BROSSARD, QC. — The Canadiens prospects were back on the ice on Tuesday for drills and two scrimmages. The day before was devoted to testing, designed to evaluate speed, agility, response-time and endurance. For the newly-drafted prospects, the information gathered will be used to establish a baseline to gauge development over time and injury recovery.
The scrimmages on Tuesday once again were played using a two-period format. The first period was played 4-on-4 while the final period was played 3-on-3. Rather than a two-minute penalty, penalty shots were assessed as a result of infractions.
The clear choice for best player of the day was newly-drafted Mikhail Sergachev. Firstly, the ninth overall pick in the 2016 draft proved to be tough to play against. He positioned himself well to angle opponents to the outside, not afraid to use his body to lean on opposing forwards.
Sergachev smoothly led rushes from his won zone and looked confident carrying the puck. He showed off his skill in the offensive zone. To add icing to the cake, Sergachev recorded a hat trick during the first scrimmage scoring two highlight reel goals and one on a penalty shot.
Three stars for Day 3
- Mikhail Sergachev
- Mike McCarron
- Charles Hudon
Development camp scrimmage – July 5, 2016
Team A – 5
Goals: Sergachev (3), Vejdemo, Duke
Team C – 5
Goals: McCarron (2), Audette, Fortier, Eisenschmid
| Team A | Team C |
| Forwards | |
| 40 Connor Crisp 55 Michael Pezzetta 63 Lukas Vejdemo 84 Martin Reway 85 Reid Duke 86 Scott Eansor |
34 Michael McCarron 46 Nicolas Poulin 48 Daniel Audette 56 Massimo Corozza 57 Markus Eisenschmid 91 Maxime Fortier 96 Petrus Palmu |
| Defensemen | |
| 8 Mikhail Sergachev 73 Luke Ripley 77 Scott Dornbrock 97 Michael Zipp |
49 Casey Staum 81 Arvid Henrikson 89 Ryan Johnston |
| Goalies | |
| 30 Zach Fucale |
80 Hayden Hawkey |
Development camp scrimmage – July 5, 2016
Team D – 5
Goals: Hudon (2), Addison, McDonald, Parisi
Team B – 3
Goals: Evans (2), Kuhlman
| Team B | Team D |
| Forwards | |
| 37 Will Bitten 38 Nikita Scherbak 47 Jeremy Gregoire 52 Jake Evans 78 Karson Kuhlman 92 Hayden McCool |
54 Charles Hudon 62 Matthew Bradley 64 Jeremiah Addison 83 Frankie Dichiara 90 Giovanni Fiore 94 Kody McDonald |
| Defensemen | |
| 44 Marshall Rifai 53 Victor Mete 58 Noah Juulsen 61 Nikolas Koberstein |
60 Simon Bourque 75 Tariq Hammond 82 Tom Parisi 98 Colton Bobyk |
| Goalies | |
| 35 Charlie Lindgren |
70 Michael McNiven |
Injured
36 Brett Lernout
Not present
Artturi Lehkonen