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All Habs Headlines: Galchenyuk, Price, Plekanec, Rookie Camp, Ochocinco

Rick Stephens

All Habs Headlines: Tuesday September 16, 2014

On this day in hockey history… 1975 — At 31 years of age, right winger Yvan Cournoyer was named captain of the Montreal Canadiens replacing Henri Richard, who had retired from hockey earlier that summer.

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► Galchenyuk at centre. 

  • In what could provide an intriguing story to Canadiens training camp, General Manager Marc Bergevin told TSN’s Bob McKenzie that Alex Galchenyuk will start at centre.
  • Questions abound including: Will Michel Therrien be patient with defensive mistakes by Galchenyuk? Who will move to wing? David Desharnais? Lars Eller?

► Habs Rookie Camp Scrimmage 3: Team White wins 5-0.

  • The final Team White vs. Team Red rookie scrimmage was played on Tuesday morning at Brossard.
  • Team White goal scorers: Nick Sorkin, Christian Thomas, Zach Yuen, Stefano Momesso and Charles-David Beaudoin.
  • Team White goalies Mike Condon (Shots Against: 8 Saves: 8), Hayden Hawkey (SA: 13, S: 13). Team Red goalies: Zach Fucale (SA: 10 S: 8), Jordan Papirny (SA: 14, S: 11).
  • Teams played two, 30-minute run-time periods moving to 4-on-4 for the final 40 minutes.
  • Best line of the day was Jacob de la Rose centering Jiri Sekac and Charles Hudon.
  • Jack Nevins and Bokondji Imama squared off in a rare rookie camp tilt.
  • Nikita Scherbak played after sitting out the previous two games with the flu.

►  Price is right. 

  • Renaud Lavoie reported that Carey Price‘s hyperextended knee is close to 100 per cent and is ready for training camp. Recovering from knee issues had kept Price off skates until mid-August.
  • Price was hurt in a crease collision with Rangers forward Chris Kreider in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final.

► Ochocinco calls out Lucic, Chara. 

  • Montreal Alouettes receiver Chad Johnson took to Twitter to issue a challenge to Bruins Milan Lucic and Zdeno Chara.

► Plekanec under scrutiny. 

  • With the NHL intent to clamp down on diving, Elliotte Friedman reported that Tomas Plekanec may be in the cross-hairs of league officials as the season begins.”3. The first example the NHL showed in its diving video was Tomas Plekanec’s head-snap in the Eastern Conference Final. The league wasn’t so sure about publicly naming those warned or fined, but the players pressed for it. Montreal’s centre is going to be closely watched at the start of the season.”

► Not all leaders wear a letter.

  • Coach Michel Therrien on Carey Price‘s leadership: “One guy we don’t want to forget is Carey Price. If the League would allow us to give him a letter, certainly he would have [had one] considering his position with the team. But he’s part of that group. Carey’s a good leader for us, the way he handles himself on the ice, off the ice. Certainly he’s going to be part of it when I meet the players. In the past, every time, I was having meetings with the captain and the assistants. This year, [Price] is going to be there.”

► Beaulieu, Tinordi lead Canadiens top prospects list.  

  • Two Canadiens defensemen, set to graduate to the big squad, are ranked best on Hockey’s Future Fall 2014 Top-20 list. Nathan Beaulieu is presented as a “potential elite puck mover” while “his defensive game is still very much a work in progress.” Jarred Tinordi “is the beast of a player that the Canadiens have needed for quite some time” possessing “excellent defensive skills.”
  • Nikita Scherbak, Sven Andrighetto and Zach Fucale round out the top five. The full list can be found here.

 

 

 

 

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