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I grew up in Park Extension, within walking distance of Dickie Moore's Dairy Queen on Jean Talon. Moore had a place on L'Acadie Blvd., and we used to see him driving around in his convertible with a Samoyed and a very dishy wife.
While "studying" at McGill University during the 1960s, I used to attend games at the old Montreal Forum. My fellow undergraduate reprobates and I would scramble up the stairs to get centre-ice spots in the top standing room section, where aged ushers didn't know or care what we were smoking.
I stood out in the cold for six hours to get tickets to the 1975 New Year's Eve game between the Canadiens and Central Red Army. With the exception of the birth of my daughter, the 3-3 tie was the greatest event I've ever seen in my life.
The Canada-U.S. Gold medal game comes close .... but I wasn't there.
I've been a professional journalist since 1974, when I joined the Montreal Star sports department. I've covered the 1976 Olympic Games, the 1979 Expos, pop music and MSO tours of Europe and Asia (classical musicians are WAY more fun to drink with than athletes). I wrote a TV & Radio column for 20 years and, since 2000, have written a City column for The Gazette.
The best part of being a Habs Inside/Out contributor is attending games at the Bell Centre. I think it's a great building: noisy, raucous and packed to the rafters with Montrealers and visitors who live for hockey.
And I still get goosebumps every time Michel Lacroix booms out "Accueillons nos Canadiens ..."
Having seen the Boston Red Sox win two World Series and the Pittsburgh Steelers add a couple Super Bowl titles, I suppose I can die happy ... but not before another Stanley Cup parade. And I'd really like my daughter to see a historic New Year's Eve game.
I like all the players. Covering baseball gives me a profound appreciation of pro athletes who aren't jerks.
My weltanschauung was summarized by the late great Bill Hicks when he said "all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves."
Have a nice day.
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Devils get Antsy.
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Memo to Don Waddell: You're fired!
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Time for an extended winning streak.
So, I think Darche stays with the big team?
Darche is a football player playing hockey.He slammed Chara up against the boards once.Not too many people can move Chara-to say the least.Darche gets in the goalies face,and plays great down low.What really is good is he plays within himself-he's not a dipsy doodler;he's a throwback to the type of hockey Claude Provost played.
And he is faster than people give him credit for.
You can't teach size.
nuff said
Hey I was wondering, I'm I the only one who thought this team came out flat tonight, I know they rallied but I still thought they were not ready to compete at first. IMO All 3 penalties in the first were just. I'm not saying I thought it was an well officiated game but some of that was our flat start,
It seems they ALWAYS come out flat.I am not exagerrating.This must be blamed squarely on the coaching staff or head coach.It is inexcusable at the NHL level to be outshot by wide margins,and put all this pressure on the goalie.
nuff said
We were outshot 30-10 before our 1st goal,late in the 2nd,so yes.
Thanks, some one posted to me that I need to watch the game with my eyes open, I thought I was.
Yea, I know what you mean. Sometimes it's hard to concentrate. I smoked one, too.
Some have said by the Olympic break we will know where we stand. But my guess is at that time the water will be just as murky.
______________________________________ Lets name a Captain.....or does it even matter anymore?
Well, I made it out of the TD Garden alive after wearing a Habs jersey and cap.
I am an American citizen. I find there to be some odd logic at play with a number of the Bruins fans who wave the star spangled banner and yell "Go Home!" to Habs fans in the crowd.
Can we take Patrice Bergeron with us? How about Marc Savard? Michael Ryder?
The best was the guy who was on the jumbotron, waved the flag and then pointed to his (Vancouver-born) Lucic name on the back of his jersey.
Awesome stuff.
There really are a bunch of savages in there. The in-game presentation tends to encourage the savagery too - showing replays of fans dumping beers over other fans heads (yes, for real).
/\\ike
GO HABS GO!
Do they invite the urinating, too?
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Cheer for the crest on the front of the jersey, not the name on the back.
Fans in the Bell Centre should be ashamed when they boo any anthem. They too act like animals when they do that. Especially seeing as a good chunk of the Habs is American.
/\\ike
GO HABS GO!
make sure you attend with lots of your pals
Will Boone be running a game Blog for the Canadians?
______________________________________ Lets name a Captain.....or does it even matter anymore?
Uh... anyone with any love here for Gionta's shootout winner tonight?
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Cheer for the crest on the front of the jersey, not the name on the back.
We were sitting lower bowl down in that end, it was such a sweet backhand - had a great view of it sitting in the corner. Roof daddy!
/\\ike
GO HABS GO!
Pffffft. The game winner. What's that when you've got goaltending?
<Somebody off the screen says something>
What's that?
Oh, a tie.
Nevermind.
Woohooo Gio!!!!!!
Hahaha nice, made me laugh.
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he makes that *** look easy.
Plenty, a beauty that deserves recognition. Although Pouliot or Markov should've also been in the 1st 3 shooters as well, Pleks record is abysmal.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
I replied to your post on the other thread, but yes.
Oh yea! That was MONEY!!
______________________________________ Lets name a Captain.....or does it even matter anymore?
I think Trotter should get another look. Send Maxwell back down. Trotter has 25 G 28 A in 49 GP this season and scored 13 G 9 A in 15 GP in January. He's only 23 so he definitely has the potential to become a solid NHLer.
I was surprised maxwell got the call up ahead of trotter.
What's the deal with that?
Scoreboard - Ottawa and Tampa win, the Rangers and the Islanders lose.
Jeff - I'm an old fart from the glory days so I've had to adjust my expectations lately so I can still follow my team and enjoy this site:-)
Sorry for ruining the Love-in. This site is worse than North Korea!
I liked our usual players tonight, but really like O'Byrnes play lately.
He is really coming around.
Nice to see.
agreed. A little sketchy tonight, but of late, solid. notice how the past couple of games how he will come off the right side of the offensive blue line and level the other team's winger trying to pick the puck off the boards?
I noticed he got away with it against Vancouver and twice tonight. He's gotta be careful, though, IMO the other guy didn't touch the puck 2 out of those 3 times that I saw. He's lucky he didn't get called for interference on any of those three.
Oh yeah, now if we just had a couple more guys hitting like that.
Carey who?
Price i think :)
Yeah his name is Carey Price. You must be new. Welcome.
I thought Lappierre sparked us when he tried to hit Chara in the 2nd, then almost cost us late in the 3rd.
Lapierre couldn't win a one on one battle along the boards if his life depended on it.I saw him up close in street clothes and he's puny;my first thought was,i could take him-and i'm 54!!!!
nuff said
Gomez set the plays in both cases. He deserved it just as much, fact is, he gets the points.
Whoa BIGJCC...
Sorry you are missing the point, I think Darche WAS deserving of a star, but that Scott did just as much of an important job as he did, but Gomez gets the points, that is why he gets the star.
Maybe, but his effort in the shoot-out was pitiful. Pleks was even worse.
They both need to watch some Brad Richards videos.
Pleks was certainly not as his best the entire game. Gomez was weak in the shootout, but like I said, he SET the plays (he is a center, a playmaker that makes points from assists, not goals). I really thought Sergei should have been there and mabye D'Ags (great shot), could have been a real confidence boost for those guys.
RC - Speaking of Pleks, I thought there should have been a penalty against Morris near the end of overtime after the Habs killed off a penalty. Pleks came up along the boards and cut into the middle. I don't indulge in ref bitching as it's a waste of time. I also felt that most of our penalties were deserved. All I'm asking is that it work both ways.
BTW, Gill was unreal on that last PK. I think he was out there for the whole damn thing with Pleks and Gorges. He's probably fast asleep by now from fatigue and exhaustion!
I agree with your points. Pleks is also our BEST PK guy (offensively I wanted more, but really Pleks, all around BEST player on this team)...Gill can be big at times and those times usually make a difference. They need to work harder, and those delay of game penalties suck. Bogus call against Moen on the hook though, dive! dive!
Double Post...
Nope. Halak, Gomez and a Bruin.
........... "Thank you Cammy for making my day even more amazing!" I STILL BELIEVE. I WILL ALWAYS BELIEVE.
I really like Halak's "compete level"
Hard workers get an A+
With Brodeur's clock ticking and Jacques Lemaire behind the bench, Lamoriello is all in and going for it.
He just put some major pressure on Washington and Pittsburgh.
Smartest GM in the NHL.
Chris - Exactly. The Devils have two prospects in their system who may be better than Bergfors and Cormier and the 1st rounder they gave up will be a bottom third pick in a weak year. The only real loss was Oduya - especially in terms of the playoffs. Lou is going to have to make one more deal.
No other team will be able to enhance their roster the way that NJ just did.
Okay, Steve, you've called me Rob... you've called me Chris...
... at least you keep it civil. ;o)
Let's try that again.
Dear Cournoyer12........
(You need to have been around the site for quite awhile to truly understand the humour in that line)
When I started checking out this site, there was still plenty of talk of him. In fact, it seemed that another poster was suspected of being him at the time. I can't remember the name though.
Ahhh... good ol' Corny12....
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Cheer for the crest on the front of the jersey, not the name on the back.
Ah yes, Gilles Poisson etc. Still terrorizes the Yahoo Hockey boards with their (her?) blatant hatred of anything Bob Gainey. Banned for life from here I hope?
for-fact-sakes was one of my favourites.
I tried but I couldn't remember that one!
Are you a dad yet? I forgot the due date.
The due date was actually 2 days ago but no baby yet. We're already prepared in case of having to leave in short notice. Meaning i set the pvr to record the games on saturday and sunday just in case she ends up coming this weekend and we end up spending it at the hospital,lol
Good to know that you've got your priorities in order!
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Cheer for the crest on the front of the jersey, not the name on the back.
Steve is a great name for a masculine child. Please keep us posted on the updated news.
All the best!!!
4 more wins and the Habs are a real .500 team.
A good goalie.
Jaro is climbing up the save % standings.
40+ shots a night will do that for you.
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Cheer for the crest on the front of the jersey, not the name on the back.
I think you have it wrong Chuck.
It is 40+ SAVES a night that will do that for you =)
You can't make 40+ saves without having 40+ shots directed at you.
My post was a dig at the team defense, not Halak.
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Cheer for the crest on the front of the jersey, not the name on the back.
I just got the feeling you took it from the negative side of things. I just know it is called a SV%, which is calculated by the TOTAL amount of SAVES and SHOTS.
Touche RC. Well played.
Gotta say, Boston really sucks when the Habs mail it in like that (minus Halak) and still come out on top.
Losers Even After Forty two Seasons
Hey guys! I returned from the hospital just about 3 minutes before the Habs scored their first goal. What a game! And should I go back and watch the first or just leave it?
Also, all those blabbering here and on the Antichambre that Habs without Halak would havelost 5 in a row, you know what? Last time I checked, Halak plays for the Montreal Canadiens and he's part of this team. Ok he literally saved everything for the Habs but the fact is that he is part of our team and we are lucky to have him. Stop whining! Take the 4 points and we'll see how they come out on Saturday!
Skip the first. It was awful.
Gomez couldn't score into an empty net. Poor choices for the shoot out. Sergei is hot
The Bahston commentators were calling him Dash.
I am hardly surprised when I hear bad pronounciation on sports broadcasting.
But when my professor the other day prounced machismo macheesemo I felt like tossing my textbook at her head.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
How should it be pronounced??
Ma-BREEZ-bwah.
Are you kidding me thats the best Waddel could get for Kovachuk I think the NHL should check Waddel bank account because I think someone sliped a few dollars to him. That trade stinks as bad as the refs in Boston tonite. Why the hell does he what to go to Jersey, is there a dirty place on the face of the earth. Maybe the 20 fans that go to the game will chant his name.
I think Atlanta did pretty well considering Kovalchuk's UFA status.
Bergfors will be a solid top 6 forward
Cormier has plenty of potential (if he can control himself)
Oduya is a decent defensive D-man
1st Round pick,
Kovalchuk should definitely help the Devils if he can buy into Lemaire's system. For the PP alone he's worth it.
Devils win the Cup and shows those upstart Hawks and Caps that tanking is a no-no.
What season are you talking about? Cause the Habs are winning the cup this season.
It's a MAB MAB world.
There is no telling how good this team could be if they would play 60 min of hockey. Still no excuse for the way they started but like we all know, 2 pts is 2 pts
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