The history of the Montreal Canadiens is not just a story about hockey. It's also the story of how hockey's most legendary team has always skated hand-in-hand with its home province of Quebec. Order my book Habs Nation now. www.amazon.ca/Habs-Nation-...

Karine Hains's review of Habs Nation in The Hockey News remains one of my fave write-ups on my book. "If you’re only going to read one hockey book this year, this should be the one." @karinehains.bsky.social #habs #Canadiens #gohabsgo

Slovakia upsets Finland 4-1, 3 points for Slafkovsky, 39 saves for Hlavaj and a group of shocked Finns #Olympics2026

High Fidelity returns to NDG on Saturday with our Valentine's Day party at The Wheel Club. Yes it's Feb. 14 but it is indeed a High Fidelity bash – great '80s new wave, old-school disco & great dance trax from all era. $10 at the door.

Very good column from @mtltoula.bsky.social about the lack of Quebecers on Canadian men's hockey team. I said to her: “For someone to say it’s some federal conspiracy, who didn’t they pick that they should have? There’s no one. The players simply aren’t there.”

The jazz fest just announced Billy Bragg July 4 at Club Soda. Very cool. I'll be there. I saw Bragg's first ever Montreal concert... at Club Soda in like '86. Midnight show. Awesome. And yes I know we are talking about two different Club Sodas.

Tuesday I've got Friday on My Mind. Ideas for cool things happening this weekend. Let me know. Got a few but always open to new cool things. Go!

Dans plusieurs matchs de la LNH au Canada, on n'est même pas foutu de chanter l'hymne national dans les deux langues. L'hyme NATIONAL bâtard. Imagine un spectacle de la mi-temps au complet. Danielle Smith et sa bande d'exaltés ferait une crise cardiaque.

Déjà ne pas inviter des Américains pour faire le spectacle de la coupe Grey, ce serait déjà pas mal. www.sportingnews.com/ca/cfl/news/...

Où est notre Bad Bunny ? Ou devrais-je dire : Où est notre mauvais lapin ? Partout au Canada, les gens disent que c'était génial de voir un spectacle de mi-temps entièrement en espagnol au Super Bowl. Alors pourquoi ne pas avoir un spectacle de mi-temps entièrement en français à la Coupe Grey ?

Where is our Bad Bunny? Or should I say: Où est notre mauvais lapin? People across Canada have been saying since Sunday that it was so great to see an all-Spanish halftime show at the Super Bowl. So why not an all-French halftime show at the Grey Cup?

This week, I rather improbably have two Valentine's Day High Fidelity parties. On Friday me & my bestie Geneviève Borne are throwing a New Wave Valentine's bash at Robin des Bois & it's sold out. Saturday I'm have a Valentine's dance at The Wheel Club in NDG. $10 at door.

All the Americas! Toutes les Amériques!

Bad Bunny shouted out Canada what a moment

My book Habs Nation: A People's History of the Montreal Canadiens is available in fine bookstores everywhere, online or if you want a signed copy, let me know! J'ai aussi des copies de Le CH et son peuple.

Here's an idea. Buy my book Habs Nation: A People's History of the Montreal Canadiens directly from my publisher Baraka Books. Don't give that billionaire delivery-service guy any extra dough. Here's the link. www.barakabooks.com/catalogue/ha...

On the front page of the Gaz. Sophie Nélisse talks Heated Rivalry. #heatedrivalry #sophienelisse #canadiantv

Heated Rivalry star Sophie Nélisse on her new horror film Whistle: “I’m a scaredy-cat to begin with, so it’s pretty easy to act scared, because I’m frightened very easily. So it was pretty easy to shoot."

Sophie Nélisse – Rose Landry in #HeatedRivalry – talks to me about meeting @MarkJCarney, the crazy success of the steamy gay hockey series & how there's a new wave of young Québécois actors storming Hollywood. #markcarney #canpolitics

Laval Rocket hires new goalie coach from Concordia University montrealgazette.com/sports/hocke...

Good piece from my old friend David Winch on Team Canada, the Olympics and a little history. davidwinch.website/canada-plays...

My latest Friday on My Mind column features an Sophie Nélisse – Rose from #HeatedRivalry – talking about her new horror film Whistle. Also a Montreal West dance party, opera Clown(s), Meredith Moon, Fade to Black fest.

The Damned!

We don’t get over anything! Je me souviens!

Something about Habs fans that people might not understand is that 5 years is nothing to us. Our children who weren't alive when Scheifele tried to end Evans will call him The Coward Mark Scheifele 50 years from now.

All things considered, best case scenario for the Habs at the break. In the running for third in the conference, most players have taken a step forward, injured guys are coming back and only one key regression (and that guy was lights out tonight).

Music veteran Jimmy Iovine says streaming services are on the brink of extinction. Artists can now go directly to fans via social media. Makes sense. I'd be happy to see the back of the Spotifys of this world. www.complex.com/music/a/jose...

Gally has been on fire ever since my WTP saying he should be in the press box!

You make a noise complaint about a historic venue and the City pays you $350,000. Great deal for the grumbler. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Celebrate Valentine's Day at The Wheel Club dancing to 80s new wave tracks! The funny thing is these hits are almost all (often kinda twisted) love songs – Love Will Tear Us Apart, Don't You Want Me, any Cure song, Love Song, Tainted Love. Sat. Feb. 14 at The Wheel Club. $10 cash at the door.

My book Habs Nation: A People's History of the Montreal Canadiens draws parallel btw the team's history and the history of Quebec. For example, the epic teams of the '70s reflected the effervescent culture of Quebec at the time. Available in store, online or directly from me.

L'affaire « La Tulipe » prend fin, sort of. Mais la réalité brutale est que la question du bruit et des salles de spectacles indépendantes dans le Plateau reste toujours problématique.

The difference btw Amazon and Sportsnet is Amazon isn’t knee-jerk Leafs Nation in how they call it.

Just met with Heated Rivalry star Sophie Nélisse who talked about what it was like to have Prime Minister Mark Carney go all-fan boy on the gay hockey romance hit last week in Ottawa. “Meeting the Prime Minister was a bit surreal.” Just a bit. #heatedrivalry #sophienelisse #markcarney

Mr. Saturday Night, part two!!!!

Slaf’s shot has come into its own.

So Doby it is. Big. They're actually doing it. They're riding the hot hand. WTP really has become their handbook eh? :)

Have you compared Dobes and Monty's win/loss numbers? Unreal. Night and day. Doby is: 17-5-3. Imagine. Got at least a point in 20 of 25 games. 17 wins. Monty: 9-8-2. Why is this even a discussion? Ride Dobes till his numbers change.

Here's my Friday on My Mind column, 5 cool things to do on the weekend. It includes excellent new Quebec film Folichonneries, vet rocker Aldo Nova, singer/violinist Sudan Archives, Palestinian drama All That's Left of You & Jodie Foster en français.

Statement win.

Bruce Springsteen's Streets of Minneapolis. Who said protest music is a thing of the past? "If your skin is black or brown my friend/you can be questioned or deported on sight... ICE out now!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...

Dobes is between the pipes tomorrow. Doby is the No. 1... for today. The right call. He's winning the games and last night was a statement game.

Dobes won some games in which he was shaky. But tonight he was great.

Legendary Quebec goalie Marc-André Fleury is mystified that Quebec is no longer producing many top-level hockey players. “It’s surprising that we don’t have more players that are coming out in the drafts and in the Olympics. It’s our game." montrealgazette.com/sports/hocke...

The press release from Habs management is, to put it mildly, curt. No thanks to Raymond for his service to the team. No history of Raymond's tenure. Only background on Marciano. Yeah they're not happy.

Change of goalie coach is good news and it's encouraging coming on the heels of a great performances from Jakub Dobes Tuesday night. Say what you want about Doby, he wins games, unlike the other guy.

The Canadiens fire goalie coach Eric Raymond and announce that Laval Rocket goalie coach Marco Marciano is named interim goalie coach for the rest of the season. Not surprised. It was becoming more and more clear goalie coaching was an issue. Nice to see them taking action.

I just want to give a big shout-out and congratulations to my old friends The Damn Truth for being nominated at the Junos for rock album of the year for their latest record. Well-deserved. And great to see a local indie band get the respect they deserve. You rock!

Doby rides again! And ride the hot hand. HUGE WIN!

Cole est en feu. Sixth straight game with a goal. 30 goals. #billguerin