The Montreal Canadiens announced that Nikita Scherbak has been reassigned to the Laval Rocket.
Canadiens assigned forward Nikita Scherbak to the AHL's Laval Rocket. Scherbak missed the last 21 games due to a knee injury suffered on October 26.
READ -> https://t.co/a5PG9cK4a2 #GoHabsGo— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) December 10, 2017The move likely signifies that he’s ready to begin getting back into game shape after recovering from knee surgery at the end of October.
He earned the call-up after a great start to the season with Laval, and was just starting to get comfortable with the NHL game at the time of his injury.