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Sunday, November 28, 2010

A Tale of Two 'Staches

I'm a much happier camper today.

Habs continued their recent trend with a solid bounce-back victory last night over the listless Sabres 3-1. Next game is Wednesday night at the Bell Centre against the Edmonton Oilers, a game they must win because the next night they play in New Jersey -- and we know what that means.

Hopefully they can start stringing some victories together and increase their lead at the top of the Northeast division.

A couple of statistics as it stands right now:
  1. Habs are 2nd in the league in victories (15) -- which bodes well given the rule changes this season in regards to wins in regulation vs. extra time.
  2. Habs are 2nd in the league in goals allowed (47) -- but league-leading Boston (42) has played 3 less games.
Last night's game was proof that no matter how good a goalie is, if the team in front of him is deficient, there's not much he can do. Ryan Miller played great but it still wasn't enough. Credit to the Habs though for keeping the pressure on him all night.

Is it only me, but isn't it more special when Andrei Kostitsyn scores? I seem to always be happier when he contributes. He was in the right spot to pot the first goal of the night, and made a sweet pass right on the tape for Gionta's first of the night on a 2 on 1. Even though we'd like more production from him, I think he's been very solid since the first puck drop this season, and hope it continues.

Kudos once again to Carey Price last night and too bad he didn't get the shutout, but no matter. Although he didn't get tested early, it is always a challenge for a goalie to stand for long sequences without much action -- which was the case for him last night.

Now that December 1st is right around the corner, the shavers will be coming out to trim off all of those ugly Movember 70's style mustaches. But maybe Carey should keep his? He looks like a young Bernie Parent -- someone who had some success in this league :)



Although Parent didn't need to use a Sharpie marker to colour his in!!! Good one CP!!

2 comments:

  1. I like the mustache reference; gives a player a feeling he is a different person, sort of like creating an alter ego. Guy Carbonneau wore a little stubble mustache rather well; and I always appreciated Ken Dryden's and Guy Lafleur's pronounced side burns, a facial grooming style of the '70s.

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  2. Good one but you're forgetting the one who had the best burns and 'stache on the team, probably ever: LARRY ROBINSON!!!

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