Montreal Canadiens

Seeing as last week's live blog was a success, I thought today's matinee would be a good opportunity to do another one. Refresh often, Updates and thoughts will be coming every few minutes! ------------------------------ THIRD PERIOD: 4:42PM: When you think this team is due to lose, they pull out an effort like they did tonight. Much credit to the Bulldogs call-ups (including Mathieu Darche), who, along with most of the rest of the team, put in a 60 minute effort and earned this win, one of the few wins they've actually EARNED this season. Great game, great win, great TEAM win. I will update with post-game thoughts shortly, thanks for following the live blog through the game! ...

Update: For a Bruins perspective, check out Wally Brennan's game blog at this link! Also, on Saturday, I will be doing another game blog for the game between the Habs and the Pens at the Bell Centre, the second live blog in as many weeks, so keep an eye out for that! -------------------------- If you could believe it, the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins haven't faced each other since December 4th, one of only two meetings (so far) between the rivals this season. And if the fact that the NHLs biggest and longest rivalry has been iced (no pun intended) for precisely two months is hard to believe, then you won't believe the results of those two games. The first, on November...

The Montreal Canadiens lost sniper Michael Cammalleri Saturday afternoon when he went hard into the boards after colliding with defenseman Anton Volchenkov, his leg buckling under him. The injury did not look good at all, and Cammy was unable to put any weight on his right leg. At first glance, it looks like he both injured his right ankle and right knee and it could lead to lengthy absence. Update: the injury is to his right knee. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JDc2Py20tw Cammalleri was scheduled to undergo an MRI yesterday or today to know about the extent of the injury; however, we are still awaiting the details on the injury. Sportsnet revealed that, while the injury will keep ...

I wasn't going to post a blog today but this needs some attention... according to Tony Marinaro on the Team 990, Andrei Markov confronted Carey Price after the 4-3 overtime loss to the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night. Allegedly, Markov told Price "Play with more heart, or stay home.. we don't need you." (source). Following this comment, Tony claims that half the locker room backed Price, the other half, Markov. Marinaro then implied that this confrontation could have been one of the deciding factors behind the demotions of Pacioretty and D'Agostini to Hamilton, and that there might also be friction between Markov and his defense partner (also Price's best friend), Josh Gorge...