Logan Mailloux said he believes being selected by the Canadiens will make him a better person, despite having asked NHL teams not to draft him this weekend after he was fined for an offense of a sexual nature in Sweden last year.
The NHL unveiled its schedule for the 2021-22 season, which will open Oct. 12 with the Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning hosting the Pittsburgh Penguins.
An Algerian judo athlete will be sent home from the Tokyo Olympics after he withdrew from the competition to avoid potentially facing an Israeli opponent.
Doubles players Oksana Kalashnikova and Ekaterine Gorgodze were barred from the Tokyo Olympics after officials in their home country of Georgia told them they were entered for the Games but never actually sent the paperwork.