Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Juraj Slafkovský rates Arber Xhekaj’s fight versus Matt Rempe. [TVA Sports]
- Jakub Dobes is happy the players in front of him helped make his Bell Centre debut a winning one in what “wasn’t my best game.” [TSN]
- There’s about to be a Powerpony in the Anderson household. [Instagram]
- The Canadiens’ quarter-century all-star teams were revealed, with Nick Suzuki and Brendan Gallagher named to the second. [Canadiens.com]
- Marcel Bonin, who won three of his four Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens, has died at 93. [La Presse]
- Seventy-five years ago, Dick Irvin became the first person to coach 1,000 NHL games. [NHL.com]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Connor McDavid will have a hearing with the Department of Player Safety concerning his cross-check to Conor Garland on Saturday. [NHL.com]
- Tyler Myers will have one as well. [NHL.com]
- Cale Makar is the fifth-fastest NHL defenceman to 100 career goals. [TSN]
- The Washington Capitals are proud of where they stand midway through the season. [NHL.com]
- The Edmonton Oilers placed Derek Ryan on waivers. [TSN]
- Scott Gomez is applying what he learned from his time with the New Jersey Devils to a coaching role with Surrey of the BCHL. [NHL.com]
