Archives for September 24, 2008

[Rough English translation from French language newspaper]: '“With the Sabres, I initially took part in a camp of recruits during four days, explained Jacob Lagacé. We then began the matches inter-team with the veterans from the Sabres. For the first match, there were 7000 people in the steps."' … [Read more...] about LagacE returns magic from the camp of the Sabres

'Sloppy work on the power play cost Buffalo twice as the Canadiens scored a pair of short-handed goals in the second period against Patrick Lalime.' … [Read more...] about Sabres beaten in little town

'I missed out on high school. I was there, but I really wasn’t there.' … [Read more...] about Ice dreams

[Rough English translation from French language newspaper]: '“It is special, admitted Pominville by remembering its advance before the match of yesterday evening against the Canadian. During all these years, players saw themselves granting beautiful contracts a little everywhere in the league and I was delighted for them. They deserved it.”' … [Read more...] about ”I had to work extremely to return to me where I am”

Habs bring cheer to Hockeyville (Montreal Gazette) Photo gallery (Canadiens.com) Roberval basks in the glow of NHL hockey (NHL.com) Roberval celebrates hard work that led to Hockeyville (NHL.com) Warm welcome greets Canadiens (NHL.com) The following are rough English translations from French language sources: A first victory! (Le Journal de Montreal) “Our … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Montreal Coverage

Buffalo crawled back in the third period with goals by Derek Roy and Nathan Gerbe, but couldn’t get even.' … [Read more...] about Tomas Plekanec scores 2, Canadiens top Sabres 3-2

'Sabres coach Lindy Ruff praised Gerbe after the game. “He’s one of the players we think could play for us down the road,” Ruff said. “He’s got good speed, a good shot. Pound for pound, he may be one of our strongest players. In one-on-one confrontations, he doesn’t go down very often. It’s not easy to play against a player like that, … [Read more...] about Tomas Plekanec scores two goals as Canadiens edge Sabres 3-2

'Derek Roy and Nathan Gerbe each had a third-period goal for Buffalo. Patrick Lalime gave up all three Montreal goals on 15 shots through 40 minutes, while Adam Dennis stopped four shots without allowing a goal in the third period.' … [Read more...] about Montreal 3, Buffalo 2