All Habs GameDay: Monday October 24, 2011
On this day in hockey history… in 2002, Colorado’s Patrick Roy passed Terry Sawchuk as the NHL’s all-time leader in games played by a goaltender when he appeared in his 972nd career game, 3-2 victory over the Coyotes at Phoenix.
FLORIDA PANTHERS vs MONTREAL CANADIENS
Bell Centre 7:30 p.m. TV: RDS, FS-F
►Canadiens hockey tonight!
Projected line combinations:
MONTREAL CANADIENS
Forwards
Mike Cammalleri – Tomas Plekanec – Brian Gionta
Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Erik Cole
Andrei Kostitsyn – Lars Eller – Travis Moen
Mathieu Darche – Petteri Nokelainen – Michael Blunden
Defenseman
Josh Gorges – P.K. Subban
Hal Gill – Raphael Diaz
Jaroslav Spacek – Yannick Weber
Goaltenders
Peter Budaj – Carey Price
Scratches
Alexei Emelin
FLORIDA PANTHERS
Forwards
Tomas Fleischmann – Stephen Weiss – Kris Versteeg
Scottie Upshall – Marcel Goc – Tomas Kopecky
Tim Kennedy – Matt Bradley – Shawn Matthias
Marco Sturm – Mike Santorelli – Jack Skille
Defensemen
Erik Gudbranson – Ed Jovanovski
Brian Campbell – Jason Garrison
Mike Weaver – Dmitry Kulikov
Goal
Jacob Markstrom – Jose Theodore
► Junior hockey update: Habs prospects in the CHL
WHL: Brendan Gallagher now has ten goals and 17 points in just nine games for the Vancouver Giants, including a goal and three assists in a 5-2 Vancouver Giants win against the Kelowna Rockets. Meanwhile, Darren Dietz picked up three assists in a losing cause, as the Spokane Chiefs topped the Saskatoon Blades 5-3 Saturday night.
QMJHL: Blueliner Morgan Ellis has 10 points in 13 games, including an assist against Victoriaville on Sunday as the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles fell 5-3, Nathan Beaulieu contributed a goal in a 6-0 win over Quebec and another in a 10-3 thrashing of the P.E.I. Rocket, while left wing Olivier Archambault picked up his 6th goal in 10 contests as Drummondville was beaten by Moncton 6-2.
Injury report: Jarred Tinordi and Michaël Bournival are still out of their respective lineups with injuries.
► Dogs’ shuffle the deck: A transaction by Canadiens GM Pierre Gauthier on Sunday means changes for the Hamilton Bulldogs. Their top scorer Brock Trotter was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes, where he will get a chance to play in the NHL. Michael Blunden who was Trotter’s linemate and third on the team in points was called up to the Canadiens. Returning to the Bulldogs from Montreal are Aaron Palushaj and Andreas Engqvist with career minor-leaguer Garrett Stafford arriving from the Coyotes.
Stafford has a previous connection to Hamilton as he is remembered best for being on the receiving end of a stick to the face delivered by Alexander Perezhogin in 2004. Perezhogin was suspended for the remainder of the season.
Read more: Bulldogs get a facelift
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Back in April 2010, Kyle Roussel wrote 22 Reasons to Fire Jacques Martin. Contrary to what the mainstream media will have you believe, the growing pressure to remove the dinosaur coach is not a knee-jerk reaction to the Canadiens poor start. Well, Kyle has updated his list with ten fresh reasons to turf the guy who beats up on rookie reporters.
Read more: 10 More Reasons to Fire Jacques Martin
Habs team is still the best in hockey game, however,players must play a defensive game all the time. There is no fault of a coach. It is the joint effort of team players to control the puck in blue line area and near the goal. The goal tender should not be attacked either in his hand with a stick or pushed in the goal creeze. Montreal hockey is the best ice hockey all the time.Wait and see next game will be better.Panthers won by chance with one goal only. Eric is the best player see him in next few games.Line up is excellent. Goal tending is OK.Habs will will next game.
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