LONDON, ON – It’s safe to say goaltender Michael McNiven played his heart out on Saturday night.
The 18-year-old turned in a 47-save performance to pace Sylvain Lefebvre’s troops to a 6-4 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs’ young guns at the 2015 Rookie Tournament at Budweiser Gardens, upping the Canadiens’ record to 1-0-1 at the three-day event in Southwestern Ontario which will come to a close on Sunday.
“It was awesome. I faced over 50 shots out there, but the boys blocked a lot more of them and that made it easier on me.