Mitch, Author at MitchMelnick.com

November 8, 2015 1 7 min read0 2

I’ll admit it. I miss Milan Lucic. I also miss the days when Zdeno Chara could play half the game...

GAME 15 Montreal 4 NY Islanders 1

November 6, 2015 0 5 min read0 2

“I’m kind of sick of hearing we’re a team that’s just about Carey” – Tomas Plekanec to Arpon Basu of NHL.com...

November 4, 2015 0 3 min read0 2

Now that you finally saw the Habs involved how do you like 3 on 3 OT? Did you learn that...

November 2, 2015 2 3 min read0 1

I thought the Habs – in their first post-Halloween game – were going to get spooked and smoked by the...

October 30, 2015 1 4 min read0 2

Losing a one sided game to put an end to the season opening nine game winning streak apparently wasn’t enough...

October 26, 2015 2 12 min read0 316

I first talked to Pat Burns – alone – on August 9, 1988, the day of the Gretzky trade. Burns...

October 25, 2015 2 5 min read0 1

And the Canadiens proved they can win games yet another way – even when they are totally dominated. On Friday,...

October 24, 2015 0 5 min read0 5

And then it was eight. Through some doubts about the quick start (wait until they play tougher opponents) to the...

October 21, 2015 5 3 min read0 2

Carey Price is just on a whole other level – Ken Hitchcock Hitchcock’s Blues – even without four regulars – showed...

October 19, 2015 0 14 min read0 212

Monday October 19, 1981. Where were you? Like a lot of baseball junkies in their early twenties I was...