Ryan Szporer

After 10 years of writing hockey, Ryan decided it was as good a time as any to actually join The Hockey Writers for the 2014-15 season. Having appeared as a guest on such programs as CBC Radio One's Daybreak, Ryan has also written for the Montreal Gazette and Bleacher Report and worked for the NHL itself and his hometown Montreal Canadiens. He currently writes about all things Habs for THW, with it being a career highlight for him to have covered the 2021 Stanley Cup Final as a credentialed member of the press.

Emergence of Montreal Canadiens Defenseman Jarred Tinordi

November 2, 2014November 2, 2014 by Ryan Szporer

Montreal Canadiens defenseman Jarred Tinordi has proven a certain a person at The Hockey Writers wrong. There’s no need to get into specifics. Needless to say, that person, wherever they…

Things Are Looking (More) Up for Montreal Canadiens

October 26, 2014October 26, 2014 by Ryan Szporer

It’s easy to get carried away with the great 7-1 start of the Montreal Canadiens this season. It’s easier still when one considers the seven wins are the most the…

Montreal Canadiens vs. New York Rangers Preview

October 25, 2014October 25, 2014 by Ryan Szporer

The Montreal Canadiens won’t be looking for payback as much as vindication against the New York Rangers on Saturday night, when the puck drops at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time at…

Montreal Canadiens First Team to 10 Points

October 19, 2014 by Ryan Szporer

It wasn’t a virtuoso performance by the Montreal Canadiens by any stretch of the imagination (even though highlight-reel goals by Alex Galchenyuk and P.K. Subban sure made it seem like…

Montreal Canadiens: Vanek the Gift that Keeps on Giving

October 19, 2014October 18, 2014 by Ryan Szporer

Thomas Vanek hasn’t been a member of the Montreal Canadiens for months, and yet he continues to make the Montreal Canadiens—and general manager Marc Bergevin especially—look like geniuses. However great…

Meet Tomas Plekanec: Montreal’s New Mr. October

October 15, 2014October 15, 2014 by Ryan Szporer

That leadership void Montreal Canadiens haters anticipated would drag the Habs down this season? Tomas Plekanec is currently filling that up nicely, along with the opposition’s net. Plekanec Proving…

Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay Lightning Preview

October 13, 2014October 13, 2014 by Ryan Szporer

Monday night will mark the first meeting between the Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning since the former swept the Bolts in the first round of last spring’s playoffs. It…

Montreal Canadiens off to Best Start This Decade

October 11, 2014 by Ryan Szporer

It’s only two games into the 2014-15 season, but the Montreal Canadiens are already off to their best start since 2009-10, when they also went 2-0 and ended up reaching…

Montreal Canadiens: Breaking Bad Hab-its Entering 2014-15

October 7, 2014 by Ryan Szporer

Yes, the Montreal Canadiens did finish with a decent 4-2-1 record this 2014-15 preseason. However if you can’t look to training camp for tweaks to make heading into the actual…

Montreal Canadiens Trade Budaj, Solve Goaltending Dilemma

October 6, 2014October 5, 2014 by Ryan Szporer

The Montreal Canadiens traded backup goalie Peter Budaj and forward Patrick Holland to the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday for forward Eric Tangradi, but the move has little at all to…

Why Montreal Canadiens Should Cut Jarred Tinordi

October 6, 2014October 4, 2014 by Ryan Szporer

The most telling part about Jarred Tinordi’s unsuccessful 2014-15 preseason is that arguably his best play got him ejected. Tinordi Lowers the Boom Playing against the Washington Capitals last…

5 Bold Montreal Canadiens Predictions for 2014-15

September 27, 2014September 27, 2014 by Ryan Szporer

Very few predicted the Montreal Canadiens would reach the Eastern Conference Final last season. In fact, anyone who did would probably have been laughed at initially… then burned at the…