unlikely: Sunday Habs Headlines: Kent Hughes unlikely to trade fifth overall….
Kent Hughes should have interest in Trevor Zegras, but the fifth overall pick might not be the currency used in such a trade. [Montreal Gazette]
Kaiden Guhle had one assist and Cole Caufield had two in Saturday’s Men’s World Championship action. [Canadiens.com]
Bob Hartley called a young Francis Bouillon looking for just an extra body for training camp. Francis’s mother told her son he needed to fight for a spot on the team or he might as well stay home. [Journal de Montreal]
Around the league and elsewhere
The Carolina Hurricanes finally managed to score a power-play goal, and it was the difference in claiming a win in Game 4 while facing elimination. [NHL.com]
There was no multi-goal comeback for the Colorado Avalanche as the Dallas Stars claimed a 2-1 series lead. [NHL.com]
Brad Marchand is day-to-day for the Boston Bruins. [NHL.com]
Ron Ellis, one of the top scorers in Toronto Maple Leafs franchise history, has died at 79. [NHL.com]
Howie Draper won’t be back to coach PWHL New York next season. [TSN]
Montreal’s Marie-Philip Poulin appeared to score with 30 seconds left in regulation, but her goal came after a whistle halted play.
LAVAL — Taylor Wenczkowski scored at 11:44 of the third overtime to give Boston a 2-1 victory over Montreal on Saturday night in Game 2 of the Professional Women’s Hockey League semifinal series.
Boston also won 2-1 in overtime in Game 1 on Thursday night. Game 3 of the best-of-five series is Tuesday night in Boston.
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Aerin Frankel made 56 saves for Boston.
Amanda Pelly opened the scoring for Boston at 6:48 of the first period. Kristin O’Neill tied it on a power play at 1:58 of the second.
Montreal’s Marie-Philip Poulin appeared to score with 30 seconds left in regulation, but her goal came after a whistle halted play.
Montreal defender Erin Ambrose played 61:33. Ann-Renée Desbiens stopped 50 shots for Montreal.
MONTREAL – Two Habs and a Canadiens prospect were in action at the 2024 IIHF World Championship on Saturday in Czechia.
Here’s how Cole Caufield (USA), Kaiden Guhle (CAN), and Vinzenz Rohrer (AUT) fared on Day 2:
GREAT BRITAIN 2 – 4 CANADA
The Brits stunned their red and white opponents by taking a 1-0 lead near the halfway point of the opening period, but Andre Tourigny’s troops went on to score four goals in a row en route to a 4-2 win.
Guhle earned an assist on Connor Bedard’s second goal of the contest.
Un premier point pour Kaiden au #MondialMasculin!
Kaiden Guhle’s first point at the #MensWorlds!#GoHabsGo https://t.co/Czz5zgYrxM
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) May 11, 2024
The Canadiens blue-liner was called on for 17:02 of ice time and registered a differential of plus-1.
AUSTRIA 1 – 5 DENMARK
The Danes were up 2-0 in the first frame, but the Austrians cut into their lead with a goal from Manuel Ganahl with 25 seconds left in the stanza. Rohrer picked up a helper on the play.
Manuel Ganahl gets Austria on the board with a sneaky shot.🇦🇹 #MensWorlds #AUTDEN @eishockey_aut pic.twitter.com/a440axevJg
— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) May 11, 2024
The tally turned out to be Austria’s lone goal of the game, as Denmark added three more in a dominant victory.
Rohrer recorded a minus-2 differential and spent 13:13 on the ice.
USA 6 – 1 GERMANY
The Americans bounced back from a 5-2 loss against the Swedes on Friday with a convincing win over the Germans on Saturday.
Caufield factored on a pair of goals, including Johnny Gaudreau’s second period marker. Down on one knee in the slot, the he used his backhand to chip the puck over to Matt Boldy, who set up the Columbus Blue Jackets forward for his power play tally.
Johnny boy on the PP #MensWorlds pic.twitter.com/vJre6gNNze
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) May 11, 2024
The Habs winger got on the scoresheet once more with three seconds to go in the middle frame. Teammate Luke Hughes buried a rebound past Mathias Niederberger after Caufield’s original shot was blocked by the German goaltender.
Pickin’ corners #MensWorlds pic.twitter.com/vCEgCLOBCG
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) May 11, 2024
Along with his two-point outing, the 23-year-old native of Mosinee, WI finished the game with a time on ice of 15:12, four shots on goal, and a plus-1 differential.
What’s next?
Early birds can catch Juraj Slafkovsky and the Slovaks when they meet with Kazakhstan at 6:20 a.m. ET on Sunday. At the same time, Oliver Kapanen and the Finns will take on Great Britain.
For the second game of a back-to-back, Guhle and Rohrer will return to action with their respective countries. Puck drop between Canada and Denmark is scheduled for 10:20 a.m. ET, while Austria is set to clash with Switzerland at 2:20 p.m. ET.
