From scoresheet mentions to scars, Sean Monahan didn’t wait long to start collecting big-league keepsakes. Your whole life, you’re working towards playing in the NHL. This might be hard to believe for fans and followers of the Calgary Flames, but the alternate captain and first-line centre has now suited up for 500 appearances on the NHL stage. Still only 25, he celebrated the occasion by assisting on Elias Lindholm’s game-winning goal in Saturday’s“Five hundred is a lot of games, and it feels like it has flown by,” Monahan said. Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon was the first star of the week, while San Jose Sharks netminder Martin Jones — a Calgary Hitmen alum — rounded out the honour roll.

Source: National Post December 02, 2019 23:26 UTC