January 2nd, 2004
The Montreal Canadiens travel to the Air Canada Center in Toronto to face the Leafs (16-19-5), Montreal is 2-1-1 against Toronto including a 5-0 win the last time they played in the ACC. C
Patrick Atkins has been cleared to dress today.
Montreal gets the early lead at 2:37 when C
James Courcy tips RW
Robert Cull's shot for his 3rd of the year. The Leafs make it 1-1 at 13:11 when RW
Gabor Nemeth gets his 3rd of the season past G
Bill Wolfenbarger. Montreal goes back up 2-1 as LW
Emile Boudreau deflects RW
Joey Mariani's shot for his 20th of the year at 15:20 of the 1st. The period ends with the shots 14-9 for Montreal.
Former Canadien, LW
Troy Hensick gets his 7th of the season with a blast at 10:46 of the 2nd to make it 2-2. That's how the 2nd period ends with the shots now 23-22 for the Leafs.
Montreal gets the go-ahead goal after the Leaf netminder misplayed the puck to RW
Robert Cull and his set up C
James Courcy with his 2nd of the night at 4:59 and a 3-2 score. Montreal goes ahead 4-2 with LW
Emile Boudreau's 21st of the year at 9:45 of the 3rd. Montreal is dominating the 3rd period with the shots 10-3 after 18 minutes of the period. Montreal adds an empty netter at 19:56 with
Petr Klusacek's 7th of the season. The final shots are 33-26 for Montreal.
Montreal 5 Toronto 2
Montreal C
James Courcy was named the 1st star with his 2 goals. The 20 year old now has 4 goals and 6 points with 18 PIMs and a +8 rating in 30 games. Last year in his rookie season, Courcy had 11 points in 55 games for Montreal.