Game Thread | Montreal vs. Buffalo | 10/06/06

JohnM · Guru

RE: Game Thread | Montreal vs. Buffalo | 10/06/06

SpiderManNL · Guru

Koivu Scores!!!! 4-2 Habs

habscsi · Member

Koivu!!!!! from Kovy and Higgs on 5-3 PP

JohnM · Guru

Buffalo has officially lost their cool in this game. Watch out for some cheap shots now.

SpiderManNL · Guru

4-3

JohnM · Guru

Buffalo scores after another lost faceoff from Pleks. Poor defensive coverage as well. Habs take a penalty.

-- Edited by JohnM at 22:04, 2006-10-06

JohnM · Guru

Great penalty kill. 1 minute left. Carbo calls timeout.

JohnM · Guru

Buffalo ties it.

SpiderManNL · Guru

4-4

SpiderManNL · Guru

4-4 after 3 periods.....OT is coming up

norskipaul · Senior Member

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davidb · Guru

Didn't this happen to us a lot last year during the last minutes of games when we were winning???????

JohnM · Guru

Can't take anything away from the Habs tonight. They played a great game against a great team.

SpiderManNL · Guru

we're going to a shootout.

davidb · Guru

You are right, I was surprised that they did as well as they have this evening

JohnM · Guru

Well we lost but nothing to hold our heads down about. Some things need to be worked on but we are on the right track.

SpiderManNL · Guru

And Crapalo wins 5-4 SO

Diehardhabsfan · Veteran Member

f**k!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fatherhab · Senior Member

Anyone see the 3 Habs fans in the stands after Koivu's goal in the 3rd. It sure looked like McGirl and Ripple.

AB Habman · Guru

Really intertaining game!

First line was great!

Sammy and Kovy were asleep on second line...not surprising since they dogged the exibition games. Plecs was the best second line player but needs to work on his faceoffs.

Third line didn't get much ice but Bonk made some lazy give-aways.

Fourth line were solid defensively!

Our best D were Markov and Komi. Niniima gave the puck away countless times.

All in all a solid performance with Sammy and probably Niniima our worse players.

Too bad Carbs couldn't use Begin at the end for the faceoff. That line was still tired even after the time out. Saks was sacked at the end and couldn't get to Afiniganov. Other than that, a really solid game by Saks and Higgins.

Word of advice to Carbs...do not use Ryder or Saks on shoot outs...they're not shoot out specialist. Try Higgins or even Markov next time.

Komi was great also. I wasn't happy with the sarcastic gesture made to Komi from Kovy when he intercepted the OT pass. Komi at least played 65 minutes where as Kovy didn't give it his all.

nietche · Veteran Member

Not sure we watched the same game. I don't recall Ninima giving the puck away countless times. But I do recall Souray failing to the clear the puck again and again.

I also recall that Bufalo goal #1 was MARKOVS fault totally. He failed to clear the puck, it got stopped at the blue line, and 5 seconds later, pow, 2-1.

AB Habman · Guru

nietche wrote:

Not sure we watched the same game. I don't recall Ninima giving the puck away countless times. But I do recall Souray failing to the clear the puck again and again.

I also recall that Bufalo goal #1 was MARKOVS fault totally. He failed to clear the puck, it got stopped at the blue line, and 5 seconds later, pow, 2-1.

The difference was Dandy bailed Niniima out and Markov didn't get away with it. Bonk also coughed the puck away but got away with it.

Fatherhab · Senior Member

Game Photos

Andy · Veteran Member

Were you watching Ninema Huet bailed him out a couple of times. Horrible game and he looks liek a give a away specialist.

MC Girl · Guru

Fatherhab wrote:

Anyone see the 3 Habs fans in the stands after Koivu's goal in the 3rd. It sure looked like McGirl and Ripple.

I'll check the DVD I came home to 33 emails from different people sayin' they saw us too.

I'll let ya know

AB Habman · Guru

Andy wrote:

Were you watching Ninema Huet bailed him out a couple of times. Horrible game and he looks liek a give a away specialist.

Yes...for sure! Huet bailed out many players tonight. He stole a point for us.

Jedah · Guru

Fatherhab wrote:

Anyone see the 3 Habs fans in the stands after Koivu's goal in the 3rd. It sure looked like McGirl and Ripple.

Heh, I wonder if one of them was me. I heard I was on TV at some point during the game, and I was near some Habs fans.

MC Girl · Guru

Jedah wrote:

Fatherhab wrote:

Anyone see the 3 Habs fans in the stands after Koivu's goal in the 3rd. It sure looked like McGirl and Ripple.

Heh, I wonder if one of them was me. I heard I was on TV at some point during the game, and I was near some Habs fans.

Ya should have mentioned that you were goin' .... we coulda met you for a beer too

barry33 · Guru

Andy wrote:

Were you watching Ninema Huet bailed him out a couple of times. Horrible game and he looks liek a give a away specialist.

Yep..Pleks loooked lost as a second line center..and Ninny is brutal..never thought I would say this but bring back Ribs!!

Figaro · Guru

A good first game. Both teams were sloppy you could realy tell it was first game of the season except for the intensity. Koivu was great and proved (yet again) that he is our Captain. Even Pierre McGuire loved him last night. Wonder what happened to Kovalev? He really seemed invisible. I don't really pick up on the denfense that much but even I could see there were a few big gaps at times. Oh well, game 1 was not a loss like predicted by most, so I'm good, especially since Koivu-Higs-Ryder were on fire!