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Abby gets the nod in Philly

MONTREAL – Blessed with a pair of netminders who are fully capable of shouldering the load, head coach Guy Carbonneau has every intention of maximizing his one-two punch in goal this season, beginning Wednesday night in Philadelphia.

Fresh off a weekend that saw the Canadiens come away with three out of a possible four points on the road against the division rival Sabres and Maple Leafs to open the season, Carbonneau likes what he’s seen so far from his club. The first-year bench boss is also sleeping better at night with the comfort of having not one but two talented goalies at his disposal.

“We’re lucky enough to have two good goalies and we’re going to use them,” said Carbonneau after confirming that David Aebischer will get the start against the Flyers. “We made it clear that there was no predetermined schedule for how this was going to go this year. It’s wide open.

“It’s easy to say that we’ll go with the hot hand, but I also don’t want to go two or three weeks without one of them playing either,” warned Carbonneau. “It’s up to me as coach to properly manage how often they will play.”

Aebischer is getting his second straight start thanks to his solid performance in Toronto on Saturday night, where he kicked aside 36-of-38 shots before surrendering only one shootout goal in a 3-2 win over the Leafs.

“David played extremely well in Toronto and he deserves another start,” said Carbonneau. “We’ll see if things change over the next few weeks and months, but right now we truly have a goalie No.1A and B situation on our hands.”

That suits the padded tandem just fine according to Aebischer.

“I think that’s all either of us wanted from the start,” admitted Aebischer, who is 1-1 lifetime against the Flyers. “If one of us plays well, then we’ll play. I don’t think we’ll have any problem with that. Those decisions will be up to the coaches, all we can really control is how we perform.”

If his first two starts against Philly are any indication, it may be another long night for Aebischer and the Canadiens with each of his two previous encounters with the Flyers having gone into overtime. The Swiss-born netminder made 27 saves in a 4-3 Avalanche win in Philadelphia last January and stopped 26 shots in 2-1 loss to the Flyers in Colorado back on Dec. 27, 2002.

Manny Almela is a writer for canadiens.com


After a strong performance Saturday night in Toronto, David Aebischer will be back between the pipes Wednesday night.

 We'll kick their butts!

 They're playing back to back which will slow an already slow team!

 We win 5-2!

I feel another 2 comin' up tonight.

Last game was not too Shabby Habby Abby, let's do it again in regular time.

Go Habs Go!!!!

Hockey100 wrote:

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I think Souray finds that check he laid on #24 a little sour. 

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I was thinking the same thing lol.

This should be a fun game because we seem to heading in different directions.  I predict that we'll still have no home losses after this game   Seriously, though, I think we'll see Lats get his first and our first line put up a couple.  I say 4-1.  Abby has no reason not to play well.

Simple...blank Forsberg and win...don't and lose!

1st Intermission

Canadiens -- 1

Flyers -- 0

Shots on Goal

Flyers -- 8

Canadiens -- 6

MC Girl wrote:

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KOVY!!!!!!

-- Edited by MC Girl at 20:41, 2006-10-11

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What a shot!  The guy must have bionic wrists.

Philly gets the early goal in the third leaving a ton of time to tie it up.

Do I smell another choke-job? Let's hope we hang onto the lead this time...

That goal would have never been scored if we had Mike Ribiero's big body in front of the net...

third period scaring the crap out of me... everyone, knock on wood, hold your breath, cross your fingers, and pray to whomever you pray to.

and cjad doesnt seem to be working through nhl.com, but it is through www.cjad.com maybe that's the problem for you?