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P.K. Subban News & Rumors

Habs feel pain of P.K. Subban's Team Canada injury
May 1
Montreal Gazette
 
"That gasp of horror you may have heard coming from the Bell Centre was the Canadiens' brass responding to the news that defencemen P.K. Subban had suffered a lower-body injury while playing in an exhibition game for Team Canada against Switzerland Sunday, April 29. Subban, who played through a back injury and would have had a perfect attendance record in the regular season if interim head coach Randy Cunneyworth hadn't exiled him to the press box for a Dec. 22 game in Winnipeg, was injured when he hit Anaheim's Luca Sbisa in the first period. Subban seemed to be struggling as he climbed over the boards onto the Canada bench. He went out for his next shift, but then packed it in for the"
Subban Injured In Pre-Worlds game; Not Expected To Be Serious
April 29
TSN.ca
 
"Montreal Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban suffered a lower body injury playing for Canada in a pre-tournament tune-up game against Switzerland ahead of the World Championship, but said after the game it wasn't serious. Subban left the game a few minutes after colliding with Swiss defenceman Luca Sbisa midway through the first period. Post-game, the 22-year-old said the trainers kept him out for precautionary reasons and that the injury was "something new," indicating it had nothing to do with the back problems he had throughout the regular season this year."
Montreal Canadiens coach blasts P.K. Subban
January 25
Montreal Gazette
 
"Canadiens assistant coach Randy Ladouceur made it clear that he wasn't happy with defenceman P.K. Subban's performance during Tuesday's practice in Brossard. "You've been out here for 40 minutes, wake the f*** up," bellowed Ladouceur. If the 22-year-old Subban took offence at the reprimand, he wasn't admitting it as he addressed a gaggle of reporters after the practice."
Canadiens' Subban fined for trip of Kunitz
January 23
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
 
"The NHL fined Montreal defenseman PK Subban $2,500 for a "dangerous trip" of Penguins left wing Chris Kunitz during Friday's game at Consol Energy Center. Subban used his left foot to kick out Kunitz's skates from behind, causing him to fall feet-first into the boards behind Montreal's net. Kunitz was not injured. "The league reviewed the play, as they do all of them," Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said, "and gave some discipline in the form of a fine. I think they saw a slewfoot.""
Bruins will not push for NHL review of Subban's hit on Krejci
January 14
Boston Globe
 
"David Krejci called it "a clean hit.'' Andrew Ference begged to differ. And coach Claude Julien said it could have gone either way. There was no shortage of opinions yesterday on the nature of P.K. Subban's hit on Krejci in the Bruins' 2-1 victory Thursday night over the Canadiens at TD Garden. But Julien seemed to offer the final word on the matter when he indicated the team would not lobby the NHL to review the questionable hit. Subban was hit with an elbowing minor when he appeared to catch Krejci in the head at 12:17 of the third period. Ference jumped to his teammate's defense, but Subban shrunk from the confrontation by "turtling'' on the ice into his jersey."
P.K. Subban stirs things up
January 13
Boston Herald
 
"The Bruins-Canadiens clash last night had little of its usual luster and emotion, but P.K. Subban did his best to get the hate going. At 12:17 of the third period and the Canadiens down 2-0, the Montreal defenseman stood up in the neutral zone and delivered an elbow to the head of David Krejci, who has a history of concussions but didn't appear to be hurt on the play. Andrew Ference immediately went after Subban, gloves flying off in the process. Subban wanted little to do with Ference. He hit the deck, covered up and it didn't come up for air until Ference was led away. Subban received two minutes for elbowing and Ference got a double minor for roughing. Subban's hit should merit a phone"
Montreal Canadiens' Subban counts on warm Beantown welcome
January 12
Montreal Gazette
 
"Booed in Boston? No biggie. P.K. Subban expects he'll get the usual warm welcome from Bruins fans when the struggling Canadiens take on the high-flying Bruins at TD Garden Thursday (7 p.m., TSN, RDS, TSN Radio 990). "I like playing in Boston," Subban said after the Canadiens' practice Wednesday morning in Brossard. "They're great on their home ice, but we're used to playing in loud buildings. I don't think that really affects us. "They've got a good team. So if you don't come ready to play in that building, it's not going to be too fun.""
Barch apologizes for Subban comment
January 6
Montreal Gazette
 
"Trash talking has always been a part of sports but the National Hockey League has put players on notice that they should be careful about what they say. NHL vice-president Colin Campbell suspended Florida tough guy Krys Barch one game for an inappropriate comment which Barch directed at Canadiens defenceman P.K Subban during a game on New Year's Eve. But Campbell accepted Barch's explanation that, while the comment could be construed as a racial slur, that was not the player's intention."
NHL player ejected after alleged racial slur
January 1
Montreal Gazette
 
"The National Hockey League is once again in the news because of what appears to be a racist incident. In a game Saturday between the Florida Panthers and the Montreal Canadiens — held Sunrise, Florida — Panthers' enforcer Krys Barch was ejected from the game after some pushing and shoving among players. Reports indicate he directed a racial slur toward P.K. Subban, a black player for the Canadiens."
Subban still steamed over being scratched
December 27
Montreal Gazette
 
"P.K. Subban used the word six times in less than three minutes of conversation on Monday, describing the emptiness of having been a healthy scratch last Thursday in the Canadiens' 4-0 loss to the Winnipeg Jets. "Embarrassing." Subban struggled mightily in last week's road games in Boston and Chicago, some ghastly defensive-zone play leading to opposition goals that sent the Canadiens to their third and fourth consecutive defeats. "It's not a good feeling when you know that 22 guys, no matter if they say it or not, know you're not pulling your weight," Subban said after Wednesday's game against the Blackhawks. "I'm minus-4 in the past two games. It can't happen, not when you're playing 25,"
Canadiens' P.K. Subban admits he needs to be better
December 22
Montreal Gazette
 
"The mood in the Canadiens dressing room following their 5-1 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks Wednesday night could best be described as toxic. While Max Pacioretty was reluctant to discuss his failure to generate offence, defenceman P.K. Subban was quick to shoulder the blame for the loss. In fact, he also took the rap for the Canadiens' loss earlier this week in Boston."
Montreal Canadiens: P.K. Subban rises to the challenge
November 17
Montreal Gazette
 
"After firing 52 blanks, P.K. Subban said it was nice to score his first goal of the season. "My job is to play defence," said Subban, who also collected an assist in the Canadiens' 4-0 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night. "I'm not too worried about the offensive side of the game, that will come. For me, it's about playing solid, especially when you're playing a lot of minutes out there. I can't be focusing on whether I'm going to score.""
P.K. Subban brushes off Marchand tussle
October 29
Montreal Gazette
 
"The rumour Friday was that Boston Bruins superpest Brad Marchand would miss Saturday's Montreal rematch with the Canadiens. Marchand, the story went, had a caught a cold, exposed to a nasty draft when Habs defenceman P.K. Subban magnificently whiffed with a right punch thrown from roughly Cape Cod during a 73-second phantom fight Thursday at TD Garden. Of course, Marchand will be in the Bruins lineup at a stoked Bell Centre Saturday (7 p.m., CBC, RDS, TSN 990 radio), the last place (!) Bruins hoping to keep the almost resurgent Habs from extending their winning streak to three games. The Canadiens chose not to practice Friday, holding a team meeting at their Brossard training facility."
Brad Marchand-P.K. Subban not personal
October 28
Boston Herald
 
"The first time Bruins forward Brad Marchand and Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban dropped the gloves last night at the Garden, it was nothing more than your standard-issue, seen-one-seen-'em-all hockey fight. The second time they dropped the gloves, it was unfinished business. But what happens when a couple of players go at it a third time in the same game? The assumption is that it's personal, that it has gone beyond hockey, that it's going to get settled right here and right now, winner take all, no holds barred, your mother wears army boots, and so on."
Something wrong? #blamesubban
September 19
Montreal Gazette
 
"There will be no changes for the Canadiens' half-dozen Twitter users following last week's NHL announcement that tweeting by players is no longer allowed in a window two hours before an opening faceoff until after post-game media obligations have been fulfilled. But for now, and of much more importance: Weekend traffic on the Champlain Bridge sure was horrible. #blamesubban This restaurant hasn't a clue how to cook pasta al dente. #blamesubban My flight is delayed – again! #blamesubban Your rotten cat dug up my flower bed. Blame, well, you know who. In Twitter, the social media corner of cyberspace devoted to expressing ourselves 140 characters at a time, Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban"