Sweet Lord almighty, it doesn't get much earlier than the PRE-SEASON for a save of the YEAR candidate!!!
Carey Price paddled a puck out of mid-air in a twisting/flopping motion in an utter desperation move. The save was reminiscent of that by Jose Theodore in the playoffs many moons ago vs. Boston.
Gord Miller and Pierre McGuire were left SPEECHLESS.
I jumped straight up and popped out the cell phone to call my brothers and field some other incoming calls. Absolutely INCREDIBLE save in an absoultely INCREDIBLE pre-season match, surely the very best pre-season game in the NHL this year.
Montreal wound up winning the match 2-1 via shootout. Max Pacioretty had the regulation goal and a BEAUTIFUL shootout goal, and Robert Lang had the winning shootout goal. Detroit's goal came from Ville Leino, and he scored Detroit's only shootout goal as well.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Much To Anticipate During Habs Centennial Season
The Montreal Canadiens recently held a press conference to unveil its plans for the upcoming Centennial season...and there are many.
What was unveiled:
What was unveiled:
- A brand new, mega-HD scoreboard, 5x bigger than the last one and the biggest in NHL history.
- There will be a match to be disclosed later which will be an hommage to the old Montreal Forum.
- Plans to build a brand new skating rink at Parc Francois-Perreault in St. Michel; said to be the biggest and most modern in Montreal.
- The Habs will have their very own Hall of Fame, located inside the Bell Centre.
- Box-set DVD's will be released to honour the Habs history, and, other DVD's showcasing the Habs top 10 games in their history, including last year's 6-5 come-from-behind record-setting miracle vs. the NY Rangers.
- As we already knew: The Habs will have an all-time team in NHL 09 (already released).
- A book on the history of the Habs will be published.
- A Monopoly-Motnreal Canadiens edition will be released in October.
- Six different coins will be in circulation, released by the Royal Canadian Mint. 10 million dollar-coins with a Canadiens logo will be in circulation as well.
- A special postage stamp will be released by Canada Post.
- We also already knew about the Ring of Honor to be unveiled, as well as the Centennial Plaza.
- On December 4th, 2009 (the Habs 100th birthday) a fictional movie on the Habs will hit the big screen.
- A BUILDER'S night: Ceremony before a game to honor the Habs' key builders, such as legendary coach Scotty Bowman.
- A website will be launched dedicated to the Habs' history.
- Montreal will host games to honor long time original-six rivals: the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers.
- Other things we already knew of: Patrick Roy's jersey retirement on November 22nd, the NHL All-Star game January 25th and the Entry Draft in June, all at the Bell Centre.
- The Habs will also wear some new retro jerseys, put on display by some of the veteran current Habs at the press conference. Also unveiled were the retro-look All-Star game jerseys.
For more detailed dates on RETRO JERSEY GAMES and other info, click this link: http://canadiens.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=383226
Scroll to the CENTENNIAL PROGRAM section at the bottom.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Habs Hold On To Edge Sabres 3-2
The Montreal Canadiens held off a third period surge and hung on for a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres in pre-season action from Roberval, Quebec (Hockeyville 2008).
The on-hand crowd: 1,237 - or roughly 10% of the entire village's population.
P.S. According to their last census information, 0.31 % of the entire village listed ENGLISH as their mother tongue...and would you like to know how many people that is exactly?
35.
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Tomas Plekanec continued his hot play from last night, adding a couple more goals to push his overall total to three and total points to four in just two games. Plekanec opened the scoring at 10:25 of the first, surprising Lalime by banking a shot in off of him from below the goal line.
Andrei Kostitsyn then scored a shorthanded goal, taking the puck off a result of strong forechecking and hard work by David Desharnais and going five-hole on Lalime on a partial breakaway. Desharnais, a local favorite in Roberval thanks to his days with the Sagueneens of Chicoutimi, picked up an assist.
Plekanec added his second of the night shorthanded as well. Some nifty stickwork and sublime patience allowed Plekanec to outwait the defenseman, who fell to the ice in a blocking effort, but continued sliding, eventually clearing a perfectg view on goal for Plekanec. A pinpoint shot was then released by Plaky, going low short-side to beat the Sabres netminder and extend the Habs lead to 3-0.
Buffalo tried mounting a comeback in the third.
First, Derek Roy stickhandled in on goal and with a quick, fancy and accurate move, Roy went to his backhand just above the crease and fooled Marc Denis.
Shortly after, Natahn Gerbe collected a loose puck in the neutral zone, skated hard to the left wing, broke the zone and uncorked an absolute cracker over Denis' far shoulder, nailing the top corner with perfect accuracy. For a small forward, it was a hefty slapper.
Denis and the Habs would hold off for the rest of the period, thus sealing the win for Montreal...but not before a bizarre final play.
With 7 seconds remaining, a whistle was blown for a penalty call against Montreal and a faceoff was slated to occur to Denis' right. The Sabres, centered by Derek Roy, took longer than the allowed limit of time to reach the faceoff dot, and the linesman proceeded to drop the puck. Lapierre, who was the only player in the faceoff circle, collected the puck, passed it off to a teammate on the far side, and the Habs cleared the zone and ran the clock.
The rule has been in existence since last year, but it was rarely - if ever - enforced. Look for this to happen again and again and again this year in the NHL.
The on-hand crowd: 1,237 - or roughly 10% of the entire village's population.
P.S. According to their last census information, 0.31 % of the entire village listed ENGLISH as their mother tongue...and would you like to know how many people that is exactly?
35.
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Tomas Plekanec continued his hot play from last night, adding a couple more goals to push his overall total to three and total points to four in just two games. Plekanec opened the scoring at 10:25 of the first, surprising Lalime by banking a shot in off of him from below the goal line.
Andrei Kostitsyn then scored a shorthanded goal, taking the puck off a result of strong forechecking and hard work by David Desharnais and going five-hole on Lalime on a partial breakaway. Desharnais, a local favorite in Roberval thanks to his days with the Sagueneens of Chicoutimi, picked up an assist.
Plekanec added his second of the night shorthanded as well. Some nifty stickwork and sublime patience allowed Plekanec to outwait the defenseman, who fell to the ice in a blocking effort, but continued sliding, eventually clearing a perfectg view on goal for Plekanec. A pinpoint shot was then released by Plaky, going low short-side to beat the Sabres netminder and extend the Habs lead to 3-0.
Buffalo tried mounting a comeback in the third.
First, Derek Roy stickhandled in on goal and with a quick, fancy and accurate move, Roy went to his backhand just above the crease and fooled Marc Denis.
Shortly after, Natahn Gerbe collected a loose puck in the neutral zone, skated hard to the left wing, broke the zone and uncorked an absolute cracker over Denis' far shoulder, nailing the top corner with perfect accuracy. For a small forward, it was a hefty slapper.
Denis and the Habs would hold off for the rest of the period, thus sealing the win for Montreal...but not before a bizarre final play.
With 7 seconds remaining, a whistle was blown for a penalty call against Montreal and a faceoff was slated to occur to Denis' right. The Sabres, centered by Derek Roy, took longer than the allowed limit of time to reach the faceoff dot, and the linesman proceeded to drop the puck. Lapierre, who was the only player in the faceoff circle, collected the puck, passed it off to a teammate on the far side, and the Habs cleared the zone and ran the clock.
The rule has been in existence since last year, but it was rarely - if ever - enforced. Look for this to happen again and again and again this year in the NHL.
Habs Will Be Most Represented Team On CBC
You're not dreaming.
The Montreal Canadiens will be the most heavily represented Canadian team on the CBC this season...that's right, MORE SO THAN THE MAPLE LEAFS.
In conjunction with the Habs centennial celebrations, CBC has taken to heart the many demands of fans to have more Habs games televised on their network. Good plan.
Some websites report that there will be 25 games televised on their network; however, I count 26.
25, 26 ... tomato, tomahto.
The Montreal Canadiens will be the most heavily represented Canadian team on the CBC this season...that's right, MORE SO THAN THE MAPLE LEAFS.
In conjunction with the Habs centennial celebrations, CBC has taken to heart the many demands of fans to have more Habs games televised on their network. Good plan.
Some websites report that there will be 25 games televised on their network; however, I count 26.
25, 26 ... tomato, tomahto.
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