Yesterday was Michel Therrien's birthday. For his birthday, the Columbus Blue Jackets got him a puck for every game in which Montreal had registered a point so far this season. They delivered them into Al Montoya's net.

Habs vs. Blue Jackets Top Six Minutes: About that wake-up call - Eyes On The Prize
EOTP finds refuge in humour

Game #9 Quick Takes: what - The Cannon
CBJ fans are not looking a gift horse in the mouth

Yeah, there were actually 11 goals but one was called back.

Reminder that the Habs traded Mike Condon to the Sens for a pick. Condon got a shutout in his first game for the Sens.

Yesterday's #content

The Toronto Maple Leafs have a lot of high-scoring rookies - Pension Plan Puppets
Another multi-goal game for a teenager on the Leafs, you say?

Karri Ramo is at Leafs practice - Pension Plan Puppets
And he’s taking batting practice? This is all very confusing.

The Toronto Marlies are still the best - Pension Plan Puppets
Three weeks in to the AHL season the Marlies are number one

Leafs face the Canucks tonight, FiftyMissionCap will have your preview up later.

Game Recaps
Other hockey apparently happened last night too

Recap: Jets soar past Red Wings 5-3 - Winging It In Motown
Winnipeg used a 4 goal third period to defeat Detroit 5-3 at the Joe

Recap: Ducks Win In Another Multi-Goal Outburst - Anaheim Calling
This recap contains the line "Maybe really is the new Carlyle?". Apparently Ducks fans are still in the denial stage.

Four Nations Cup

Final two games happen today: Finland vs Sweden at 8 am (so, now) for third place and then USA vs the undefeated Team Canada for the gold. Hopefully Canada can repeat yesterday's success and make Team USA less smug. You can watch both games live here.

Olympic Qualifying

Group G (Great Britain, Kazakhstan, Mexico and Poland) have the day off but you can see the round robin results so far here and take in tomorrow's games live here. Currently Mexico's hopes of advancing to the next round in December look pretty dim.

Group H (Spain, the Netherlands, Italy and Slovenia) are in action today. Only two games have been played so far, so it's still anybody's tournament to win but the Netherlands beat Slovenia 14-1 yesterday. Just sayin'. Results here, livestream here.

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