Rick Stephens

See, he's fine.

Canadians do that.

Habs having a little bit of fun during their practice this week.

On Friday, they held an open practice outside at the Bleu Blanc Rouge rink at Confederation Park in NDG.

That's one of the rinks that was built through the Canadian Children's Foundation.

And everyone seemed to have a good time out in the sunshine, outside, fresh air with an outdoor practice.

Once France was eliminated from Olympic contention, that meant Alex Texier flew back to North America, flew back to Canada, and he was able to participate on Saturday's practice, today's practice, after returning from the Olympics.

But there was a different member of the Canadians who was absent from practice on Saturday.

All righty.

And although Sam Montembeau wasn't there, there were some notable people who were at practice on Saturday, like Jeff Gordon, Kent Hughes, and Chris Boucher.

And just as a reminder, in case it's gotten lost in the shuffle for you with all the Olympic coverage, the Canadians are going to be hosting their annual skills competition tomorrow.

That's Sunday at the Bell Center at 1 p.m.

Eastern.

Always something fun, particularly for families to get to go out to do.

And they missed out on their Super Bowl family matinees this year.

So it should be a lot of fun with the Habs skills competition.

I think I saw Frank Cervelli mentioned that there are provinces that have allowed for 5 a.m.

alcohol sales.

Yes, they will.

Before we move away from this, do you want to make mention of any notables?