Shawn Belle News

He is the latest new face among many to turn up in the Montreal Canadiens dressing room this season, and none was more surprised to be there on Saturday than defenceman Jay Leach .

Sergei Kostitsyn loved his homecoming game at the Bell Centre -- even if it wasn't all that welcoming.

Mathieu Carle said he was prepared for his National Hockey League debut, but he wasn't prepared to meet the demand for tickets from friends and family.

With a sold-out home crowd braced for the possibility of witnessing Montreal's worst start in nearly 70 years, a couple of newcomers gave Canadiens' fans an opportunity to celebrate a victory.

The Montreal Canadiens will try to stop their losing streak at five straight games on Tuesday night when they host the Atlanta Thrashers.

Colorado rookie Ryan O'Reilly picked the perfect time to score his first NHL goal.

Marc-Andre Bergeron knows he's not going to replace Andrei Markov. But the veteran defenceman hopes he'll be able to contribute tonight when he makes his Montreal Canadiens debut against the Atlanta Thrashers.

Marc-Andre Bergeron has finished his conditioning stint in the AHL and was summoned by the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday.

After the first five games, there seems a great deal of grumbling among the faithful in Habsland.A "Different players, different coach, same result" is a popular refrain.

Rookie Ryan O'Reilly scored his first NHL goal at 13:47 of the third period to lift the red-hot Colorado Avalanche to a 3-2 victory over Montreal, spoiling the Canadiens' home opener Thursday night.

When the National Hockey League schedule was released in July, the Montreal Canadiens must have been salivating over the prospect of playing their home opener against the lowly Colorado Avalanche, the team that finished last season with the worst record in the Western Conference.

Not even the players know what to expect when the Montreal Canadiens finally play their home opener.

" The Canadiens are bulking up as they prepare to meet the surprising Colorado Avalanche Thursday night at the Bell Centre .

The Montreal Canadiens signed forward Guillaume Latendresse and defenceman Shawn Belle to one-year deals Wednesday.

Todd Richards' staff looks an awful lot like Jacques Lemaire's. Richards, hired last month to succeed Lemaire as the Wild 's head coach, retained assistants Mike Ramsey and Matt Shaw and goalie coach Bob Mason on Friday.