My brother and I took in a Habs game for the first time last season when we made the trip to Montreal from Ottawa; not a bad drive at all. We did not see the Senators, however, we saw the Winnipeg Jets as we were Jets fans growing up. We wanted to see the team in their inaugural season back in Winnipeg.
The game was on January 4th, 2012. The game was exciting, always is in Montreal from what I hear. The Habs fans have a passion for the game that you grow to appreciate.

Our seats actually weren't all that bad. The worst part was actually walking up the section to find our seats. We were almost at the top of the ceiling. There are so many seats in the corners of the arena, we had kind of a congested feeling; the seats are packed very tightly together.

But despite these few cons, the Bell Centre blows away the TD Bank Garden and most if not all of the other NHL arenas.