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Saturday Habs Links: Price hits the 200 wins milestone

Here are your daily links, including Carey Price earning his 200th win, more buzz about a Habs-Bruins Winter Classic, Zach Fucale posting a shutout against Denmark, and more.

By Sam Li
Dec 29, 2014; Raleigh, NC, USA; Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price (31) reaches to make save during the 2nd period against the Carolina Hurricanes
Dec 29, 2014; Raleigh, NC, USA; Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price (31) reaches to make save during the 2nd period against the Carolina Hurricanes
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Montreal Canadiens

  • Buzz thickens around a possible 2016 Boston-Montreal Winter Classic. The audience is certainly there, and the Boston Bruins have expressed interest in hosting another outdoor game in Fenway Park. [Sportsnet]
  • Zachary Fucale made 14 saves to post a shutout last night, as Canada defeated Denmark 8-0. [NHL]
  • P.A. Parenteau left the game last night with an injury, following a hit by Tim Sestito. No word yet on the injury's severity. [EOTP]
  • Carey Price played his 400th game last night against the New Jersey Devils, which is...a lot of games, especially considering that he's only 27 years old. According to him, "it doesn’t seem very long ago that I was a 20-year-old in some of these young guys’ shoes in this locker room today. It goes by pretty quick." [Canadiens]

Matchs/Games: 400. Victoires/Wins: 200. Bravo Carey/Congrats Carey!

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Around the League and Elsewhere

  • Claude Julien accuses officials of not giving the Bruins a chance. Don't laugh yet: Boston is 10th in the league in times shorthanded (117 times), but dead last in powerplay opportunities (88). Fun fact: Montreal is second last, with only 102 powerplay opportunities. [NBC Sports]
  • Edmonton Oilers trade David Perron to Pittsburgh Penguins for a 1st round pick in the 2015 draft and centre Rob Klinkhammer. Not surprising - Perron had been shopped around since November, when he called out the entire organisation in a post-game interview. [The Copper and the Blue]
  • Kris Versteeg was injured in the Winter Classic and will be missing from the Chicago Blackhawks lineup in the next few games. [Second City Hockey]
  • Johnny Gaudreau of the Calgary Flames was named the NHL Rookie of the Month in December. [NHL]
  • What's up with the Colorado Avalanche this season? Mile High Hockey makes a case for inefficiency. [Mile High Hockey]
  • Canada may have eliminated Denmark in last night's WJC massacre, but Denmark's progress in youth hockey has been a remarkable journey. [The Star]

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