All Habs GameDay: Saturday October 1, 2011
Happy Birthday to Canadiens coach Jacques Martin (59) .
►Hockey tonight! Pre-season Game #8: Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning
le Colisee Pepsi 7:00 pm. EDT
TV: RDS
MONTREAL CANADIENS
The Canadiens practised using the following alignments on Friday morning.
Forwards
Andrei Kostitsyn – Tomas Plekanec – Mike Cammalleri
Michael Bournival – Scott Gomez – Brian Gionta
Mathieu Darche – David Desharnais – Erik Cole
Yannick Weber – Andreas Engqvist – Aaron Palushaj
Defenseman
Hal Gill – P.K. Subban
Chris Campoli – Josh Gorges
Jaroslav Spacek – Raphael Diaz
Goaltenders
Carey Price (will start)
Peter Budaj
scratches: Lars Eller, Michael Blunden, Alexei Yemelin, Jeff Woywitka
►Dogs beat Sens: The Hamilton Bulldogs notched a victory in their first pre-season game with a convincing win over the Binghamton Senators. Leading the way for the Bulldogs were Alexander Avtsin with two goals and Brock Trotter with three assists. Goaltender Robert Mayer stopped 23 of the 24 shots that cam his way. Brian Willsie had a goal and an assist for Hamilton including the game-winner.
Read more: Bulldogs Defeat Senators
►Tinordi to Captain Knights: On Friday, the London Knights announced that Canadiens prospect Jarred Tinordi will be their new captain for the 2011-12 season.
Read more: Knights Name Tinordi Team Captain
►Gallagher remains positive: Canadiens prospect Brendan Gallagher made a huge impact on the Habs brass, media and fans during training camp. While disappointed about not making the Montreal roster, he insists that he is looking forward to his season with the Vancouver Giants.
“I have world juniors to be excited about, but, more importantly, I have a great situation in Vancouver to go back to. I’m looking forward to going back and contributing to the success they’ve had there in the first few games of this season. Trust me. I’m happy with my situation. I’m not grumpy.” — Brendan Gallagher
Read more: Gallagher happy for Vancouver return after Canadiens stint
