The Montreal Canadiens have sent goaltender Michael McNiven back to the American Hockey League’s Laval Rocket.
McNiven had been on injured reserve since making his NHL debut against the Minnesota Wild on January 24. Him being sent down means that he would be healthy enough to suit up for the Rocket. With Andrew Hammond and Samuel Montembeault in the NHL, McNiven wasn’t needed there.
The Rocket are dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak, and signed Louis-Philip Guindon to a try out contract just days after releasing him, indicating that a goaltender was likely among the four reported players who entered protocol.