Michel Therrien was not among the three finalists for the Jack Adams Trophy announced Friday, in spite of bringing the Canadiens from worst-to-first in their division.
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On the same day GM Marc Bergevin was announced as a nominee for general manager of the year, he faced the media at the Habs’ practice facility in Brossard. The hot topic, once again, was Carey Price.
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Montreal Canadiens fans already concerned about Carey Price’s poor performance in the opening round of the NHL Playoffs will find little comfort from a glimpse into the goaltender’s state of mind, which sounds rather solitaire.
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The Montreal Canadiens playoff run is already over after a meager five games. Prognosticators across the board felt it would be a close series, but very few saw it as a romp.
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P.K. Subban is a fan favourite and sometimes brash force on the ice. On Tuesday morning the Habs defenceman was voted one of the three finalists for the James Norris Memorial Trophy.
Montreal Canadiens right-winger Brendan Gallagher, Florida Panthers centre Jonathan Huberdeau and Chicago Blackhawks left-winger Brandon Saad were named finalists for the Calder Memorial Trophy on Monday.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored a hat trick, while Jakob Silfverberg, Kyle Turris and Daniel Alfredsson also notched goals to give the Ottawa Senators a 6-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in Game Three of the first round series.
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Habs Captain Brian Gionta skated with the team Sunday morning, suggesting that he is ready to suit up for Game Three in Ottawa, but Max Pacioretty stayed on the sidelines.
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CTV Montreal's Brian Wilde, one of the few sports pundits to predict that the Habs would have a solid season, weighs with his thoughts on Carey Price, the fat walrus, Michel Therrien and a possibly glorious Habs short-term future.
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Ryan White ignited a three-goal second period and goalie Carey Price was back in top form with 29 saves as the Montreal Canadiens downed the Ottawa Senators 3-1 to even their NHL playoff series on Friday night.
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Jakob Silfverberg and Marc Methot scored early in the third period as the Ottawa Senators rode brilliant goaltending from Craig Anderson to a 4-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.
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Daniel Alfredsson has been a Canadiens-killer since he began his career as an Ottawa Senator in 1995, but he has never played Montreal in the playoffs.
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They're known around the room as the kids; the oldest being Lars Eller at 23. The other two are rookies: Brendan Gallagher at 20 and Alex Galchenyuk at 19. When they're together, good things happen.
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The Montreal Canadiens have momentum heading into the NHL Playoffs thanks to Saturday’s 4-1 victory at Toronto, which displayed all of the qualities that have the Habs dreaming of a Stanley Cup run 20 years after last hoisting the trophy.
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The Stanley Cup playoff picture in the Western Conference is set, but five of the eight seedings in the East will come down to the final day of the regular season.
Tomas Plekanec, Brendan Gallagher, Andrei Markov and Lars Eller scored four straight goals for the Habs in Toronto Saturday, giving the Canadiens a comfortable 4-1 victory.
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Max Pacioretty, David Desharnais and Brendan Gallagher scored third periods goal to give the Canadiens a 4-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets Thursday.
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The Canadiens will be hoping to notch just their second win in their last five games in a showdown with a playoff-hungry Washington Capitals team in Montreal Saturday.
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Michel Therrien said that his Canadiens had a bit of luck on their side in Thursday's 3-2 victory over Tampa Bay, as they were pushed to the limit by a demanding schedule.
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Montreal Canadiens coach Michel Therrien has opted to start backup Peter Budaj against the Pittsburgh Penguins over struggling starting goaltender Carey Price.
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The Canadiens can do little else but look forward to Monday's tilt against the Flyers after Saturday night's disastrous 5-1 loss in Toronto, which featured some of the team's weakest goaltender performances in recent memory.
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The Montreal Canadiens are shooting for top spot in the northeast division but their playoff match-up might be tricky regardless of where they finish in the standings.
Alex Ovechkin scored his 26th goal of the season and Jack Hillen got his first as the Washington Capitals stretched their winning run to five games with a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.
Five goals in his last two games and 15 in his last 12, there’s no question Ovechkin is back -- and he's facing the Habs tonight. Andre Corbeil reports
With five goals in two games, and 15 pucks in the next in his last dozen times in the rink, there is no question that Alex Ovechkin is the most dangerous man on the ice in the NHL.
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Alex Galchenyuk and Michael Ryder scored goals as the Montreal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Saturday to take the season series and open up a three-point advantage atop the Northeast division.
Alex Galchenyuk’s first season with the Montreal Canadiens was filled with such high expectations that any struggles were certain to be scrutinized. An 18-game goalless drought certainly wasn’t helping.
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Michael Ryder scored two goals and set up another as the Montreal Canadiens downed Winnipeg 4-1 to hand the Jets a fifth straight defeat on Thursday night.
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The Canadiens weathered an unrelenting onslaught by the Philadelphia Flyers well into the third period but a series of bad bounces cost them the game.
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Adding a new defenceman to the mix, the Habs are looking to keep control over the puck during a game on Wednesday in Philadelphia. Brian Wilde reports.
While it was billed as an open practice, the two squads of Habs players on the ice Easter Sunday could have pretended they were at a home game as 17,000 fans cheered them on.
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The Montreal Canadiens cruised to an easy 3-0 victory over the New York Rangers Saturday on goals by Michael Ryder, Tomas Plekanec and Brendan Gallagher.
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Andrei Markov tied it with 8.2 seconds left in regulation, and Brendan Gallagher scored the only shootout goal to give the Montreal Canadiens a 6-5 victory over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night.
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Brian Wilde, The Gazette’s Pat Hickey and La Presse’s Francois Gagnon analyze all things Habs this week, including PK Subban and the unbelievable Brendan Gallagher.
When the lockout was on, he thought his career might be over, so Habs defenceman Francis Bouillon was pleased to find himself receiving a one-year contract extension.
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Francois Gagnon and Marc Antoine Godin of La Presse speak with Brian Wilde about what they think of the Desharnais contract, and what’s going on with Galchenyuk.
David Desharnais had to prove a lot of people wrong before he hit the jackpot with a four-year, US$14 million contract with the Montreal Canadiens.
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The Montreal Canadiens are hoping to extend their three game winning streak Wednesday at home against the Senators, after a bagging eight of 10 possible points in a sensational five-game road trip.
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Radek Martinek scored the tiebreaking goal eight minutes into the third period and the New York Islanders handed Montreal its first regulation loss in nearly a month with a 6-3 victory Tuesday night.
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The Montreal Canadiens scored three in the third to make in 5-2 over the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Air Canada Centre on Feb. 27, 2013. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn)
Brendan Gallagher, Max Pacioretty and Brian Gionta scored third-period goals to earn the Montreal Canadiens an impressive 5-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night.
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General manager Marc Bergevin had no qualms about pulling off a trade to bring Michael Ryder back to Montreal even with the Canadiens sitting in first place in the NHL Eastern Conference.
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