{"id":39831,"date":"2025-08-01T17:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/39831\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T17:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:13:12","slug":"nhl-legend-pavel-datsyuk-makes-incredible-gesture-toward-canadiens-ivan-demidov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/39831\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Legend Pavel Datsyuk Makes Incredible Gesture Toward Canadiens&#8217; Ivan Demidov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NHL Legend Pavel Datsyuk Makes Incredible Gesture Toward Canadiens&#8217; Ivan Demidov <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>PUBLICATION<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.habsfanatics.com\/collaborators\/aaron\" class=\"lediv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAugust 1, 2025\u00a0\u00a0(9:14)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/583887.webp.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Apr 27, 2025; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; Montreal Canadiens right wing Ivan Demidov (93) plays the puck against Washington Capitals right wing Tom Wilson (43) during the third period in game four of the first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Bell Centre.\" title=\"Apr 27, 2025; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; Montreal Canadiens right wing Ivan Demidov (93) plays the puck against Washington Capitals right wing Tom Wilson (43) during the third period in game four of the first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Bell Centre.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tIn RG Media&#8217;s latest article, an interesting piece of information has come to light about young Montreal Canadiens forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markerzone.com\/hockey\/stats\/nhl\/player\/Ivan-Demidov-69097\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Ivan Demidov profile and hockey stats\">Ivan Demidov<\/a> and NHL legend Pavel Datsyuk.<\/p>\n<p>Right after Demidov signed what many are calling a nearly historic contract with the Canadiens late last season &#8211; and just before he played his highly anticipated first NHL game &#8211; he received a very unexpected phone call.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Red Wings legend Pavel Datsyuk called Ivan Demidov just before his first career NHL game<\/p>\n<p>Wow! That must&#8217;ve been such a surreal moment for the young Demidov.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As Ivan Demidov was preparing to make his debut with the Canadiens, the legend Pavel Datsyuk called his agent to speak with him, check in on him, and wish him good luck.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Via HabsOnReddit<\/p>\n<p>It dives deep into all the behind-the-scenes moments surrounding Demidov&#8217;s incredible entry into the NHL.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s unprecedented.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never seen anything like it in my life!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; On Demidov&#8217;s almost emergency-style signing with Montreal<\/p>\n<p>As fans remember, in his very first NHL game, Demidov notched two points (a goal and an assist) and delivered a fantastic performance.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Now, months later, after having spent the entire summer training in Brossard, Demidov looks even more poised for success.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re incredibly excited to see what the 2025-26 season holds for Ivan Demidov &#8211; and for the Montreal Canadiens as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>The Habs&#8217; young star forward seems fully ready to make a major and immediate impact on the team&#8217;s success.<\/p>\n<p>Previously on HabsFanatics<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tHABSFANATICS.COM<br \/>COPYRIGHT @2025 &#8211; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.habsfanatics.com\/terms\" class=\"lediv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TERMS<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.habsfanatics.com\/politic\" class=\"lediv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">POLICIES<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NHL Legend Pavel Datsyuk Makes Incredible Gesture Toward Canadiens&#8217; Ivan Demidov PUBLICATION Aaron August 1, 2025\u00a0\u00a0(9:14) Photo credit:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,742,10396,743,448,28727,28728,28729,82],"class_list":["post-39831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-detroit-red-wings","tag-ivan-demidov","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-nhl","tag-pavel-datsyuk","tag-rg-media","tag-sergey-demidov","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}