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Lane Hutson has already put himself in the Canadien record books forever. With his 67th assist of the season, he breaks the record held by Habs-great Larry Robinson for most assists in a single season got Habs defensemen. Even better, with his 2nd 60 assist season, he now needs just 1 more to tie Larry Robinson for the most 60+ assist seasons for a defensemen in Habs’ history. Btw, Lane Hutson just turned 22 and is in his 2nd full season. Is that crazy enough? How about this: Hutson now has 2 of the 17 60-assist seasons in all of the Montreal Canadiens’ history. Lane Hutson, Guy LaFleur and Larry Robinson and Pete Mahovlich are the only ones with multiple 60-assist seasons. Let me repeat: Lane Hutson just turned 22.
The Habs love their ‘1sts in a long time’ this season. Nick Suzuki becomes the first Canadien to hit the 100-point mark since 1986 when Mats Näslund put up 110 points. For context: Patrick Roy, former Islanders head coach and Hall of Fame goaltender, was a ROOKIE. Suzuki is also just the 5th Hab ever to hit the century mark in a season. He joins the likes of the aforementioned Näslund (one time) Pete Mahovlich (two times), Steve Shutt (one time) and the legendary Guy Lafleur (did it 6 times). Suzuki’s 72 assist makes him just the 6th guy to do that as well. Joining LaFleur (who did it 4 times) and Mahovlich.
