Pens turn in "Lax" effort in Montreal

Gordie Laxton was a busy man October 7, 1976.

Montreal was never a nice stop for the Penguins in the '70s. Witness the outset of the 1976-77 campaign: After blasting the Canucks in the season opener at the Igloo, the Pens took their show on the road to the Forum, and promptly got blasted themselves, 10-1.

This story from the Post-Gazette sees shell-shocked goalie Gord Laxton taking a glass-half-full look at the massacre, quipping that it "wasn't boring out there."

The Penguins could also take heart in knowing they weren't alone in leaving Montreal battered and bruised - the Habs would lose (incredibly) only one game on home ice that year (4-3 to the Bruins later that month).

And this piece from the Montreal Gazette has some other Pens quotes on the carnage and two nice action shots.