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The entire tenor of the Hurricanes’ playoff series with the Montreal Canadiens in 2006 changed when Justin Williams accidentally high-sticked Habs captain Saku Koivu in the eye while trying to ...
MacKinnon chased down the puck behind Anaheim’s net and snapped a backhanded pass through the legs of Saku Koivu to Jamie McGinn cutting to the net. From the late Peter McNabb: “Watch it fans ...
That’s the building that saw Saku Koivu comeback from cancer. The building that exploded for Georges St. Pierre when he won his UFC title back. And of course, the building that saw so many great ...
Defenceman Peter Popovic (a Swede whose father was Serbian) was needling Finnish Olympic captain Saku Koivu when Koivu decided he’d heard enough. “What do you care?” Koivu said.
Finland, led by Teemu Selanne and Saku Koivu, secured a bronze medal over Canada at these Olympics, too, further raising their stature. For a country so adept at the art of minimalism, Finland ...
Four 2000 captains Mats Sundin, Daniel Alfredsson, Brian Leetch, and Saku Koivu were added, and well as eight players from the 2000 Stanley Cup winning New Jersey Devils team. All new cards are below.
MONTREAL – Habs fans are no strangers to the Koivu family name. After all, Saku captained the Canadiens for 10 years between 1999 and 2009. But this summer, Montreal was introduced to a new ...
The 86 overall cards are Mark Howe, Mike Gartner, Saku Koivu, Dan Boyle, and Ryan Smyth. In order to build one of the 83s you must trade-in 16 77 overall or above players from the respective team ...
I’m talking about the selection of Aatos Koivu, the son of former Habs captain Saku Koivu, in the third round (70ᵉ overall), which only widened the already huge smile on the faces of Habs fans.
It was a special day for Aatos Koivu. Saku’s son, who is also a Montreal Canadiens prospect, was playing his very first Liiga game of the season. How did he do? The forward picked up an assist ...
Still, it also established an indelible mark in the career of former Montreal Canadiens captain Saku Koivu. This was not Koivu’s first Olympic games or his first opportunity to win a medal.
Talk about a chip off the old block. The Canadiens selected Aatos Koivu, the son of former team captain Saku Koivu, in the third round (70th overall) of the NHL Draft Saturday in Las Vegas.