Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Ivan Demidov is NHL Rookie of the Month for December. [La Presse | NHL.com]
- Alexander Zharovsky is KHL Rookie of the Month for December. [RDS]
- Michael Hage is asserting himself as a catalyst at the World Juniors. [RDS]
- How a serious injury in 2022 sparked Hage’s meteoric rise. [Journal de Montreal]
- Zachary Bolduc thinks that his new line with Phillip Danault and Josh Anderson has “potential.” [Journal de Montreal]
- Samuel Montembeault hopes to build on a solid game against the Florida Panthers. [Montreal Gazette]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Matthew Schaefer is reportedly on Team Canada’s injury replacement list. [Sportsnet]
- As is Seth Jarvis. [Sportsnet]
- Bo Horvat suffered a lower-body injury in the New York Islanders defeat to the Utah Mammoth. [TSN]
- What would Canada’s Olympic B-Team look like? [The Athletic]
- Adam Fox confirms that he has not been named to Team USA for the Olympics. [Sportsnet]
- Everything to know about the 2026 Olympic hockey tournaments. [ESPN]
- Why the Winnipeg Jets and Toronto Maple Leafs have both fallen off so much this season. [The Athletic]
- St. Louis Blues forward Zach Dean has been cleared by the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program. [TSN]
- The biggest NHL storylines to watch in January. [Daily Faceoff]
- The ten NHL prospects who stood out during the World Juniors round robin. [Daily Faceoff]
- Zayne Parekh is doing things his way for Canada at the World Juniors. [CBC]
- The absence of any Quebec players on Team Canada for the first time since 1952 “has to raise an alarm.” [CTV News]
