Montreal Dynasty NHL 2009. Houle takes over.

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Philadelphia Flyers(6-8-1)5th in Atlantic @ Montreal Canadiens(10-2-2)1st in Northeast
Montreal over Philadelphia 4-1

Sergei Kostityn and Mike Komisarek celebrate after Kostityn's goal in the 3rd period.

Scoring Summary
1st Period
No Scoring

2nd Period
1. PHI Carter(Metropolit, Parent)
2. MTL O'Byrne(PP)(Lang)
3. MTL S.Kostityn(SH)(Lapierre, Gorges)

3rd Period
4. MTL S.Kostityn(Tanguay, Koivu)
5. MTL A.Kostityn(EN)(Koivu, Kovalev)

Shots 1 2 3 Total
Philadelphia 3 9 6 18
Montreal 15 13 12 40

3 Stars
1.
Sergei Kostityn(2 goals)
2.
Saku Koivu(2 assists)
3.
Andrei Kostityn(1 goal)

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Montreal Canadiens(11-2-2)1st in Northeast @ St.Louis Blues(9-4-2)2nd in Central
Canadiens shooting blanks. Blues win 2-0.

Keith Tkachuk scores on Carey Price to help St.Louis shut out Montreal 2-0.

Scoring Summary
1st Period
1. STL Tkachuk(PP)(Colaiacovo, Kariya)
2. STL Boyes(unassisted)

2nd Period
No Scoring

3rd Period
No Scoring

Shots 1 2 3 Total
Montreal 5 9 11 25
St.Louis 10 5 3 18

3 Stars
1.
Manny Legace(25 saves)
2.
Keith Tkachuk(1 goal)
3.
Brad Boyes(1 goal)

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Montreal Canadiens(11-3-2)1st in Northeast @ Carolina Hurricanes(12-5-1)1st in Southeast
Montreal wins 6-1 on the road, embarrassing Carolina

Guillaume Latendresse scores in the third period to help Montreal route Carolina 6-1.

Scoring Summary
1st Period
1. MTL Koivu(Tanguay, Markov)
2. MTL Tanguay(Komisarek, Koivu)

2nd Period
3. CAR Brind'Amour(PP)(unassisted)

3rd Period
4. MTL Latendresse(Higgins, Lang)
5. MTL Lang(PP)(Tanguay, O'Byrne)
6. MTL Koivu (S.Kostitsyn, Komisarek)
7. MTL Lapierre (Begin)

Shots 1 2 3 Total
Montreal 5 5 20 30
Carolina 8 8 6 22

3 Stars
1.
Alex Tanguay(1 goal, 2 assists)
2.
Saku Koivu(2 goals, 1 assist)
3.
Robert Lang (1 goal, 1 assist)

[HeroWorship]

****, nice streak and defeat over the Hurricanes. They are on a tear, and I can't wait to see if other changes are coming.

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The Canucks and Blackhawks have completed a trade. The Canucks trade LW, Jeff Cowan, 2nd round pick and a 5th round pick. The Blackhawks send RWer Kris Versteeg, Dman Matt Walker, and LWer Andrew Ladd all going to Vancouver. Vancouver won this trade!



+ + to
Kris Versteeg RW, Andrew Ladd, LW Matt Walker, D

FOR
+ Vancouver's 2nd and 5th round pick to
Jeff Cowan, LW

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Montreal Canadiens (12-3-2)1st in Northeast @ Ottawa Senators (8-9-1)5th in Northeast
Montreal beats Ottawa 7-5

Saku Koivu scores in the second period to help Montreal beat Ottawa 7-5

Scoring Summary
1st Period
1. MTL Tanguay(PP)(Lang)
2. OTT Vermette(SH)(Schubert)
3. OTT Heatley(Alfredsson)
4. MTL Begin(Unassisted)

2nd Period
5. MTL Lang(Gorges, S.Kostityn)
6. MTL Koivu(S.Kostityn, Markov)

3rd Period
7. OTT Fisher(SH)(Foligno, Lee)
8. MTL Kovalev(PP)(Koivu, Komisarek)
9. MTL Begin(SH)(EN)(Lapierre, Markov)
10.OTT Alfredsson(PP)(McAmmond, Fisher)
11.OTT Fisher(Heatley)
12.MTL Lapierre(EN)(Gorges)

Shots 1 2 3 Total
Montreal 14 11 8 33
Ottawa 9 5 13 27

3 Stars
1.
Mike Fisher(2 goals, 1 assist)
2.
Steve Begin(2 goals)
3.
Maxim Lapierre(1 goal, 1 assist)

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2 Trades have been made. Boston trades center Stephane Yelle and a 2nd round draft pick to New Jersey for a pair of defensemen. Vitaly Vishnevski, Bryce Salvador is being sent back to Boston. Anaheim trades center Rob Niedermayer to Edmonton for defenseman Jason Strudwick.

+ to
Vitaly Vishnevsky,D Bryce Salvador, D

FOR
+ Boston's 2nd round pick to
Stephane Yelle, C


to
Rob Niedermayer, C

FOR

to
Jason Strudwick, D

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(9-9-2)4th in Northeast @ (13-3-2)1st in Northeast

Montreal Canadiens officially retire Patrick Roy's #33

(from right to left) Patrick Roy, Carey Price

Right before their game against Boston, Montreal retired Roy's #33. Drafted in 1984, he played in Montreal from 1985-1995. During the time he was there, he won 2 Stanley Cups. Both times he was the Conn Smythe trophy winner. Ironically it was Rejean Houle who traded Roy in 1995. Roy was traded because he and then coach Mario Tremblay couldn't get along. Roy was traded to Colorado where he went on to win the Stanley Cup that season and again in the 2000-01 season. At the end of the ceremony Jacques Demers told Koivu that it's his turn to bring the Cup back to Montreal in front of the Bell Center.


Patrick Roy

Patrick Roy: I have very fond memories of playing in Montreal. It's too bad how things ended up in 1995. I am to this day very appreciative to Rejean Houle for trading me
to a contending team for the Stanley Cup.


Rejean Houle

Rejean Houle: He deserves to have his number retired, he's a legend. I just feel that trade wasn't bad. At the time Jocelyn Thibault was considered a top goaltending prospect. Martin Rucinsky got 60 points in 56 games with us. Andrei Kovalenko did good. Ultimately I think that I would of rather of kept Patrick. Some things were out of my control and unfortunately it happened that way.