Holy shit.
For 58 minutes the Canadiens were dead ducks. Losing 3-1. Game over. Get the hell out of California and drag back two lousy points with you.
But a hockey game is 60 minutes, and in the end, we sit back and wonder what just happened, because when the dust had settled, the Canadiens were 4-3 shootout winners.
Holy [...]
March 7, 2010 in Anaheim Ducks, Bell Centre, Boston Bruins, Carey Price, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, San Jose Sharks, Tampa Bay Lightning
Tags: Andrei Markov, Brian Gionta, Carey Price, Jaroslav Halak, Jonas Hiller, Pamela Anderson, Tomas Plekanec | 11 Comments »
For most of my life I watched hockey games in the east at what I thought was an absolutely normal time – 7 or 7:30 in the evening.
Then I moved out west and now the games are on at 4 or 4:30. And this seems absolutely normal.
Now, with the Habs in California, these 7 and [...]
March 6, 2010 in Anaheim Ducks, Hockey Night in Canada, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, Olympics, San Jose Sharks, Uncategorized
Tags: Bobby Ryan, Canadian Olympic hockey team, Corey Perry, Dominic Moore, Glen Metropolit, Habs in LA, Jaroslav Halak, Jonas Hiller, Jonathan Quick, Ryan Getzlaf, Ryan O'Byrne, Ryan Whitney, Saku Koivu, Scott Neidermayer, Teemu Selanne, Tomas Plekanec, US Olympic hockey team | 8 Comments »
With all the talk leading up to the Canada-Switzerland game about the surprising 2-0 upset win by the Swiss four years ago in Turin, I was a nervous cat. That loss was the beginning of the end for the Canadians in which they finished an embarrassing seventh spot in those Olympic games and no way did [...]
February 18, 2010 in Anaheim Ducks, International Hockey, Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders, Olympics, Sidney Crosby
Tags: Dany Heatley, Jonas Hiller, Mark Streir, Patrick Marleau, Sidney Crosby, Turin Winter Olympics, Vancouver 2010 Olympic games, Yannick Weber | 4 Comments »