Stephan Cooper

In 2009 I wrote a little article on Habs players penalties taken and drawn which drew some buzz. One thing lead to another and I became a blogger following the Montreal Canadiens and someone who does original work on NHL "fancy stats." After doing a stint as a Feature Editor at Habs Eyes on the Prize I've come here to be the Head Editor of A Winning Habit.

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Game 15: Bulldogs vs IceCaps Rematch

  Hamilton and St. John’s face off once more on the back half of a back to back series. In their first meeting, the Bulldogs dominated the IceCaps at even strength on puck control, resulting in…Read More

Habs vs Flyers 2008. Introduction to a Retrospective

If there is a series that is held up in retrospect as justification for why the Habs need to “get bigger” its the 2008 series against the Philadelphia Flyers. Here what had been a golden season…Read More

Game 14: Hamilton vs St. John’s

Through 13 games, the Bulldogs have had their ups and downs and many points of interest but today marks the occasion of something new for the season. The Bulldogs finally get to play against a below average…Read More

Game 13: Live Blog

Last night’s live blog seemed to go alright so we’ll try this again. Period One -Surprised to see Mayer in net, I thought we’d see Desjardins back to back now that they have him in the…Read More

Game 13: Hamilton vs Toronto Round 5

  Short recap today before the game, information is largely the same as last night’s preview. Hamilton is expected to keep with their winning lineup. Quailer Bournival Palushaj Blunden Dumont Gallagher Nattinen Boyce Avtsin Holland Berger Sortini St.…Read More

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Hamilton vs Toronto: Game Live Blogging

Tonight I’ll be experimenting with live updates on the match against the Toronto Marlies. Period…Read More

Game 12: Hamilton vs Toronto

Hamilton faces their rivals the Toronto Marlies for the 4th of 12 matches this year at 730 EST. After…Read More

Game 11: Hamilton Versus Rochester

Hamilton faces off against their divisional rival the Rochester Americans once more in an early morning…Read More

Bulldog Stats at 10 Games: Left Wing

After the defensemen, centres and right wings, we are down to our final position for the Bulldogs, left…Read More

Bulldog Stats at 10 Games: Right Wing

We’ve seen the Centers and the Defensemen, how are the Right Wings doing? Situational Plus Minus Player Games ESGF ESGA PPGF PPGA PKGF PKGA Gallagher 10 5 8 2 0 0 0 Palushaj 10 3 6 2 1 0 0 Leblanc 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 Nattinen 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 Sortini 10 2 4 0 0 0 0 The…Read More

Bulldog Stats at 10 Games: Centers

Continuing from yesterday, we move our examination to the Bulldogs’ center line. The Bulldogs…Read More

Blake Geoffrion’s Surgery Successful

The details of the injury suffered by Bulldogs’ forward Blake Geoffrion last night have been released…Read More

Bulldog Stats at 10 Games: Defense

We’re ten games into the AHL season and the Bulldogs have shown a lot of promise but haven’t…Read More

Bulldogs Get Crunched: Syracuse 4, Hamilton 1

The Tampa Bay affiliated Syracuse Crunch continued their dominance over the Bulldogs in the 2nd game…Read More

Game 7: Rochester Rematch

Hamilton has 24 games combined against nearby Rochester and Toronto teams, so don’t surprised…Read More

Lars Eller goes to Finland

Lars Eller became the latest Hab to go overseas to play in the European leagues. [blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/Eller_89/status/262732404572188673"] [blackbirdpie…Read More

Hamilton Bulldogs 2, Abbotsford Heat 1

In a tightly contested match against a strong opponent, the Hamilton Bulldogs emerged victorious, earning…Read More

Game 6: Heat vs Bulldogs

After a close loss against their Ontario rivals, Bulldogs take on the Calgary Flames’ AHL affliate,…Read More

Markov’s Injury is minor: No Reason to Panic

Habs fans appeared to take the news than star defenseman Andrei Markov had been taken from a KHL game…Read More

Marlies 5 Bulldogs 4: Strong Effort Leads to OT loss.

The Bulldogs had one of their strongest outings so far this young season but ended up with the L anyway…Read More