St. Louis thankful for support from Canadiens after son's hockey injury
Montreal Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis has rejoined the team and will assume his position behind the bench soon.
The head coach had stepped away from the role just over a week ago as he dealt with family matters. A statement made by St. Louis today suggested it was due to a hockey injury suffered by his son.
Canadiens head coach Martin St-Louis has rejoined the team in Denver and will be behind the bench on Tuesday.
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“I’d like to thank Geoff Molson, Jeff Gorton, Kent Hughes, along with Trevor Letowski, our players, coaches, and hockey operations staff for fully understanding and facilitating my need to be with my family for the past several days,” said St. Louis via a press release.
“Everyone within the Canadiens organization has been very supportive of my wife Heather and me as we fully focused on our son Mason and his recovery from a hockey injury. As parents, nothing is more important to us than our three sons, Ryan, Lucas, and Mason.”
The press release details that St. Louis’ youngest son, Mason, was injured during a game for his U15 hockey team. He then suffered complications and ended up in hospital, leading the Canadiens coach to step away from the team. Mason is now back at home and in stable condition.
St. Louis will be back behind the bench for the team’s next game against the Colorado Avalanche in Denver tomorrow night.
Assistant coach Trevor Letowski assumed the interim head coach role during St. Louis’ absence. He got his first win as an NHL head coach last night against the Seattle Kraken.
St. Louis has a 71-96-22 coaching record with the Canadiens across parts of three seasons. The team is currently in 27th place with 64 points from 70 games, but a few exciting prospects mean the fans have something to look forward to over the next couple of seasons.
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