Montreal Canadiens Rumors & News

NHL.com "The 2013 NHL Awards winners will be revealed in two live television specials during the Stanley Cup Final. At 7 p.m. on the day of Game 2 of the Final, the winners of the Hart, Calder, Norris and Vezina trophies, along with the Ted Lindsay Award, will be announced as part of an hour-long show..." May 24

TSN.ca "Hockey Canada is making changes to reclaim its spot atop the international game, as the national governing body has parted ways with head scout Kevin Prendergast and goaltending consultant Ron Tugnutt. "Those are not easy things to do, but we have to do it," Hockey Canada president Bob..." May 24

Denver Post "Patrick Roy will be the next coach of the Avalanche, according to Roy's brother, Stephane. "They're discussing the final details of an arrangement. Colorado is going to be very happy. Patrick is looking for a new challenge," said Stephane Roy, the younger brother of his famous sibling. The..." May 21

NHL.com "Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin announced Tuesday the signing of defenseman Magnus Nygren to a two-year contract (2013-14 and 2014-15). As per club policy, financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. In 51 games with the Karlstad Färjestad in the Elitserien (Sweden)..." May 21

Montreal Gazette "There’s an adage in sport that says you can learn more from losing than you can from winning. And if there’s one thing the Canadiens should have learned from their first-round playoff loss to the Ottawa Senators it’s that they have to get bigger if they hope to succeed in the future. For the..." May 18

Montreal Gazette "The sophomore season of Canadiens defenceman Raphael Diaz began with great promise, coming on the heels of an excellent, even dominant 32 lockout games played with his hometown Swiss League’s EV Zug. Having missed the final 17 NHL games of 2011-12 with a groin injury, the defensively reliable..." May 15

NHL.com "Marc Bergevin of the Montreal Canadiens, Bob Murray of the Anaheim Ducks and the Pittsburgh Penguins' Ray Shero on Monday were named the finalists for the 2013 NHL General Manager of the Year Award. The award is voted on by the 30 NHL GMs and a panel of NHL executives and members of the print..." May 13

Montreal Gazette "Ouch! That was a common reaction Saturday as the Canadiens revealed the full extent of the injuries that plagued the team as the season came to an end. The media reaction ranged from fascinated to squeamish as players filled in the details of what had been described as upper- and lower-body..." May 12

Montreal Gazette "As the Canadiens closed shop for the season, the full extent of the team’s injuries was revealed. The Canadiens went into the playoffs without defenceman Alexei Emelin, who is awaiting knee surgery for a torn ACL. And Lars Eller exited in Game 1 with a broken nose, a concussion and some..." May 12

Montreal Gazette "When the Canadiens cleaned out their lockers Saturday in Brossard, it marked the last time some of the players will set foot in the dressing room. While the bulk of the team is signed for next season, general manager Marc Bergevin has decisions to make on a number of restricted and unrestricted..." May 12

Montreal Gazette "Who was the Canadiens’ most valuable player this season? You can make an argument that defenceman Alexei Emelin should be in the conversation. There is a direct correlation between the Canadiens’ late-season swoon and the knee injury that ended Emelin’s season. Emelin suffered a torn..." May 11

NHL.com "The National Hockey League moved closer to an agreement to send its players to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia during a meeting in Stockholm on Friday. The meeting included representatives from the NHL, National Hockey League Players' Association, International Olympic Committee,..." May 10

Ottawa Sun "The Senators crashed the Montreal Canadiens' party and ordered up another round. Oh baby, what a night. The Senators, ranked No. 7 in the East, sent the heavily-favoured Habs to an early summer Thursday night with an easy 6-1 victory at the packed Bell Centre in Game 5. Craig Anderson's..." May 10

TSN.ca "Peter Budaj will the start in goal tonight when the Montreal Canadiens host the Ottawa Senators in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series. The club announced that goaltender Carey Price, who suffered a lower body injury at the end of regulation in Game 4, will be out for the..." May 09

The Globe and Mail "When the seas start washing over the main decks, you reach for something buoyant. It might just be that the flailing Montreal Canadiens will latch on to a metaphorical life raft in this shred of news: Injured centre Lars Eller skated on his own on Wednesday at the team’s practice..." May 09

NHL.com "The Montreal Canadiens announced Wednesday that captain Brian Gionta will undergo surgery Friday to repair a torn left biceps and will not return this season. Gionta hasn't been in the lineup since May 5, when he notched one assist in a 6-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators in Game 2 of the Eastern..." May 08

CBC Sports "The Montreal Canadiens could be minus starting goalie Carey Price when they face Stanley Cup playoff elimination Thursday night on home ice. Price appeared to hurt either his left groin or leg on Cory Conacher’s tying goal with 23 seconds left in regulation that forced overtime Tuesday night in..." May 08

Montreal Gazette "Kyle Turris scored on backup goaltender Peter Budaj at 2:32 of overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 3-2 win over the Canadiens Tuesday night at Scotiabank Place. The win gave the Senators a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series. The Senators forced the overtime..." May 08

NHL.com "The field for the James Norris Memorial Trophy received a makeover this season. Kris Letang of the Pittsburgh Penguins, P.K. Subban of the Montreal Canadians and Ryan Suter of the Minnesota Wild are this year's finalists for the trophy awarded to the defenseman that shows the "greatest..." May 07

Buffalo News "NHL awards season has begun. The league has announced the finalists for the Calder Trophy, given annually to the Rookie of the Year. The three candidates are Brendan Gallagher of Montreal, Jonathan Huberdeau of Florida and Brandon Saad of Chicago. Voting, done by the Professional Hockey..." May 06

NHL.com "Montreal Canadiens winger Brendan Gallagher, center Jonathan Huberdeau of the Florida Panthers and left wing Brandon Saad of the Chicago Blackhawks are the 2012-13 finalists for the Calder Memorial Trophy, the NHL announced Monday. The Calder Memorial Trophy is awarded to the League's top..." May 06

Montreal Gazette "Jean-Gabriel Pageau, a rookie who played only nine regular-season games, scored three goals to spark the Ottawa offence as the Senators defeated the Canadiens 6-1 Sunday night at Scotiabank Place in a game which was marred by 217 penalty minutes and nine game misconducts. The victory gave Ottawa a..." May 05

Montreal Gazette "Michel Therrien said the Canadiens have been full of surprises all season and they delivered another one Friday night as they defeated the Ottawa Senators 3-1. “It’s character and that’s what we showed all season,” Therrien said after the Canadiens won with three top forwards — Lars Eller,..." May 04

Ottawa Sun "The only solace for the Senators was the split. The Senators learned the hard way in Game 2 of the 417 Series that if they don't do a better job driving to the net to score goals on Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price, they won't stand a chance -- because Craig Anderson can't do it all by..." May 04

TSN.ca "Ottawa Senators defenceman Eric Gryba has been suspended two games by the National Hockey League for his hit on Montreal Canadiens forward Lars Eller during Game 1 on Thursday. Gryba caught Eller with a crunching hit at the blue line as the Canadiens forward was receiving a pass from defenceman..." May 03

CBC Sports "Fifty shots is usually enough to win a hockey game, but apparently not when Craig Anderson is in goal. Anderson made 48 saves and the Ottawa Senators staged a third-period comeback to defeat the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 in the opening game of the first playoff series to be played between the..." May 03

Ottawa Sun "First, the Senators drew blood Thursday night. Then, they smelled it. Had it not been for an outstanding effort with 48 stops from goalie Craig Anderson, the result might have been different. But the Senators pulled out to a 1-0 lead in their first-round series against the Montreal Canadiens..." May 03

Montreal Gazette "Michel Therrien says his team isn’t feeling any pressure as the favourite going into its first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Ottawa Senators. And the coach doesn’t think there’s any pressure on the five Canadiens who will be experiencing NHL playoff action for the first..." May 02

CBSSports.com "There was a pretty terrifying scene in Montreal during the second period of Thursday's Senators-Canadiens game. Montreal forward Lars Eller had to be taken off the ice on a stretcher after he was on the receiving end of a brutal hit delivered by Eric Gryba. While attempting to accept a pass..." May 02

Montreal Gazette "The Canadiens-Senators series may not be the playoff matchup you were hoping for, but Tomas Plekanec predicts it will be a compelling one. “It’s a Canadian matchup. We’re two hours away from each other. ... A lot of fans on both sides are going to be at the games,” Plekanec said after the Habs’..." May 01

Montreal Gazette "Ottawa Senators enforcer Chris Neil was standing in the depths of the Bell Centre Wednesday afternoon following his team’s practice in LaSalle, wearing a broad, gap-toothed grin that showed him to be a few Chiclets shy of a full package. And the man whose every molecule Canadiens fans will..." May 01

NHL.com "The 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs will open Tuesday in Chicago with a matchup between the Presidents' Trophy-winning Chicago Blackhawks and the Minnesota Wild, who were the last team to clinch a playoff berth. The NHL released the playoff schedule Sunday night and it includes three Game 1s on..." April 29

Montreal Gazette "Lars Eller led the Canadiens with a goal and two assists as Montreal closed out the regular season with a 4-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night at the Air Canada Centre. The win gave the Canadiens temporary possession of second place in the Eastern Conference with a point edge..." April 28

Montreal Gazette "When the plane she was on landed at Trudeau airport at 6:45 p.m. on June 9, 1993, Josie Gold did something out of character. She jumped the queue at customs. With the customs area teeming with people, Gold went to the front of the line, told a woman she had an “emergency” and asked if she..." April 27

Montreal Gazette "Brendan Gallagher's seeing-eye slapshot early in the third period handcuffed Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec and trickled in slow motion into the Winnipeg net, sending the Canadiens all the way to home-ice advantage in the first round of the National Hockey League playoffs. The Habs' 4-2 win before..." April 26

Montreal Gazette "Jarred Tinordi got the call in Hamilton about 10 p.m. Tuesday night. “Pack your bags,” he was told, “and get to Winnipeg.” Two games from the end of the NHL season, with six games of big-league experience beneath his large blades, Tinordi is back with the Canadiens — and the proverbial puck..." April 25

The Globe and Mail "Call it Montreal Canadiens forward Lars Eller’s enduring contribution to the NHL lexicon. Something he dubs the “junior moment,” wherein a player, usually one with dominant offensive skills in the lower levels of the sport, reverts to old junior habits in key game situations. “Like trying to..." April 24

Montreal Gazette "Give Canadiens’ coach Michel Therrien full marks for optimism. After dropping a 3-2 decision to the New Jersey Devils Tuesday night, Therrien said the Canadiens still have time to turn things around in time for a playoff run. Those are brave words from a man whose team has lost five of its..." April 24

NHL.com "The team holding the top pick in the 2013 NHL Draft will need to consider one important question prior to stepping to the podium to announce its selection on June 30 at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. What do we need right now? Is it a poised and polished minute-munching, two-way..." April 24