All Habs news — March 12, 2011

As a member of the All Habs team, Chilepepper is the Vancouver event coordinator for Habs Tweetup.  She has written an excellent piece from a personal perspective called “Dear Max.”

http://chilepepper.me/2011/03/11/dear-max/

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It’s being reported that a journalist from CNN was tossed out of the visiting dressing room at Nassau Coliseum on Friday night after asking Boston’s Zdeno Chara about Air Canada threatening to pull their sponsorship of the NHL.  Reporters had been warned by Bruins staff that only hockey-related questions were on-side.

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Bruins’ Zdeno Chara was booed heavily at Nassau Coliseum on Friday after violent hit Tuesday

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/hockey/2011/03/11/2011-03-11_bruins_zdeno_chara_booed_heavily_at_nassau_coliseum_friday_after_violent_hit_tue.html

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Mike Cammalleri is the most recent player to risk a fine by speaking out against the hit on Max Pacioretty.  Marc-Antoine Godin from La Presse is reporting that Cammalleri said, “The message league sends (by not suspending Chara) is it’s OK to kill a guy, as long as you kill him within our legal bounds.”