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MONTREAL — Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin announced on Monday a two-year contract extension for goaltender Al Montoya (2017-18 and 2018-19). In 11 games with the Canadiens in 2016-17, Montoya has a 4-4-2 record, with one shutout. The 6-foot-2, 209-pound goaltender boasts a 2.74 goals-against average, and has stopped 290 of the 319 shots he […]

Cal and Nolan Foote knew it was inevitable. Reach a certain level as hockey players and the questions and comparisons would follow. Questions about following in their dad’s footsteps and making their own name, and comparisons to how he played and what he accomplished at a similar age.

Lucas Johansen had more than a passing interest when Shea Theodore made an NHL playoff impression with the Anaheim Ducks this spring. The left-shot defencemen share more than B.C. birth certificates and a WHL pedigree.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The American Hockey League announced today that Rockford IceHogs goaltender Mac Carruth has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Apr. 17, 2016.

Alex Petan, the Michigan Tech senior that captured this year’s WCHA Player of the Year award, has inked an amateur tryout contract with the Minnesota Wild’s AHL affiliate, per the Star-Tribune.

Callan Foote is following the footsteps of his father, former NHL great Adam Foote. He has been making a name for himself as a sound two-way defenceman in his rookie season with the WHL’s Kelowna Rockets.

Ah, the spoils of being a kid of a pro athlete. In Dominic Turgeon’s case, he spent plenty of time in the locker rooms of NHL teams, and in and around big-time rinks and players, courtesy of being the son of one of the better scorers of his generation, Pierre Turgeon.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Fifteen years ago, Ryan MacInnis, Matthew Tkachuk and Dominic Turgeon ran around the bowels of Scottrade Center like they owned the place, playing mini-sticks and generally creating havoc in the dressing room where their fathers — Keith Tkachuk, Al MacInnis and Pierre Turgeon — were all members of the St. Louis […]

LAKE PLACID, NY. — Lukas Vejdemo studied the shaft of his broken stick as he glided back to the bench. More than anything, it was a look of annoyance. The morning practice had ended, the zamboni would be on the Herb Brooks arena ice soon, so precious seconds were ticking away. It was time better […]

The Chicago Blackhawks announced today they have agreed to terms with defenseman Viktor Svedberg on a one-year contract, which runs through the end of the 2015-16 National Hockey League season.

Mac Carruth of the Indy Fuel is the Warrior Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Month for January. Carruth went 7-2-0 with two shutouts, a 1.45 goals-against average and a save percentage of .951 in 10 appearances during the month.

Mac Carruth of the Indy Fuel is the CCM ECHL Goaltender of the Week for Jan. 19-25. Carruth went 3-0-0 with one shutout, a 0.67 goals-against average and a save percentage of .974 last week, helping the Fuel extend their unbeaten streak to eight games (7-0-1).