All Habs Headlines: Wednesday July 29, 2015 |
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On this day in hockey history… 1925 — Hall of Famer Ted Lindsay was born in Renfrew, Ontario.. 1934 — Didre Pitre, the first player ever signed by the Montreal Canadiens, passed away at the age of 50. |
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► IceCaps unveil a classic
- Traditional. Elegant. Classic. Those are the words used by the official Twitter account of the St. John’s IceCaps to introduce their new jerseys on Wednesday morning. Except for the IceCaps logo and shoulder flashes, the jerseys are almost identical to the ones worn by the Montreal Canadiens.
- IceCaps head coach Sylvain Lefebvre and president Danny Williams were on hand at Jack Byrne Arena to unveil the new jerseys.
- Danny Williams said, “Good strong Canadiens fans, they want to see the red, white and blue. But we also wanted to keep St. John’s and Newfoundland and Labrador in it, and that’s why we kept the same logo with the iceberg on top.”
- About this year’s roster, Lefebvre (borrowing some Therrien-speak) said, “We feel very good about the level of talent and the compete level that we’re going to put forward here on the ice in St. John’s.”
- Members of the Canadiens alumni, in Newfoundland for a hockey school, also participated in the ceremony. They included Richard Sévigny, Sergio Momesso, Gilbert Delorme and Gaston Gingras.
- For a quick recap of the history of hockey in St. John’s check out Habs Join Tradition of St. John’s Hockey on our sister site, Ice Caps Hockey Report.
► Habs NL hockey school
- As mentioned above, the Canadiens alumni are in St. John’s, Newfoundland this week to operate a hockey school. Sergio Momesso, speaking to CBC, said “We’re all going to be there for a week and I’ve done a lot of hockey schools over my career since I’ve been done playing.”
- The alumni hockey school is part of the new ties between St. John’s and the Montreal Canadiens organization.
https://twitter.com/AnciensCHC/status/625665154269757440/photo/1
► Cunneyworth takes over Americans
- On Tuesday, Buffalo GM Tim Murray named Randy Cunneyworth as head coach of the Rochester Americans, the AHL affiliate of the Sabres. Cunneyworth is well known for his ability to develop young talent was the Sabres player development coach.
- On the hiring Murray said, “We are happy to have Randy Cunneyworth move into the role of head coach of the Rochester Americans. Randy has already established himself as a valuable member of our hockey department in his previous role as development coach, and his track record for winning in the AHL and developing young players make him the ideal candidate to lead the Amerks.”
- Cunneyworth had a very successful year in 2010-11 taking the Hamilton Bulldogs to the Western conference finals after a 44-27-2-7 regular season record with the Canadiens farm team.
- The following year Cunneyworth was named as an assistant to Canadiens head coach Jacques Martin. When Martin was fired in December 2011, Cunneyworth was appointed as interim head coach. Folding to pressure from a small number of ultra-nationals, owner Geoff Molson and GM Pierre Gauthier took the unprecedented step of apologizing for the appointment of an Anglophone to the role. With his authority undercut, the Canadiens took a nosedive to the bottom of the standings finishing 15th in the Eastern conference.
► Galchenyuk raises the bar
- In the latest training video of Alex Galchenyuk posted by his sister Anna to YouTube, Alex tackles hurdles on the beach.
► Tokarski weds
- Over the weekend Canadiens goaltender Dustin Tokarski married his girlfriend Linea Ruszowski.
► Thomas and Thomas
- Canadiens prospect Christian Thomas posted this photo to his Instagram account with his dad, Steve “Stumpy” Thomas. The elder Thomas played 20 years in the NHL with several teams most notably the Toronto Maple Leafs. He is currently as assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
► Couturier signs
- Former Drummondville forward Sean Couturier signed a six-year, $26 million contract extension with the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday. The 22-year old is becoming one of the best defensive forwards in the NHL.
- With one year left on his current deal, Couturier’s contract doesn’t go into effect until 2016-17.
► Buy out for Zubrus
- Former Canadiens winger Danius Zubrus will be bought out by the New Jersey Devils. Zubrus had one more year remaining on his contract at $3.1 million. He had 10 points in 74 games last season.
#NJDevils GM Ray Shero announces that Dainius Zubrus has been placed on unconditional waivers for the purpose of terminating his contract.
— New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) July 29, 2015
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