Montreal Canadiens links:
- Mike Condon returns home for the Winter Classic as a member of the rival team. [NYT]
- Speaking of Mike Condon, here is the helmet he’s using in the Winter Classic tomorrow:
The Canadiens arrived in Boston Wednesday afternoon, and are ready to get things going for the Winter Classic:
Boston #WinterClassic #ClassiqueHivernale #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/6nPOeuay9C
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) December 30, 2015
Here is a look back at some of the best moments in the Montreal-Boston rivalry. [SN]
Les Canadiennes and Boston Pride are ready for their outdoor game today at 2PM EST. [SI]
Les Canadiennes forward, Julie Chu is ready and excited to play in the Outdoor Women’s Classic today. [NHL]
Winter Classic ice-maker, Dan Craig, has seen it all when it comes to weather and Winter Classic situations. As of Wednesday, the weather was cooperating perfectly. [SN]
Around the NHL and elsewhere:
- Teemu Selanne’s jersey number was retired yesterday at the World Juniors. Here is the video. [IIHF]
- Speaking of Teemu, here are his top 10 moments of his career. [IIHF]
- Brad Marchand has been suspended three game for clipping Senators d-man, Mark Borowiecki. He will not be playing in the Winter Classic. [NHLDOPS]
- Team Canada assistant coach, Dominique Ducharme, has decided to stay with the team after the passing of his father. [Yahoo]
- A Winter Classic debacle with some key Boston Pride team members not being able to play in the outdoor game, and the future of women’s hockey. [VICE]
- Bruins head coach, Claude Julien, is defying expectations with his Bruins this season. [ESPN]
- Don’t get Oilers coach, Todd McLellen going on analytics and intangibles. [EDMJ]
- TSN & RDS attracted 2.9 million viewers for the Canada-USA World Junior game on Boxing Day, the top rated hockey game on any network to date. [TSN]
- An awesome one-on-one interview with the Commissioner of the CWHL, Brenda Andress. [G&M]
- SBN Blog Council: Should the Nashville Predators acquire Steven Stamkos? [SBN]
