Georges Laraque's plea of innocence was rejected by Colin Campbell and the Canadiens' enforcer has been suspended five games for tripping Detroit defenceman Niklas Kronwall on Saturday night.

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Because hockey does not receive anywhere near equal attention from most of the established media in the United States when compared to other major sports, it has consistently found a home in new and emerging media.

After having no trouble scoring goals last week, Detroit coach Mike Babcock admits the Red Wings haven't had much puck luck since.

Montreal Canadiens coach Jacques Martin had a simple explanation when asked why goaltender Carey Price has turned his season around in the past five games.

Written By: Mark "The Hard Hitter" Ritter Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price made 53 saves last night en route to a 2-0 loss to the Nashville Predators.

Kay Whitmore would make a pretty fair tailor or building contractor. For now, he's the National Hockey League's go-to guy with a tape measure.

Four years ago in Torino, Italy, Slovakia was one of two teams to post a perfect record in pool play.

Jaroslav Halak of the Montreal Canadiens stops Rene Bourque of the Calgary Flames in the third period at the Bell Centre in Montreal Tuesday, November 10, 2009.

MONTREAL A Jaroslav Halak's agent created a stir on the weekend when he questioned Carey Price's status as the Canadiens' No.

Miikka Kiprusoff got his first shutout of the season and Jarome Iginla extended his goal-scoring streak to four games, leading the Calgary Flames to a 1-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.

Pre-game notes Canadiens will wear the green and red sweaters of the 1910-11 Le Club Athletique Canadien .

Ht: 5-11 Wt: 182 Catches: L Salary: $ 800,000 NHL Seasons: 3 Drafted by Montreal in 2003 .

The agent of Montreal Canadiens goalie Jaroslav Halak found himself in hot water over comments he made on Twitter on Saturday night.

If it's Thursday , it must be time for me to put on the blindfold and take out the dart board.

Is there anything more rare in the NHL these days than a regulation win by the Montreal Canadiens? How about a goal by the Boston Bruins? Or a victory by Canadiens goaltender Carey Price? Well, Boston finally found the net Thursday night, but it was Price who got the last laugh after stopping three Bruins in the shootout for a 2-1 win, his first ...

Canadiens netminder Jaroslav Halak stops Maple Leafs' Matt Stajan as blue-liner Hal Gill defends last night at the Bell Centre.

The first month of this 2009-2010 NHL season is already behind us and I thought it would be a good time to check out how the Montreal Canadiens initiated their season.

Superstitious Sindey Crosby didn't want to jinx his shot at a hat trick after his first two goals.

"Hell has just frozen over... the Leafs have scored first." Jim Hughson said it best as the Leafs ended their 11 game streak of surrendering the first goal of the game.