A Special Evening With Jean Beliveau
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On that special evening, I had the honour of spending a couple of hours over dinner with Jean Beliveau.
On that special evening, I had the honour of spending a couple of hours over dinner with Jean Beliveau.
So you can imagine how excited I was about this past weekend. After all it’s not every weekend you get to spend some time with Henri Richard.
As the Montreal Canadiens reach the quarter point of their season, I think it’s safe to say that the much maligned Alexei Kovalev has given the Habs exactly what they expected when they signed him to a long term contract a little over two years ago.
Obviously, four games into a career is much too early to start anointing Price as the heir to the Canadiens great goaltending tradition. What happens in the future is unknown, but after four games, we can all see what made Bob Gainey buck the tradition
Not to many great ratings tonight as most of the team slept through tonights action.
When looking back at the life and career of Georges Vezina, one is confronted by the legend. For many of us the name Vezina is synonymous with goaltending excellence. But, what about the man himself? Who was this man? What made him so successful? What
Fourteen players recorded and all but one were in the + column, all in all a pretty great night.
Koivu (B-) Worked hard picked up an assist on the only goal, won 62% of his face-offs and had two shots but he has had better games. Ryder (A) Another solid game for Ryder he is still hitting hard led the team with 6 tonight also had 3 shots. The goals will come. Higgins (A) … Continue reading Player Ratings
From the beginning of his career Rogie Vachon, had to fight to get respect for his talents and his skills. Throughout his career he was unable to warrant mention amongst the best goalies of his time, and now in retirement he has had to watch as some of
Koivu ( A-) Stats wise he picked up an assist and was 47% in the face-off circle but a +1 rating against Crosby is always good Higgins ( A+) Held pointless tonight but he was very dangerous four shots at least as many scoring chances. Be patient the goals will come. Ryder ( A) Best … Continue reading Player Ratings