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GameDay: Lightning vs Habs Lineups, Price Autographs, Tinordi Speaks

| January 7, 2012 | Comments (0)
GameDay: Lightning vs Habs Lineups, Price Autographs, Tinordi Speaks

All Habs GameDay: Saturday January 7, 2012 On this day in hockey history… 1933 – Detroit Red Wings beat the Maple Leafs 6-1 in the first CBC hockey broadcast carried coast-to-coast from Maple Leaf Gardens. GAMEDAY: Habs hockey tonight! TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (17-19-3) vs. MONTREAL CANADIENS (15-18-7) Last 10: Tampa Bay (5-4-1); Montreal 3-7-0 Bell Centre, [...]

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All Habs News: Party with Nilan, THN Ranks, Cammalleri, Jets Gear

| September 2, 2011 | Comments (0)
All Habs News: Party with Nilan, THN Ranks, Cammalleri, Jets Gear

All Habs News: Friday September 2, 2011 Happy Birthday!  NHL: Former Canadiens Jay Leach and Mario Tremblay celebrate birthdays today ►A Party and Nilan is bringing his Sherwood: What’s a better way to prep for the new hockey season than by joining the All Habs crew to relive the glory of the moment the Canadiens [...]

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THN’s Adam Proteau Sounds Off on NHL Hockey Violence

| August 25, 2011 | Comments (10)
THN’s Adam Proteau Sounds Off on NHL Hockey Violence

The NHL has been in the headlines a lot this off-season, and many times, sadly, for all the wrong reasons. You’ve read about it: a player dies, a player is forced into retirement because of post-concussion symptoms, the face of the game is having setbacks, and on and on. The staggering amount of head injuries in the league has everyone talking about violence in hockey. As more and more of these cases surface, the “ hit to the head ” deniers may run out of ammunition one day soon.

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NHL Entry Draft, not for Amateurs

| June 24, 2011 | Comments (2)
NHL Entry Draft, not for Amateurs

It’s the NHL Entry Draft — win the Stanley Cup, as the Boston Bruins did, and you pick last, but you have the Cup! A pitiful season (insert your choice of Edmonton, Colorado, Forida, New Jersey or the NY Islanders here) provides the year-end consolation prize of a coveted top draft pick. Finish in the middle of the pack and exit the first round of the playoffs, like the Montreal Canadiens and you’ll pick 17th.

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THN.com Blog: NHL must come down hard on Kozlov

| October 21, 2009 | Comments (1)
THN.com Blog: NHL must come down hard on Kozlov

You can expect league officials to look closely at Slava Kozlov’s hit from Tuesday night.THN.comKen Campbell2009-10-21 11:45:00 Slava Kozlov doesn’t exactly fit the profile of an on-ice menace, but NHL disciplinarian Colin Campbell should treat him like one when looking at Kozlov’s cross-check from behind on Scott Gomez Tuesday night. If the NHL is serious [...]

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Montreal does All-Star game right

| January 25, 2009 | Comments (0)
Montreal does All-Star game right

Excerpts from the Hockey News article by Adam Proteau:In future, before anyone bitches, moans and characterizes the All-Star Game as a Mel Brooks-caliber farce and near-total waste of perfectly good eyesight, they ought to attend one in a real hockey city like the home of the Habs. If they did – if they heard and [...]

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THN.com Blog: Habs hero Elmer Lach deserves recognition

| January 25, 2009 | Comments (0)
THN.com Blog: Habs hero Elmer Lach deserves recognition

THN.com Blog: Habs hero Elmer Lach deserves recognitionJason Kay2009-01-23 This weekend, my colleagues and I will be among the privileged, revelling in (and, OK, kind of working at) NHL all-star weekend. We’ll have prime seats to see the league’s best players (OK, most of them) display their considerable skills. We’ll attend VIP parties, including a [...]

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Habs Heroes: The 100 Greatest Canadiens Ever

| November 30, 2008 | Comments (4)
Habs Heroes: The 100 Greatest Canadiens Ever

Rocket: Here’s a top 100 Habs list from a new book titled “Habs Heroes: The Definitive List Of The 100 Greatest Canadiens Ever” by Ken Campbell. Campbell is a senior writer for The Hockey News. Lists like this are always tough to compile and Campbell has done a pretty good job. Lots of fond Canadien [...]

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Don’t believe the Hab hype

| November 5, 2008 | Comments (0)
Don’t believe the Hab hype

Below is an excerpt from the Hockey news article by John Grigg who explains why he thinks the Canadiens are this year’s version of the Ottawa Senators:Montreal is led in scoring by defenseman Andrei Markov with a goal and 12 assists. He’s tied for 18th in league scoring. Saku Koivu is tied for second on [...]

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Taking a look at each division thus far

| November 5, 2008 | Comments (0)
Taking a look at each division thus far

Excerpt from the Hockey News article by Sam McCaig:NORTHEAST DIVISIONThe Big Story: The Montreal Canadiens were expected to be Stanley Cup contenders in their centennial season and they certainly played that way in October. The Habs went 7-1-1, including 3-0-1 on the road, to serve notice that last year’s breakout was no fluke.The Buffalo Story: [...]

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