MONTREAL CANADIENS

Canadiens trade away Halak

steve — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:36:36 +0000

In a very surprising move, the Montreal Canadiens have traded away goaltender Jaroslav Halak.

The Canadiens dealt Halak to the St. Louis Blues for center Lars Eller and winger Ian Schultz.

This apparently signals that the Canadiens have decided that Casey Price will be their goaltender of the future.

Montreal fans are seething over news of the trade, believing Halak was the future of the franchise.

He was certainly their hero this past postseason when his play in goal helped the Canadiens knock off the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins.

Canadiens fall short in Stanley Cup bid

steve — Thu, 27 May 2010 23:08:10 +0000

The Montreal Canadiens miracle run finally came to an end at the hands of the Philadelphia Flyers in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Canadiens stunned the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins each in Game 7 to get to this point.

It seemed like they simply ran out of energy against the suddenly scorching red-hot Philadelphia Flyers.

Montreal did make an effort to get the series to a Game 6 at home, but their third period rally came up short.

It has to be disappointed for the Canadiens to be bounced out of the playoffs in this way after somehow getting past Washington and Pittsburgh.

Canadiens advance to Eastern Conference finals

steve — Fri, 14 May 2010 21:28:28 +0000

The Montreal Canadiens disposed of the Pittsburgh Penguins with a 5-2 victory in Game 7.

The win moves the Canadiens into the Eastern Conference Finals where they will face the Boston Bruins.

Montreal wasted little time getting started, taking the lead less than five minutes into the game.

They added another goal to take a 2-0 lead by the end of the first period and tacked on two in the second frame.

The Penguins did managed to cut the deficit to 4-2, but Montreal was simply too strong in goal for Pittsburgh to get any closer.

Canadiens shock Caps again, force Game 6

Raj Sethi — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:23:55 +0000

The Montreal Canadiens refuse to go away.

Facing elimination, the No. 8 seed beat the top-seeded Washington Capitals on the road again, edging the hosts 2-1 to send the series back to Montreal for Game 6.

Jaroslav Halak was the hero for the Canadiens, making 37 saves in arguably the best performance of his career. The goalie made improbable save after improbable save as the underdogs clung to a slim lead. Montreal scored two goals in the first 7:01 of the game and fought off the Caps the rest of the way.

Washington had only lost four games at home prior to shootout this season, but have already lost two in this series alone. And shockingly, an overwhelming Caps offense has only scored once on 24 power plays in the series.

Michael Cammalleri and Travis Moen accounted for Montreal’s two goals. Game 6 is Monday night.