Positive update: The former head coach of the Montreal Canadiens has declared his return.
Martin St. Louis, the head coach of Montreal, has rejoined the Canadiens after departing to spend time with his family.
St. Louis will start behind the bench again for Tuesday night’s game against Colorado, according to Montreal’s announcement on Monday. While St. Louis was away, the Canadiens went 1-2.
Mason, 16, was hospitalized due to complications from an injury he sustained during a youth hockey game. St. Louis was there to support his family. Mason is currently getting well at the family’s Connecticut home, according to the Canadiens.
“Everyone within the Canadiens organization has been very supportive of my wife, Heather, and me as we fully focused on our son Mason and his recovery from a hockey injury,” St. Louis said in a release. “As parents, nothing is more important to us than our three sons, Ryan, Lucas, and Mason.”
In St. Louis’s absence, assistant coach Trevor Letowski led the team.
In February 2022, the Canadiens fired Dominique Ducharme, and the 48-year-old St. Louis was brought on as an interim coach. In June 2022, he agreed to a three-year contract extension.
Martin St. Louis, the head coach of the Canadiens, will be out indefinitely due to family matters.
Prior to becoming a coach, St. Louis had an incredible playing career, finishing 1,134 regular-season games with the Flames, Tampa Bay Lightning, and New York Rangers with 1,033 points (391 goals, 642 assists). With the Lightning, he won the 2004 Stanley Cup and the Hart Trophy as the league MVP. In 2018, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Bowness returns to the Jets bench
Rick Bowness, the head coach of the Winnipeg Jets, will start the team’s home game against the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday.
Last Tuesday, Bowness made the trip from New York to Winnipeg for what the team described as “a minor medical procedure.” In his absence, associate coach Scott Arniel led the Jets to a 1-3-0 record.
Head coach of the Winnipeg Jets Bowness leaves the bench for a medical procedure
“Just the body reminding me I’m 69 and not 39,” Bowness remarked on Tuesday after the team’s morning skate. I’m feeling lot better, I’m grateful. We had a few issues to attend to.
It’s challenging. I detest merely observing. You and they are not engaged in combat. To be in the fight is what we all enlist for. It’s also annoying to watch your squad perform below what you know it is capable of.”
Three points behind the Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars in the Central Division is Winnipeg (44-22-5, 93 points).
Recovered Jagr bobbleheads, according to the Penguins
The case pertaining to the missing bobbleheads of Jaromir Jagr has been settled.
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced on Monday that they had successfully arranged for the shipment of bobbleheads commemorating the second-highest career scorer in the NHL. They plan to start giving them out during their April 6 home game against Tampa Bay.
On March 14, the group had originally intended to distribute the mementos as a promotional item. The giveaway was rescheduled after it was discovered that the shipment containing the bobbleheads was stolen.
The Penguins had to cancel their Jagr bobblehead giveaway due to a stolen shipment. The team also retired Jaromir Jagr’s legendary No. 68 jersey.
The bobbleheads’ repatriation to a safe warehouse in Ontario, California, was arranged by a special cargo recovery team, according to the Penguins, who learned of this development yesterday.
According to the team, the bobbleheads will be moved to PPG Paints Arena later this week after arriving in Pittsburgh on Monday.
Fans who attended the game on April 6th who were meant to receive the bobbleheads during the game on March 14th will be able to pick them up on that day.
Last month, at a pre-game ceremony, the team retired Jagr’s No. 68. Currently, the 52-year-old Jagr plays for his own squad in his home country of the Czech Republic.
