After an on-ice session that included hard skating, the Montreal Canadiens opened up their first regular day of training camp with two scrimmages as the 74 players invited to camp were split into four groups.
Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis said that he didn’t want the NHLers split in two groups with a specific minor league group as he wanted everyone to interact with each other. It may also speak to the synergy that the NHL and AHL teams will have, as everyone is learning the same things with the same emphasis at this point in camp.