Owen Beck became the first junior-age player to be recalled in emergency by the Canadiens since Olivier Michaud on October 26, 2001. However, it seems that Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes have considered recalling Joshua Roy from the Sherbrooke Phoenix.
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Aged 19 and having played a game in the professional ranks, a playoff game with the Rocket last spring, the striker from Saint-Georges de Beauce would also have been a wise choice.
In a precision offered during the match, the organization explained, in three points, why the choice had finally stopped on Beck.
The Canadian needed a center. Possibly because the cases of Nick Suzuki, Kirby Dach and Christian Dvorak were uncertain. Roy is more of a winger.
The Peterborough Petes, Beck’s OHL roster, have only one game scheduled this weekend, while the Phoenix have three. NHL rules state that a junior-aged player cannot miss more than one game for his team.
Finally, and this point explains why the Habs did not call on an American League player, the Laval Rocket was in Cleveland. Since the recall was made at the last minute, the leaders preferred to make a phone call to a hopeful who was already in Ontario.