Habs Have Dreadful Record After Road Poundings
habseyesontheprize.com 10/9/2009 — Since the 2000-01 season, the Canadiens have lost games in which 6 goals or more have been scored against them a total of 34 times. Their record in followup games is a hardly resillient 13-18-2 Here are some further statistical breakdowns: 6 goals were scored against them in 24 of ...

Monday Musings on the Avs, Bruins, and More
rinkrap.blogspot.com 10/20/2009 — Rink Rap takes a closer look at Colorado's surprising start to the season, as well as the play of its two rookies Matt Duchene and Ryan O'Reilly. Also, Rink Rap muses about Rangers defenseman Michael Del Zotto and the Bruins trade of Chuck Kobasew.

Agents of change: Five NHL summer signing paying off early
sportingnews.com 10/24/2009 — Free agency isn't necessarily the best way for an NHL general manager to rebuild a roster. It's expensive, for one. And it doesn't come with any guarantees, as any fan of the Lightning can attest after Tampa Bay made a huge splash last summer, only ...

Avs Hope Road Momentum Carries into Detroit
coloradosportsdesk.com 10/16/2009 — The Colorado Avalanche have posted a 5-1-1 record through their first seven games behind new head coach Joe Sacco and the team has looked impressive heading into Saturdays game against the rival Detroit Red Wings . Despite dropping their first game of a seven game road trip in Nashville ...

Lady Luck Dumps On Habs In Loss To Avs
habseyesontheprize.com 10/16/2009 — For the 2009-10 season home opener, the Canadiens and Avalanche put on an exciting display of what could best be called good old firewagon hockey. During good long stretches of the game, one could envision a time warp matchup between the '77 Habs and the '96 Avs. The only trouble was, ...

NHL Power Poll: Rangers move up with team effort
sportingnews.com 10/13/2009 — During his weekly Coach's Corner segment, Don Cherry took a shot at Pittsburgh's Kris Letang. He didn't like Letang's reaction to allegedly being bit by Philadelphia's Scott Hartnell. Cherry told Letang to quit whining, and that it was Letang's fault ...

Welcome to the comforts of home boys - Avs game preview and open thread
fourhabsfans.blogspot.com 10/15/2009 — Home sweet home. Let's hope it fucking counts for something, as this is the first of 6 straight at home for the Habs.. All the comforts of home are just up Stanley Street. Let's get to it. Waiting in line details -19h30 start at Chez Bell. Actual puck drop will probably be much later. I would ...

Je suis….découragé. Avs bounce past Habs 3-2
yathehabsrule.com 10/16/2009 — Tomas Plekanec beats Craig Anderson Thursday night – Montreal Gazette photo In a game that saw some bad bounces for both teams, the Colorado Avalanche came out with a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens Thursday night, to crash their home-opener. Instead of a more traditional ...

Avs' Liles scare over: out two weeks only
denverpost.com 10/15/2009 — MONTREAL With John-Michael Liles bending over in obvious pain, his shoulder sagging, it appeared the Avalanche defenseman might have suffered a separated shoulder Tuesday night in Toronto. From the medical room came relatively good news a day later: ...

Avalanche v. Canadiens - Scoring Chances #7
gospelofhockey.blogspot.com 10/20/2009 — This particular recap was a bit of a struggle. For some reason the application created by Vic Ferrari didn't work properly on this game and so I decided to create the charts manually. It was actually a very good exercise for me as now my thanks directed in Vic's general direction are much ...

Morning Roundup: Caps Finally Win One — Capitals Insider 10/16/2009
(Richard A. Lipski - The Post) [Apologies for a two-day absence of the Morning Roundup. It (and I) have been dealing with the flu. But we're back, and today's roundup should keep you occupied and unproductive through mid-morning.] Alex Ovechkin struck ...

Canada Post stamp set honors Canadiens — NHL.com News in English 10/16/2009
The celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Montreal Canadiens' franchise will continue Saturday with a commemorative stamp set issued by Canada Post. Photo Gallery: Canada Post stamps over the years The set honors the t...

Leafs lose Van Ryn to knee surgery — NHL.com News in English 10/16/2009
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Mike Van Ryn told reporters Friday he will be having re-alignment knee surgery on Oct. 22. His recovery time is expected to be six months. The procedure is called an osteotomy. In it, the bone is cut and the knee ...

Wingin' It! Detroit Red Wings Go In without Marain Hossa or Johan Franzen — Bleacher Report - NHL 10/16/2009
The Detroit Red Wings had one of the best teams in hockey in 2008-2009. They had four elite forwards in Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg, Marian Hossa, and Johan Franzen, along with top defensemen Niklas Lidstrom and Brian Rafalski. This year, ...

Wings star Franzen has successful knee surgery — FOXSports.com News for NHL 10/16/2009
Red Wings forward Johan Franzen has undergone successful surgery to repair a ligament in his left knee. The team said Franzen is expected to miss at least four months because of the injury sustained Oct. 8 during Detroit's 3-2 victory over Chicago, ...