Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Watch Arber Xhekaj hit 107.2 mph on a slapshot during the Canadiens’ skills competition [Canadiens.com]
- A recap of the event. [Canadiens.com]
- Chris Chelios’s time with the Canadiens was critical to his career. “There’s no question I was lucky, breaking in with Montreal the time I did it. I got to Montreal and it was like getting a Harvard degree because of the great players they had and the coaches and the leaders. It developed me into the player I was.” [Detroit Free Press]
- Reflecting on the Laval Rocket’s stretch of six game in nine days, Jean-François Houle doesn’t believe he managed his lineup well enough to mitigate the effects of fatigue heading into the biggest games at the end versus the Toronto Marlies. [La Presse]
- The PWHL game between Montreal and Toronto on April 21 will reportedly be played at the Bell Centre. [Sportsnet]
Around the league and elsewhere
- The Calgary Flames’ roster has been turned over to the youth, and Nazem Kadri has become their veteran leader. [Sportsnet]
- A four-point night allowed Nikita Kucherov to be the first player to 100 points this season. [TSN]
- Jesperi Kotkaniemi was fined $5,000 for elbowing Joel Hanley. [NHL.com]
- The auction of a pallet of 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee hockey cards closed at $3.75 million USD. [CBC]
- There’s about to be a wave of Iginlas arriving in the North American professional ranks. [NHL.com]
- The history of the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. [NHL.com]
