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Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- The Laval Rocket may sit in last place in the AHL’s North Division, but getting healthy once again, the players are upbeat about their playoff chances at the holiday break. [La Presse]
- “Yesterday it hit my leg and today my stick. Maybe soon I will be able to score from further away,” joked Juraj Slafkovský after Friday’s game in Chicago as he looks to broaden his offensive horizons. [RDS]
- In Friday’s pre-tournament game ahead of the World Juniors, Owen Beck displayed some deft skills to score a short-handed goal:
- In Saturday’s game, Beck was bested by Lane Hutson for the overtime winner in a Canada-USA clash:
- Missteps by the Lions de Trois-Rivières have led to a lack of engagement with the ECHL team from fans. [Le Nouvelliste]
- Help the Canadiens’ mascot plan Youppi!’s Holiday Party. [Canadiens.com]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Team Canada has finalized its WJC roster. With injuries to defencemen Trstan Luneau and Tanner Molendyk, Jorian Donovan and Ty Nelson have been added to the team. [TSN]
- Samuel Girard has been cleared to return to Colorado Avalanche practice by the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program. [Daily Faceoff]
- With his second victory over the Boston Bruins in a week, Marc-Andre Fleiry is just one back of Patrick Roy for second in NHL history. [La Presse]
- Gary Bettman upheld David Perron’s six-game suspension, but the NHLPA will appeal to an independent arbitrator in an attempt to help the player recover some of his forfeited salary. [TSN]
- Initial fears were for a significant knee injury for Leo Carlsson, but the Anaheim Ducks rookie will miss only four to six weeks with a sprained MCL. [NHL.com]
- In the final day of NHL action before the Christmas break, there were two Michigan goals scored, by Connor Bedard and Trevor Zegras. [NHL.com]
- Also, Sebastian Aho and Sebastian Aho scored in the same game as the New York Islanders beat the Carolina Hurricanes. [NHL.com]
