101 Habulous Seasons

Habby birthday to the Habs! Last year I missed the Centennial celebrations because of a term test on December 3 (I was behind in everything as a result of that test and played catch up until the 8th or 9th). This year, I'll watch on CBC. Go kick some Shark butt this afternoon to party in style.

Also, congrats to Carey Price for being named 2nd star for the month of November.

A reminder to vote for our guys for the 2011 All Star Game. Most guys say they don't care, but it does give them a confidence boost and deep down I think they do care. Here is some evidence from Carey Price. So keep the ballot box stuffing votes coming!


Go Habs go!

Have a Habulous Halloween!

First off, habby birthday to Tomas Plekanec! Hard to believe he's only 28 today. I like how he shares his birthday with Newsy Lalonde. =) Too bad we couldn't get a win to celebrate it yesterday. On Tuesday, make it happen guys!

And these videos. I wonder when they film them? During training camp? Kinda sad to see the old ones with guys that got traded. First up, for this year's Halloween the Habs talk about their worst costumes. The Pens did this, with pictures and all. I would've like to see Plekanec's hot dog and Spacek's Teletubby outfit. XD Wonder if Pleky was advertising something. And thinking about it, Spacek must've done this as an adult since the Teletubbies first came to TV in 1997 and Spacek was 23 at the time. @_@

Update: (The link does not work. Their embed code is for the wrong video. ;_; You can see it on the official site.)

I also really loved this edition of Journal d'un Canadien back from the first season I became a fan. Kovalev's hair is hilarious! And Captain Koivu was such a good sport.

And this video really made me happy. I wanted to know if they'd learned how to spell his name. I learned the spelling after watching the first one. You'd think they would too!

Finally, I managed to get that ELLE magazine! I will post scans (with translations) once I get some time. I dislike scanning, so don't expect them soon. I went to Maison de la Presse at 99 Yorkville Avenue in Toronto. If you're in town, you could try checking there, they might still have it. They've got a lot of French literature, everything from French manga to French travel guides. The prices...well, I don't know. I prefer the prices of my university's bookstore for things like dictionnaires and stuff.

Ok, enough randomness. Stay warm folks!

Shots on Net [01.10.10]

Congrats to Captain Brian Gionta! He was my choice. I hope he'll be able to lead the team to much success. Check out the cool trailer/video if you haven't already. I love the pictures of the previous captains. Great to see some of the guys who never made it on TV but fought so hard for the Habs. The NHL also has a nice article with a list of past captains.

Happy birthday to Coach Jacques Martin! I did not know he's from Ontario. I approve of the birthday wishing thing the Canadiens have going on. Sometimes on your birthday the only thing you want is for someone to remember and wish you. <Canadiens>

Markov, Gionta, Gill, Cammalleri, and Lapierre will be on the cover of ELLE Quebec. The guys look great! I'd love to get a copy. Alas, I have no time to search around Toronto for this. If I do get it, I'll scan pages from the shoot for you all. One thing to note: Pleky and Gomez weren't in this. What happened there? <Canadiens>

If you're in Toronto on October 7, check out NHL Face-Off at Dundas Square. Activities start around noon, and go until the Habs vs. Leafs game ends. Come on down to watch the game on the big screens and show off your skills to win prizes. I'll be there in a Habs shirt. (No jersey for me because I've got a lab in the morning and I do not want to ruin such a beautiful sweater with chemicals.) I'm advertising because I don't want to be the only Habs fan there! (The friend I'm going with is not a hockey fan. T.T) <NHL.com>

Check out the links portion for more info on the Habs.

Happy Birthday Carey!

The 23 year old got a nice page from the Habs as well. I'm not feeling very enthusiastic, but I hope you enjoyed your day.

Happy Birthday Josh Gorges!

Happy 26th birthday to our big defenceman!


An interesting thing to note is that the Canadiens actually wished him on their website. This, for me, is a sign that he may become our next captain. No one else got wished on their site this entire summer. (Cammalleri was wished on Twitter, but didn't get a nice page and stuff.) Sidney Crosby did not even get wished on his birthday by the Pens (they've wished him in the past). If Carey gets wished on Monday then I might rethink this (and laugh).


Two quick things: they mentioned Pakistan on their site! (I'm from there originally.) And of course, it's 'Habby Birthday'. ♥

Hope you enjoy your day Josh!

Birthdays of Habs Players

That's right. It's a list of Habs players' birthdays, by month and date (with year listed on the side so you can calculate yourself). Why? Because I'm booooored. And it's August 9 and it's summer and Carey Price will most likely turn 23 before he signs a contract. And a list is good to have so you can wish them on Twitter/FB/your blog. So let's go!


January
7--Alex Auld (1981)
18--Brain Gionta (1979)

February
3--Andrei Kostitsyn (1985)
11--Jaroslav Spacek (1974)
14---Tom Pyatt (1987)

March
29--Maxim Lapierre (1985)
30--Ben Maxwell (1988)

April
6--Hall Gill (1975), Travis Moen (1982)
12--Roman Hamrlik (1974)

May
3--Jeff Halpern (1976)
8--Lars Eller (1989)
13--P.K. Subban (1989)

June
8--Michael Cammalleri (1982)

July
5--Alexandre Picard (1985)
16--Dustin Boyd (1986)
19--Ryan O'Byrne (1984)

August
14--Josh Gorges (1984)
16--Carey Price (1987)

September
29--Benoit Pouliot (1986)

October
31--Tomas Plekanec (1982)

November
26--Mathieu Darche (1976)

December
20--Andrei Markov (1978)
23--Scott Gomez (1979)

Notes:

We've got each month represented! February and April are tied for months with the most Habs babies. Spacek's the oldest, beating Hamrlik by two months and a day. Subban's the youngest. He also signed a three-year contract on his 20th birthday (link's in French). Wonder if he waited for that day especially? Hall Gill and Travis Moen should celebrate together, but they're probably more concerned with making the playoffs than getting older at that time of the year. Also, Plekanec (whose birthday is closest to my own) should be the happiest. Free candy for all on his birthday. =)

Sorry to Dustin Boyd and Ryan O'Byrne whose birthdays I missed. Happy belated birthday to you both!

Let's have a year full of habbines and joy.

ETA Eller, Halpern, and Picard on 10/10/31.

Michael Cammalleri turns 28

Happy birthday to Michael Cammalleri! He was born today in 1982 in Richmond Hill, ON. Please wish him happy birthday via his Twitter account if you can.