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THE CANADIENS YOUTH MOVEMENT WELL UNDER WAY
It is often said the Canadiens farm system has dried up, that the majority of the team’s future talent is only now emerging from junior hockey and still years away. If so, how was it that through their injury plagued season the Habs were able to bring eight players into their lineup who held rookie status?
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- THE CANADIENS YOUTH MOVEMENT WELL UNDER WAY
- EMELIN SCORES WINNER – Russia to Semi-Finals at Worlds
- THE CANADIENS AT THE DRAFT – In Timmins, We Trust
- MORE LOOSE ENDS-Pacioretty; Tinordi; Beaulieu; Geoffrion & More
- KOSTITSYN BROTHERS BACK IN THE NEWS
- LARRY ROBINSON STRONGLY DENIES CANADIENS COACHING RUMOUR
- REPORT – LEAFS CONDITIONALLY CLEAR DUDLEY FOR CANADIENS
About Ron Reusch
Ron Reusch covered sports both nationally and internationally over five decades. (1960s through 2010). Based in Montreal, Ron worked on the English language play-by-play broadcasts of the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens and NL’s Montreal Expos.
As a member of the CTV Television Network, Ron covered a variety of including the 1980, 1984, 1988 and 1994 Winter Olympic Games and the 1976, 1984 and 1992 Summer Olympic Games. He also did play-by-play for CTV’s coverage of the first three Canada Cup hockey tournaments (1976, 1981 and 1984) and served as color commentator to Dan Kelly’s play-by-play for the NHL’s 1984–85 and 1985–86 seasons on CTV plus the 1987 Canada Cup. Other CTV assignments included live broadcasts of the Indianapolis 500 (6 times), and the Canadian Grand Prix.
Canadiens
THE CANADIENS AT THE DRAFT – In Timmins, We Trust
The Canadiens front office can be faulted for any number of blunders but, outside of making defenseman David Fischer an ill-advised first round draft pick in 2006, it’s hard to lay blame at the feet of Canadiens director of player procurement Trevor Timmins and his staff. Once again, Timmins will be front and centre at this year’s NHL entry draft.
MORE LOOSE ENDS-Pacioretty; Tinordi; Beaulieu; Geoffrion & More
Max Pacioretty has become the go-to forward for Team USA at the World Championships. Four Canadiens prospects will square off at the Memorial Cup tournament this weekend in Shawinigan. A loophole will allow the Canadiens to turn Nathan Beaulieu pro in September. And Blake Geoffrion learns of the lunatic fringe of Canadiens fandom.
LARRY ROBINSON STRONGLY DENIES CANADIENS COACHING RUMOUR
The rumour at the outset didn’t make much sense. Larry Robinson had worked for Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello for years, bouncing back and forth between head coaching and assistant coaching roles. Why would he suddenly want to throw away a great personal relationship to return to Montreal where he has little remaining connection?
REPORT – LEAFS CONDITIONALLY CLEAR DUDLEY FOR CANADIENS
TSN’s Bob McKenzie reported on Twitter Monday night that the Toronto Maple Leafs have agreed to allow Rick Dudley to join the Canadiens as assistant general manager as early as June first provided he does not supply any of the information he has collected for use at the Canadiens table during the NHL entry draft.
CANADIENS MUST GO TO FREE AGENCY TO FILL LEFT WING VOID
The Canadiens most glaring weakness not only on their NHL roster but in their farm system is talent at left wing. Last year, for the most part, they were forced to use players out of position both in Montreal and Hamilton in order to fill the roster caps. They have no choice but to scan the free agent lists for help.
BERGEVIN’S PRIORITY-RESTOCKING HABS FORWARD UNITS
The Canadiens 2011-2012 forward line talent outside of their first unit can only be termed abysmal. Even with the 84 goals scored by the Desharnais line, the team ranked 20th in the NHL; 18th at even strength. Going into the coming free agent and trading period, at least four of the eight forward positions on the 2nd.3rd and 4th lines are up for grabs.
Hockey-General News
EMELIN SCORES WINNER – Russia to Semi-Finals at Worlds Canadiens defenseman Alexei Emelin broke a 2-2 tie early in the third period as Russia defeated Norway 5-2 in the quarterfinal game at the World hockey championship in Stockholm Sweden. In other quarterfinal games Canada lost to Slovakia, the Czech Republic edged Sweden and Finland eliminated the United States.
KOSTITSYN BROTHERS BACK IN THE NEWS Both Kostitsyn brothers are playing for Belarus a the World Championships this week. Andrei was throwin out of Canada’s 5-1 win over Belarus Tuesday for boarding Evander Kane. Brother Sergei made news on this side of the Atlantic after making it known he’s looking for a long term contract as he enters restricted free agency, a request that appears to be greeted by a lukewarm response from Predators management.
PACIORETTY CONTINUES TO CARRY U.S.A. – Goal & Assist Sunday The Canadiens Max Pacioretty continues to be Team USA’s dominant and highest scoring forward. He scored a goal and assist in a 5-0 win over Finland Sunday. Pacioretty now has ten points in six tournament games. leaving him third in the overall scoring, three points behind Russia’s Evgeni Malkin.
EMELIN SUSPENDED AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Canadiens defenseman Alexei Emelin has been handed a one game suspension for spearing Johan Fransen during Saturday’s game World Championship preliminary round game between Sweden and Russia Friday. Sweden defeated Russia 7-3. Watch the video.
PACIORETTY, PLEKANEC, ELLER LEAD TEAMS AT W. CHAMPIONSHIPS Max Pacioretty, Tomas Plekanec and Lars Eller are making their mark at this year’s World Hockey Championships in Sweden and Finland. Each is leading his respective team in scoring after the tournament’s first four games.
PACIORETTY OPENS WORLD TOURNAMENT WITH THREE POINTS Max Pacioretty scored a goal and two assists as the United States opened their World Hockey tournament with a 7-2 win over France. Meanwhile, Canada shutout Slovakia 2-0. Both games were played in Helsinki Finland.
SUBBAN RETURNS FROM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-KNEE INJURY Montreal Canadiens assistant general manager Larry Carrière announced tonight that defenseman P.K. Subban will be returning to Montreal and will not participate in the World Hockey Championships. Subban suffered a minor knee injury that would have sidelined him for approximately 2 weeks.
SIX CANADIENS AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The Canadiens. led by Tomas Plekanec, will have six players participating in the World hockey championships starting next weekend at Stockholm and Helskinki. Plekanec will be representing the Czech Republic for the fifth time.
