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After failing to put together a consistent effort the week before, the Habs coaching staff expected the team to perform better during the week.  With two of the three opponents ranked in the bottom five, everyone expected the team to do well but then there was also fear as Montreal has a habit of not playing well against the weaker and struggling oppositions.

The eigth week started with lots of hype as Montreal was to pay a visit to the Flyers in Philadelphia.  Montreal had blanked the Flyers the week before at the Bell center and that game ended with the Flyers captain Mike Richards calling P.K. Subban cocky.  The week ended up being a busy one as Montreal had  four games in six nights.

Patrick Burns was a police officer, an NHL coach, and a soldier in life. He survived colon and liver cancer in 2004 and 2005 but unfortunately he was unable to defeat lung cancer after a long tough battle. Pat Burns was 58 when he passed away on November 19, 2010. The hockey world lost a coaching legend on this day leaving behind his legacy with many former, current, and future players.

As the saying goes, what goes up must come down!  After a perfect week by the Bulldogs, they came crashing back down to the reality. A couple of streaks were snapped this week as the Dogs only won one out of three games. They had a rare away game against the Lake Erie Monsters, the affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche before heading back home for back-to-back afternoon games against the Grand Rapids Griffins, the affiliate team of the Detroit Red Wings.

After a successful week, Montreal was looking ahead to a relatively easy one.  They were to play a somewhat struggling Columbus Blue Jackets team followed by Buffalo and Ottawa,  two teams they had already beaten this season.  In spite of being number one in their division, Montreal still had a few concerns and a few wrinkles they had to iron out.  The biggest concern was to get the slumping power-play going and many hoped that the return of Andrei Markov would set things in the right motion.  There was also the concern about the big guns shooting with the silencer