Lakeville native and former St. Cloud State goaltender Charlie Lindgren will make his NHL debut tonight. Lindgren wrapped up his junior season with Huskies a few weeks ago and signed with Montreal at the end of March.
Therrien confirms that Charlie Lindgren will make his NHL debut and start against Carolina on Thursday night. #GoHabsGo
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) April 6, 2016
A historic start
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Here’s a video from morning practice on Thursday.
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A final start?
Former Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom will start for Calgary on Saturday night in the Wild’s regular season finale.
Joni Ortio will start vs. #Canucks tomorrow, Niklas Backstrom vs. #Wild in #Flames season finale on Saturday.
— Derek Wills (@Fan960Wills) April 6, 2016
Backstrom turned 38 in February and many have speculated if Minnesota’s franchise leader in wins will retire at seasons end.
The start would be quite ironic considering Backstrom’s first ever start was in St. Paul. However his final start would come with a different team.
