Former Saint John Sea Dog Robert Mayer will be the Montreal Canadiens’ backup goaltender tonight as the Habs look to get
back into their first-round playoff series against the Ottawa Senators.
Carey Price broke himself in the late stages of Game 4
and will miss the remainder of the series. Peter Budaj will get the start in
tonight’s Game 5 while Mayer will be his backup. Ottawa leads the series 3-1 entering tonight’s match at the Bell Centre.
Mayer has been Habs backup before but has yet to play in
a NHL game. He spent this season in the American Hockey League with the
Hamilton Bulldogs where he recorded a 16-17-3 record to go with a 2.93 goals
against average and a 0.908 save percentage.
Mayer, 23, played two seasons with Saint John from
2007-2009.
Other playoff action tonight has Charlie Coyle and the Minnesota
Wild trying to avoid elimination. The Chicago Blackhawks lead that series 3-1.
The Pittsburgh Penguins will try to recover from their
Game 4 debacle tonight against the New York Islanders. That series is tied 2-2
and has been awesome to watch. Simon Despres may or may not be playing.
No comments:
Post a Comment