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Als defence gets ready

T hey were the best defence in the CFL all season and the Montreal Alouettes know they will have to play like that when they face Casey Printers and the B.C. Lions in the East Division final. Jarious Jackson was B.C.'s quarterback as the teams split ...

From BILL BEACON, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Casey Printers,  Jarious Jackson,  Eric Wilson,  Chip Cox,  John Bowman

Vancouver Whitecaps look to join breakaway soccer league

MONTREAL–The Vancouver Whitecaps want to go ahead with a new league that would break away from the United Soccer Leagues First Division, but the Montreal Impact have yet to decide whether to join. Seven clubs, including Vancouver and Montreal, who ...

From BILL BEACON, Toronto Star,  10 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Montreal Impact,  Vancouver Whitecaps,  Joey Saputo,  Atlanta Silverbacks,  Minnesota Thunder

Als hit new heights with win

T he Montreal Alouettes' late-season slide looks to be over. Anthony Calvillo returned from a calf injury to throw two touchdown passes and Damon Duval kicked six field goals as the Alouettes pounded the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 48-13 on Sunday afternoon ...

From BILL BEACON, Globe and Mail,  1 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Hawkins, Inc.,  Anthony Calvillo,  Adrian McPherson,  Marc Trestman,  Don Matthews

Komisarek returns to Montreal

F ormer Canadiens defenceman Mike Komisarek expects the boo-birds to be out when he returns to the Bell Centre for the first time as a Toronto Maple Leaf on Saturday night. Komisarek signed as a free agent with the rival Leafs this summer after spending ...

From BILL BEACON, Globe and Mail,  31 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Mike Komisarek

Behind the mask

I magine if an NHL goaltender skated out to start a game not wearing a mask. Today it’s unthinkable. But until Nov. 1, 1959, all goalies played without them, exposing their faces to bone-crushing shots that sometimes left them bleeding and unconscious ...

From BILL BEACON, Globe and Mail,  30 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Jacques Plante Foundation,  Toe Blake,  Montreal Canadiens,  Edmonton Oilers,  Bobby Hull

USL attempts to mend fences with Impact, Whitecaps

A day after making menacing comments about the Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps, the United Soccer Leagues had glowing praise for the sport in Canada on Thursday. They even announced a plan to open a full-service office somewhere in Canada to ...

From BILL BEACON, Globe and Mail,  29 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Montreal Impact,  Vancouver Whitecaps,  Joey Saputo,  Bob Lenarduzzi (footballer),  United States Soccer Federation

Cammalleri hat trick sinks Rangers

I t was a matter of time before the puck started going in for Montreal Canadiens sniper Mike Cammalleri. Cammalleri’s third goal of the game in overtime lifted the Canadiens to a comeback 5-4 win over the New York Rangers on Saturday night, giving ...

From BILL BEACON, Globe and Mail,  25 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Montreal Canadiens,  Chris Higgins (footballer),  John Tortorella,  Mike Cammalleri,  Henrik Lundqvist

Impact defeat Whitecaps in USL final

M idway through the United Soccer Leagues First Division season, the Montreal Impact looked like anything but champions. But everything changed with the mid-season hiring of 32-year-old coach Marc Dos Santos and a strong second half, and the Impact ...

From BILL BEACON, Globe and Mail,  18 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Vancouver Whitecaps,  Montreal Impact,  Roberto Brown,  Santos, Ltd.,  Shaun Pejic

Als to stick with Calvillo

A nthony Calvillo may get a rest at some point in the four games remaining on the Montreal Alouettes' schedule, but it looks like it won't be this week. The 12-2 Als have four games left, including a meeting with the 6-8 Hamilton Tiger-Cats tomorrow, ...

From BILL BEACON, Globe and Mail,  17 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Adrian McPherson,  Marcus Brady,  Ted White,  Don Matthews

Impact in USL final drivers seat

W ith a one-goal edge and home-field advantage, the Montreal Impact would seem in command for the second leg of the United Soccer Leagues' First Division final against the Vancouver Whitecaps. But Impact veteran Mauro Biello isn't taking anything for ...

From BILL BEACON, Globe and Mail,  15 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Montreal Impact,  Vancouver Whitecaps,  Martin Nash (footballer),  Mauro Biello,  Gavin Wilkinson

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