Georges Laraque News

Mike Cammalleri got his team-leading 16th goal after Andrei Kostitsyn scored on Montreal's third shot of the game in the second period and the Canadiens went on to a 3-1 win over the slumping Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night.

MONTREAL a ' Momentum can be fickle. The Boston Bruins had momentum on their side early in the second period of their game against the Canadiens last night.

On the night the Montreal Canadiens turned 100, they played like the great teams of old.

Colin Campbell figured he knew all about feedback and scrutiny until someone posted his email address on the Internet during last year's playoffs.

Toronto goaltender Jonas Gustavsson had to be taken to hospital after the first period with a heart issue, but Joey MacDonald stepped in and made 18 saves to complete the Maple Leafs' first shutout of the season Tuesday in a 3-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens.

The 23-year-old Pouliot, drafted fourth overall in 2005, has been one of a handful of first-round disappointments for the Wild in recent years.

The NHL suspended Montreal Canadiens enforcer Georges Laraque for five games for a hit on Detroit defenseman Niklas Kronwall on Saturday.

As the Penguins finally begin to get healthy, star centers Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are back to playing on separate lines.

Georges Laraque 's five-game suspension for taking out Red Wings defenceman Niklas Kronwall was as much about Laraque's past as his present.

Detroit --Georges Laraque of the Montreal Canadiens was suspended for five games for injuring Niklas Kronwall's left knee Saturday but Kronwall isn't mad at him.

Guillaume Latendresse failed to meet expectations in Montreal. With all the new faces brought in and all the money spent in doing so, Bob Gainey and the Montreal Canadiens no longer had time to wait for a player like Guillaume Latendresse to develop.

Hey fans and readers, just received a special announcement from the folks at Celebrities for Charity Foundation : Georges Laraque , famed inforcer of the Montreal Canadiens is teaming up with Hall of Fame defenseman Ray Bourque to help raise money for charities in the Boston and Montreal areas.

The Montreal Canadiens closed their eighth week in a less painful way than many had anticipated.

A pair of goaltenders headed in opposite directions likely will be on display Tuesday night as the Blue Jackets try to rebound from an ugly loss in a matchup with the Montreal Canadiens .

The Montreal Canadiens traded one problem child for another Monday, sending Guillaume Latendresse and his unfulfilled potential to the Minnesota Wild for Benoit Pouliot, who arrives in Montreal with even more unfulfilled potential.

As Red Wings fans wait for whatever slap on the wrist the NHL will give Montreal Canadiens winger Georges Laraque--who spoke to NHL disciplinarian Colin Campbell at 10 AM this morning--for spraining Niklas Kronwall's knee on Saturday night, TSN's Ray Ferraro argues that the NHL needs to suspend Laraque for an extended period of time for his ...

One thing is for sure about these Canadiens: They aren't lacking character. Montreal erased a 2-0 Detroit lead in the third period to escape with at least point before falling to the Red Wings 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday night.

The Detroit Red Wings will try to avoid matching their longest losing streak of the season this evening, when they visit the Montreal Canadiens and Bell Centre.

Montreal Canadiens winger Georges Laraque will have a hearing with NHL disciplinarian Colin Campbell on Monday to review Laraque's knee on knee hit of Detroit's Niklas Kronwall during the first period of Saturday's game.

Montreal Canadiens' Travis Moen, right, is checked into the boards by Detroit Red Wings' Brad Stuart during the third period.