Montreal defenseman Andreï Markov left North America today for his homeland Russia. His father, who was fighting a disease for an extended period of time, finally succumbed Friday. Bob Gainey allowed Andreï to take a week off, and more if needed.
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A day after the second fight this season during Habs practice, the Canadiens played with the fire and intensity they’ve desperately been lacking to dismantle the Calgary Flames 4-1. It’s the kind of play that’s been lacking for weeks on end, and unsurpri
The wheels continued to fall off the Canadiens playoff bus tonight as the Atlanta Thrashers came into town and delivered a complete thrashing. The final score of 4-1 could have been a lot worse as the Habs failed to present themselves at all for the fina
The Canadiens were soundly beaten by the Ottawa Senators in the Corel Centre tonight by a score of 5-2. What many had called a team that was assured a playoff spot now sees itself looking over its shoulder at the rapidly advancing Buffalo Sabres and have
If the Canadiens are going to make the playoffs, something major is going to have to be done; either with the team as it is in terms of overall play or by the addition, or subtraction, of faces. After taking a lead into the third period against the Light
Like the game against the Bruins on the 31st of January, the Canadiens deserved better than they got. Tonight, they were the better team and they played their best game since that match against Boston; infinitely better than they’d played during the inte
On 1 July of last year when Bob Gainey took over as general manager of the Montreal Canadiens, he took the new job with eyes wide open. When he’d left his identical position with the Dallas Stars and had moved into an advisory role within that organizati
The Habs are now off to the All-Star break after once again pulling one out of the hat and beating the Islanders at home by a score of 2-1. It wasn’t the most impressive of games, but the Habs played just well enough to win.
Storming up behind the Habs in the Eastern Conference race with a 6-2-2 record in their last ten games are the New York Islanders, despite the loss of both Alexei Yashin and Mark Parrish for extended periods.
For the second time in as many games, the Canadiens managed to pull out a victory despite playing poor hockey against one of the poorest clubs in the NHL. After a dynamite start where they scored two goals in the first two minutes of the game, the Canadi