Sent to me from Ian Cobb. If you’ve ever read Hockey Inside Out, you’ll know who Ian is.  

The Montreal Canadiens organization has told the Gazette’s Habs Inside/Out to stop using the word “Habs” in their title. I’ve been at work and have come home to this news and at this point in time, I’ve yet to find out why. It’s something I’m trying to wrap my head around. What does it mean? Why [...]

“Hockey has always been a game of weight and power, and a small man needed a great deal of skill to make it as a pro. I believe that speed and skill are the best ingredients of the game. I view the Canadiens as playing a very fast, slick game but not being bullied by [...]

Habs visit Washington tonight and do you know what that means? It means hockey is back after a winter week of Summer of Love. It means Bruce Boudreau is going to swear a lot. It means with a win the Habs can catch the Rangers sitting in 6th place, and come within two points of [...]

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. These pictures are worth 21 prizes. Thanks to everyone who told me about Orillia and Powell River, the winner has been drawn, and a big congratulations goes out to……. Blue Bayou in London, England! Just send me an address Blue Bayou, and I’ll ship these great [...]

I used to track Montreal’s win-loss record on schedules – red for a win, red dash for a tie, and blue for a loss. Below is my schedule from the 1966-67 season, the year Toronto last won the Cup, and although Montreal had a good team and made it to the finals, you can see that they [...]

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 [...]

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.