Written by Steven Ellis, Staff Writer, All Habs Hockey Magazine
OAKVILLE, ON.– Social media has changed the way fans connect to the world of hockey. Sites like Twitter have brought fans who love the sport together to talk and interact with other people, fans and teams. You can follow me and every contributor to All Habs.
Now, may we present to you… Wednesday’s game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Calgary Flames through the eyes of all you fantastic people on Twitter!
Pre Game:
Hey! It’s GameDay! #Habs vs #Flames Preview, Lineups and @HabsPuckBunny‘s Pick http://t.co/yzQU24rdlv #allhabs
— Steve Farnham (@stevofarnham) October 9, 2013
Bournival and Beaulieu won’t play tonight. #Habs
— Christine L. Dwyer (@chrystum) October 9, 2013
I love habs vs flames, payback tonight. #89cupfinals #habs #flames
— Adam Comeau (@habsolutely12) October 9, 2013
“@MTLDriveFor25: #Habs haven’t won a game in Calgary since January 2002.” that ends tonight!!!
— Jay (@Jay_Mtl) October 9, 2013
Will #Flames note Rene Bourque’s 500th NHL game tonight? He played 249 for #Flames before bizarre Jan 2012 trade with #Habs for Cammalleri
— Dave Stubbs (@Dave_Stubbs) October 10, 2013
Maybe Subban will fire a “cannonading drive” or Carey Price will come up with a “scintillating save” to honour Danny’s anniversary 61yrs ago
— John Bartlett (@BartsBytes) October 9, 2013
#Habs starting six vs #Flames: White, Bourque, Moen, Subban, Gorges, Price. scratched: Bournival, Beaulieu #allhabs #gohabsgo #ch
— All Habs (Canadiens) (@All_Habs) October 9, 2013
First Period:
#habs are being outplayed early by the younger #flames
— Sly (@gavinSly) October 10, 2013
Sean Monahan goal gives Calgary 1-0 lead:
What a play by Monahan. Nifty feed to Stempniak, and Monahan scores his third goal. #Flames
— Ryan Holmer (@ProspectReport) October 10, 2013
Monahan expectations are rising like the temperature in a freshly lit fire pit. Kid has been great so far though but he is 18.
— Christian Roatis (@CRoatis) October 10, 2013
The Flames look like they are parting the Red Sea every time they are in the offensive zone.
— Kristina Ashqar (@kristinaashqar) October 10, 2013
Gallagher grinning around a whole bunch of…much bigger players. Oh man. I love him but please don’t get your face punched in.
— King (@bebek1ng) October 10, 2013
How is Max Pacioretty suppose to become the elite power forward, if is he is on that pathetic line of DD & Briere? Plekanec is waiting #Habs
— Colton Di Stefano (@Di_Stefano45) October 10, 2013
Sven Baertschi records Calgary’s second goal of the period on only their fifth shot:
This line is Baertschi-Monahan-Hudler line is special… Monahan score the #Flames 1st and set up Baertschi for the 2nd 2-0 #Flames 4 shots
— JermainFranklin (@TSNJFranklin) October 10, 2013
Shots were 12-5 Montreal, but #Flames lead 2-0. — Randy Sportak (@SUNRandySportak) October 10, 2013
EGG line starts the PP, this will please millions of #Habs fans — A Winning Habit (@FSAWinningHabit) October 10, 2013
What a sad looking PP #Habs
— Monk (@monk3009) October 10, 2013
1st period over in #Calgary! #Flames lead over the #Canadiens 2-0! Monahan and Baertschi with the goals! #Flameshockey
— Flames Updates (@Neumeer6) October 10, 2013
Shots on goal 12-5 for the #Habs in the first period. #Flames lead 2-0. #gohabsgo #allhabs
— All Habs (Canadiens) (@All_Habs) October 10, 2013
Second Period:
Lets see if the #habs come out in the second and set the tempo. Go Habs Go.
— Carl Man (@Carl_Man040) October 10, 2013
An Olympic save by Carey Price #nhl#habs#sochi#thepriceisright — Paul J. Frankel (@paulfrank17) October 10, 2013
#Habs Andrei Markov ROBBED by Joey MacDonald on a near empty net. Wow. #Flames — CanadiensTalk (@HabsTalk11) October 10, 2013
Yes, Desharnais’s lousy, but must people tweet about after every single shift he has? #Habs#WeAreWatchingTheGameToo — Bob Daigneault (@BobbyD_29) October 10, 2013
Tinordi will gain so much when he gets to watch Emelin play. We know he can hit, it’s all about knowing when to make that hit #Habs — Jesse (@HabsFan_87) October 10, 2013
#Habs are experimenting with an intriguing No-Offense, No-Defense system.
— Jay Dearhouse (@QuantumSmartAss) October 10, 2013
@breannad It’s becoming quite clear that after Subban, the #Habs don’t have much on D right now. Very limited.
— Kyle Roussel (@kyleroussel) October 10, 2013
A Curtis Glencross tip makes it 3-0 Flames:
Glencross PP Goal 3-0 CGY over MTL #Flames#Habs — BADS Sports (@BADSSports) October 10, 2013
The sad thing about this…This is the weakest team we play on this road trip #FML #Habs — Red&GoldMode (@NinersHabs) October 10, 2013
Montreal cuts the lead to just two after PK Subban gets his first of the season:
About time, Montreal. P.K. Subban gets the #Habs on the board. 3-1 #Flames
— Kelly Gray (@KellyGray12) October 10, 2013
That’s what I’m talking about. Go #habs Go. It’s #blueblancetrouge time.
— Chad Raill (@ChadRaill) October 10, 2013
Congrats to Markov on his 400th NHL point. #Habs
— All About the Habs (@AATHabs) October 10, 2013
Saddledome in CGY is louder after #Habs goal than it was for the last #Flames goal #HabsNation
— Kevin George (@canonkevy) October 10, 2013
Shots on goal 12-11 for the #Habs in the second period. #Flames lead 3-1 #allhabs #gohabsgo
— All Habs (Canadiens) (@All_Habs) October 10, 2013
Third Period:
Price definitely keeping #Habs in the game with key saves #LETSGO
— Dj V3N0M (@V3N0M_B3ATS) October 10, 2013
3 games in and I’m already thinking could be a long season #habs #nhl
— Trevor Sheppard (@trevorcarl) October 10, 2013
So what I gather from twitter until I watch tonight’s #Habs game later: more of the same from the goats; others not good enough to win.
— Dan Kramer (@DanKramerHabs) October 10, 2013
Lars Eller continues his strong start, making it 3-2 with less then ten minutes to go:
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL ELLER!!!!!!!!!!! #Habs 2-3 #Flames, estamos no jogo…. #GOHABSGO #AllHabs
— All Habs Brasil (@AllHabsBrasil) October 10, 2013
Just put Eller on all the lines. #habs
— BrianWilde (@BWildeCTV) October 10, 2013
Oh look. Eller. Again. :D #Habs
— Karen B (@HabsGal78) October 10, 2013
Eller is on fireeeee. Keep on scoring, you amazing Danish. #habs
— Laura Khouri (@LauraHabsKhouri) October 10, 2013
#Habs Subban is the only player in the world who can fire a point shot off the back boards to redirect in front of the net for a teammate.
— Jay Dearhouse (@QuantumSmartAss) October 10, 2013
Gallagher just one upped Price. So Price returned the favour with another sliding pad save. #Habs #GoHabsGo
— Ryan Hollett (@Crypticshock) October 10, 2013
That was rather foolish of Subban to put his team on the P.K. like that (sorry, folks. had too) #Habs #Flames — Troy Gillard (@Troy_Gillard) October 10, 2013
Is it me or is Subban taking some undisciplined penalties..? Shouldn’t be seeing that from last years Norris trophy winner #sloppy #habs — Chris Upton (@TheChrisUpton) October 10, 2013
Final: #Flames 3, #Habs 2.
— Guillaume L-H (@GuillaumeL_MTL) October 10, 2013
#NHL 3-stars: 1. MacDonald 2. Monahan 3. Subban #Flames beat #Habs 3-2 #allhabs #gohabsgo
— All Habs (Canadiens) (@All_Habs) October 10, 2013
Clearly, Habs fans are passionate about their club. It doesn’t matter whether or not the Canadiens are taking part in a practice, making a transaction or playing a game, you are bound to have a great conversation with many people sharing the same interests. Overall, the game was a very mild afair against Calgary, which should have been, in theory, an easy win based off of both teams’ performances from the previous year. However, it was clear that was not the case, with Flames goaltender Jamie MacDonald just stealing the show in the home crease. Montreal didn’t manage to tie the game up despite a late comeback, resulting in a 3-2 Calgary win. Montreal fans are getting use to hearing that, sadly, as the Canadiens have still yet to grab a win in the Saddledome since 2002, back when Saku Koivu, Oleg Petrov and Jose Theodore were the heart and soul of the team.
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