With the Bell Centre set to host a Round 2 playoff game at full capacity with fans for the first time since 2015, there was lots of talk of the atmosphere to expect inside the arena on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s going to be crazy. Phil Danault told us it gets better every round, so\u00a0we’re\u00a0excited.\u201d – Arber\u00a0Xhekaj<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels good. We were on the road for a couple of days, so it’s nice to sleep in your own bed and eat homemade food. We’re happy and excited to continue this series here at home in front of our fans.\u201d – Zachary Bolduc<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m extremely excited. Obviously watching the games and seeing how the atmosphere is, just kind of gives you the itch to get out there. I’m really grateful to get that opportunity here today to play in front of Montreal fans and at the Bell Centre.\u00a0[…] It’s\u00a0definitely an\u00a0advantage for us.\u00a0The energy, it’s\u2014just when you think you\u00a0don’t\u00a0really have much in you, the\u00a0crowd\u00a0and the atmosphere\u00a0here,\u00a0the city just finds a way to\u00a0kind of give\u00a0you that juice, that life.\u00a0I think we all\u00a0thrive with\u00a0it\u00a0and it should be a good one.\u201d – Joe Veleno, who is set to make his Bell Centre playoff debut in Game 3.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it’s always special for a player from here, having grown up in this atmosphere. The Canadiens, I always say, bring people together.\u00a0I’m\u00a0sure he spent many Saturday nights watching the Canadiens with his family, especially during the playoffs. And now he has a chance to be a part of that and live it firsthand. For him and his family,\u00a0it’s\u00a0a great experience.\u201d – Head coach Martin St-Louis on a special opportunity ahead for\u00a0Veleno.<\/p>\n
The Bell\u00a0Centre promises to be electric indoors and out, following the team\u2019s announcement that the Watch Party \u2013 Street Edition is expanding for Round 2, with a third screen being added outside the arena for fans to watch the game. For more information about the free viewing event,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Puck drop for Game 3 is set for shortly after 7:00 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the Bell Centre set to host a Round 2 playoff game at full capacity with fans for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-660691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660691","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=660691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}