Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Lane Hutson will stop at nothing to deliver the win the Canadiens need right now and the rest of the team should follow his lead. [Sportsnet]
- Jake Evans believes the team needs to get back to using one of their greatest assets — speed — to crack the Carolina Hurricanes’ stingy defence. [TSN]
- Stanley Cup champion Brian Skrudland thinks the Canadiens have stayed competitive thanks to their goaltending and strong buy-in under Martin St. Louis. [Sportscage]
- The Montreal bakery that created the “Dobeš Puck Cookie” got a visit from their muse. [CityNews Montreal]
- Why the Hurricanes are getting a leg up on the Canadiens. [The Athletic]
- Hurricanes’ William Carrier is sharing the Bell Centre frenzy with his children. [Journal de Montreal]
- National Assembly passed an unanimous motion to allow Canadiens watch party in the Outaouais. [Montreal Gazette]
Around the league and elsewhere
- John Tortorella has a chance to become the eighth coach to win the Stanley Cup after taking over in the middle of a season. [Sportsnet]
- What the Vancouver Canucks can learn from this current crop of Conference Finalists contenders. [Canucks Army]
- Former Edmonton Oilers head coach Jay Woodcroft is reported to be interviewing with the Toronto Maple Leafs. [Sportsnet]
- Goaltending proved to be the difference-maker in the Western Conference Finals. [NHL]
- After dealing with “some dark times in hockey” Mitch Marner is off to the Stanley Cup Final. [TSN]
- A look back at every Stanley Cup lift from 2000 to today. [NHL]
- Jordan Tourigny has been suspended for the remainder of the 2026 Memorial Cup. [TSN]
- For the first time since 2021, Team Canada and Team US will go head-to-head in the quarter-final round of the World Hockey Championship on Thursday. [TSN]
- Former NHLer Forbes Kennedy, who played 603 regular-season games and made three Stanley Cup Playoff appearances during his career, has died at age 90. [NHL]
