With a narrow 3: 4 defeat against the Winnipeg Jets, the Montreal Canadiens played their first test game of the season-and ensured a premiere: for the first time, David Reinbacher and Vinzenz Rohrer two Vorarlbergers were on the ice in an NHL team.
As the Vorarlberger Nachrichten Reported, the game in the Bell Center of Montreal was completely sold out with 21,100 fans and became a special experience for the two young cracks. Reinbacher played in the first block of the Canadiens and received a lot of ice age. He convinced with an overview, strong passports in the construction game and duel strength and prepared the power play goal for 2-0 by Oliver Kapanen. “Playing in front of a full house is something very special, a dream comes true. I tried to perform my best performance,” Reinbacher told the “Vorarlberg Nachrichten” after the game.
Rohrer was used in the second series of attacks and brought a lot of energy on the ice with tireless efforts. Coach Pascal Vincent expressly praised his protégé: “He is a very clever guy, gives good answers. He played in a fighting team in Switzerland, you can see maturity in his game. He is a good ice rink, I like it how he works.” Rohrer showed qualities, blocked shots in particular in the output game, and even developed a dangerous chance in the 52nd minute.
In the meantime, the Canadiens led 2-0, but conceded the equalization in the middle third within just 16 seconds and had to accept the decisive goal 25 seconds before the end. In addition to Kapanen, the highly traded 19-year-old Russian Ivan Demidov, pulled in the fifth place in the draft last year, also entered the goal scorer list.
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