In November, when the Montreal Canadiens only won 47.6% of their faceoffs, the organization called on a specialist: Marc Bureau.
We must believe that the experience was considered conclusive, because according to what Marc-Antoine Godin of - reports, Bureau’s services were retained for the end of the season.
The former center player who played 567 games in the NHL, including 182 with the CH in the 90s, was invited to a session in Brossard on November 4 to provide advice to Nick Suzuki, Jake Evans, Christian Dvorak , Kirby Dach and Oliver Kapanen.
“I had the opportunity to work with him in his final year, it was my second in Calgary, and he was good on faceoffs,” Martin St-Louis remembered. He has expertise that we try to bring.
“We are an organization that is quite proactive [dans le développement d’expertise]we want to tick as many boxes as possible to help our young people.”
Bureau returned on a few occasions thereafter and the club settled down slightly in the middle of the circles, climbing to 21st with an efficiency rate of 49.3%.
Within the Habs, the best center player in the faceoff circles this season is Christian Dvorak, with an efficiency of 55.8%.
In collaboration with our partners
Canada
