Maxim Lapierre’s Hat Trick Gives Canadiens the Win

It just goes to show that it doesn’t matter what line you’re on, if you work hard and go after the puck you will do well, as Maxim Lapierre netted the first Hat Trick of his career including the game winning third Montreal Canadiens goal. This, just two nights after Andrei Kostitsyn had his [...]

Andrei Kostitsyn: 3; Pittsburgh Penguins: 2

A stellar third period performance by one Carey Price gave the Montreal Canadiens the 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins giving Carey Price a 3-0 record against the team. I can’t give this one all to Price as Andrei Kostitsyn recorded his first NHL hattrick his first game back from missing two games with [...]

Andrei Kostitsyn In, Georges Laraque Out

Andrei Kostitsyn recieved clearance to play in tonights game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. He left during the Habs 5-2 win against the Phillidelphia Flyers on December 18th after a knee on knee collision with Scott Hartnell. He is expected to be on his usual line with Alex Kovalev and Tomas Plekanec bumping Sergei Kostitsyn to [...]

Postgame: Montreal 4, Buffalo 2

Justin usually posts these but he’s at his staff party tonight so I’ll step in. I only saw the third period so I’ll point out what I saw. If anyone has anything to add, feel free to comment.
Begin was, to summon Pierre McGuire, a monster! He was hitting anything that moved! I’ll have to look [...]

Komisarek Set to Return and KPK Back Together

Komisarek believes he’ll be cleared Thursday morning and be ready to go when the Montreal Canadiens play Philadelphia at the Bell Centre at 7:00pm EST. I am PUMPED to get Komisarek back, Gorges has played well in his absence but you can’t deny Komisarek brings something to the team that just can’t be replaced. [...]

Montreal Canadiens Stat Totals at the Worlds

Well folks, now that we’re into the quarter-final matchups of the World Hockey Championships, I wanted to go over the stats totals for Canadiens players. These are direct from the IIHF site, so they are accurate as of 5/10/2008. Unfortunately, Belarus has been eliminated from the tournament by the Czech Republic, so both [...]

Canadiens Heading to the Worlds

Now that the Stanley Cup is out of our reach this season, some Montreal Canadiens have decided to take a different route to victory by participating in the IIHF World Hockey Championships.
Six Canadiens in total will be playing for their countries which include Saku Koivu for Finland, Andrei Markov for Russia, Tomas Plekanec for Czech [...]