It was like a rerun of Tuesday’s Canucks game. Jaroslav Halak stopped 45 shots, including a slew of beauties, and the Habs skate away with an anxious 3-2 shootout win in Boston. It’s a beautiful thing, regardless of the wide margin in shots, 47-25, because  the Habs rebounded from a 2-0 hole and stole two [...]

It was wild and wacky, this 5-3 win over the Dallas Stars, and there’s nothing wrong with wild and wacky. Not for me, anyway. Keep those goals coming that make us smile, those Georges Laraque moments when he finally banged one home and then tackled the glass. Brian Gionta taking a stick in the teeth [...]

It seemed at the time like some reasonable requests to make.
About 15 hours before the Habs stepped on the ice in New Jersey, I suggested they do this: Other guys chip in a little more with some points; take less penalties; Carey Price to quit letting in easy goals; no one gets hurt; shoot more; [...]

Habs dropped a 3-2 game to Pittsburgh tonight. The referee made sure of that.
But first things first.
Because I don’t speak French, I don’t have the luxury of understanding pre-game and post-game Habs shows on RDS and what Pierre Houde and Benoit Brunet and the rest have to say about things. There’s so many little scoops [...]

Up until the final three minutes of the Habs-Caps game on Friday night, when Montreal seemed to have things under control, it could have been described by Bob and Doug McKenzie, if they were Habs fans, as a “beauty game, eh.”
But those last three mintues. Whew! Bob and Doug would have been reaching for several [...]

Brian Gionta is gone indefinitely because of a broken bone in his left foot.
Sure, why not? And Tomas Plekanec, Roman Hamrlik, Mike Cammalleri, Youppi, and several of the training staff will all be out soon with yet-to-be-determined injuries. Although I’m not feeling bad if Youppi goes down.
 Bring ‘em on. We’re used to adversity. Maybe the entire [...]

Following the fiasco in Nashville, and going back even further to recent games in which the Canadiens performed in a less-than-stellar manner, even while winning from to time to time, the comments from readers were extraordinary. It’s simply amazing how well-versed and hockey-savvy these folks are, and I have great respect.
Non-hockey fans probably wouldn’t have [...]

It’s four straight wins and counting for the suddenly-dangerous Montreal Canadiens as defenceman Roman Hamrlik converted Tomas Plekanec’s impressive end-to-end rush, and Habs take out the pesky New York Islanders 3-2 in overtime.
It was a game that saw the less-heralded come to the forefront. Yes, Mike Cammalleri had abig night, and Brian Gionta and Scott [...]

With head coach Jacques Martin high up in the stands studying the talent below, assistant coach Toe Bama takes over and offers tips to Roman Hamrlik, Josh Gorges and Maxim Lapierre during the big come-from-behind 3-2 win over the Sabres Saturday night.
Bama got his namename “Toe” as a kid when his little sister had trouble pronouncing his [...]

This story was sent to me from Kevin Sachs at Sports Illustrated. It appears in this week’s edition of the magazine.
The yearlong celebration of the Canadiens’ centennial has hit rough ice. Bumbling stars, griping legends and an alleged felon have all played a part. By Michael Farber
In the musical finale to the celebration of the [...]