Montreal Canadiens News and Notes
- What makes Paul Byron’s playoff performance even more impressive than his assistance in creating game-winning goals is the difficulties he faced during the regular season. [The Hockey Writers]
- Dominique Ducharme is confident that whenever he’s able to return to the bench that the Canadiens will still be in the running. [Sportsnet]
- The interim head coach said that testing positive for COVID-19 was a big surprise and very frustrating because he did everything that was asked of him. [TSN]
- Ducharme testing positive is just the latest chapter in an interesting season for the Canadiens. [Montreal Gazette]
- Despite all the excuses given for the high stick on Corey Perry not being called, Perry said “we all know it was a high stick”. [Montreal Gazette]
- Jeff Petry says that Cool Hand Luke Richardson is one of the top coaches he’s ever had. [Montreal Gazette]
- When deciding on Jonathan Drouin’s future, what’s best for both him and the team needs to be taken into consideration. [The Hockey Writers]
- How about that Carey Price, hey?/
Around the League and Elsewhere
- The Calgary Flames will be getting a personable approach with Kirk Muller taking on the assistant coach role next season. [The Hockey Writers]
- Looks like the Arizona Coyotes will be trying to once again move defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson this summer. [Sportsnet]
- With 2.7 seconds left in Game 4, it was defenceman Tampa Bay Lightning’s Ryan Pulock blocking a shot that allowed the New York Islanders to tie their series at two. [NHL]
- Brayden Point is doing pretty well during the playoffs/
Brayden Point extended his goal streak to seven games with the 34th playoff marker of his NHL career.
He moved past Martin St. Louis (33) for sole possession of third place on the @TBLightning’s all-time list. #NHLStats: https://t.co/O1rP5ZmTny pic.twitter.com/1cYBSIYRqD
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) June 20, 2021
