The Montreal Canadiens were at the Prudential Center in New Jersey to face the Devils on Thursday night and Martin St. Louis’ squad ultimately lost by a score of 5-3. During the meeting, Pierre Houde of RDS announced some very sad news concerning his colleague François Gagnon.
It’s an extremely difficult start to the 2024-25 season for the Habs as the Montreal team currently ranks 30th in the overall NHL standings with a record of 4-8-2 for a total of 10 points in 14 games. .
Thursday night, Martin St. Louis’ troops tried to come back from behind thanks to a superb goal from Alex Newhook midway through the 3rd period, but they ultimately lost 5-3 to the New Jersey Devils.
During the meeting, Pierre Houde unfortunately told us some very sad news about his colleague François Gagnon.
We learn that the latter’s mother took her last breath and that is why François has not been absent for several weeks.
Pierre clarified that François’ mother had been fighting a difficult battle against the illness for several weeks, without going into further details in order to respect the privacy of his colleague.
Our most sincere condolences to François, family, friends and loved ones.
As for the Montreal Canadiens, they will try to slow down their series of defeats on Saturday night by facing Auston Matthews and the Maple Leafs on the Toronto side.
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