The Montreal Canadiens have overcome wave after wave of adversity in 2021. From losing streaks to a COVID-19 shutdown to injuries and long odds throughout an improbable playoff run, these underdogs mustered a response each and every time their backs were pressed firmly against the wall. A franchise in search of its 25th Stanley Cup, and
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MONTREAL—It was always going to come down to Carey Price. If the Montreal Canadiens are going to join the 1942 Maple Leafs as the only teams in Stanley Cup final history to trail three games to none and come back to win, they will need Price to be at his absolute best. He will need
Scott Gomez grew up among the diverse cultures that amalgamate around Anchorage, Alaska. Race was something he never really thought about, particularly on the ice. The son of a Mexican American father and Colombian mother, Gomez heard a few disparaging remarks while coming up through the junior and professional ranks, but the occasions were rare.
When NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was giving his state-of-the-league address at the start of the Stanley Cup playoffs, he transitioned to officiating. “It seems every season,” Bettman started, “it’s a playoff ritual for me to address some aspect of officiating.” Then he dismissed any notion there was anything to criticize. The referees are the best
Dominique Ducharme has been here before. Well, not right here — down 3-0 in the Stanley Cup final and facing elimination on home ice — but the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens stared at the same long odds back in junior and managed to flip the script. After losing the first three games of
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Scott Gomez grew up among the diverse cultures that amalgamate around Anchorage, Alaska. Race was something he never really thought about, particularly on the ice. The son of a Mexican American father and Colombian mother, Gomez heard a few disparaging remarks while coming up through the junior and professional ranks, but
Even with the arena at a fraction of its capacity and despite their team trailing for more than 58 minutes, the fans at Montreal’s Bell Centre were never quiet on Friday night. For some of the 3,500 fans at the Bell Centre, seeing the first Habs home game in a Stanley Cup final series since
MONTREAL – The Canadiens’ dream of hoisting the Stanley Cup a 25th time to close out an improbable playoff run in a season like no other is on life support. And the Tampa Bay Lightning are now one victory from sipping out of hockey’s holy grail for the second time in just over nine months.
The Canadiens’ dream of hoisting the Stanley Cup a 25th time to close out an improbable playoff run in a season like no other is on life support. And the Tampa Bay Lightning are now one victory from sipping out of hockey’s holy grail for the second time in just over 10 months. Tyler Johnson
Ugly secrets. Hard to keep them buried forever. The Chicago Blackhawks are certainly finding that out. It took nine years for it to come out, for example, that the Hawks employed a minor-league coach back in 2010, Bill Peters, who liked to shout the n-word to loudly criticize music played by a Black player, Akim
They may have lost the game, but the Montreal Canadiens found their collective game face Wednesday — and it turned out to be Brendan Gallagher’s. All it took was a little blood in the water — well, quite a bit of blood, actually, and it was coursing down the alternate captain’s scowling, moustachioed mug —
MONTREAL—It’s happening. A 28-year-wait comes to an end. A Stanley Cup final game will be played in Montreal, at the Bell Centre. “It has been so long,” says Guy Carbonneau, the Hall of Famer who was captain and coach of the Montreal Canadiens. “The last one was 1993. Any time before that it’s never been
On the first night of the Stanley Cup final, a convoy of trucks waving Canadiens flags arrived outside the rink in Anahim Lake, B.C., where Carey Price played hockey as a kid. The convoy wound its way for about 60 kilometres, honking horns and stopping in different Indigenous communities in the region inhabited by the
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Kings have acquired forward Viktor Arvidsson from Nashville in exchange for two draft picks. The Predators get a second-round pick this year and a third-round pick in 2022 in the trade announced Thursday. The 28-year-old Arvidsson is a two-time 30-goal scorer who has spent his entire seven-year NHL
Montreal has announced it will set up outdoor viewing parties to allow fans to watch the Canadiens play in the Stanley Cup final, a day after Quebec public health denied a request to allow more fans into the Bell Centre. The city said the free viewings will take place in the city’s entertainment district, the Quartier
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Montreal Canadiens played better, more like themselves. They still weren’t good enough to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning. Carey Price allowed a pair of second-period goals, and despite outshooting the defending champions by a wide margin the Canadiens were unable to generate enough offense to win Game 2 of the
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews revealed Wednesday that he missed this past season while dealing with what he described as chronic immune response syndrome. Toews revealed his diagnosis for the first time in a video released on social media. The video showed him skating at the team’s practice facility, though it was
A senior Quebec public health official says a decision on capacity at upcoming Montreal Canadiens home games for the Stanley Cup final will be announced today. The Montreal Canadiens organization said Tuesday it had asked the government to ease COVID-19 health restrictions and increase capacity at the Bell Centre to 10,500 people, up from 3,500.