Montreal Canadiens News and Notes
- Brendan Gallagher took a Shea Weber slap shot to the hand, and will not travel with the team to Toronto [Twitter]
- While the Habs will play an outdoor game in Ottawa next season, the NHL may still have plans for another played in Montreal. [TVA]
- What’s ahead for Plekanec, Danault, and Gallagher? [TSN 690]
- The overtime goal scored by Max Pacioretty on Tuesday night in Nashville tied a franchise record: /
Max Pacioretty scored his seventh career regular-season overtime goal to move into a tie for the most in @CanadiensMTL history. pic.twitter.com/LURfVDZges
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 4, 2017
- RDS counts down the top five players who won the Stanley Cup with both the Habs and last night’s opponent, the Dallas Stars. [RDS]
- Enrico Ciccone recounts the story of how Bob Gainey saved his professional hockey career. [Sans Filtre]/
Around the League and Elsewhere
- Exorbitant ticket prices may be the leading cause for questionable attendance figures at the 2017 World Junior Championship. [CBC]
- Jeff Cox and Joshua Cummins award “First Half” awards to collegiate players across the Hockey East conference. [SBNCH]
- Andrew Berkshire investigates how Justin Schultz has turned things around and become a reliable player in Pittsburgh. [SN]
- The AHL is offering a free day of AHL Live this Saturday as all 30 of the league’s teams will be in action. [Twitter]
- The Boston Bruins are mourning the loss of legendary player Milt Schmidt who died at age 98. [Boston Globe]/
