Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final was playoff hockey lunacy. The best goalie in the playoffs chased from the game, and then his team rallying with three goals in 4 minutes and 24 seconds. A player with one goal in last 10 playoff games tallying a hat trick. A diving call, independent of a defensive penalty. A five-minute major called on, perhaps, the dumbest hit of the playoffs. The craziest thing...
Montreal (AFP) - Rene Bourque posted the first post-season hat-trick of his career as Montreal stayed alive in the NHL playoffs with a 7-4 victory over the New York Rangers....
MONTREAL -- The Montreal Canadiens will live to see another day thanks to left winger Rene Bourque. Bourque scored a natural hat trick to lead the Canadiens to a 7-4 win over the New York Rangers in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference final on Tuesday night at the Bell Centre. Left wingers Alex Galchenyuk and Max Pacioretty and centers Tomas Plekanec and David Desharnais also scored for the Canadiens,...
(Reuters) - Rene Bourque scored a hat-trick as the Montreal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 7-4 in a high-scoring thriller on Tuesday to stay alive in the National Hockey League's Eastern Conference finals. Needing to win to avoid elimination in the best-of-seven series, the Canadiens won a wild and ill-tempered Game Five to reduce the deficit to 3-2 and retain some hope of reaching the Stanley...
The Montreal Canadiens are not ready to concede the Eastern Conference title to the New York Rangers. Rene Bourque scored three goals and the Canadiens chased star goalie Henrik Lundqvist from the game as they defeated the Rangers 7-4 on Tuesday to stave off elimination. The Rangers, who lead the best-of-seven series 3-2, will have another chance to earn a trip to the Stanley Cup final in Game 6 on...
As it turns out, this Montreal Canadiens – New York Rangers series is just too wild, wonderful and weird to end in five games. The Canadiens rode Rene Bourque‘s hat trick and some video game-level scoring, defense and goaltending to beat the Rangers 7-4 in Game 5. This series shifts to Madison Square Garden with the Rangers up 3-2....
As it turns out, this Montreal Canadiens – New York Rangers series is just too wild, wonderful and weird to end in five games. The Canadiens rode Rene Bourque ‘s hat trick and some video game-level scoring, defense and goaltending to beat the Rangers 7-4 in Game 5. This series shifts to Madison Square Garden with the Rangers up 3-2. Bourque now has eight goals in this postseason after scoring just...
By popular demand, Puck Daddy takes its Conn Smythe Watch from the evening Three Stars to every morning of the postseason. Keep in mind that we factor in the probability of a long playoff run into these choices. Who are the current favorites for playoff MVP? Glad you asked. 1. Anze Kopitar , Los Angeles Kings Kopitar leads the playoffs with 22 points in 18 games after getting two assists in Game 4....
The NHL will hold a hearing with John Moore on Wednesday, so we won’t wait long to find out if there will be supplemental discipline. It’s unclear if it’s a telephone or in-person hearing....
The NHL will hold a hearing with John Moore on Wednesday, so we won’t wait long to find out if there will be supplemental discipline. It’s unclear if it’s a telephone or in-person hearing. Game 5 between the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers has had just about everything. Unfortunately, that includes a questionable hit, as Rangers defenseman John Moore received a match penalty for elbowing Canadiens...
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(Reuters) - While the competing teams have yet to be determined, the best-of-seven Stanley Cup final will begin on June 4, the National Hockey League said on Wednesday. The Los Angeles Kings, who lead the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 in the best-of-seven Western Conference final, could be the first team to qualify for the championship series with a road win later on Wednesday. The New York Rangers, who lead...
The Montreal Canadiens staved off elimination with Tuesday night's 7-4 win over the New York Rangers, but their Stanley Cup dream isn't the only thing they kept alive: they also gave the world one more week of Canadian rock legend Corey Hart. That's right. Corey Hart is still making music. Did you know that? And did you also know that Corey Hart was briefly considered for the role of Marty McFly in...
New York Rangers defenseman John Moore was suspended on Wednesday, and to the surprise of no one it’s exactly the same number of games that Montreal Canadiens forward Brandon Prust received for his late hit on Derek Stepan earlier in the series: two games for an illegal check to the head. Here’s the NHL Dept. of Player Safety explanation: So the Rangers will be without Moore for Game 6 on Thursday...
New York Rangers defenseman John Moore was suspended for two games on Wednesday for an illegal check to the head of Montreal Canadiens forward Dale Weise....
New York Rangers defenseman John Moore was suspended for two games by the NHL on Wednesday for an illegal check to Montreal Canadiens forward Dale Weise's head in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals. Moore received a match penalty for the hit in the third period of Montreal's 7-4 home victory Tuesday night. The suspension matches the two-game ban that Canadiens forward Brandon Prust received for...
New York Rangers defenseman John Moore was suspended for two games on Wednesday for an illegal check to the head of Montreal Canadiens forward Dale Weise....
MONTREAL -- Rene Bourque scored a hat trick to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 7-4 win over the New York Rangers in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference final on Tuesday night at the Bell Centre. The win snapped the Rangers' five-game playoff road-winning streak, which dates back to Game 3 of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series. Left-wingers Alex Galchenyuk and Max Pacioretty and centers Tomas...
New York Rangers winger Carl Hagelin was about to celebrate a goal in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final on Tuesday night, and rightfully so: Marty St. Louis hit him with a perfect cross-ice pass on a 2-on-1 against the Montreal Canadiens, and he had the majority of the net open in which to fire the puck. Then goalie Dustin Tokarski slid over and the puck deflected off his stick and out of play....