CANADIENS
Montreal

8-2

SENATORS
Ottawa

Lineup

Forward lines and defense pairings: 

[one_half]Addison – Audette – Reway
Pezzetta – Petti – Bitten
Boucher – Ebbing – Fortier
McEwan – Alain – Waked
Goulet[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Mete – Juulsen
Leblanc – Bourque
Walford – Fleury
Tyszka[/one_half_last]

Goaltenders:

Samuel
McNiven

Scratches: Josh Brook (shoulder)

Injured Reserve: 

Game Report

After finding the spirit to muster a dominating comeback over the Maple Leafs on Friday night, the Canadiens’ rookie squad looked fairly dismal on Saturday when they faced off against the Ottawa Senators.

Granted, the Sens have a bit more size, skill, and speed on their team, along with a veteran goaltender – and it showed. Ottawa found the back of the net less than 30 seconds into the game, and it was downhill from there.

Minding the crease for the Habs was rookie tryout Antoine Samuel. After allowing three goals in the first period, and another two in the second, Samuel was eventually pulled for Michael McNiven at about the halfway point in the game.

But the scoring didn’t stop there. Ottawa would go on to score three more times against their Quebec rivals; all eight goals were scored by different players.

On the Montreal side of the ice, there were some bright spots.  The line of Michael Pezzetta, Niki Petti, and Will Bitten continued to be the hardest working trio on the ice. Pezzetta was physical and got in the dirty areas, Petti had good positioning and skating throughout, and Bitten never gave up.

Blueliners Victor Mete and Noah Juulsen worked well together as the top defensive pairing, each showing strength and good vision.

The Canadiens did manage to score twice in this game: a sweet point shot from Mete rocketed past Marcus Hogberg in the Ottawa crease, and Thomas Ebbing tallied his third goal of the tournament.

There’s plenty of work to be done as the team now takes Sunday as a travel day back to Montreal, where rookie camp will continue this week.

▲     Victor Mete, Noah Juulsen, Will Bitten, Antoine Waked

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Post-game interview with Martin Lapointe

Post-game interview with Noah Juulsen

Post-game interview with Victor Mete

Post-game interview with Jeremiah Addison

Post-game interview with Antoine Samuel

Quotes courtesy of AHL Report

The #Habs hardest working line for two games of the tournament has been Petti, Bitten, Pezzetta. #GoHabsGo @RocketSports @TheAHLReport

— All Habs (Canadiens) (@AllHabs) September 10, 2017

Martin Lapointe in the role of acting head coach again tonight. Assisted by Donald Dufresne and Nick Carriere. @RocketSports @TheAHLReport pic.twitter.com/fZxZ0gYrsN

— All Habs (Canadiens) (@AllHabs) September 10, 2017

Me and @Snakebite350 break down the 1st period! #Habs #Sens @TheAHLReport @RocketSports @AllHabs pic.twitter.com/SCsIaliv6H

— Amy (@FlyersRule) September 9, 2017

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