I guess I’ll be shameless and pitiful.  This Habs blog vote which is now going on and which I’ve found myself in the final three, ends on Sunday. So I need votes because although it doesn’t mean much in the grand scheme of things and is silly in many ways because there’s a lot of great [...]

No need to say much about the Thursday night coma-inducing performance by a team now mired in a five-game losing streak and managing once again to score one feeble goal and providing the Bell Centre faithful with absolutely nothing to be happy about except maybe the beer was cold.
Minnesota 3, Habs 1.
The Canadiens on this [...]

Habs in ‘53

Bruins in town Thursday night. And although it’s pre-season when it’s not so much about winning and losing as it is about getting a team in order, I say…..kick those Beantowner’ asses. I’m serious.

Rated sixth best player ever. Rated with Bobby Orr as top defenceman ever.

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 up a [...]

At 11 am Pacific, 2 pm EST -  Habs photo!!!

Yes, it’s true.

A little while ago a fellow sent me a $75 gift certificate from NHL.com stores because I had done a small favor for him, and I think it was real nice of him. So I looked through everything the store had to offer and finally decided on this fine pocket watch with handsome chrome holder. Now, when I walk [...]

I came home from school at noon, put on my good grey pants I always wore to church, and my dad and I climbed in our car and drove the hour and a half to Toronto. It was Wednesday, March 11, 1959, and we were going to see the mighty Montreal Canadiens play the Toronto Maple [...]