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Canadiens to retire three more jerseys

TSN.ca Staff

10/14/2005 9:45:19 AM

The Montreal Canadiens on Saturday will unveil the names of the three players who will see their sweater retired during the 2005-06 season.

The unveiling is part of the activities leading to the Club's Centennial in 2009.

Over the next four seasons the team will retire a series of numbers to mark the 100-year anniversary.

The select group of players whose numbers have already been raised to the Bell Centre rafters include Howie Morenz (No. 7 – retired Nov. 2, 1937), Maurice Richard (No. 9 – retired Oct. 6, 1960), Jean Beliveau (No. 4 – retired Oct. 9, 1971), Henri Richard (No. 16 – retired Dec. 10, 1975), Guy Lafleur (No. 10 – retired Feb. 16, 1985), Doug Harvey (No. 2 – retired Oct. 26, 1985), and Jacques Plante (No. 1 – retired Oct. 7, 1995).

With the possible exception of the New York Yankees, no North American sports team has had as storied and as successful a history as the Canadiens, the oldest team in professional hockey.

The Canadiens have won 24 Stanley Cups and have the most individuals in the Hockey Hall of Fame, with forty-one members inducted since the Hall was built in 1961.
 

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Hockey Hearsay: No fisticuffs for Chara

Sportsnet.ca

October 14 @ 9:05 AM

Senators coach Bryan Murray wants Zdeno Chara to intimidate his opponents with his playing, not his fists, writes the Ottawa Citizen.

At 6-9 and 260 pounds, Chara is easily one of the largest players in the NHL and can go toe-to-toe with the top enforcers in the league. But Chara is also one of Ottawa's top defenders, and his presence is better served on the ice, not in the penalty box.

"I suggested to him to that maybe we have someone else who can do that," Murray told the Citizen. "I don't want Chara fighting guys who don't get (playing) minutes for the other team."

In other related news, the Ottawa Sun is reporting forward Patrick Eaves may be called up for Saturday's game as Vaclav Varada and Mike Fisher are still questionable.
 

Dubielewicz recalled by Islanders

Canadian Press

10/14/2005 11:52:27 AM

PHILADELPHIA (CP) - The New York Islanders recalled goaltender Wade Dubielewicz from Bridgeport of the AHL on Friday because No. 1 goalie Rick DiPietro is day to day with a concussion.

Dubielewicz will be the backup to Garth Snow when the Islanders play the Flyers on Saturday night.

DiPietro returned to Long Island to be evaluated by Islanders doctors after suffering a concussion in the second period of the Islanders' 5-3 win in Washington on Thursday night. DiPietro was struck in the head by the knee of Capitals forward Jeff Halpern while diving to smother a loose puck.

In three games with the Sound Tigers this season, the 26-year old Dubielewicz is 1-1-1 with 6.33 GAA. In two games with the Islanders in the 2003-04 season, he had a 1.73 GAA while earning a win and a tie. He was signed as a free agent out of the University of Denver in May 2003.

The Sound Tigers have recalled goalie Frederic Cloutier from Pensacola of the East Coast Hockey League to replace Dubielewicz.
 

Jackets' Nash out another 12 to 14 days

Canadian Press

10/14/2005 12:00:53 PM

ANAHEIM, Calif. (CP) - Star winger Rick Nash of the Columbus Blue Jackets will be out another 12 to 14 days after getting another opinion from doctors on his high ankle sprain.

The Jackets were hoping to get him back next week.

"Unfortunately, that's not the case," Jackets GM Doug MacLean told the Columbus Dispatch. "He's going to be immobilized for the next week. Then we'll start therapy again. From what the doctors told me, if we follow this procedure he should be 100 per cent in two weeks."

Nash hurt his right ankle when he crashed feet-first into the boards Sept. 14, the second day of training camp. He skipped the exhibition season, came back for the Oct. 5 regular-season opener but didn't feel right. He was later put on injured reserve.

Nash visited Cleveland Clinic on Thursday, where a specialist agreed with opinions from team doctors.

"They said everything was on track, that the injury was what we thought it was right along," Nash said. "I'll take a week off, relax, and when next week comes along I'll start therapy again. Hopefully, I'll be on the ice and back at it in two weeks."
 

Knightfall1972 said:
Canadiens to retire three more jerseys

TSN.ca Staff

10/14/2005 9:45:19 AM

The Montreal Canadiens on Saturday will unveil the names of the three players who will see their sweater retired during the 2005-06 season.
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crosses fingers hoping Roy is one of them.
 

spatha said:
crosses fingers hoping Roy is one of them.
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Man I hope it's not Roy. The crap he pulled when he left Montreal was akin to a spoiled four year old. He was classless, and I hope the Canadiens don't pucker up and kiss his ass to bring him back to the fold.
 

Sutton to be suspended for hit on Tucker

TSN.ca Staff

10/15/2005 11:45:48 AM

For all the verbal barbs exchanged, for all the mayhem on the ice, when all is said and done, the only player who will be suspended as a result of Friday night's game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Atlanta Thrashers is Atlanta defenceman Andy Sutton.

TSN has learned the NHL had a disciplinary hearing with Sutton on the telephone this morning and will announce a suspension, probably this afternoon, of four games or less.

As a rule, disciplinary hearings held via telephone result in suspensions of four games or less. Hearings that are held in person usually result in a suspension of five or more games, and there are occasionally exceptions to those standards.

Sutton's suspension is for banging Leaf forward Darcy Tucker's head off the glass and cutting Tucker for 20 stitches.

Sources say the NHL hockey operations department has reviewed Atlanta forward Eric Boulton's hit on Eric Lindros, which triggered much of the mayhem, and determined that it was a 'hockey hit' and does not warrant any suspension or penalty.

Some of the Maple Leaf players said today in Montreal that Boulton told them he was sent out to get Lindros, but sources say the NHL is satisfied there’s no hard evidence to back up that claim, so there will be no discipline to the Thrashers beyond Sutton.

That is not likely to sit well with the Maple Leafs, especially head coach Pat Quinn and players such as Tie Domi, who accused Thrasher coach Bob Hartley of being a goon coach.

"Hartley's always had the reputation of being a bush-league coach and his true colours came out tonight," he told reporters after the game.

Hartley countered by calling the Leafs 'whiners.'

At the end of the day, though, the only suspension or disciplinary action coming is against Sutton.
 

Thrashers place goaltender Dunham on IR

Canadian Press

10/15/2005 12:02:21 PM

ATLANTA (CP) - The Atlanta Thrashers placed goaltender Mike Dunham on injured reserve Saturday and recalled defenceman Mark Popovic from the Chicago Wolves of the AHL.

The IR move was retroactive to last Wednesday, when Dunham left a game against Montreal with a groin injury. The 6-foot-2, 190-pound netminder has a 2-2-0 record, 2.51 goals-against average and .900 save percentage in four games this season.

Dunham, 33, has a 131-165-39 record with 18 shutouts and a 2.69 goals-against average in 362 career NHL regular season games with New Jersey, Nashville, the New York Rangers and Atlanta.

Popovic, 23, recorded one goal and one assist in three games with Chicago. The 6-foot-1, 210-pound defenceman has recorded nine goals and 49 assists and 156 penalty minutes in 224 AHL games with Cincinnati and Chicago.
 

Now don't go casting stones without walking a mile in his skates...or something like that. Being the savior of hockey in a city like Montreal is quite stressful job, as many ex-Habs have attested to. Add to the fact that Roy was a bit quirky, even for someone that stands in front flying rubber for a living, and it's tough to blame him. I blame that tool Trembley. If he had never been hired as coach by the slightly less of a tool, Houle, Roy would have retired in Montreal, I think.

Okay, so here's the guys with retired numbers so far:

# 1 Jacques Plante
# 2 Doug Harvey
# 4 Jean Béliveau
# 7 Howie Morenz
# 9 Maurice Richard
# 10 Guy Lafleur
# 16 Henri Richard

So, the other six should be:

# 6 Toe Blake
# 19 Larry Robinson
# 23 Bob Gainey
# 29 Ken Dryden
# 33 Patrick Roy

The sixth one, I'm not sure. I wanted to say Lalonde, but he played back when there were no numbers. Gainey, Roy and either Blake or Dryden are the likely inductees for this season.
 

Well, geez, I was off. I looked at Roadrunner and Boomer and thought, maybe, but they weren't key players of their teams. I suppose they were great players in the league though. A little suprised at Moore, but I never saw any of these guys play, so I'm not exactly qualified to judge.

I still think the other three will be Roy, Gainey and Blake.

Wow, Hull's retirement was a surprise, wasn't it?
 

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