HABS vs HAWKS (Feb 1 @ 2PM)

puck7x · February 1, 2004

MONTREAL CANADIENS

VS

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS

<a href="http://www.habsworld.net/index.php">PREVIEW</a>

Where: Bell Centre , Montreal

When: Superbowl Sunday Feb 1st 2004 , 2:00PM EST

Coverage: TSN/RDS CKAC/CJAD

Habs Projected Lineup

Bulis - Koivu - Ryder

Zednik - Ribeiro - Dagenais

Sundstrom - Juneau - Ward

Perreault - Begin - Langdon

Souray - Quintal

Markov - Brisebois

Bouillon - Rivet

Theodore (starter)

Garon

Scratched: Komisarek , Kilger , Balej

Injured: Dackell , Gratton

RED = About to explode offensively

(Garon is due! , and hey ... Its the freaking HAWKS!)

The habs must win this game , anything else will be a disaster. We have to take advantage of our games against the weaker teams! Chicago lost 19 straight road games before winning in Calgary Friday night. Montreal has to carry their effort against the Bruins into Sunday afternoons game vs the Hawks , if we do that then a win should be easy.

Oh yeah , does anyone like my new avatar? I figured it was about time that someone put a visor on Cherry , so I did it myself.

[Edited on 2004-2-1 by puck7x]

sakiqc · February 1, 2004

RED = About to explode offensively
(Garon is due! , and hey ... Its the freaking HAWKS!)

Hahaha LMAO

Well yeah i do expect a big offensive game, especially after this afternoon lost, especially with mediocre Chicago goalenders.. GO HABS GO A WIN we absolutely need to win :ghg:

jeppa · February 1, 2004

Finally, the game is on TV in Sweden, so they better win. Last game I watched they lost to Washington

As you said puck, it's the Hawks, losing is not an option at all.

:ghg:

Hope Souray, Koivu and Ryder can score some points tonight.

jl.roberts · February 1, 2004

Puck,

You have the perfect avatar. :clap:

And for this game, 5-0 Habs. Langdon, Perreault, Bouillon, Kilger, and Quintal get the goals.

habitual_hab · February 1, 2004

Originally posted by jl.roberts
Puck,

You have the perfect avatar.

Except for the team logo -- should be a Laughs logo. Cherry is such an unabashed xenophobic homer he deserves a blue maple leaf on his head.

BTW,

Bowman

Arbour

Irvin

Quinn

One of these things is not like the other,

One of these things doesn't belong,

Can you tell which thing is not like the other,

Before I finish this song?

DJ_Laszlo · February 1, 2004

Originally posted by jeppa
Finally, the game is on TV in Sweden, so they better win. Last game I watched they lost to Washington

As you said puck, it's the Hawks, losing is not an option at all.

:ghg:

Hope Souray, Koivu and Ryder can score some points tonight.

Yeah, I've been looking forward to this game some time now since we don't get to catch that many Canadiens games over here, so if we'll lose this I'll be devistated...

simonus · February 1, 2004

patrice!!!!

Habs 1-0 - :23 1st period

wicked

puck7x · February 1, 2004

Originally posted by habitual_hab
Originally posted by jl.roberts
Puck,

You have the perfect avatar.

Except for the team logo -- should be a Laughs logo. Cherry is such an unabashed xenophobic homer he deserves a blue maple leaf on his head.

BTW,

Bowman

Arbour

Irvin

Quinn

One of these things is not like the other,

One of these things doesn't belong,

Can you tell which thing is not like the other,

Before I finish this song?

Cherry was the Bruins head coach , so the logo works.

I can always change it though.

puck7x · February 1, 2004

1-0 Habs on a Brisebois goal...

Physical chippy game so far.

GO HABS GO!

EDIT : Souray scored! 2-0 Habs ... Good for Souray , he's been picking up his game the past 2 games , and a goal will only help him regain his confidence and get his level of play back to where it was.

[Edited on 2004-2-1 by puck7x]

sakiqc · February 1, 2004

Good job by Sundstrom setting up the 2 goals. Passmore looks very bad! Keep shooting guys!:ghg:

simonus · February 1, 2004

let it be noted that we could have signed bryan berard as an unwanted free agent for like the first month and a half of the season

sakiqc · February 1, 2004

Not a good game for Habs.. and they win. Yesterday was the opposite lol

Good timing for Sundstrom to shine and get the first star as all his swedish fellows got the game on TV! :clap:

puck7x · February 1, 2004

Habs win 6-4...

But I am not happy. We had a 5-1 lead going into the 3rd , their is absolutely no excuse for the habs playing the way they did in the third period , we let the Hawks get back into the game and score 3 goals , we let them get about 20 shots and dominate the period... No way the habs should have allowed that to happen against such a bad team.

Steve Begin had a pretty rough game (especially 3rd period) , he was directly/indirectly for 2 of the hawks goals... I'm probably Begin's biggest fan , but today he wasnt very good. Although I just remembered that he scored an awesome goal , but one goal does not make a game.

Habs need to PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE!! Determine the mistakes of today and fix them!

We're lucky we got the 2 points tonight... But our play HAS to improve if we hope to win other games.

[Edited on 2004-2-1 by puck7x]

habitual_hab · February 1, 2004

The Habs as a team just played their worst 3rd period of the year, IMO. I point the (middle) finger at no one player -- that was a team lack-of-effort.

Did they suffer from a simultaneous and collective aneurysm during the 2nd intermission?

Did they run out of gas? If so the Habs' conditioning coach had better get off the couch and start earning his paycheque.

habitual_hab · February 2, 2004

Habs handle Hawks

Habs 6, Blackhawks 4

Summary

MONTREAL (CP) -- The Montreal Canadiens built a four-goal lead against the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday and almost blew it.

Mike Ribeiro's power-play goal near the end of the second period that gave the Canadiens a 5-1 lead stood up as the winner in a 6-4 victory over the Blackhawks.

The Blackhawks made a game of it with three goals in the third period and good chances to send the game into overtime before Niklas Sundstrom scored an empty-netter for Montreal.

"We fell into a comfort zone, and Chicago worked a lot harder than us," said a disappointed Canadiens coach Claude Julien. "We played with fire and almost got burned."

Sheldon Souray, Patrice Brisebois, Jan Bulis and Steve Begin also scored for Montreal (26-20-6-2), while Saku Koivu and Sundstrom each had two assists.

Steve Sullivan scored twice and Kyle Calder and Alex Zhamnov each had a goal for the Blackhawks (13-29-7-5), who fell just short in their attempt to get a win in Brian Sutter's 1,000th career game as an NHL coach.

"To see Brian coach in his 1000th game, we sure wanted to make sure we put on a really good effort and try to get a win for him," Sullivan said. "You know what? We came extremely close to tying it at the end of the game."

Chicago netminder Steve Passmore was pulled after allowing four goals on 12 shots in the first half of the game. But Craig Anderson, who came in at 10:17 of the second period, took the loss by allowing Ribeiro's goal, though he stopped the other 13 shots sent his way.

Jose Theodore made 37 saves for Montreal, including 18 on 21 shots in the third period.

"We'll take the two points, but that's not the way you play if you want to have success in this league," Theodore said. "I think we relaxed for a big portion of the game. Even though we were up 5-1 it didn't mean we were playing well, and in the third they caught us off guard."

Montreal's Richard Zednik played only four shifts in the third period.

"I didn't think he played well," Julien explained.

Chicago's rally began three minutes into the third period when Calder tipped a Bryan Berard point shot past Theodore on the power play.

Just over four minutes later, Zhamnov came out from behind the net and got two whacks at the puck to score his fifth of the year.

Sullivan jumped on a loose puck in the slot and wired a wrister past Theodore for his 13th of the year at 15:37 of the third. Calder just missed a chance to tie it moments before Sundstrom put his sixth into an empty net at 19:10 to seal the win for Montreal.

"We had two plays set up at the end, and they were executed to a tee," Sutter said. "We showed a lot of character and a lot of heart doing what we did in the third."

Montreal scored in the first and last minute of the first period to take a 2-0 lead.

Brisebois scored his second of the season 43 seconds into the game, converting Sundstrom's feed in the slot.

Souray scored his 15th with 7.2 seconds to play in the first, blasting a slapper from the point off Chicago's Tuomo Ruutu and past Passmore.

Sullivan got the Blackhawks within one on a wraparound 31 seconds into the second period.

But Bulis scored his 11th of the year on a wrister off a three-on-two rush at 4:51 and Begin dove for his second of the year at 10:17 of the second to chase Passmore.

Ribeiro scored his 13th on a power play in the last minute of the second period, beating Anderson from in tight on a nice feed from Michael Ryder.

Notes -- Montreal centre Yanic Perreault was a healthy scratch for the fourth time this season, his first since Nov. 18 in Vancouver . . . Chad Kilger played on the fourth line in Perreault's spot, while defenceman Mike Komisarek and right-winger Jozef Balej were also healthy scratches for the Canadiens . . . Montreal centre Mike Ribeiro was awarded the Molson Cup for the month of January prior to the game. Ribeiro had 17 points (6-11-17) in 14 games that last month . . . Blackhawks winger Matt Ellison made his NHL debut after being recalled from Norfolk of the AHL. He earned an assist on Zhamnov's goal.

Summary

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CHICAGO 0 1 3 --4

MONTREAL 2 3 1 --6

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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:

1, Montreal, Patrice Brisebois 2 (Niklas Sundstrom), 0:43. 2, Montreal, Sheldon Souray 15 (Niklas Sundstrom, Jason Ward), 19:52.

Penalties: R Zednik, Mon (tripping), 1:57; J Ward, Mon (hooking), 10:51.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Chicago, Steve Sullivan 12 (Mark Bell, Bryan Berard), 0:31. 4, Montreal, Jan Bulis 11 (Saku Koivu), 4:51. 5, Montreal, Steve Begin 2 (Darren Langdon, Craig Rivet), 10:17. 6, Montreal, Mike Ribeiro 13 (power play) (Michael Ryder, Saku Koivu),

19:19.

Penalties: P Dagenais, Mon (tripping), 5:44; K Calder, Chi (tripping), 7:10; J Aitken, Chi (hooking), 12:53; S Sullivan, Chi (holding), 17:51.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 7, Chicago, Kyle Calder 16 (power play) (Bryan Berard, Alexei Zhamnov), 3:00. 8, Chicago, Alexei Zhamnov 5 (Matt Ellison), 7:05. 9, Chicago, Steve Sullivan 13 (Unassisted), 15:37. 10,

Montreal, Niklas Sundstrom 6 (empty net) (Patrice Brisebois), 19:10.

Penalties: A Markov, Mon (hooking), 2:20; C Kilger, Mon (tripping), 9:41; S Sullivan, Chi (hooking), 10:15.

Shots on goal:

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CHICAGO 8 12 21 --41

MONTREAL 7 11 9 --27

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Power-play Conversions: CHI - 1 of 5, MON - 1 of 4.

Goalies : Chicago, Steve Passmore (12 shots, 8 saves), Craig Anderson (10:17 of 2nd period, 14, 13; record: 1-12-0). Montreal, Jose Theodore (41 shots, 37 saves; record: 21-18-5). A: 21,273.

Referees: Eric Furlatt, Mick Mcgeough.

Linesmen: Michael Cormier, Steve Miller.

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