All Habs GameDay: Tuesday December 13, 2011
On this day in hockey history… 1971 – St. Louis Blues traded Jimmy Roberts to Montreal in exchange for Phil Roberto.
GAMEDAY: Habs hockey tonight!
Last 10: New York 4-3-3; Montreal 3-3-4
Bell Centre, 7:30 p.m. EST
TV: RDS, TSN-HABS, MSG PLUS 2
Projected line combinations (updated following morning skate)
MONTREAL CANADIENS
Forwards
Mike Cammalleri – Tomas Plekanec – Andrei Kostitsyn
Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Erik Cole
Travis Moen – Lars Eller – Louis Leblanc
Mathieu Darche – Petteri Nokelainen – Yannick Weber
Defenseman
Josh Gorges – P.K. Subban
Hal Gill – Raphael Diaz
Chris Campoli – Tomas Kaberle
Goaltenders
Carey Price (will start) – Peter Budaj
Scratches
Alexei Emelin
Injuries
Scott Gomez – Ryan White – Andrei Markov – Brian Gionta
Power-play
Cammalleri -Desharnais – Cole – Kaberle – Subban
Kostitsyn – Plekanec – Gionta – Weber – Diaz
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Forwards
Matt Moulson – John Tavares – P.A. Parenteau
Kyle Okposo – Frans Neilsen – Michael Grabner
Brian Rolston – Josh Bailey – David Ullstrom
Matt Martin – Marty Reasoner – Tim Wallace
Defensemen
Mark Streit – Travis Harmonic
Steve Staios – Milan Jurcina
Mike Mottau – Dylan Reese
Goaltenders
Al Montoya (will start) – Kevin Poulin
Scratches
Injuries
Evgeni Nabokov – Mark Eaton – Andrew MacDonald – Rick DiPietro – Nino Niederreiter
GAMEDAY: All Habs Headlines
► Blame the victim: Pat Hickey of the Montreal Gazette / HockeyInsideOut penned a piece on Theoren Fleury’s criticism on the justice system following the conviction of Graham James. Hickey takes aim at Fleury calling him hypocritical for staying silent about his abuser while the two were co-owners of the Calgary Hitmen of the WHL.
“Here was someone who had suffered abuse at the hands of Graham James. Here was someone who knew that James had abused other players. Here was someone who was exposing other children to the same sexual predator. Fleury has been through enough counselling to know there’s a word for someone who acts in this fashion – enabler.” — Pat Hickey
Read more: Theo Fleury hypocritical for blasting justice system’s handling of Graham James case
► Challenging ignorance: Julie Veilleux is a friend, sports columnist, and All Habs alumni. She also can speak with authority on the issue of sexual assault, being a survivor of sexual abuse and now as a crisis counselor at a rape crisis centre.
“I find it extremely troubling that you put out such hateful words directed toward a victim of sexual abuse who had the courage to speak up after what was probably years of silence caused by crippling shame, disgust, guilt and confusion. Sexual abuse thrives on the silence of its victims, who are manipulated, threatened, frightened, ashamed and alone.” — Julie Veilleux
Read more: My response to Pat Hickey of The Montreal Gazette
► Theo’s take: Through his website, Theoren Fleury has called for the firing of Gazette columnist Pat Hickey. In an interview on TSN1050 Hickey declined to back away from any of his words saying “Victims sometimes have to take responsibility for their actions.”
“We find it very distressing to hear anyone, much less a columnist for a major newspaper, take the side of a known convicted rapist by calling Theo Fleury an enabler. Trash talk and garbage columnists focus on the abuser and not on the abused. Pat Hickey is more interested in attempting to pit the abused against one another, than in demanding justice. This column makes all other pedophiles rub their hands in glee-they have found a new hero in Pat Hickey. Would you please write to the editor of the Montreal Gazette and demand that Pat Hicke be fired immediately.” — Theoren Fleury’s website
Read more: This is why no one comes forward