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They Blew It Again

March 17, 2017 newspaper Impact, Soccer0 comment

New year, same old Impact. The Montreal Impact’s home opener was against none other than last year’s MLS Cup champions: the Seattle Sounders. The Impact had lost the season opener in the previous week in San Jose, by a score of 1-0. They needed these three precious points, especially with an approximate 35 000 fans coming to support their beloved Montreal side. This is exactly the mentality the Impact began the game with; they came out like lions, attacking the western side from the get-go. The Quebec side was all…

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A Déjà-Vu?

March 11, 2017March 11, 2017 newspaper Habs, NHL, Sports0 comment

On February 7th 2017, the Boston Bruins fired the longest serving head coach in the NHL, Claude Julien. This decision from the Bruins organization was seen as a lack of good timing and judgment, as they fired the 2011 Stanley Cup winning head coach on the same day the New England Patriots were celebrating their amazing comeback and Super Bowl championship. Way to go Cam Neely! Exactly one week later, the Montreal Canadians, going through their worst slump of the season, decide to take advantage of the situation and fire…

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What’s wrong with Carey?

January 26, 2017 newspaper Carey Price, Habs, NHL0 comment

December 8th, 2016, New Jersey Devils winger Kyle Palmieri comes surging into Carey Price, sticking out a leg in the collision, trying to intentionally injure the Canadians netminder. Luckily for Price, he did not get injured like the last time the New York Rangers winger Chris Kreider took him out intentionally. This time, the Hart trophy winner had had enough, and decided to punch Palmieri’s back with his blocker numerous times, not only defending himself, but sending a message to the rest of the league saying: goaltender interference will no…

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The Spectacle

December 14, 2016 newspaper Soccer0 comment

November 30th was the second leg between the Montreal Impact and Toronto FC. The game was being played at BMO Field in Toronto, as Montreal hosted the first match of the series. Many broadcasters and insiders were predicting a very tight, but open scoring match. And boy, were they spot on. Not only was history bound to be created after the final whistle of the game, as the first Canadian team to reach the MLS final would be revealed, but we also got a hell of a goal fest spectacle….

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A Night to Remember

November 29, 2016November 29, 2016 newspaper Impact, Soccer0 comment

It all started at the Radisson Metro Station, 7 pm, one hour away from kick off. The metro station was filled to the entrance with Montreal Impact fans wanting to get to the Olympic Stadium on time for the start of the Eastern Conference Semifinals match against non-other then their long-time rivals: Toronto FC. The game was completely sold out with a stellar crowd of 61 004 fans attending this historic event at the big O. 7:12 pm, finally at the stadium, there were about 30 000 people waiting to…

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Standing Up for What’s Right, or Total Disrespect?

September 12, 2016 newspaper Colin Kaepernick, Protest, Racial Tensions0 comment

If you haven’t already heard, San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, has been causing an enormous amount of chaos with his recent gestures in the sports world. The Super Bowl finalist sat down during the National anthem of a pre-season game, then kneeled during the next one, and to make all of this even worse, he wore socks with policeman depicted as pigs at a practice; all in protest of the racial tensions going on in the United States of America. Now we all know that there is a gun…

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Come On, Canada!

June 4, 2016 newspaper 0 comment

As most of you know, there are currently seven Canadian professional hockey teams in the National Hokey League. The cities having these corresponding teams are Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto for the Eastern division and Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver for the Western Division. This year, for the second time since the 1969-70 NHL season, none of these Canadian teams have managed to make the playoffs, which is quite frustrating and disappointing because hockey is Canada’s sport. The last time that no Canadian team made the playoffs, there were only two…

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The Illustrious One

June 4, 2016 newspaper 0 comment

Jaromir Jagr has been around for quite a while now in the National Hockey League. He is currently 44 years of age and continues to prove many analysts wrong by constantly performing for his current team the Florida Panthers. Jagr was drafted fifth overall in the first round of the 1990 NHL draft. He was the youngest player to ever play in this hockey league at the age of 18 years old. Obviously, in today’s game, playing at 18 years old isn’t as incredible as when Jagr started, but…

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Can the Montreal Impact Repeat Another Historic Season

June 3, 2016 newspaper 0 comment

Coming off of their best season since joining the MLS in 2012, the Montreal Impact will definitely be looking to repeat, and eventually do even more, damage than they did last year. With the arrival of great young talent coming out of the Super Draft, the likes of Michael Salazar and Kyle Fisher; the acquisitions of amazing young talent, like Lucas Ontivero and Harry Shipp; the stars deciding to stay and play another year, like Laurent Ciman, Marco Donadel, Victor Cabrera, Ignacio Piatti and of course the one and only,…

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What has Happened to the Canadians?

June 3, 2016June 3, 2016 newspaper 0 comment

Sunday, November 1st 2015, the Montreal Canadians were firmly in control of the league having won 11 games out of 13, accumulating 22 points out of a possible 26 in the process. The team was on fire, all the forwards were contributing enormously averaging at least three goals per game. The defence was extremely solid, only conceding more than three goals three times in those 13 games. Let’s not forget about their amazing goaltenders in Carey Price and the newly admired Mike Condon. These two were simply stopping anything that…