by Anthony Garofalo | Jan 3, 2016 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, Montreal Canadiens, NHL
This was it. This was supposed to be the day that we have been anticipating up until this point in the 2015-16 National Hockey League season. The 2016 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic had come back to Boston. When the league announced almost one year ago to the date...
by Matthew Dibiase | Mar 6, 2015 | Montreal Canadiens, NHL
Michel Therrien has a rendezvous with greatness: as long as he can keep the Habs’ collective noses to the grindstone; as long as he can inspire the Canadiens to maintain their hold atop the Atlantic Division standings and ultimately win the division title then he...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 6, 2015 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens use the strategy that the LA Kings did in 2011-12, the year they fired their old coach, got a new one, and won their first Stanley Cup. That strategy, suggested by Terry Murray and perfected by his successor in the playoffs, was simple: score...
by Anthony Garofalo | Feb 9, 2015 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, Montreal Canadiens, NHL
This is shades of last spring. From May 1, 2014 through May 14, 2014, the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens faced off against each other in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Throughout the two-week slugfest, we witnessed the B’s...
by JP Hoornstra | Feb 4, 2015 | Archived Features, Homepage, Montreal Canadiens
This article originally appeared on AllPuck.com. Another pro-fighting gauntlet was laid today by an active NHL enforcer. I figured his argument was worth examining. Maybe he would cover some new ground in this era of Rule 48 videos and a heightened cultural...
by Seth Rothman | Jan 29, 2015 | Homepage, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers
NEW YORK – As the media was allowed into the Rangers dressing room minutes after their 1-0 loss to Montreal on Thursday night, goaltender Henrik Lundqvist sat solemnly at his locker, a look of bewilderment and frustration etched all over his face. He had matched...