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In the Habs' Room: Carey Price plays penalty-killer to secure shutout – Montreal Gazette

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The Montreal goaltender, who passed Ken Dryden for third place on the Canadiens all-time shutout list, faced only 12 shots in the first two periods of the 4-0 win over the Panthers, but they fired 17 shots in the third and 12 of those came while Florida had the extra man.

Carey Price reached another milestone when he posted his 47th career shutout Saturday, but his teammates didn’t make it easy for him.

Price, who passed Ken Dryden for third place on the Canadiens all-time shutout list, faced only 12 shots in the first two periods of the 4-0 win over the Florida Panthers and only one — on a shorthanded breakaway by Jonathan Huberdeau — could be considered a scoring chance.

The third period was different. A string of penalties left the Canadiens shorthanded on four occasions.

“You don’t want to give up those opportunities, but everyone stepped up, blocked shots, got the puck all the way down and we were able to kill those off,” said defenceman Jeff Petry, whose analysis of the penalty-killing effort isn’t totally accurate.


Canadiens goaltender Carey Price attempts to clear the puck off the boards, but ended up with a delay of game penalty against the Florida Panthers at the Bell Centre in Montreal on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020.

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There’s a cliché that says your goaltender has to be your best penalty-killer and that was certainly the case in this game. The Panthers came to life in the third period. They fired 17 shots at Price and 12 of those came while Florida had the extra man.

“It’s obviously special for him,” Petry said. “The last one (a 2-0 win over Calgary on Jan. 13) we all knew that he tied (Dryden). The final five minutes of this game I think everyone knew what he was about to accomplish, so that was something that we wanted to get for him but, obviously, it’s also a big win for us as a team.”

Prior to the game, Price collected the Molson Cup for the month of January. The award is based on the three star selections and the shutout wasn’t enough to earn him a mention Saturday. Petry, who assisted on all four goals, received the first star, while Nick Suzuki (a goal and an assist) and Artturi Lehkonen (one goal) were the other players honoured.

When Price was asked about the last time he had a shutout and didn’t receive a star, he pointed to that Jan. 13 game.

“It’s pretty cool,” Price said. “It’s special to me because I had a conversation with Ken in my third season when things weren’t going so well and that helped me through it. I’m grateful for that. He told me to stick with trust in yourself.”

With the win, the Canadiens are six points out of a playoff spot, but they are chasing four or five teams for two spots and most of the teams ahead of them have games in hand.

The Panthers arrived in Montreal with one of the top offences in the NHL, but they might have been a tad rusty coming out of a bye week. They were playing for the first time since Jan. 21.

“We had to play a strong defensive game for what they have offensively on that side,” Petry said. ”Our game play was to chip pucks in. They’re prone to turnovers when you’re putting the puck behind them and you’re pressuring them. I thought our forwards did a good job of that.”

The Canadiens raised some eyebrows when they sent rookie Cale Fleury and 19-year-old Jesperi Kotkaniemi to Lava, but coach Claude Julien said it was more important to focus on the players returning to the lineup.

A healthy Joel Armia has joined Ilya Kovalchuk and Suzuki on the No. 2 line and Brendan Gallagher has goals in each of the two games since he returned from a concession. The Canadiens are still waiting on Jonathan Drouin, but they have cleared a roster space for him.

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Edler to sign one-day contract to retire as a Vancouver Canuck

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VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks announced Tuesday that defenceman Alex Edler will sign a one-day contract in order to officially retire as a member of the NHL team.

The signing will be part of a celebration of Edler’s career held Oct. 11 when the Canucks host the Philadelphia Flyers.

The Canucks selected Edler, from Ostersund, Sweden, in the third round (91st overall) of the 2004 NHL draft.

He played in 925 career games for the Canucks between the 2006-07 and 2020-21 seasons, ranking fourth in franchise history and first among defencemen.

The 38-year-old leads all Vancouver defencemen with 99 goals, 310 assists and 177 power-play points with the team.

Edler also appeared in 82 career post-season contests with Vancouver and was an integral part of the Canucks’ run to the 2011 Stanley Cup final, putting up 11 points (2-9-11) across 25 games.

“I am humbled and honoured to officially end my career and retire as a member of the Vancouver Canucks,” Edler said in a release. “I consider myself lucky to have started my career with such an outstanding organization, in this amazing city, with the best fans in the NHL. Finishing my NHL career where it all began is something very special for myself and my family.”

Edler played two seasons for Los Angeles in 2021-22 and 2022-23. He did not play in the NHL last season.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 17, 2024.

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Sixth-ranked Canadian women to face World Cup champion Spain in October friendly

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The sixth-ranked Canadian women will face World Cup champion Spain in an international friendly next month.

Third-ranked Spain will host Canada on Oct. 25 at Estadio Francisco de la Hera in Almendralejo.

The game will be the first for the Canadian women since the Paris Olympics, where they lost to Germany in a quarterfinal penalty shootout after coach Bev Priestman was sent home and later suspended for a year by FIFA over her part in Canada’s drone-spying scandal.

In announcing the Spain friendly, Canada Soccer said more information on the interim women’s coaching staff for the October window will come later. Assistant coach Andy Spence took charge of the team in Priestman’s absence at the Olympics.

Spain finished fourth in Paris, beaten 1-0 by Germany in the bronze-medal match.

Canada is winless in three previous meetings (0-2-1) with Spain, most recently losing 1-0 at the Arnold Clark Cup in England in February 2022.

The teams played to a scoreless draw in May 2019 in Logroñés, Spain in a warm-up for the 2019 World Cup. Spain won 1-0 in March 2019 at the Algarve Cup in São João da Venda, Portugal.

Spain is a powerhouse in the women’s game these days.

It won the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2022 and was runner-up in 2018. And it ousted Canada 2-1 in the round of 16 of the current U-20 tournament earlier this month in Colombia before falling 1-0 to Japan after extra time in the quarterfinal.

Spain won the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2018 and 2022 and has finished on the podium on three other occasions.

FC Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmati (2023) and Alexia Putellas (2021 and ’22) have combined to win the last three Women’s Ballon d’Or awards.

And Barcelona has won three of the last four UEFA Women’s Champions League titles.

“We continue to strive to diversify our opponent pool while maintaining a high level of competition.” Daniel Michelucci, Canada Soccer’s director of national team operations, said in a statement. “We anticipate a thrilling encounter, showcasing two of the world’s top-ranked teams.”

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 17, 2024

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Maple Leafs announce Oreo as new helmet sponsor for upcoming NHL season

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TORONTO – The Toronto Maple Leafs have announced cookie brand Oreo as the team’s helmet sponsor for the upcoming NHL season.

The new helmet will debut Sunday when Toronto opens its 2024-25 pre-season against the Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Arena.

The Oreo logo replaces Canadian restaurant chain Pizza Pizza, which was the Leafs’ helmet sponsor last season.

Previously, social media platform TikTok sponsored Toronto starting in the 2021-22 regular season when the league began allowing teams to sell advertising space on helmets.

The Oreo cookie consists of two chocolate biscuits around a white icing filling and is often dipped in milk.

Fittingly, the Leafs wear the Dairy Farmers of Ontario’s “Milk” logo on their jerseys.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 17, 2024.

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