By Bud L. Ellis
This is the right time of the year for the Montreal Canadiens to start playing well. After all, they did it last year in turning the Stanley Cup playoffs upside down.
The Canadiens are 7-3-0 in March, winning two of their past three, to pull within one point of first-place Boston in the Northeast Division. Montreal opened March with four victories in a row and are one of just four Eastern Conference teams with 40 victories. (Read More…)
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 7:18 pm by bud
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By Bud L. Ellis
The Montreal Canadiens got a third-period goal from Benoit Pouliot Tuesday night, snapping a 1-1 tie and snapping the New York Rangers’ three-game winning streak in a 2-1 victory in New York City.
Pouliot’s ninth goal of the season came at the 6:03 mark of the third as Montreal capped a rally from a 1-0 deficit. New York scored first on Brandon Dubinsky’s 17th of the season just 4:15 into the contest. (Read More…)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 10:30 am by bud
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By Bud L. Ellis
Sure, everybody remembers who won the Stanley Cup and most people remember who lost it. As for the earlier rounds? Usually the memory fades sooner rather than later.
But in Washington and Pittsburgh, there will be no forgetting the havoc stirred up by the Montreal Canadiens in last spring’s NHL playoffs. (Read More…)
Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 6:54 pm by bud
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The Montreal Canadiens have bought out the final year of right wing Georges Laraque’s contract.
Laraque, who had missed time with injuries, was heading into the final year of a three-year contract worth $4.5 million.
The 33-year old was known as the team’s enforcer, something virtually every team in the NHL has to have. (Read More…)
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 7:47 pm by steve
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If the Montreal Canadiens eventually get eliminated in their first round series against the top-seeded Washington Capitals, they’ll look at Game 2 as the definitive game that changed the complexion of the series.
The Canadiens were in control, up 4-1 and 4-2 in the third period, and 5-4 with just minutes remaining before letting the Capitals tie it up and ultimately prevail in overtime.
By all accounts, Montreal outplayed Washington for the majority of the game. But even after the Caps came storming back to tie the game at 4 apiece and grab all the momentum, the Canadiens didn’t blink, regaining the lead late in the third period to stun the home crowd. But they couldn’t close the deal, allowing John Carlson to score with just over a minute left and Nicklas Backstrom net his third goal of the game in the first minute of overtime.
Montreal wasted Andrei Kostitsyn’s hat trick and will need a strong showing at home to regain control of the series. Could the Canadiens be coming back down to earth and playing like the No. 8 seed that they are? Or can they find another gear and shock the league’s best team? Monday’s Game 3 could not be more important.
Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 3:43 pm by Raj Sethi
