by Brian Kennedy | Nov 1, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Montreal Canadiens, NHL
Ryan Getzlaf was bound to become the single highest point-getter in Anaheim Ducks history eventually, but he made it quick as he gained seven points—all assists—to start the year. He has played in all of the team’s ten games. The crucial seventh of those was...
by Brian Kennedy | Oct 30, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, NHL
If ever a team needed a win, it was the LA Kings on Saturday afternoon. The Montreal Canadiens, their opponent, could have said the same for themselves, but they had just defeated the San Jose Sharks Thursday night after a big 5-1 loss to Seattle to start their...
by Kenneth Cross | Jul 8, 2021 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Montreal Canadiens, NHL, Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA – Given history, who would bet against Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy going to the Lightning’s 1-0 win in Wednesday night’s Game 5 as Tampa Bay captured the Stanley Cup? Vasilevskiy turned away 22 shots and had an amazing defense...
by Kenneth Cross | Jul 1, 2021 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Montreal Canadiens, NHL, Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA – ACDC belts Thunderstruck more in Amalie Arena than it did on any one of it’s concert tours from yesteryear and it was appropriately recreated at 19:59 into the second period of Tampa Bay’s 3-1 win over Montreal in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup...
by Kenneth Cross | Jun 29, 2021 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Montreal Canadiens, NHL, Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA – The Tampa Bay Lightning began their defense of the Stanley Cup championship on Monday night behind defenseman Erik Cernak’s first goal of the playoffs and two goals and an assist from Nikita Kucherov in handing the upstart Montreal Canadiens a 5-1...
by Matthew Dibiase | Apr 23, 2020 | Books, Hockey History, Montreal Canadiens, NHL, Product Reviews
This writer’s personal motto has always been “History abhors a vacuum”. For much too long there has been a vacuum in the annals of hockey history: a definitive biography of the late Toe Blake. Even though Toe Blake was the greatest coach in NHL history until the...