John Kordic, as you know, was a rough and tough enforcer for the Habs in the latter part of the 1980s, and would eventually die at just 27 years old from a drug overdose and a scuffle with nine police at a motel in the Quebec City suburb of L’Ancienne-Lorette. A violent ending to a [...]

It turns out that Eve Pearce, who wrote a guest post a few weeks back, is British and lives in England. I didn’t know this until recently. I wonder if she (a) likes the Beatles, (b) eats bangers and mash, (c) realizes she drives on the wrong side of the road, (d) has been to [...]

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 [...]

With the latest rumour being Bob Hartley coming in to coach the Habs, here’s a look at him in a Quebec televison series getting angry with Patrice Brisebois. A big thanks to Danno for giving us this glimpse, albeit acting, of Hartley, who won a Stanley Cup in Colorado with Patrick Roy as his goalie. [...]

Darth sent this picture quite awhile ago but I couldn’t bring myself to put it up. Until now that is. I hope there’s enough lifeboats. A 4-1 loss to the Washington Capitals. What, the Habs didn’t win? Seriously? Question: Who would you consider the better defenceman - Tomas Kaberle or Bobby Orr? Isn’t Kaberle fantastic! Except [...]

There will be four new conferences beginning in 2012-13, decided today by the NHL Board of Governors in Pebble Beach, California. Out of curiosity, I looked up Pebble Beach’s weather and it’s been around 12 degrees celcius during the day there, so the gang isn’t exactly enjoying hot weather. I’ll bet they’re getting some golfing in, though. [...]

For the last eight Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup wins, from 1971 to 1993, I managed to save the front pages and laminate them. (Although one, from 1977, is an inner page). From time to time I’ll talk a little about these wins, and I’ll use some quotes, but I won’t copy verbatim anything from the coverage because [...]

On the left is Canadian biologist Gord Stenhouse holding a young grizzly bear. Stenhouse tags and studies these cute little critters before they grow into big things that would rip Stenhouse to shreds in a matter of seconds.  Beside him is Mats Sundin, ex-Nordique, Leaf, and short-lived Vancouver Canuck, and a guy who also likes grizzly bears.  This picture was in the Saturday, [...]

Montreal, normally a low-scoring team, scored six big ones against the Boston Bruins Wednesday night. Unfortunately, the Boston Bruins scored eight. That wasn’t a 2011 hockey game, it was a Habs-Bruins tilt from the 1970′s, a Habs-Nordiques battle from the 1980′s, a senior game from small-town Canada. It was scoring, hitting, and fighting throughout, including a weird goaltending [...]

Ralph was a guy I’d cross the street to avoid when I was a kid because Ralph liked to pummel other kids just for fun. That’s what greasers did in small towns. Pummel. Or pretend they were going to pummel. So it took me another 15 years before I liked the guy. When I felt my health [...]