The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Kraken vs Habs

This week on The 1st Half, Paul Desbaillets sits down with Canadian Legend Bruny Surin, Surin is an Olympic Gold Medalist and was apart of the 4x100 meters relay team that took home gold for Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics, they talk about Bruny being an investor and ambassador in Montreal’s NSL team, Montreal Roses FC, playing soccer before he became a track athlete, meeting with the Canadian Women’s soccer team amid their scandal during the Olympics and more. Paul breaks down this week’s hot topics including, the Montreal Alouettes getting ready for a big Eastern Final against the Toronto Argonauts, AC Milan getting the 3-1 upset victory over Real Madrid in the Champions League, Nottingham Forrest being 3rd in the Premier League table, Arsenal vs Chelsea, Roma vs Bologna this weekend and the big upcoming MLS playoff games. Tune into The 1st Half Culture Show every Friday at 6pm where you can expect the unexpected with weekly guests, deep dives into soccer's heart, its influence on pop culture, and the kind of banter only Paul can deliver.

Hockey analyst Pierre McGuire touches on the decision to make Canadian Hockey League (major junior) players eligible for NCAA Division 1 hockey and why there are reasons to be optimistic for the Habs future

Former NHL defenceman Aaron Ward takes your questions for Ask Aaron Anything Friday and tries to breakdown the Habs struggles in their loss to the Devils

RDS hockey analyst Bruno Gervais checks in from the desert to tell us the best golfers he played with in the NHL and what he makes of the Habs play of late and why the compete level of Nick Suzuki and Kirby Dach looks to be lacking

NFL.com's Eric Edholm gets you set up for the NFL weekend and what the Commanders need to be prepared for when they face the Steelers on Sunday

Gazette sports columnist, part time comedian and top notch question ask-er Herb Zurkowsky joins the show to tee up the CFL East Final between the Alouettes and the Argos and discusses his concerns for an Alouettes team that didn't play their best football down the stretch and are coming off a bye

Rob Lutes and Rob MacDonald bring some live music to the studio today as they prepare for an historical night coming up at Le 9e Thursday, November 28, 2024 - I shall be released: a recreation of The Last Waltz

Campbell vs Gallo chat with The Fourth Period's Dennis Bernstein about the NHL and Canadiens

The Canadiens are winless in five straight, what is Darren Dreger seeing to help explain what's going on with the Canadiens?

On the Delmar Canadiens post game show, Mitch Gallo, JP O'Connor, Victor Findlay, Pierre McGuire and Luca Scott talk about the Montreal Canadiens losing 5-3 against the New Jersey Devils, Newhook having a bounce back game, the defensive lapses from the Habs and much more.