Richard Zednik had been doing his best impression of “Where’s Waldo” so far this season, nowhere to be found. Well last year’s leading Habs scorer made his first appearance in quite a while Tuesday night, and doubled his season production by spotting the
After being a healthy scratch for the previous game, Michael Ryder will play with Saku Koivu and Richard Zednik on the first line tonight. Yanic Perreault and Marcel Hossa willsit out the game. The Canadiens will start Jose Theodore in nets , while the Ca
John Wiens is a Special Contributor for HabsWorld There have been wild rumours floating around about Bob Gainey.For instance: Offering any three players to Calgary save Theodore for Iginla. Jagr is coming here for Koivu and Brisebois. Patrick Roy is going to come out of retirement and play with the Habs. All three of these … Continue reading GM’s Cellphone – Gainey’s game during difficult transition
The Habs win! The Habs win! On a night where they were outshot 40-13, the Montreal Canadiens managed to squeeze out a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators. The formula for success was scoring two goals 30 seconds apart at the halfway mark of the 1st period, a
Canadien’s coach Claude Julien shook up all his lines, trying to boost an anemic and ineffective attack. To do so, he transferred defensive specialist Juneau to the first line. The veteran center is no longer used to being on an offensive line, and most o
Another game another loss, that was the story tonight for the Montreal Canadiens. Except for a small stretch during the 2nd period the Habs barely mustered any offense once again, and Claude Julien can keep switching lines but it won’t change the fact tha
In what was a pretty boring affair, the Montreal Canadiens came away with 1-1 tie vs. the Columbus BlueJackets. Steve Bégin opened the contest by dropping the gloves on his first shift, but it failed to spark the Habs who got number of power-play opportun
The Montreal Canadiens had a breakout offensive performance, scoring a whopping 3 goals – in the same game – and beat the Buffalo Sabres to end their current three game losing skid. Theodore played his part, getting his 4th shutout of the season… and adde
Despite the return of captain Saku Koivu to the lineup, the Montreal Canadiens lost their sixth game in their last seven. The Habs came out strong and outshot Buffalo 13-3 in the first period, 36-17 for the game… but failed to convert on all their scoring
The struggling Habs are hoping their captain can get them going, and start scoring some goals. Saku’s knee must really be feeling good because he decided to play tonight and the Habs play the Sabers once again tomorrow night at the Centre Bell.