The Montreal Canadiens isn't just developing prospects and rookies who made appearances on the NHL roster, they still have an American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Laval Rocket, to provide ice time to their younger players. More importantly, Laval is in a playoff race to end the regular season. One of these young players, Emil Heineman, is one of the better stories in recent weeks. From his return to North America to the impact he is making at the AHL level to what he can potentially become for the Canadiens.
The Carolina Hurricanes are suddenly in a tight race while trying to solidify their spot in the Eastern Conference playoff pecking order. The Hurricanes have clinched a playoff spot, but their status atop the Metropolitan Division is shaky. The Montreal Canadiens have no such concerns because they won't be in the postseason, though they'd like to snap a two-game losing streak when Carolina visits Saturday night.
For the occasion, the organization is teaming up with Giant Steps, a leader in education, community training, and advocacy for the lifelong inclusion of autistic individuals in all sectors of society, and with Hockey Adapté, a sanctioned initiation to hockey program reserved for autistic hockey players between the ages of 6 and 17. Autism is a lifelong, neurodevelopmental, spectrum condition that affects how a person thinks, learns, experiences their environment, and communicates and interacts with others. The 2019 Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth revealed that 1 in 50 Canadian children aged 1 to 17 years are diagnosed as autistic.
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
34 | G | |
17 | RW | |
40 | RW | |
52 | D | |
62 | C | |
60 | RW | |
41 | LW | |
22 | RW | |
77 | C | |
27 | LW | |
28 | C | |
44 | D | |
71 | C | |
57 | C | |
11 | RW | |
21 | D | |
25 | RW | |
54 | D | |
49 | LW | |
68 | LW | |
26 | D | |
8 | D | |
91 | C | |
35 | G | |
55 | LW | |
32 | C | |
31 | G | |
58 | D | |
20 | LW | |
14 | C | |
67 | C | |
6 | D | |
72 | D | |
56 | RW |