After a 10-day trip overseas, the Pittsburgh Penguins were scheduled to return home on Sunday night to rest before facing the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday, however they have decided otherwise. .
After ending their six-game losing streak by beating the Coyotes 4-1 in Arizona, the Penguins players hit the road to Montreal to attend the funeral of teammate Kristopher Letang’s father, Claude Fouquet, as he is. reported by The Athletic.
During their trip to the West where the team played matches in Las Vegas and Phoenix in particular, the veterans of the Penguins and their head coach Mike Sullivan made the decision to go to Montreal by mutual agreement.
The team plane landed in Montreal at 4 a.m. Monday morning, and the club planned to return to Pittsburgh later in the day on Monday for Tuesday’s game.
The Penguins’ trip to Montreal testifies to the greatness of Kristopher Letang within the organization. The Quebec defender is in his 17th season in Pittsburgh alongside Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.
Prior to his father’s passing, Letang returned to action this season just over a week after suffering a stroke.