From Rookies to Veterans: 31 Years of Memories
Carey Price wore a sharp new retro look for the Heritage Classic in Calgary. The design simulated ears and hair (Price’s own) but this one has the unique feature of simulated eyes as well – and a slightly disturbing mouth. The eyes and mouth, in fact, are those of legendary Canadien Jacques Plante.
Alex Auld has a new mask entitled “1+29+33 Gardiens Legendaire des Canadiens.” It features tributes to Montreal greats Jacques Plante, Patrick Roy and Ken Dryden, whose iconic mask design takes up the left side of Auld’s new helmet.
The side painted as Dryden’s classic mask features red and blue lines running around the mask forming something like a shooting target on the white base. Inside the red and blue lines are paintings of Dryden and his number.
In the white base you also see a motif of Dryden where he stands in his classic pose leaning on the stick. And on the forehead of the mask you see a motif of the old classic Montreal Forum. The Canadiens logo is painted as a pattern in the white bringing a 3-D feeling to the whole. All these details you see when you look close, from far this side of the mask is a tribute to Dryden’s classic mask.
On the other side the red and blue lines are opened up with flying 3-D effects. Here the Canadiens logo is painted big and powerful with a great depth. A design inside the design with a classic motif of Roy making a save. You can also see his number. Over the logo there is a big layout with Plante and his number, the famous picture of when he’s putting his mask on and his jersey is bloodied, and with plasters on the nose.
This is a compilation of songs including a segment of lyrics from each of those songs that best exemplifies a Habs player. Enjoy!Player: 06 – Jaroslav Spacek
Track: Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones
With lyrics like, “Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name, but what’s puzzling you, is the nature of my game.”
Player: 11 – Scott Gomez
Track: Right Place, Wrong Time by Dr. John
With lyrics like, “I been in the right place, but it must have been the wrong time, I’d have said the right thing, but I must have used the wrong line, I’d a took the right road, but I must have took a wrong turn, would have made the right move, but I made it at the wrong time, I been on the right road, but I must have used the wrong car.”
Player: 13 – Mike Cammalleri
Track: Do You Really Want To Hurt Me by Culture Club
With lyrics like, “Do you really want to hurt me, do you really want to make me cry, do you really want to hurt me, do you really want to make me cry.”
Player: 14 – Tomas Plekanec
Track: Oh Supuman by Brassmunk
With lyrics like, “I’ll be on your side whenever it’s time, but I’m no superman! Naw… See that ain’t my name and I’ll be damned if I make that claim, Oh Superman! You won’t find him over here y’all, I ain’t the answer to your prayers y’all, oh superman! Naw! That ain’t how I swing! I’m a regular cat doing my thing! Oh superman!”
Player: 15 – Jeff Halpern
Track: Clocks by Coldplay
With lyrics like, “Confusion never stops” and “curse missed opportunities, am I, a part of the cure, or am I part of the disease”
Player: 17 – Dustin Boyd
Track: Dust in the Wind by Kansas
With lyrics like, “I close my eyes, only for a moment, then the moment’s gone, all my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity, dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind”
Player: 20 – James Wisniewski
Track: Hero by Nas and Keri Hilson
With lyrics like, “The games needs him, plus the people need someone to believe in … ’cause they know I’m gonna give ‘em what they want, they looking for . . . a hero, I guess that makes me . . . a hero.”
Player: 21 – Brian Gionta
Track: White Flag by Dido
With lyrics like, “I will go down with this ship, and I won’t put my hands up and surrender, there will be no white flag above my door.”
Player: 26 – Josh Gorges
Track: Everythings Gonna be Alright by Bob Marley
With lyrics like, “Don’t worry about a thing, ’cause every little thing gonna be all right, singin’: “Don’t worry about a thing, ’cause every little thing gonna be all right!”
Player: 32 – Travis Moen
Track: Strugglin’ by K’Naan
With lyrics like, “Strugglin, and it’s trouble in, in this circumstance I’m dwelling in, I find myself in the corner huddling, with some angry men.”
Player: 44 – Roman Hamrlik
Track: Push It by Rick Ross
With lyrics like, “Im pushin it (push), Im pushin it (push), Im pushin it (push), I gotta push it to the limit, Im pushin it (push), Im pushin it (push), Im pushin it (push), I gotta push it to the limit.”
Player: 45 – Alex Picard
Track: Scar Tissue by Red Hot Chili Peppers
With lyrics like, “With the bird I share this lonely view, with the bird I share this lonely view.”
Player: 46 – Andrei Kostitsyn
Track: Should I Stay or Should I Go by the Clash
With lyrics like, “One day is fine, next day is black, so if you want me off your back, well come on and let me know, should I stay or should I go? Should I stay or should I go now? Should I stay or should I go now?”
Player: 52 – Mathieu Darche
Track: A Well Respected Man by The Kinks
With lyrics like, “And he’s oh, so good, and he’s oh, so fine, and he’s oh, so healthy, In his body and his mind. he’s a well respected man about town, doing the best things so conservatively.”
Player: 53 – Ryan White
Track: Ready to Fight by Daniel Holter and Matt Smith
With lyrics like, “I gotta fighters heart, with a warriors spirit, hands like a boxer, a smooth appearance, c’mon, straight coming at you with no interference, nope, so don’t get in my way”
Player: 57 – Benoit Pouliot
Track: Crawling by Linkin Park
With lyrics like, “To find myself again, my walls are closing in, without a sense of confidence and I’m convinced that there’s just too much pressure to take, I’ve felt this way before, so insecure.”
Player: 58 – David Desharnais
Track: Somewhere I Belong by Linkin Park
With lyrics like, “I wanna heal, I wanna feel, what i thought was never real, I wanna let go of the pain I’ve felt so long. Erase all the pain til its gone, I wanna heal, I wanna feel, like im close to something real. I wanna find something I’ve wanted all along, somewhere I belong.”
Player: 67 – Max Pacioretty
Track: The Max by Prince
With lyrics like, “Where are you? You can relax now, the Max is in control, go… yeah yeah.”
Player: 68 – Yannick Weber
Track: Believe by Cher
With lyrics like, “No matter how hard I try, you keep pushing me aside, and I can’t break through, there’s no talking to you”
Player: 75 – Hall Gill
Track: Crazy by Aerosmith
With lyrics like, “You know you drive me up a wall the way you make good on all the nasty tricks you pull” and “Yeah you drive me, crazy, crazy, crazy.”
Player: 76 – P.K. Subban
Track: I’m No Angel by Dido
With lyrics like, “I know I’m not perfect but I can smile, and I hope that you see this heart behind my tired eyes, If you tell me that I can’t, I will, I will, I’ll try all night” and “I’m no angel, but please don’t think that I won’t try and try, I’m no angel, but does that mean that I can’t live my life, I’m no angel, but please don’t think that I can’t cry, I’m no angel, but does that mean that I won’t fly”
Player: 79 – Andrei Markov
Track: Rain Drops Keep Falling on My Head by B.J. Thomas
With lyrics like, “Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head, but that doesn’t mean my eyes will soon be turnin’ red, cryin’s not for me, ’cause I’m never gonna stop the rain by complaining”
Player: 81 – Lars Eller
Track: Learning to Fly by Tom Petty
With Lyrics like, “I’m learning to fly but I ain’t got wings, coming down is the hardest thing.”
Player: 94 – Tom Pyatt
Track: Sounds of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel
No lyrics to provide on this one, when people ask me about Pyatt, I’m somewhat filled myself with the sound of silence.
Player: 31 – Carey Price
Track: How You Like Me Now by The Heavy
With lyrics like, “So how you like me now, how you like me now, how you like me now, how you like me now”
Player: 35 – Alex Auld
Track: Lonely by Akon
With lyrics like, “Lonely im so lonely, I have nobody, to call my owwnnn, Im so lonely, im Mr. Lonely, I have nobody, to call my owwnnn, Im so lonely”
Head Coach: Jacques Martin
Track: Fireflies by Owl City
With lyrics like, “It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay awake when I’m asleep, ’cause everything is never as it seems, when I fall asleep.”
Assistant Coach: Kirk Muller
Track: Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
With lyrics like, “Too late, my time has come, sends shivers down my spine, body’s aching all the time, goodbye, ev’rybody, I’ve got to go, gotta leave you all behind and face the truth.”
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