Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Ivan Demidov’s play was one of the positives from this year’s playoff run. [Montreal Gazette]
- Kent Hughes will be busy with negotiations on several fronts this off-season. [La Presse]
- Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, and Jakub Dobeš showed their support for the PWHL champion Montreal Victoire at a Luke Combs concert on Saturday. [TVA Sports]
- Hayden Paupanekis spent his season with the Kelowna Rockets working on his consistency and using his size more to his advantage. [Journal de Montreal]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Previewing the Stanley Cup Final between the Carolina Hurricanes and Vegas Golden Knights. [NHL.com]
- The Hurricanes are arguably on the most dominant run in Stanley Cup Playoff history. [Sportsnet]
- Jaccob Slavin says this berth in the final for the Hurricanes has been an eight-year process. [NHL.com]
- Konsta Helenius scored the overtime winner as Finland won the World Championship. [Sportsnet]
- Canada lost the Bronze Medal Game to Norway. [Sportsnet]
- Macklin Celebrini made the World Championship All-Star Team. [Sportsnet]
- The Kitchener Rangers are 2026 Memorial Cup champions. [TSN]
- Sam O’Reilly was named Memorial Cup MVP, adding that to his OHL playoffs MVP and most outstanding player from the regular season honours. [Sportsnet]
