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MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens are confident Max Pacioretty is on the mend.The club re-signed the left-winger to a two-year contract extension Monday, just over three months after he suffered a serious concussion and a fractured vertebra on a hit from Boston's Zdeno Chara .Pacioretty, 22, was taken from the ice on a stretcher March 8 after the Bruins defenceman hit him into a glass stanchion between the benches at the Bell Centre in Montreal.He missed the rest of the regular season and the playoffs."A power forward with skills, Max showed that he can help our team and make a name for himself in the NHL ," Canadiens general manager Pierre Gauthier said in a release. "We are confident that he will have recovered fully from the injury."Pacioretty had 14 goals and 10 assists in 37 games with Montreal last season before the injury. He also recorded 32 points (17-15) in 27 games with Hamilton of the American Hockey League .Pacioretty was the 22nd overall pick in the 2007 entry draft.Relat...
Ottawa Senators forward Daniel Alfredsson, Toronto Maple Leafs forward Joffrey Lupul and Montreal Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty have been named the finalists for ...
BROSSARD, Que. -- Montreal Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty suffered a severe concussion and a non-displaced fractured fourth cervical vertebra in his neck after bei...
Montreal Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty, along with Boston center Patrice Bergeron and Minnesota Wild goaltender Niklas Backstrom, have been selected as the NHL's ...
Montreal Canadiens head coach Michel Therrien thinks that Carey Price will be his club's best player come postseason time. He better hope, then, that his netminder h...
Max Pacioretty says he got a tetanus shot after an alleged bite by Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mikhail Grabovski.The Montreal Canadiens winger emerged from a skirmis...
The Montreal Canadiens will try for a second straight win in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals when the best-of-seven series shifts to Ottawa for Sunday's Game 3 ...
Montreal Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty returned to the ice for Sunday's game against Ottawa just eight days after undergoing an emergency appendectomy.Pacioretty ...
Hey, mom, look at me.That's how Ottawa coach Paul MacLean felt after his Senators eliminated Montreal with a 6-1 victory Thursday night for a 4-1 series win."We just...
Ryan White and Brendan Gallagher scored in a 53-second span early in the second period to lift the Montreal Canadiens past the Ottawa Senators, 3-1, in Game 2 of an ...
Ryan White started a three-goal second period and goalie Carey Price was back in top form with 29 saves and the Montreal Canadiens downed the Ottawa Senators 3-1 to ...
A pair of Northeast Division rivals will meet for the first time in the postseason, as the Montreal Canadiens host the Ottawa Senators Thursday in Game 1 of the East...
The Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators will renew hostilities on Tuesday, as the Sens host the Habs in Game 4 of a spirited Eastern Conference quarterfinals matc...
Montreal Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty has a severe concussion and a fractured vertebra from a frightening hit by Boston's Zdeno Chara that will not draw further ...
Montreal Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty was wheeled into an ambulance during the first intermission of the team's game against the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday.Pacior...
Montreal Canadiens coach Jacques Martin says Max Pacioretty may be able to return from his neck injury in time for the NHL playoffs.Team doctors told the coach that ...
Already trailing in their first-round playoff series with the Ottawa Senators, the Montreal Canadiens' task of evening this Eastern Conference quarterfinal set has b...
Zdeno Chara hoisted the Stanley Cup as captain of the Boston Bruins two weeks ago. Next, the big defenseman will be meeting with the Montreal police.Police say they ...
Montreal Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty was voted the recipient of the Bill Masterton Trophy for perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.Pacioretty's ...
Montreal forward Max Pacioretty has signed a two-year contract to stay with the Canadiens through the 2012-13 season, the team announced Monday. The terms of the con...