Ryan Szporer
Columnist at The Hockey Writers
Columnist @TheHockeyWriter, freelance writer, translator, and opinion-haver.
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1 week ago |
thehockeywriters.com | Ryan Szporer
You would have thought Montreal Canadiens fans would have learned by now it’s never over until it’s over. Yet, almost on perfect cue, as they started singing “Ole” with just over 13 minutes left in the third period, the visiting Carolina Hurricanes cut their two-goal lead in half, to bring into doubt the Habs’ playoff aspirations once again. Four games ago, the Habs had pulled eight points ahead of the field, needing just three more points to clinch.
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1 week ago |
thehockeywriters.com | Ryan Szporer
On the plus side, the Montreal Canadiens needn’t worry about facing the last-place Chicago Blackhawks, against whom they’re winless this season, in the playoffs. On the negative side, after a 4-3 Blackhawks shootout win over the Habs on Monday at the Bell Centre, Ivan Demidov’s long-awaited debut no less, the home side’s playoff aspirations in general remain in limbo. Blackhawks forward Frank Nazar, scored the deciding goal in the shootout, which had initially been ruled a no-goal.
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1 week ago |
thehockeywriters.com | Ryan Szporer
Maybe Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes knew something his critics didn’t… or at least something they didn’t properly factor in at the trade deadline. Hughes infamously stayed quiet, in effect showing faith that his roster, then on a 5-0-1 run after the 4 Nations Face-Off and a single point out of the last playoff spot, could make it in the end.
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1 week ago |
thehockeywriters.substack.com | Ryan Szporer |Mike Fink
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2 weeks ago |
thehockeywriters.com | Ryan Szporer
There Montreal Canadiens forward Josh Anderson was. On the ice in the dying minutes, Anderson cleared a loose puck out of goalie Sam Montembeault’s crease as the Habs were preserving a 2-1 lead over the Detroit Red Wings, a lead Anderson himself gave them with a goal midway through the third. Anderson proceeded to shovel it ahead, linemate Brendan Gallagher eventually shooting it into the empty net to help secure an eventual 4-1 victory in what was arguably the team’s biggest game of the season.
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ICYMI, Josh Anderson has more of a case for the Jacques Beauchamp-Molson Trophy than the Masterton #GoHabsGo #THW https://t.co/f3RJz3QlLq
Canadiens forward Josh Anderson's bounceback season has earned him a Masterton nomination. He's a more suitable Jacques Beauchamp-Molson winner instead #GoHabsGo #THW https://t.co/f3RJz3QlLq
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