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Tag Archives: Montreal Canadiens
Let Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus Conclude! (Pigs Crash Edition)
As you splendid readers might recall, about a week ago I hitched my hockey wagon to the Montreal Canadiens after decades of despising Le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge (you can review the sad surrender here). Since then, the Canadiens have been thoroughly outplayed, … Continue reading
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Tagged #TeamCanadiens, Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Le Blue-Blanc-Rouge, Les Habitant, Montreal Canadiens, National Hockey League, New York Rangers, NHL, Original Six, Stanley Cup, Tampa Bay Lightning, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vegas Golden Knights, Winnipeg Jets
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Let Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus Begin! (Pigs Fly Edition)
I grew up loving the New York Rangers. For most of the 1960s, Jimmy Schnell, his cousin Andy, and I would regularly take the subway to the old Madison Square Garden, buy $2 seats in the second balcony, and settle … Continue reading
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Tagged #TeamCanadiens, Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Le Blue-Blanc-Rouge, Les Habitant, Montreal Canadiens, National Hockey League, New York Rangers, NHL, Original Six, Stanley Cup, Tampa Bay Lightning, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vegas Golden Knights, Winnipeg Jets
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When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés . . .
. . . well, that’s just sad. The hardnoting staff has a habit of recording mangled phrases in the press, and here’s our latest batch. • From Boston Magazine last July, about the 2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial race: “[Martha Coakley’s] apparent reversal … Continue reading
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Tagged @MickeyBPowerPop, Allen Craig, Arsenio Hall, Bill Clinton, Boston Bruins, Boston Globe, Boston magazine, Brian Krause, CNN, Condoleezza Rice, Daniel Nava, David Desharnais, Doug Band, First Read, International Cherry-Pit Spitting Contest, Iowa, Jeremy Roenick, John Kerry, Johnny Carson, mangled phrases, Martha Coakley, Mexican immigrants, Montreal Canadiens, MSNBC, New Republic, NPR, Quebec, Red Sox, Rep. Steve King, SCOTUS, Secretary of State, St. Louis Cardinals, Stanley Cup, stare decisis, Wall Street Journal, Will Middlebrooks
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Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs (Martin St. Louis Edition)
First, disclosure: The hardwatching staff really likes the Boston Bruins, but we’ve been a New York Rangers fan since the age of 10. In the early ’60s we’d venture weekly to the old Madison Square Garden and plunk down $2 … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Bruins, Curse of the Burned Mortgage, Dustin Todarski, Eastern Conference semifinals, Emile Francis, Gump Worsley, Habs, Henrik Lundqvist, Martin St. Louis, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, old Madison Square Garden, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ranger/Hessian, Stanley Cup playoffs
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Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs (WSJ Ken Dryden Edition)
From our Why We Love the Wall Street Journal desk Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal featured this piece from legendary Bruins-slayer Ken Dryden, “an author, former Canadian Parliament member and Hall of Fame former goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens.” Bruins vs. … Continue reading
How Much Do You Love The Ottawa Senators Right Now?
In the Stanley Cup quarterfinals, the Ottawa Senators are in the process of very forcibly sending the Montreal Canadiens back home for the summer. Les Habitants, indeed. Sweet enough Sunday night the Sens not only beat the Habs, they beat … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Bruins, Les Habitants, Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators, Stanley Cup
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Head Scratching Bruin Around Jack Edwards
Chad Finn’s Boston Globe piece today about the Revolutionary rant Jack Edwards delivered after the Boston Bruins’ overtime win on Wednesday adds a new chapter to his Grade A homerism. This, of course, comes on the heels of his now-legendary … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Bruins, Boston Globe, Chad Finn, Get Up!, Jack Edwards, Montreal Canadiens
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