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ERIK COLE – A 4.5 Million Dollar Bargain
At season’s end Carey Price will probably win the Molson Cup as the Canadiens most valuable player but the player who has had the greatest impact has been Erik Cole. Cole heads into the All-Star break as the team leader in goals, points and plus/minus rating. At a cap hit of 4.5 million dollars over four years, Cole is the free agent bargain of the year..
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- ENGQVIST RETURNED TO HAMILTON
- ERIK COLE – A 4.5 Million Dollar Bargain
- GAME #49 Canadiens-7 Detroit-2 (Jan. 25/2012)
- PREVIEW – GAME # 49 – Detroit @ Canadiens (Jan. 25/2012)
- CANADIENS RECALL CENTRE ANDREAS ENGQVIST
- BULLDOGS LOSE 4-1 IN CLEVELAND TUESDAY
- THE CANADIENS OFF DAY – Slew Footing; Free Agents; Price; Cammalleri and more.
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
GAME #49 Canadiens-7 Detroit-2 (Jan. 25/2012)
The Canadiens head into the All-Star break on a winning note. They ran up a 6-0 lead on the league leading Detroit Red Wings and settled for a 7-3 victory at the Bell Centre Wednesday night. David Desharnais scored twice, Erik Cole, Max Pacioretty,Tomas Plekanec, Rene Bourque and Alexei Emelin scored the goals. For Emelin, it was his first in the NHL. Jiri Hudler scored both goals for Detroit. The three stars were Desharnais, Bourque and Emelin.
PREVIEW – GAME # 49 – Detroit @ Canadiens (Jan. 25/2012)
Two teams coming off victories against division rivals will meet at the Bell Centre Wednesday night. The Red Wings beat St. Louis 3-1 Monday night. The Canadiens were 3-1 winners in Toronto Saturday. The Red Wings come to Montreal with the best record in the National Hockey League. Jimmy Howard will be in goal for the Wings against Carey Price. The Canadiens have not beaten the Red Wings at home in almost nine years.
THE CANADIENS OFF DAY – Slew Footing; Free Agents; Price; Cammalleri and more.
Questions and answers on an off day for the Canadiens – Is P.K. Subban a serial “slew footer”? Andrei Kostitsyn’s future in Montreal, if any. The size and length of Carey Price’s next contract? the next coach of the Canadiens. and Michael Cammalleri leaves Montreal under a undeserved cloud. Read all about it.
CAREY PRICE CUTS FOOT IN TORONTO DRESSING ROOM MISHAP
The Air Canada Centre has not been very kind to the health of the Canadiens. Carey Price suffered a cut on his left foot in a dressing room accident following the 3-1 win over the Leafs Saturday night. In the opening game of the season, defenceman Chris Campoli tore a hamstring when his skate caught in a rut in the ice. Two years ago, Andrei Markov suffered a cut achilles tendon in a goalmouth collision with Price.
GAME #48 – Canadiens-3 Toronto-1 (Jan. 21/2012)
The Canadiens followed the disappointment of a blown lead and a shootout loss in Pittsburgh Friday night with a solid 3-1 win in Toronto on Saturday. As a result, they took three of a possible four points on the road and kept their slim hopes for a playoff berth alive. Raphael Diaz broke a 1-1 tie in the third period and Lars Eller scored the insurance goal. Rene Bourque also scored for the Canadiens. Mathieu Lombardi for the Leafs who outshot the Canadiens 33-23. The three stars were Carey Price, Lombardi and Eller.
PREVIEW-GAME #48 – Canadiens @ Toronto (Jan.21/2012)
The Canadiens have lost both games against the Toronto Maple Leafs this season. With their situation bordering on desperate, they’ll take them on for the third time tonight at the Air Canada Centre. The Canadiens have lost seven of their last eight road games. Toronto is ninth in the Eastern Conference, eight points ahead of the 12th place Canadiens with a game in hand.
Hockey-General News
ENGQVIST RETURNED TO HAMILTON The Montreal Canadiens announced Thursday that forward Andreas Engqvist has been assigned to the AHL Hamilton Bulldogs. In his one game stint, playing mostly with Mathieu Darche and a variety of right wingers, Engqvist logged 10:31 in the 7-2 win over Detroit Wednesday night. He’ll be in the Hamilton lineup when they host the Toronto Marlies Friday night.
CANADIENS RECALL CENTRE ANDREAS ENGQVIST With forwards Petteri Nokelainen and Travis Moen out with injuries, the Canadiens have recalled centre Andreas Engqvist from the Hamilton Bulldogs. Engqvist got the call in Cleveland immediately following the Bulldogs 4-1 loss to the Lake Erie Monsters. Engqvist earlier played in eight games with the Canadiens this season.
BULLDOGS LOSE 4-1 IN CLEVELAND TUESDAY Led by a goal and two assists from right winger Hugh Jessiman and a 37 save performance from goaltender Gerald Coleman, the Lake Erie Monsters defeated the Hamilton Bulldogs 4-1 in Cleveland Tuesday night.
Louis Leblanc scored the only goal for Hamilton, his ninth of the season. He also led both teams with nine shots on goal.
MARLIES BEAT BULLDOGS BEFORE 20,000 AT IVOR WYNN STADIUM The Toronto Marlies scored three times in the first period Saturday en route to a 7-2 over the Hamilton Bulldogs in an outdoor game played at Ivor Wynne Stadium. The game was played in front of 20,565the largest crowd ever to see an American Hockey League game in Canada. breaking the previous AHL attendance record of 17,428.
BULLDOGS BEAT MILWAUKEE 4-2 WEDNESDAY Aaron Palushaj and Dany Masse recorded one goal and one assist each to lead the Hamilton Bulldogs to a 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Admirals before 2235 fans at Copps Coliseum Wednesday. . Brian Willsiie and Gabriel Dumont also scored for the Bulldogs. Ian Schultz had two assists.
BULLDOGS RETURN GOALTENDER DELMAS TO WHEELING NAILERS Montreal Canadiens and Hamilton Bulldogs General Manager Pierre Gauthier announced today that goaltender Peter Delmas has been assigned by the Hamilton Bulldogs to the ECHL’s Wheeling Nailers.
Delmas, 21, played in one game for the Bulldogs, a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Marlies last Sunday, January 15th, 2012.
BULLDOGS FINISH WEEKEND WITH WIN OVER MARLIES The Hamilton Bulldogs completed their second straight back-to-back-to-back weekend with a 2-l win over the Toronto Marlies at Copps Coliseum. It was their third game in 46 hours. The first two games were losses at Glens Falls and Rochester New York.
BULLDOGS LOSE IN ROCHESTER SATURDAY NIGHT The Hamilton Bulldogs dropped their second straight game in their three game weekend, losing in Rochester 3-1 Saturday night. David Leggio made 35 saves and Marcus Foligno scored twice for the Americans. Mark Voakes also scored for Rochester (17-13-8), who are unbeaten in regulation in its last five games and have moved to within five points
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