Mid Morning Habs Trivia and Links
by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 20, 2012 10:47 AM EST
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PrintWell Happy Family Day, Louis Riel Day, Islander Day, President's Day or, if you live in Quebec, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, BC or the Territories, Monday!
While the Habs get ready for practice this morning, here's a couple bits of history and a few links to tie you over.
1924: Canadiens' fans waited two hours in the Mount Royal Arena for the Senators to arrive for their game. But they never showed! The team was stranded on a snowbound train 50 miles from Ottawa. The game was played the next night (a 3-0 Habs' win).
1995: Patrick Roy became the 31st goaltender in NHL history to appear in 500 games as the Canadiens won 3-2 in overtime over the Islanders.
Happy Birthday to former Habs defenseman Pierre Bouchard, who turns 64 today.
Who goes next?Our Facebook Poll for the week.
Blake Geoffrion talks to CJAD. Geoffrion and the Hamilton Bulldogs face St. John's at the Bell Centre on Friday.
HabsWorld weighs in on the deal that sent Hal Gill to the Predators.
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Thanks for the Family Day wishes. Just sipping a coffee at home right now. I guess this year’s winter isn’t the same as 1924 in the Ottawa-Montreal area. I can tell you that we have tons of snow in my hometown right now.
Too bad we don’t have a Habs TV that would show that Hamlton Bulldogs game in Montreal…But maybe Geoffrion will be in a Habs uniform sooner than later.
CBC did some AHL games last season, but not this year.
I know that during the HIO Summit in November the Dogs were in town. Most of the Summit members that didn’t go to the Bell Centre were at Hurley’s on the Friday night, but there was no TV coverage of the game.
The AHL does have a package similar to GameCenter, but not worth the coin from what I’ve heard. Just have to manage with 820CHAM for now, or an online stream ie: justin.tv
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by Kevin van Steendelaar on Feb 20, 2012 12:24 PM EST up reply actions
So a non-hockey forum I frequent the increase in goaltender save percentage came up post-lockout and I remembered Chris piece on missing Gomez where he mentioned the decline in powerplays from that first post-lockout year.
Doing a simplistic 82-game projection of the powerplay minutes this season and you’re looking at 13,810 which is about 500 less than last season and 1,000 less than the year before. So the officiating looks like it continues to slip but it’s down a gentler slope the last few years.
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