Friday Habs Headlines: Carey Price takes to the ice for first start in 10 months

Montreal Canadiens News and Notes

• There will be a ton of goaltending talent on display during the World Cup of Hockey, and that includes Carey Price - although there may be some concern about competing in a best-on-best tournament after a season lost to injury. [Puck Daddy]
• We won’t have to wait long to find out how Price looks in game action, though, as he is set to start his first game in nearly a year today against the United States. [SI]
• Absent from Canadiens training camp will be Martin Reway, who is currently undergoing treatment for a virus in Slovakia. [Canadiens.com]
• The Canadiens have hired former NHL goaltender Sean Burke as a professional scout operating in the western region. [EOTP]
• Tomas Plekanec was impressive for his native Czech Republic on Thursday, managing to find the score-sheet against Russia in pre-tournament World Cup action. [Twitter]
• Max Pacioretty examines the growth of hockey in his home state of Connecticut. [Twitter]
• It isn’t hard to tell that Nikita Scherbak is excited to get things underway at Habs training camp. [Instagram]
• Carey Price took some time out to meet with a fan from the Montreal Canadiens’ Children’s Foundation. [Twitter]

Around the League and Elsewhere

• The NHL is back on ESPN, somewhat, with the network broadcasting pre-tournament World Cup of Hockey games, and Steve Levy claims NHL players are frustrated with being left off the station (and instead being on NBC). [Puck Daddy]
• Mike Fisher has been named captain of the Nashville Predators, stepping into the role after the loss of Shea Weber. [OTF]
• Connor McDavid, meanwhile, will serve as captain for Team North America at the World Cup of Hockey. [Pro Hockey Talk]
• San Jose Sharks blue-liner Brent Burns spent his off-season with his family, taking a two month RV trip across the continent. [SI]