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| Reeling Habs return home for Northeast clash with Sens |
NHL Hockey |
02/21/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - Perhaps a return home and a visit from a club they have yet to lose to this season can help the Montreal Canadiens get out of their current funk. Montreal welcomes the Ottawa Senators to town this afternoon for a meeting at the Bell Centre. Montreal returns home after going just 1-4-1 on a six-game road trip that dropped the team to just 13-16-3 as the visitor this season. However, the Canadiens have won six of their last eight as the host and are 17-6-4 at the Bell Centre this season. The Hab |
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| Penguins hold off Canadiens |
NHL Hockey |
02/20/2009 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (BettingExpress) - Sergei Gonchar scored his first goal of the season 7:18 into the third period and the Pittsburgh Penguins held on to edge the Montreal Canadiens, 5-4, at Mellon Arena. Gonchar was playing in only his third game this year after undergoing offseason shoulder surgery. It was Pittsburgh's first win under interim head coach Dan Bylsma, who replaced the fired Michel Therrien on February 15. "It's a positive result, playing a certain way, playing aggressive," Bylsma said. "The win was |
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| Pens try again to give Bylsma first victory vs. struggling Habs |
NHL Hockey |
02/19/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The Pittsburgh Penguins will try again to get their first win under interim head coach Dan Bylsma when they host the struggling Montreal Canadiens tonight at Mellon Arena. The Penguins fired head coach Michel Therrien one day after the club lost a 6-2 decision in Toronto and named Bylsma as his replacement. Pittsburgh failed to pick up a win in Bylsma's debut as it was handed a shootout loss in Monday afternoon's road test against the Islanders. Jeff Tambellini notched the winner in the shooto |
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| Without Kovalev, struggling Habs visit Caps |
NHL Hockey |
02/18/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The faltering Montreal Canadiens will try to win for just the second time in seven games, and will do so without winger Alex Kovalev, when they visit the first-place Washington Capitals for tonight's clash at Verizon Center. The Canadiens have dropped five of six and 10 of their last 13 games, but are still tied for fifth in the Eastern Conference with 66 points. There are currently three other teams in the East with 66 points, as Florida, Buffalo and the New York Rangers are all tied with the |
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| Habs tell Kovalev to stay home for now |
NHL Hockey |
02/17/2009 |
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| Montreal, QC (BettingExpress) - When the Montreal Canadiens embark on a two- game road trip beginning Wednesday, one player who will not be with the club is star forward Alex Kovalev. The Montreal Gazette reported on Tuesday that Canadiens general manager Bob Gainey announced that Kovalev will not make the Habs' two-game road swing through Washington and Pittsburgh. Gainey told the club after a practice session that Kovalev wasn't going to help the team and told him to take a few days away, citing the Russian ve |
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| Canadiens assign Sergei Kostitsyn to Hamilton |
NHL Hockey |
02/17/2009 |
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| Montreal, QC (BettingExpress) - The Montreal Canadiens assigned forward Sergei Kostitsyn to Hamilton of the American Hockey League on Tuesday, and recalled forward Greg Stewart to Montreal. Kostitsyn, 21, has eight goals and 15 assists in 52 games for the Canadiens this season, his second in the league. A seventh-round pick by Montreal in the 2005 NHL Draft, Kostitsyn posted nine goals and 18 assists in 52 games in his rookie season of 2007-08. Stewart, 22, has played in three games for the Canadiens this season |
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| Canadiens assign pair to Hamilton, recall Stewart |
MLH |
02/17/2009 |
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| Montreal, QC (BettingExpress) - The Montreal Canadiens assigned defenseman Ryan O'Byrne and forward Sergie Kostitsyn to the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League, while recalling forward Greg Stewart, it was announced on Tuesday. The 24-year-old O'Byrne has played in 13 games with the Bulldogs this season, scoring a goal and four assists. In 29 games with Montreal this season, he has three assists and 29 penalty minutes. Kostitsyn, 21, has played in 52 games with the Canadiens this season, scoring eigh |
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| Atlanta Thrashers |
NHL Hockey Transaction |
02/17/2009 |
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| Obtained a second-round pick in 2009, a third-round pick in 2010 from the Montreal Canadiens for defenseman Mathieu Schneider and a conditional draft pick in 2009. |
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| Thrashers send D Schneider to Habs |
NHL Hockey |
02/16/2009 |
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| Atlanta, GA (BettingExpress) - The Atlanta Thrashers sent defenseman Mathieu Schneider to the Montreal Canadiens for draft picks on Monday. Atlanta received a second-round pick in the 2009 draft and a third-round selection in the 2010 draft from the Montreal Canadiens. Atlanta also sent a conditional pick in 2009 to Montreal. Schneider, 39, has four goals and 11 assists in 44 games this season. He began his career with Montreal and played on the Canadiens' last Stanley Cup team in 1993. Over 20 seasons in the NH |
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| Sedin twins help Canucks continue domination of Canadiens |
NHL Hockey |
02/16/2009 |
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| Vancouver, BC (BettingExpress) - Henrik and Daniel Sedin each recorded a goal and an assist, and the Vancouver Canucks continued to dominate the Montreal Canadiens in recent years with a 4-2 victory at GM Place. Daniel Sedin moved into 10th all-time on the Canucks franchise list of goal scorers with his 172nd career tally, and Vancouver won for the fifth time in six games. Alexander Edler and Ryan Kesler also scored, while Roberto Luongo made 25 saves to earn the victory. The Canucks are now 10-0-0 with a tie in |
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