100 Years of Habs Glory

Friday, December 4th will be the 100th anniversary of the Montreal Canadiens as a hockey team. An incredible feat, for sure.

I’m a Toronto Maple Leafs fan, but I have the deepest respect for the Habs due to their history. They have 24 Stanley Cup banners hanging in the rafters, in addition to the 15 retired jerseys. They had some of the greatest players ever to step foot on the ice – Maurice ‘Rocket’ Richard, Jean Beliveau, Guy Lafleur, Ken Dryden, Jacques Plante, Bernard ‘Boom Boom’ Geoffrion… the list goes on!

In honour of their centennial, I made a little tribute video.

(I’m getting addicted to making montage videos, haha.)

Leafs vs Senators – 27 November

Quite a game last night, though I would’ve thought there would be more goals. Both goals were scored in the first period and the game ended in a shootout. Both goalies made some great saves, but in the end Ottawa won.

I don’t quite understand Ron Wilson’s choices for shooters in the shootout. Nikolai Kulemin and Lee Stempniak? (I don’t know who the third one would’ve been, I missed that.) Sure Kulemin got the goal earlier in the game, but why Stempniak? Especially against Ottawa’s big guns – Jason Spezza, Dany Heatley, and Daniel Alfredsson.

By the way, those new third jerseys for Ottawa? Ugly. But they seem to be bringing them some luck in the two games they’ve worn them so far.

Missed the game? Here are the highlights: