Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Don’t count Carey Price out of the Vezina race just yet. Looks like his dry spell may be behind him. [FanRag Sports]
- Price discusses the win against the Senators and Andrei Markov’s underrated shot. [NHL]
- With two goals and one assist, Markov stepped up and emerged as the superhero during Saturday nights matchup against the Ottawa Senators. [La Presse]
- Andrew Zadarnowski joins Habs Breakfast to discuss Jordie Benn, the Habs’ scoring ability, and the playoffs. [TSN]
- Just call him Claude “The Fixer” Julien: /
Here’s Claude Julien on panicking. #thefixer pic.twitter.com/CAtGpqGL5y
— Аrpon Basu (@ArponBasu) March 26, 2017
Around the league and elsewhere
- On March 26, 1917, the Metropolitans beat the Canadiens, 9-1, in the Seattle Arena to bring home the Stanley Cup. To commemorate the anniversary, the Cup is touring Seattle this week. [Seattle Times]
- Sidney Crosby disses Senators owner Eugene Melnyk:/
Crosby, on Ottawa owner Eugene Melnyk: “He likes to hear himself talk.”
— Dave Molinari (@MolinariPG) March 26, 2017
- Boston University freshman forward, Clayton Keller, signed an entry-level contract with the Arizona Coyotes. [SBN College Hockey]
- Puck Daddy continues the NHL Playoff Death Watch as we inch closer to the post-season. [Yahoo Sports]
- With the IIHF Women’s World Championship less than a week away, USA hockey continues a desperate search for replacement players for the US team. [ESPN]
- Now the men are putting even more pressure on the organization to get the issue resolved:/
Word circulating among NHL players that American players will refuse to play in men’s World Championships in solidarity with the women.
— Allan Walsh (@walsha) March 26, 2017
- Craig Cunningham was honoured by his team, the Tucson Roadrunners, in a pre-game ceremony on Saturday night. [Twitter]/