The Montréal Canadiens signed defenseman Owen Protz to a three-year, entry-level contract (2026-27 to 2028-29).

The Laval Rocket signed forward Josh Nadeau to a one-year, one-way AHL contract (2026-27). He also signed a professional tryout contract for the remainder of the season. (March 25)

 

All games are at Eastern time

April 4 games

Calgary Wranglers at Laval Rocket 3:00 pm - Watch on RDS

Maine Mariners at Trois-Rivières Lions 3:00 pm

Gornyak-UGMK at Molot Perm 8:00 am - VHL First Round (best-of-7) (Gornyak leads series 3-2) - Watch online

Alexander Gordin -

ZSC Lions at HC Davos 2:00 pm - Swiss NL Semi Final (best-of-7)

Vinzenz Rohrer -

Regina Pats at Medicine Hat Tigers 9:00 pm - WHL First Round (best-of-7) (Medicine Hat leads series 3-1) - Watch online

Bryce Pickford -

Victoria Grizzlies at Cowichan Valley Capitals 9:00 pm - BCHL First Round (best-of-7) (Cowichan leads series 1-0)

Mikus Vecvanags -

April 3 games

Calgary Wranglers 5 Laval Rocket 2 (Final)

Kaapo Kähkönen - 5 goals on 20 shots (replaced at 12:20 of the 2nd period)
Hunter Shepard - 0 goal on 9 shots
Owen Beck - one goal (11)
Dillan Bentley - no points
Samuel Blais - no points
Nate Clurman - no points
Lucas Condotta - no points
Jared Davidson - no points
Marc Del Gaizo - no points
Sean Farrell - one assist
Josh Jacobs - no points
Filip Mešár - no points
Luke Mittelstadt - one assist - First career AHL assist
Josh Nadeau - one assist - First career AHL game
David Reinbacher - one assist
Joshua Roy - no points
Tyler Thorpe - one goal (3)
William Trudeau - no points
Luke Tuch - no points
Florian Xhekaj - no points

Maine Mariners 1 Trois-Rivières Lions 2 (Final)

Joe Dunlap - no points
Mark Estapa - no points
Egor Goriunov - no points
Darick Louis-Jean - one assist
Charles Martin - no points

Victoria Grizzlies 1 Cowichan Valley Capitals 5 (Final) - BCHL First Round (best-of-7) (Cowichan leads series 1-0)

Mikus Vecvanags - 4 goals on 25 shots - First career BCHL playoffs game

April 2 games

Avtomobilist Ekaterinburg 3 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 4 (Final 2OT) - KHL First Round (Salavat wins series 4-2)

Alexander Zharovsky - no points

Molot Perm 6 Gornyak-UGMK 0 (Final) - VHL First Round (best-of-7) (Gornyak leads series 3-2) - Watch online

Alexander Gordin - no points

Izhstal Izhevsk 1 Khimik Voskresensk 2 (Final 1OT) - VHL First Round (Khimik wins series 4-1) - Watch online

Yevgeni Volokhin - 1 goal on 27 shots
Daniil Sobolev - no points

Frölunda HC 0 Luleå HF 1 (Final) - SHL Quarter Final (Luleå wins series 4-2)

Filip Eriksson - no points

Brantford Bulldogs 2 Sudbury Wolves 1 (Final) - OHL First Round (Brantford wins series 4-0)

Owen Protz - no points