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| Habs' Komisarek out at least a month |
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11/21/2008 |
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| Montreal, QC (Sportsbooks) - Montreal Canadiens defenseman Mike Komisarek will miss at least a month with what the team is calling an upper-body injury. The 6-foot-4, 243-pound Komisarek, the seventh overall selection by the Canadiens in the 2001 NHL Draft, originally suffered the injury during a fight against Boston's Milan Lucic on November 13. Montreal head coach Guy Carbonneau indicated that the team hopes to have the sixth-year blueliner back before December 25. The club was waiting for swelling to subsi |
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| Blues host Ducks, try to end home slide |
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11/21/2008 |
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| o halt their home losing streak tonight, as they host the Anaheim Ducks at Scottrade Center. The Blues are 4-4-1 as the host this year, but have dropped three straight and five of their last six in St. Louis. That includes a 3-2 shootout loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday. Montreal's Alex Kovalev had the lone tally in the shootout, beating Blues netminder Manny Legace with a backhander under the crossbar. Legace ended with 24 saves, as St. Louis lost for the ninth time in 11 games. Steve Regier accounted fo |
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| Sens hope to end skid versus slumping Habs |
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11/20/2008 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Ottawa Senators will try for their first win in two weeks when they invite the struggling Montreal Canadiens for tonight's Northeast Division matchup at Scotiabank Place. The Senators have lost five straight contests since earning a 4-1 home victory over Philadelphia on November 6. The slide has helped place Ottawa last in the division and tied for the bottom spot in the Eastern Conference with 15 points. Ottawa's last three setbacks have come against New York-area teams, as it was swept i |
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| Time for Roy, Montreal to officially bury the hatchet |
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11/19/2008 |
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| Montreal, QC (Sportsbooks) - A lot has been made of the way legendary NHL goaltender Patrick Roy left the Montreal Canadiens over the years. After playing in 551 games with the Habs from 1984-95, capturing two Stanley Cups, two Conn Smythe Trophies and three Vezina Trophies, things went south after a forgettable game. The infamous night occurred on Dec. 2, 1995 when Roy allowed nine goals against visiting Detroit. When Roy wasn't pulled by then-coach Mario Tremblay, whom he had been feuding with prior, he dec |
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| Price's 46 saves not enough as 'Canes nip Habs |
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11/18/2008 |
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| Raleigh, NC (Sportsbooks) - Ray Whitney's power-play goal in the third period proved to be the game-winner, and Cam Ward was strong with 28 saves, as the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Montreal Canadiens, 2-1, at RBC Center. Sergei Samsonov also scored for Carolina, which has won two straight following a three-game skid. The Hurricanes remain at home for two more contests in this four-game homestand which will continue on Friday against Phoenix. Robert Lang scored the only goal for Montreal, which has dropp |
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| Habs visit Hurricanes, RBC Center |
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11/18/2008 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Montreal Canadiens will try to win back-to-back games for the first time in over two weeks when they visit the Carolina Hurricanes for tonight's test at RBC Center. The Canadiens posted just their second win in six games by picking up a close victory Sunday night in St. Louis. Montreal hasn't notched consecutive triumphs since a three-game winning streak from October 28 to November 1. Alex Kovalev scored the lone goal of the shootout and Andrei Kostitsyn had a goal and an assist in regulat |
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| Kovalev gives Canadiens shootout win over Blues |
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11/16/2008 |
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| St. Louis, MO (Sportsbooks) - Alex Kovalev scored the lone goal of the shootout and Andrei Kostitsyn had a goal and an assist in regulation as the Montreal Canadiens edged the St. Louis Blues, 3-2, at Scottrade Center. Robert Lang also tallied, while Carey Price was solid between the pipes, stopping 24-of-26 shots for Montreal, which had dropped four of its previous five. The Canadiens won despite going scoreless in 10 chances with a man advantage. Steve Regier accounted for both St. Louis goals, the first tw |
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| Blues, Canadiens tangle in St. Louis |
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11/16/2008 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The St. Louis Blues will try to post back-to-back victories for the first time in nearly a month when they host the Montreal Canadiens in tonight's matchup at Scottrade Center. The Blues ended a six-game losing streak their last time out, as they notched a close victory in Chicago on Friday night. St. Louis will now try to piece together consecutive wins for the first time since it won three in a row from October 13-18. Andy McDonald's second goal of the game 2:15 into overtime lifted the Blue |
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| Bruins D Ference out 6-to-8 weeks |
NHL Hockey |
11/15/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Sportsbooks) - Boston Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference will miss the next 6-to-8 weeks after suffering a broken tibia in the team's 6-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens Thursday night. Ference was injured after being hit by an Andrei Markov slapshot and will have surgery on Monday. The nine-year vet has seven assists in 16 games this season for the Bruins. He has recorded 23 goals and 101 assists in 488 career games for the Penguins, Flames and Bruins. |
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| Quick change: Melrose out in Tampa |
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11/15/2008 |
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| ings ended during the lockout-shortened 1994-95 season. He posted a record of 79-101-29 in two full seasons and part of a third with the Kings, guiding the club to a surprise Stanley Cup Finals appearance in the spring of 1993. The Kings lost to the Montreal Canadiens in five games, then failed to make the playoffs the following year and a poor start to the lockout campaign in '95 cost Melrose his job. Tocchet is in his 25th year in the NHL as either a player or coach. "As for Rick Tocchet, we think this is a gre |
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