Montreal Canadiens News and Notes
- Three Montreal prospects, Nick Suzuki, Josh Brook, and Jesse Ylonen all among those invited to WJC camps. [Canadiens]
- The weekend’s hot and cold performance is a pretty good indication of where the Habs really are. [The Athletic]
- Marie-Philip Poulin and Hilary Knight were both among the first players to be named to the CWHL All-Star tournament. [Twitter]
- Looking back at Nikita Scherbak’s time with the Habs, and why it might be a cautionary tale for future prospects. [Montreal Gazette]
- Our own Julian McKenzie chats with former managing editors Marc Dumont and Andrew Berkshire about various aspects of hockey blogging, including EOTP! [Soundcloud]/
Around the League and Elsewhere
- The Hershey Bears hosted the teddy bear toss to end all teddy bear tosses. [Twitter]/
.@TheHersheyBears unleashed the furry on Teddy Bear Toss night, which resulted in a world record of 34,798 teddy 🐻s thrown https://t.co/RmkBZd2b82 pic.twitter.com/eB6HDlf97E
— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) December 3, 2018
- It’s early days still, but it’s never too early to look at who might be in contention for the Calder. [TSN]
- It’s even earlier days to be thinking of the 2019 draft class, let alone the one in 2020, but Corey Pronman is doing it anyway. [The Athletic]
- Aaron Ekblad, Joe Veleno, and how the pressure starts early when you’re exceptional. [The Athletic]
- Who is on the hot seat? [Yardbarker]
- Tyler Bertuzzi suspended. [Sportsnet]
- The NHL is anxious to solidify plans for the next World Cup, but apparently the PA is dragging its feet. [Twitter]
- In light of concussion suits among other things, a Saskatoon hockey mom talks about the concussions that ended her son’s career before he even left juniors. [CBC]/