Cowan: Canadiens coach has youngest team in NHL playing grown-up game
“It was nice to get rewarded tonight,” Anderson told reporters in Winnipeg. “I thought we’ve been playing some pretty good hockey lately as a line, getting on the forecheck and trying to create energy for our group. Tonight, they went in for us, so it was nice.”
Apart from the four Canadiens headed to the Olympics — Suzuki (Canada), Juraj Slafkovsky (Slovakia), Oliver Kapanen (Finland) and Alexandre Texier (France) — the rest of the team gets a break now. They are off until Feb. 17, when practices will resume at the CN Sports Complex in Brossard with the next game slated for Feb. 24 at the Bell Centre against the New York Islanders.
“It’s going to be great just to disconnect from hockey a little bit, not think about anything else,” Montembeault told reporters in Winnipeg. “Just go somewhere, have fun, and I’m going with my family, too, so it’s going to be fun for all of us just to get together.”
Lane Hutson is heading to Boston to watch his younger brother, Cole, play for Boston University in the annual Beanpot Tournament.
He’s excited about the final stretch of the schedule, which will have the Canadiens playing 25 games in 48 days.
“The good news is we got a lot to work on and we’re still finding ways to win,” Hutson told reporters in Winnipeg. “So it’s encouraging, for sure.”
