The 2006 World Hockey Championships from Latvia have now completed, and there were no shortage of players representing the Montreal Canadiens. A total of 9 players represented 6 different countries. This page now contains each player’s final stats, as well as any pertinent team-related ones, and other various tournament notes. This page will also track Gregory Stewart’s Memorial Cup performance on a game-by-game basis.
Here are the players and the country they were representing:
Mikhail Grabovsky, Andrei Kostitsyn – Belarus
Jan Bulis, Tomas Plekanec – Czech Republic
Kim Staal – Denmark
Andrei Kruchinin – Russia
Mark Streit, David Aebischer – Switzerland
Mike Komisarek – USA
Now, here are the stats:
Mikhail Grabovsky – Number 84 – Belarus – Group C |
| GP | G | A | PTS | PIMS | +/- | SOG |
| 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | +2 | 23 |
| Tournament notes: Led team in goals Tied for team lead in points 6th in points tournament wide Tied for 4th in goals tournament wide Tied for 15th in assists tournament wide |
Upcoming Game: None
Andrei Kostitsyn – Number 23 – Belarus – Group C |
| GP | G | A | PTS | PIMS | +/- | SOG |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | +1 | 21 |
| Tournament notes: Tied for 20th in assists tournament wide |
Upcoming Game: None
Jan Bulis – Number 38 – Czech Republic – Group A |
| GP | G | A | PTS | PIMS | +/- | SOG |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 20 |
| Tournament notes: Tied for worst +/- on team Team player of the game vs Sweden (Gold Medal Game) |
Upcoming Game: None
Tomas Plekanec – Number 14 – Czech Republic – Group A |
| GP | G | A | PTS | PIMS | +/- | SOG |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | +2 | 12 |
| Tournament notes: 2nd on team in PIMS Led team in shooting percentage Tied for 15th in PIMS tournament wide 27th in tournament faceoff percentage |
Upcoming Game: None
Kim Staal – Number 19 – Denmark – Group D |
| GP | G | A | PTS | PIMS | +/- | SOG |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +1 | 25 |
| Tournament notes: Led team in goals Tied for team lead in points 22nd in points tournament wide Tied for 4th in goals tournament wide Team player of the game vs Kazakhstan |
Upcoming Game: None
Andrei Kruchinin – Number 4 – Russia – Group C |
| GP | G | A | PTS | PIMS | +/- | SOG |
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 3 |
| Tournament notes: Tied for 29th in defenceman points tournament wide |
Upcoming Game: None
David Aebischer – Number 40 – Switzerland – Group B |
| GP | Record | MINS | GA | SVS | GAA | SV% |
| 6 | 2-2-2 | 359 | 16 | 120 | 2.67 | .882 |
| Tournament notes: Led team in all goaltending statistical categories 9th in tournament GAA 16th in tournament save percentage Team player of the game vs Ukraine |
Upcoming Game: None
Mark Streit – Number 7 – Switzerland – Group B |
| GP | G | A | PTS | PIMS | +/- | SOG |
| 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +4 | 14 |
| Tournament notes: Tied for 21st in points tournament wide Tied for 20th in defenceman points tournament wide Tied for 24th in +/- tournament wide Team player of the game vs Sweden |
Upcoming Game: None
Mike Komisarek – Number 55 – United States – Group D |
| GP | G | A | PTS | PIMS | +/- | SOG |
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | E | 10 |
| Tournament notes: Tied for team lead in points by defencemen |
Upcoming Game: None
The 2006 MasterCard Memorial Cup is now underway, with Gregory Stewart of the OHL champion Peterborough Petes as the lone Canadiens prospect in the tournament. We will also track his stats here.
Gregory Stewart – Number 16 – Peterborough Petes |
| Date | Opp | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- | SOG |
| May 19 | QUE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 |
| May 22 | MON | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| May 23 | VAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| May 25 | VAN | ||||||
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | E | 5 |
| Team Ranking: Tied for 3rd (1-2) |