BROSSARD – Nine years after making his NHL debut, Torrey Mitchell is on the verge of achieving an important personal milestone.
The 31-year-old centerman is on track to play his 500th career NHL game on Super Bowl Sunday against the Carolina Hurricanes at the Bell Centre.
It’s an achievement the Canadiens’ No. 17 didn’t necessarily envision growing up in Greenfield Park – or early on in his professional career, for that matter – but everything ultimately worked out for the best for the Selwyn House grad, who couldn’t be prouder to be plying his trade on home turf these days for his hometown team.