by Monte StewartFiled under: Canadiens
MONTREAL, Que. -- It's the first preseason game at the Bell Centre, but it doesn't take long for the natives to get restless.
The game is only a minute and a half old when the groans begin emanating from the cheap seats, where I took in the game among the Habs faithful Wednesday night.
Goaltender Carey Price gives up a goal -- on a deflection -- to Boston's Nathan Horton and the Bruins take an early lead that they will never relinquish.
At 13:26, the Bruins go on the power play as Gabriel Dumont heads to the penalty box to serve a hooking penalty. The public address announcer is still announcing the penalty as rookie Tyler Seguin, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2010 NHL entry draft, wins a face-off, gets the puck back to the point quickly and Johnny Boychuk rips a slapshot over Price's glove hand.
The P.A. announcer stops suddenly and Dumont skates out of the box only six seconds after he went in. Which just goes to prove that it takes longer than six seconds to announce a penalty -- but less than that for Montreal fans, still clearly upset by 2009-10 playoff hero Jaroslav Halak's trade to the St. Louis Blues, to get on Price.
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