The past seven days were punctuated by two significant pieces of news.

The end of this season will bring a number of important tasks for the Montreal Canadiens managerial team.

The Canadiens have a week-long All-Star break to look forward to after tonight’s game on Broad Street.

In this week’s HW Recap: A new leader atop the Habs’ player rankings, while new scoring threats emerge in Hamilton’s offensive explosion.

Saturday night was Saku Koivu’s homecoming and unfortunately for the Habs, it was a victorious one as Anaheim withstood a late comeback to win 4-3 in a shootout.

The Canadiens called up two players before Friday night’s contest in Ottawa, Andreas Engqvist and Ryan White, to replace Mike Cammalleri and Jeff Halpern who were both injured Tuesday in Buffalo.

Two beat-up Canadian squads face off against each other tonight, as the Ottawa Senators host the Montreal Canadiens. Tonight marks the fifth time these two teams have met this season, with the Canadiens winning 3 of the 4 games thus far.

The Habs will likely have a pair of new faces in their lineup tomorrow in Ottawa as both Ryan White and Andreas Engqvist have recently been called up, while Mike Cammalleri and Jeff Halpern are both confirmed as out for that contest.

Last week was certainly filled with reminiscing and nostalgia as many former players came up for discussion

Tuesday’s game between division rivals Montreal and Buffalo definitely had a playoff atmosphere and was dominated by some outstanding goaltending.