from them. Or maybe he met his heroes and they treated him wrong, and he learned from them also.    Most NHL players, or for [...]

October 7, 2008 in Aurele Joliat, Jean Beliveau, Montreal Canadiens, Patrick Roy
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