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06 Apr 2022 • 2 hours ago • 3 minutes reading • 23 comments Drake Batherson raises Brendan Gallagher’s stick during the third round of the Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa Senators at the Bell Center on Tuesday 5 April 2022. Photo by John Mahoney / Montreal Gazette
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Brendan Gallagher played from start to finish as he returned to the ice on Tuesday after losing eight games with a lower body injury.
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Gallagher scored the opening goal of the match at 2:31 of the first period and was in front and central in the last minute of the 6-3 defeat by the Ottawa Senators, when he sparked a controversy with his hands on deck by shooting Tim Stützle. of Ottawa. Gallagher said he was disappointed with the way Stützle played the game. “When I was 10, our coach had a rule,” Gallagher explained. “If you lie on the ice – we did not have coaches – if the coach had to come on the ice and pick you up, you are very hurt to play. “You had to sit for at least three shifts.” “(Stützle is) a great player. I have been playing against him for two, three years now. More than half of the games we have played against him, he is lying on the ice and is immediately back in the next shift. He lay on the ice. He behaves as if he has been hurt. Sells the call. He is on the ice with the same power play. You know, there are kids watching. We are role models. If I were his teammate, I would tell him to wake up. It just does not look good. Very talented player, very good player. He must stop lying on the ice. It’s a shame. “ Gallagher referred to a penalty imposed on Nick Suzuki for kneeling late in the second period. It was a game that evoked some strong emotions – Brady Tkachuk exchanged words with Suzuki as the teams left the ice at the end of the season. The penalty was transferred to the third period and Stützle was on the ice when Drake Batherson scored what proved to be the winning goal.
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For a different view of the event, Tkachuk came to Stützle’s defense.
“He is a top player, so it would be foolish for a team not to chase him,” said Tkachuk. “But then he handles it perfectly. Of course, they made this little trip there at the end of the second. He is such a big part of our team and he does not do anything behind it “.
Gallagher scored from a familiar spot in front of the net, and while coach Martin St. Louis said that Gallagher’s presence in the nets is an advantage, he wants the veteran to expand his game.
“As you progress in this league and reach the next few years, you try to evolve,” said St. Louis. “You do not lose what you have as players, but you have to try and evolve. Is it easier to learn a language at the age of two? Absolutely. But you can still learn a language at 24, 25. You have to get a job and Gally has to do it. “
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Rookie Justin Barron scored his first goal in the NHL, but the 20-year-old ended the night at the clinic after injuring his leg in a collision with Mathieu Joseph while trying to prevent an empty goal. “JB is just a hockey player,” said St. Louis. “She is not intimidated by the NHL. He jumps on the ice and I think he knows that the lines will be in the same places as the boards and the size of the ice rink. He just plays hockey. He is not afraid. I’m very happy with the small sample (of his game) so far. “(The Baron) played well. “I am happy that he scored his first goal and I am very happy with the work of our young defenders.” [email protected] twitter.com/zababes1
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