Montreal Canadiens News and Notes
- Putting numbers behind every movement a player makes sounds daunting, but one company is making that happen for ten NHL clubs, including the Montreal Canadiens. [La Presse]
- Max Pacioretty and Alexander Radulov dubbed Phillip Danault “Seven-Eleven”. [JdM]
- Andrei Markov may miss Tuesday’s game with a lower-body injury. [John Lu]
- Meanwhile, Sven Andrighetto nears a return to action. [TVA Sports]
- Carey Price will make the start against the Ducks. [J-F Chaumont]/
#Habs: Carey Price obtiendra le départ demain contre les Ducks. Aucune surprise avec ce choix.
— J-F Chaumont (@JFChaumontJDM) December 19, 2016
- Shea Weber is more than a man mountain, he’s also got some sweet moves, check out his deke at practice. /
Wait on Shea’s dangle during this shootout practice session… 🚨 #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/V1SCcqtIti
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) December 19, 2016
- Bob McKenzie joins Conor McKenna weighs in on the possibility of John Tavares donning the Bleu-Blanc-Rouge in the near future. [TSN690]
- The St. Johns IceCaps have spent five years under the same management, so how is the farm team doing under Sylvain Lefebvre? [La Presse]
- The Canadiens pasted the Senators 7-4 in one of the first games in NHL history, 99 years ago. /
THIS DATE IN 1917: The first games in NHL history occurred 99 years ago today (replica game sheets shown). Story: https://t.co/VEfdRdP18p pic.twitter.com/xVkg8h5oIx
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 19, 2016
- It sounds like a lot, but there should be more than six Les Canadiennes players at this year’s All Star Game. [EOTP]/
Around the League and Elsewhere
- With the NHL celebrating its centennial, it will be taking a look at the top 100 of the last 100. [NHL]
- While Carey Price won his 250th game this week, Henrik Lundqvist joined Dominic Hasek on the all-time leaderboard. [The Score]
- Artemi Panarin is having a great week, what with the bobble-bread giveaway and being named the first star of the week in the NHL. [NHL]
- Zack Smith is heating up… again, and also Jeff Petry gets an honourable mention in the latest Statistically Speaking column. [TSN]
- The Columbus Blue Jackets have taken many by surprise, and the team’s surge has been helped by the play of Cam Atkinson. [The Score]
- The Washington Capitals have a very Barry Trotz vibe. [JdM]
- The parity the NHL has fought to achieve is also the reason behind one of its challenges. [Yahoo! Sports]
- Vincent Viola, owner of the Florida Panthers, has been nominated by Donald Trump as the Secretary of the Army. [Litter Box Cats]
- Toronto Maple Leafs fans can relax, Frederik Andersen has bounced back and is more than what they bargained for. [NHL]
- 2016 is almost done, so get ready for a million top ten lists. Here’s a great one from Puck Daddy, the top ten images of the year. [Puck Daddy]
- Jordin Tootoo celebrates six years of sobriety. [JdM]
- There’s lots of NHL history for the Las Vegas Knights to learn from before the join the league, and perhaps they can learn from the defunct Atlanta Flames. [Sportsnet]/