15 to go

1 down, 15 to go.

While we Habs fans outside Montreal may not have the opportunity to feel the electricity in the world's greatest city during this playoff run, but we're doing to do are darndest to load up the Habs' bandwagon out West. Thanks to Bryan and the rest of the Habs' fans at the Rose & Crown for hosting what he hope to be at least 16 games of domination.

PLAN THE PARADE: :34 freaking seconds into his first ever playoff game, Little Tits shows us why he might be the Habs most important young gun, setting the tempo for the series banging in a rebound from Breezer's point shot. Less than 2 minutes later, Big Tits scored the eventual game winner on a nice feed from Turtleplek, who played like a man possessed early on. TFS is beat on a deflection to make it a game for a little while, but plays like the Franchise Savior the rest of the way, stopping 17 of 18 shots, most from beyond the faceoff circles. So much for the value of playoff experience.

Steve Bangin' hammers Count Chocula at every turn, who was a non-factor as the boos rained down once again - way to go Bell centre crowd, we're proud of you, premature Ole chants notwithstanding (don't fuck with the hockey gods, people!) Tiny Tim probably deserved better on both, but fuck the little midget. Slowinski continued his late-season surge with the Habs third goal, and Greek Lightening ices the Habs first '08 playoff win in the third with a nice knee-on-the-ice rifle from the slot. Habs manage to mangle a 5-3 late in the third when the game is already decided. They're saving it for when it matters.

1-0 series lead for the good guys. The Big Bad B's weren't really in it.

The Sky is Falling: well it may have been in Calgary (10 centimeters of snow on April 10? WTF??), but not in Montreal. Even Breezer's presence in the lineup will be forgiven on this night.

Chez Paree Bound: the Game stars when to Vodkov, Hamr and Greek lightening. No arguments here. Hamr especially steps up his physical game (6 hits) while DOOM takes it relatively easy, nursing his (obviously still injured) hip.

Back on Stage Saturday: Game two back at the Bell Centre. Habs need to keep their foot on the gas. We'll see if Coach Julien can make some adjustments, like finding a new first scoring line. The "other" Patrice may be back to help in that department.