Ottawa smiles while Montreal seeths
Perhaps one day, I'll go into detail on my frustrations with the refereeing of game four of the Canadiens-Senators series last night. Perhaps one day I'll delve into detail on the botched icings, faceoffs, and goal rulings. But not today. I just can't handle it today.
But I will say this. I'm proud of the Canadiens, who bounced back from a mess of a game 3 and battled...
Ottawa Sun Adds Fuel to Senators-Canadiens Series With ‘Boot Those Habs’ Cover (Photo)
The Senators-Canadiens series is one that doesn’t need any off-ice help to stoke the flames, but that is not stopping the Ottawa Sun from getting involved — and trying to sell a few extra copies while they’re at it.
The Ottawa tabloid raised some eyebrows following Game 1 when it ran a cover that read “First Blood Sens” with a picture of Montreal forward Lars Eller laying...
Video: Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens have a good ol' line brawl
Tempers finally boiled over between the Canadiens and Senators in Game 3. Following a horrific injury to Lars Eller and some angry comments directed toward Ottawa coach Paul MacLean, the two teams finally duked it out after Ottawa scored their fourth goal of the game to give them a commanding 4-1 lead with roughly 12 minutes left in the third period.
My goodness. The video...
Video: Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens have a good ol' line brawl
Tempers finally boiled over between the Canadiens and Senators in Game 3. Following a horrific injury to Lars Eller and some angry comments directed toward Ottawa coach Paul MacLean, the two teams finally duked it out after Ottawa scored their fourth goal of the game to give them a commanding 4-1 lead with roughly 12 minutes left in the third period.
My goodness. The...
Crazy Line Brawl Breaks Out In Senators-Canadiens Playoff Game
It’s not often that you see a line brawl in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but tensions have been growing between the Senators and Canadiens ever since Eric Gryba took out Lars Eller in Game 1. Ottawa’s Zach Smith crosschecked Ryan White right off the face-off and that’s when all hell broke loose. 19 players had penalties in the third period alone.
Here’s a look at the Habs bench...
Jean-Gabriel Pageau loses tooth, hands it to backup goalie, scores hattrick
The Ottawa Senators-Montreal Canadiens playoff series has been the most intriguing series and it all started with Eric Gryba crushing Lars Eller and continued with Brandon Prust calling Ottawa’s head coach Paul MacLean a “bug-eyed fat walrus.” A new trend has started in this series, a player has lost a tooth in every single game and the team with the player that loses the...
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Canadiens, Senators brawl during Game 3
The Montreal Canadiens-Ottawa Senators rivalry has been growing by the second ever since Eric Gryba lit up Lars Eller. After the Senators managed to gain a 5-1 lead, the Canadiens let their frustrations get the better of them in game three. Unfortunately for them when they started this line brawl they figured they would win, but they thought wrong. The Senators dusted them...
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Eric Gryba broke Lars Eller’s Nose and there was blood [WithLeather]
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Ottawa Senators coach shrugs off Montreal insults
Paul MacLean was a delightful guy to be around in his playing days as a goal-scoring winger in the NHL. He was a serious competitor, but he didn’t take himself too seriously.So it’s no shock he charmed reporters after drawing the ire of the Montreal Canadiens and the excitable media corps covering that team.MacLean outraged the Habs by referring to Raphael Diaz as simply “No...
Senators intent on taking it to Montreal in Game 3
The Senators know they missed a big opportunity.
They seized home-ice advantage from Montreal in the opener of their first-round series in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Then came a poor effort in Game 2.
Ottawa now looks to rebound when it hosts the Canadiens in Game 3 on Sunday night with the series 1-1.
With Max Pachioretty, Brian Gionta and Lars Eller all injured and out...
Now that was a hockey game
Minus Lars Eller, Max Pacioretty and Brian Gionta, the Canadiens came out on fire Friday, defeating the Ottawa Senators 3-1 and tying their series 1-1. Bouncing back after a deflating first game, the Habs were led by the strong play of Carey Price, Rene Bourque, and Ryan White - White playing what was likely the best game of his young NHL career.
Brandon Prust and Raphael Diaz...
NHL suspends Senators' Gryba 2 games
Ottawa Senators defenseman Eric Gryba was suspended for two games by the NHL on Friday for his crushing hit on Montreal Canadiens center Lars Eller in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.
Gryba caught Eller with his head down at the Montreal blue line Thursday night in the second period of the Senators' 4-2 victory. Eller crashed face-first to the ice, and was bleeding...
Eric Gryba Suspended Two Games for Hit on Montreal’s Lars Eller (Video)
The NHL has handed down its second playoff suspension in as many days, this time to Ottawa’s Eric Gryba.
Gryba was suspended two games for his hit during Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals on Thursday that bloodied Monteal’s Lars Eller and sent the Canadiens forward to the hospital. Gryba was assessed a five-minute major penalty for interference and a game misconduct...
Diaz calls MacLean 'fat walrus'
On Thursday night, Ottawa Senators coach Paul MacLean rather flippantly brushed off suggestions that Senators defenseman Eric Gryba's hit on Montreal Canadiens center Lars Eller -- one that left Eller motionless and bloody on the ice -- was a dirty play.
In fact, MacLean went so far as to blame Eller's teammate, Habs defenseman Rafael Diaz, for the collision, saying:
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Brandon Prust calls Ottawa coach Paul MacLean a "bug-eyed fat walrus"
Things turned sour pretty quickly in the Montreal-Ottawa series, didn't they? One hit and one brutal injury later, two teams that entered the series with a friendly rivalry have become bitter rivals. All respect has evaporated. Meet what should be a physical, heated and emotional conclusion to this series.
In the hours after Lars Eller's horrific injury, nearly every player...
Ottawa Sun front page goes too far with "first blood"
You can't judge a fan base by a newspaper which employs a reporter who wrote about his own junk, so let's not jump to conclusions. You can debate the schematics of the hit on Lars Eller by Eric Gryba all that you want to, but when Eller hit the ice a vast majority of Senators fans acted with legitimate concern.
Montreal fans weren't happy with the hit, and they'...
Brandon Prust calls Senators coach Paul MacLean a “bug-eyed fat walrus”
After a vicious hit by Eric Gryba on Lars Eller, the Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators normally docile rivalry has escalated. Gryba earned a two game suspension for the hit, and Ottawa Senators coach Paul MacLean said that Gryba shouldn’t be blamed, that Canadiens defenseman Raphael Diaz should be blamed for a bad suicide pass. Canadiens forward Brandon Prust didn’t...
(VIDEO) Eric Gryba Hit On Lars Eller – Reaction
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Last night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Quarter Finals between the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Canadiens, there was a monstrous hit just inside the Canadiens blue line that left Lars Eller unconscious and bleeding all over the ice. Canadiens defenseman Raphael Diaz made what is known as a “suicide pass” up the ice to Eller. A “suicide...
Brandon Prust calls Ottawa coach Paul MacLean a "bug-eyed fat walrus"
Things turned sour pretty quickly in the Montreal-Ottawa series, didn't they? One hit and one brutal injury later, two teams that entered the series with a friendly rivalry have become bitter rivals. All respect has evaporated. Meet what should be a physical, heated and emotional conclusion to this series.
In the hours after Lars Eller's horrific injury, nearly every...
Brandon Prust Calls Ottawa Coach “A Bug-Eyed Fat Walrus”
After Montreal’s Lars Eller was left unconscious and bleeding on the ice during game 1 of the Senators-Canadiens playoff series, Ottawa coach Paul MacLean offered his thoughts on Eric Gryba’s hit. Per The Globe And Mail:
(If I’m Eller), I’m really mad at player 61, whoever he is, because he passed me the puck in the middle of the rink when I wasn’t looking,” said...
Ottawa Sun front page goes too far with "first blood"
You can't judge a fan base by a newspaper which employs a reporter who wrote about his own junk, so let's not jump to conclusions. You can debate the schematics of the hit on Lars Eller by Eric Gryba all that you want to, but when Eller hit the ice a vast majority of Senators fans acted with legitimate concern.
Montreal fans weren't happy with the hit, and they...
Travis Yost: ECQF GAME 2: Well, That Escalated Quickly
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Really, that got out of hand. Fast.
A seven-game series between the Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators expected to be a bit dramatic.
Eric Gryba's hit on Lars Eller last night, as it turns out, was like throwing a lit match into a gasoline tank.
The collision sent the Montreal forward to the hospital, immediately...
Canadiens Forward Brandon Prust Calls Senators Coach Paul MacLean a ‘Bug-Eyed Fat Walrus’
OK, so the Canadiens-Senators series just got real good, and we’re only one game into things.
A little more than 12 hours after Ottawa’s Eric Gryba delivered a nasty-looking check to Montreal’s Lars Eller that left Eller in a pool of his own blood on the ice, things are continuing to heat up.
After Game 1, Ottawa coach Paul MacLean criticized Montreal defenseman Raphael Diaz...
Eklund: Weighing in on Gryba-Eller Incident
Last night's injury suffered by Montreal Canadiens forward Lars Eller was truly a horrific sight to see. No one ever wants to see a player taken off the ice on the stretcher with the ice stained in a pool of blood. Watching the hit delivered by Ottawa's Eric Gryba at full speed, once can absolutely understand why referees Mike Leggo and Dan O'Rourke issued a game misconduct...
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