Updates from optional morning skate - Nov. 16

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20231116---Morning-skate
By Montreal Canadiens
@CanadiensMTL canadiens.com

MONTREAL – The Canadiens held a morning skate at the Bell Centre ahead of their matchup with the Golden Knights on Thursday.

20 players took to the ice:

Forwards
Defensemen
Goalies
17 Josh Anderson
52 Justin Barron
34 Jake Allen
22 Cole Caufield
21 Kaiden Guhle
35 Samuel Montembeault
28 Christian Dvorak
54 Jordan Harris
35 Cayden Primeau
71 Jake Evans
26 Johnathan Kovacevic
 
15 Alex Newhook
27 Gustav Lindström
70 Tanner Pearson
8 Mike Matheson
 
55 Michael Pezzetta
72 Arber Xhekaj
 
20 Juraj Slafkovsky
 
 
14 Nick Suzuki
 
 
56 Jesse Ylönen
 
 

Thursday’s practice was more than your average morning skate as the players’ dads were in the building for day one of the team’s 2023 Dads Trip.

Puck drop for the Vegas game is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET. For tickets, click here.

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