BOSTON - Here's a numerical look at Game 7 between the Habs and the Bruins on Wednesday night at the TD Garden. 5 – Number of Game 7s played so far in the 2014 Playoffs, already equaling the number of rubber matches played in the entire 2013 postseason in just the first two rounds this year. 8 – Number of Habs skating in their first career NHL Game 7s on Wednesday night, including Brendan Gallagher,...
PRESS RELEASE MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens remind the general public that the sale of individual tickets for the Canadiens’ third round playoff games at the Bell Centre will get underway Thursday, May 15, at 12 p.m. (noon) only on canadiens.com the team’s official web site. To purchase tickets, the public can log on to canadiens.com and click on one of the purchase links as of 11:30 a.m. to enter...
BOSTON – The Canadiens are earning respect this postseason, one win at a time. Before the second round started, most analysts and experts weren’t calling a series win for the Montreal Canadiens, even after seeing the Habs sweep the Lightning in Round 1. Despite finishing with 100 points in the standings, boasting the reigning Norris Trophy winner on the blue line and counting two Olympic gold medallists...
Eastern Conference Second Round Series : Game 7 Series tied 3-3 This is it. On Wednesday night, the Canadiens and the Bruins will play a winner-takes-all Game 7 at the TD Garden With the Habs’ offense sputtering in the two previous games, Michel Therrien took a gamble and inserted Daniel Briere and rookie Nathan Beaulieu into his lineup for a must-win Game 6 in Montreal. The move paid off in spades...
BROSSARD – Habs versus Bruins in a deciding playoff game; it’s what players live for. “Great moments are born from great opportunity,” the great Herb Brooks once said. As it usually is, great opportunity means great pressure. The Habs will not only have to contend with a Bruins team which finished with an NHL-best 117 regular season points, but also with the tough, loud home crowd at the TD Garden....
1. To the Limit: Game 7. Habs vs. Bruins. Playoff hockey at its finest. For the eighth time in history, Montreal and Boston will meet up for an epic rubber match in the NHL postseason. Of those eight Game 7s, the Canadiens have come out on the winning end on five occasions. In franchise history, the Habs have played 22 Game 7s, winning 13 (59.1%) to move on to the next round or win the Cup. Boston...
Le Party DU Club III Viewing of the 7th playoff game in the Canadiens - Bruins series at the Bell Centre Wednesday, May 14th at 7:00pm / Bell Centre Doors will open at 6pm TICKETS GO ON SALE ON TUESDAY, MAY 13th AT NOON! Tickets available at Bell Centre Box Office By phone: 1-855-310-2525 Order online: www.evenko.ca Ticket prices: $10 (taxes and service fees included) evenko and the Montreal Canadiens...
MONTREAL - Here's a numerical look at Game 6 between the Habs and the Bruins on Monday night at the Bell Centre. 5 – Number of Canadiens players suiting up on Monday night who took part in the last Game 6 tilt against the Bruins back in April 2011, including Tomas Plekanec, Brian Gionta, Lars Eller, P.K. Subban and Carey Price. The Habs earned a 2-1 victory in Montreal to force a seventh and deciding...
MONTREAL - On a night when their backs were up against the wall and winning was the only option, the Canadiens staved off elimination with their best effort of the playoffs. Performing as a cohesive unit from the opening draw to the final buzzer, Michel Therrien’s troops ensured their Eastern Conference semifinals series against the archrival Bruins would go the distance after securing a decisive 4-0...
Eastern Conference Second Round Series : Game 6 Boston leads 3-2 Playing its first do-or-die game of the 2013-14 season, the Canadiens will look to force Game 7 against the Bruins, Monday at the Bell Centre. On Saturday, the Boston Bruins won a pivotal Game 5 4-2 to force the Habs to the brink of elimination. Carl Soderberg and Loui Eriksson had even-strength goals for the Bruins, while Jarome Iginla...
BROSSARD – While the Canadiens find themselves in a tough spot heading into Game 6 against the Bruins, Michel Therrien’s troops are ready to tackle the challenge in front of them head on. Trailing their opponents in a playoff series for the first time this postseason after dropping a 4-2 decision in Boston on Saturday night, the Habs held an optional skate at the Bell Sports Complex on Sunday afternoon....
1. Strike First: Scoring the first goal has never been more important for the Canadiens or the Bruins than it has this spring. The Habs have won all five games in which they've scored first in the 2014 Playoffs, including both of their second round wins against Boston so far. Having similarly won all six games in which they've opened the scoring this postseason, the Bruins are just as interested in...
BOSTON - Here's a numerical look at Game 5 between the Habs and the Bruins on Saturday night at TD Garden. 35 – Number of years, to the day, since the Canadiens beat Boston in the infamous Too Many Men Game, in which the Bruins were penalized for having a sixth skater on the ice to help the Habs mount a comeback and defeat their longtime rivals in Game 7 of the Conference semifinals, on May 10, 1979....
BOSTON – The Habs are leaving Boston with the hopes of booking a return trip on Wednesday night. Heading back to Montreal trailing in a series for the first time this spring, the Canadiens are prepared to stave off elimination by playing the desperate hockey that earned them a spot in the playoffs in the first place. Sitting one loss away from an early summer vacation may be uncharted waters for the...
Eastern Conference Second Round Series : Game 5 Series tied 2-2 On Saturday night, the Canadiens will try to gain a stranglehold on the tied series with a win at TD Garden. The Bruins knotted the series at two wins apiece with a sudden-death winner in overtime on Thursday night. Carey Price and Tuukka Rask combined for 65 regulation-time saves at the Bell Centre before rookie Matt Fraser put the visiting...
MONTREAL – In today’s notebook, Therrien, Murray and Eller weigh in on their Game 5 priorities. Power outage: Head coach Michel Therrien didn’t pull any punches on Friday morning when addressing the performance of several of his top troops thus far this postseason, most notably those players featured on the Canadiens’ top line. “You want your best players to be in a position to perform well and to...
MONTREAL – The road to postseason success isn’t paved with any one special ingredient, but playoff veteran Brian Gionta insists there’s no secret to what makes championship teams tick. In the midst of his 11th career appearance in the NHL’s second season – and his fourth as a member of the Canadiens – the 2003 Stanley Cup champ has experienced the memorable highs and inevitable lows that come with...
1 - Blast from the past : Looking back to the storied Montreal-Boston rivalry, we can see that Saturday night’s matchup will be the 24th Game Five contested by the two teams. Historically, the winner of the critical swing game has gone on to take 19 of the 23 series. 2 - Goose eggs: During the 2013-14 regular season, the Habs were shut out on six different occasions. The team was able to bounce back...
MONTREAL- Nineteen a side and a sturdy piece of rope. That’s overtime hockey in the playoffs. Every sudden death matchup in the history of professional sports has ended with one victor and one loser. There's no getting around that. No matter how tightly contested the event, in the end an odd bounce can mean the difference between ecstasy and agony. Given that the Thursday night meeting between the...
PRESS RELEASE MONTREAL – Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin announced Thursday a two-year contract extension for defenseman Greg Pateryn (2014-15 to 2015-16). Pateryn, 23, recorded 34 points (15 goals, 19 assists) in 68 games with the AHL Hamilton Bulldogs in 2013-14. He led the Bulldogs defensemen in points and ranked second among the team rearguards in assists. The 6’02’’, 222 lbs defenseman...