Montreal Canadiens vs. Winnipeg Jets
February 5, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles
Remember that goal by Saku?
Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington Capitals
February 4, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles
I never said I'd sound smart.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Buffalo Sabres
February 1, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles
Welcome back. Your Habs host the Buffalo Sabres. Darcy Regier. Lindy Ruff. Ryan Miller. The gold tassels and stripes; the cutlass and blue bison; Perreault's flair and the brothers of the net, Don Edwards and Bob Sauvé. The past meets the present on New Forum ice.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Detroit Red Wings
January 26, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles
I can’t help but reference the haunting video sent me by one Dennis Kane. The beautiful late-sixties footage, restored and an NFB project is some of the most haunting and intriguing hockey footage I’ve seen.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
January 20, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles
Consistently in the bottom half of the save percentage column on a team with good defensive play, prone to meltdowns and generally skittish, March-Andre Fleury is one of the least-deserving starters in the NHL.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa Senators
January 15, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles
So what. So what. So what. It all matters. It doesn’t matter that it doesn’t matter.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
November 27, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
Don’t underestimate the quickness of an ox.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Colorado Avalanche
October 15, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
Where’s the bang-bang?
Montreal Canadiens vs. Winnipeg Jets
October 10, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
Another road game and another too-Canadian, too-Timmy, too-nauseating pre-game sermon
Vancouver Canucks vs. Boston Bruins
June 16, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
The greatest decade is the seventies.
Boston Bruins vs. Vancouver Canucks
June 14, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
Put that in your book!
Vancouver Canucks vs. Boston Bruins
June 10, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
It’s under everything. Grass stains can be cleaned. Scoreboards are a different story.
Boston Bruins vs. Vancouver Canucks
June 8, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
I wish I could realign the teams; move the knuckleheads to one team and the likeables to the other.
Vancouver Canucks vs. Boston Bruins
June 4, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
Vancouver just glues and closes, slows and jabs. It’s suffocating.
Vancouver Canucks vs. Boston Bruins
June 1, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
How good is Roberto Luongo? How bad is he? Does a final make or break a man?
Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins
April 27, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
Boston fans are a loyal and suitless lot. This isn’t the ACC. Real fans dwell in the lower bowl in this rink. They watch with concern, concentration and insight.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins
April 26, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
Boston doesn’t care a whit about this team, its history, its fans.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins
April 23, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
The silence(s) of overtimes past whisper a diorama of evaporating emotional fuels and smoking, destroyed flights of dreams. The goalie looks skyward, players stay collapsed on the ice. And a puck watches as enemies rejoice.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins
April 21, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
Bruins need something. And they get it from a man who has no post-trauma. Peverley. On his own. Scrambling, stickhandling. Horizontal in the neutral and now turning and in. The high shot. And it wasn’t easy. Price has this one.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins
April 18, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
Thomas looks more human than Gilbert, Chara is not the man of hubris that Esposito was. It’s a likeable team, stanchion and all. Chara has a very short, very bright fuse. It stays unlit for long periods and he’s a great player during those times.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins
April 16, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
I wonder if Colin Campbell is issuing Blackberry directives to Paul Devorski.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins
April 14, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
There’s a bear in the crowd. He nods knowingly, a smaller, more vicious version of the A and W Root Bear. His incisors are showing as he flaunts a yellow Bruins mini-towel.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
April 11, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
Again the front seats are largely empty to begin the period. Concessions? Or weak fans? Or just wine and cheesers gone home after a long night of wasting some eight-year old’s deserved chance.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa Senators
April 10, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
Ottawa’s surly, burly and talented Jason Spezza shows more fire and fury than I've seen from him in months as he carries down the right side.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Blackhawks
April 5, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
Price gazes without expression. Crawford seems to talk to himself as he sweeps imaginary shavings.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Carolina Hurricanes
March 30, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
The arena is almost darkly lit and the white and red motif seems to say brigands are here and pirate death is near.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Atlanta Thrashers
March 29, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
Gomez took a stick from Kane. Then Gomez responded with a helmet to the helmet. “What is that?” complained Kane. Gomez is grinning. No calls.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Minnesota Wild
March 20, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
Finish the game. Finish the game. Finish the game. Finish the game.
Montreal Canadiens vs. New York Rangers
March 18, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
Replay shows the wreckage of Ranger players as Subban raised his stick, paused and finally, a fallen Ranger and four others, immobile blue statues waiting, the puck was launched.
Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay Lightning
March 17, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles
St. Louis. The usual calm bomb demeanour. Sudden superstar. He won the Hart for a reason. He’s ignored for a variety of others.