Happy St. Patrick’s Day to everyone. On this day you’re an Irishman no matter what your roots are, and that’s a good thing. Except for the hangover you might have tomorrow morning. I’ve talked many times about the Richard Riot that took place on March 17, 1955, and today, instead of going on about what [...]

What a terrific bonus it is when the backup comes in for the ailing starter and wins both games, the second being a nice fat shutout. And what a bonus it is, after a young spark plug goes down with an injury, that another young spark plug carries on and helps get the team on [...]

The fantasy draft is over, the skills competition has wrapped up, we just have to get through what passes for a game, and All-Star weekend will draw to a close. My prediction for today’s game? Hmm. I’d say Team Chara over Team Alfredsson. Maybe a low-scoring affair - 31 to 24. And later on, Botox salesmen [...]

Early 1960′s article in Hockey Pictorial, asking members of the Montreal Canadiens how they planned on spending their summer. Terry Harper was going on a western tour for Molsons and the Canadiens, and bringing along the wife and kids. Terry was born and raised in Regina, so a western tour would have been right up his [...]

This has absolutely nothing to do with the Stanley Cup finals taking place right now, but I decided to post this because, well….. I decided to, dammit. In 1974, when the best from the renegade World Hockey Association played the Russian National team in the series that followed the original ’72 Series, the Russian program distributed at [...]

This came out in the Edmonton Journal, written by John MacKinnon, and it’s quite amazing. Somehow, some place, the TSN gang must have got together and dropped some acid. MacKinnon’s story is entitled… “Habs’ Dream Team Falls Flat With Imagination Shackled”   So, in honour of the Montreal Canadiens centenary, TSN has assembled the “Ultimate Canadiens [...]