A very busy week for Habs fans began with some good news. 3 of the club's top 5 prospects, Brendan Gallagher of the Vancouver Giants, Nathan Beaulieu of the St. John Sea Dogs, and Michael Bournival of the Shawinigan Cataractes all made the Team Canada squad that will compete for gold in the 2011/2012 World Junior U20 Championship tournament. This is very promising news for the Habs future young guns.
Tuesday brought the weak New York Islanders to Montreal. Thanks to Petteri Nokelainen's goal and assist, the Habs took the game 5-3 and stayed undefeated in regulation time during the month of December. On Thursday, the Philadelphia "HBO" Flyers visited the Canadiens. Thanks to a late goal by Flyers defenceman Andrej Meszaros, the Flyers took the game by a score of 4-3. Even with the loss, there something to cheer about for Canadiens fans as Louis Leblanc, Montreal native, scored his first NHL goal on home ice. Louis received a nice 'Standing O' from the Habs faithful. Leblanc was rewarded by coach Jacques Martin with a nice ol' third period benching. As Saturday rolled around, big news came out of Montreal, to every Habs fan's delight, coach Jacques Martin was relieved of his duties. In interim coach Randy Cunneyworth's debut, the Habs faced-off against Zach Parise and the New Jersey Devils. Thanks to a two goal performance from Patrick Elias, the Devils took the game 5-3. All in all, a very busy week in Montreal which concluded with a 1-2-0 record, the firing of their head coach, and 3 prospects making Team Canada.
Tuesday brought the weak New York Islanders to Montreal. Thanks to Petteri Nokelainen's goal and assist, the Habs took the game 5-3 and stayed undefeated in regulation time during the month of December. On Thursday, the Philadelphia "HBO" Flyers visited the Canadiens. Thanks to a late goal by Flyers defenceman Andrej Meszaros, the Flyers took the game by a score of 4-3. Even with the loss, there something to cheer about for Canadiens fans as Louis Leblanc, Montreal native, scored his first NHL goal on home ice. Louis received a nice 'Standing O' from the Habs faithful. Leblanc was rewarded by coach Jacques Martin with a nice ol' third period benching. As Saturday rolled around, big news came out of Montreal, to every Habs fan's delight, coach Jacques Martin was relieved of his duties. In interim coach Randy Cunneyworth's debut, the Habs faced-off against Zach Parise and the New Jersey Devils. Thanks to a two goal performance from Patrick Elias, the Devils took the game 5-3. All in all, a very busy week in Montreal which concluded with a 1-2-0 record, the firing of their head coach, and 3 prospects making Team Canada.
Prospects Michael Bournival (left), Nathan Beaulieu (middle) and Brendan Gallagher (right) will all play for team Canada at the WJHC
Coming up for the Canadiens next week as they begin a long road trip: A visit to Boston on Monday to play the Bruins, in Chicago on Wednesday to play the Blackhawks, and then off to Winnipeg on Thursday to face-off against the Jets.
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