Has the Internet Caused NHL Rivalries to Go Too Far?
Reading through the comments section of a particularly popular sports website yesterday, I couldn’t help but be taken aback by the pure nastiness of some of the site’s commenters. As…
Guy Lafleur
Quotes of the Week: Contemporary Writers (I)
This week’s quotes come from contemporary writers working today and whose work was published within the last few years. Hockey fights are like love – sometimes they can happen in…
Quotes of the Week: Legendary Canadiens
This week, a short collection of quotes by and about some of the great Montreal Canadiens–and some of the greatest ever to play the game. The Rocket put me in…
Book Review: Maurice Richard
Maurice Richard: The Most Amazing Hockey Player Ever. By Chris Robinson. (2011, Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, Ltd. Softcover. Pp. 128. $9.95. ISBN 978-1-55277-900-2.) “Don’t let anyone say that it’s…
Claude Lemieux – Ask the Alumni
During the 1985-86 season, Claude Lemieux played 10 regular season games with the Montreal Canadiens, scoring one goal and adding two assists. It was the start of a stellar career…
NHL Alumni Honour Guy Lafleur and Broadcaster Dick Irvin
NHL Alumni Executive Director Mark Napier spoke with The Hockey Writers to discuss the 8th Annual Alumni Week and this year’s award winners, Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur and Hall of Fame broadcaster Dick Irvin.
100 Years of Hockey for the Montreal Canadiens
Growing up as a hockey fan in Montreal I was most certainly spoiled. Growing up during the heyday of the Greatest hockey team that ever played, the 1976-77 Canadiens made…