Bruins Dump Manhattanites
I haven’t been watching a lot of hockey lately. Am I bad? I am, I guess. A lousy hockey fan. When the Canadiens are gone, the enthusiasm for spending two and a half hours in front of the boob tube...
View ArticleHawks Hoist Hardware
The Bruins had it, and then they didn’t. The Chicago Blackhawks amazingly score two goals just seconds apart, with only a minute left in the third period, and capture their second Stanley Cup in four...
View ArticleCanada 2 Finland 1 In Overtime
Two goals by Drew Doughty, one in the first period and another in overtime, gave Team Canada a 2-1 win over the Finns, and now Canada plays the winner of Tuesday’s Switzerland and Latvia contest in a...
View ArticleBust Those Bruins
Game day, with the Bruins in town and Carey Price still not ready. Although Brandon Prust apparently is. If Peter Budaj is in goal, we’re going to need a slightly better outing from him than what we’ve...
View ArticleBash Those Bruins
Huge game tonight in Boston with the Canadiens looking to end the Bruins 12-game win streak, grab a nice couple of points in the process, and show the Bruins and their fans that if they happen to meet...
View ArticleThank You Carey!
An outstanding display from Carey Price. Brilliant from start to finish, stopping 48 of 51 shots, including a plethora of tough ones, and the Canadiens take the opener in Boston. It was PK Subban, with...
View ArticleHabs Grab Series Lead
No comeback tonight for the Gooins. And now they’re down 2-1 in the series. Ain’t it grand? The Canadiens stepped it up, skated hard, forechecked and thumped and came away with a great 4-2 win on home...
View ArticleOvertime Blues
A great game, fast, hard, and exciting. A wonderful example of how a contest with no goals scored can be a thing of beauty. No goals in three periods. Great to watch. Hard on the nerves. And then...
View ArticleStayin’ Alive Canadiens
They weren’t to be denied. Not on this night. Not when the strikers struck, the blockers blocked, and the saver saved. Lars, Eller, a force in these playoffs, got the ball rolling. Max came to play at...
View ArticleStunned By Boston
Three goals in the third period by the Boston Bruins sank the ship, with the visitors skating away with a depressing 3-1 win at the Bell Centre. Now the Canadiens find themselves on a three-game skid,...
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