Tuesday Habs Headlines: Celebrating Tomas Plekanec's 1,000 games
Writers around the league take a look at Plekanec's career, Romanov earns KHL Rookie of the Week honours, injuries around the league and more in today's links
Montreal Canadiens News and Notes
- Yesterday Tomas Plekanec played his 1,000 game, and many have taken a look back at his lengthy career and what lies ahead. [Sportsnet | La Presse | The Athletic | Canadiens]
- Alexander Romanov was named the Rookie of the Week! [Twitter]/
Александр Романов признан лучшим новичком на 6-й игровой неделе @khl
— ХК ЦСКА Москва (@hccska) October 15, 2018
Саша одержал вместе с командой две победы при показателе полезности (+1) и отметился голевой передачей, проводя на льду в среднем 14 минут 39 секунд. pic.twitter.com/STE3LzehkR
- Did you miss the Les Canadiennes games this weekend? You can catch it (and all the other CWHL games) here! [CWHL]/
Around the League and Elsewhere
It's only been two weeks in the regular season, but they've already been tons of goals,
- Tim Hortons bought Kenya's only hockey team to Canada to play again...with some new teammates. [Twitter]/
Kenya’s only hockey team had nobody to play. So, we brought them to Canada for a game. And, we surprised them with a couple of new teammates. https://t.co/gzMuiX4tbP
— Tim Hortons (@TimHortons) October 15, 2018
- Our own Julian McKenzie and The Scrum co-host Tristan talk to David Shoalts about his new book. [SoundCloud]
- Justin Schultz is expected to miss four months after undergoing surgery for the lower leg fracture suffered after the collision with Plekanec on Saturday. [TSN]
- Paul Stastny is expected to miss as much as two months with a lower body injury. [Sportsnet]
- NHL players say that Canada's legalization of marijuana won't affect them. [Sportsnet]
- Brandon Saad could find himself on the outside looking in during the Hawks’ next game. [Second City Hockey]/