TORONTO (AP) Toronto Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock stood at the podium and fought back tears Matt Martin Jersey Womens , the grief resonating across Canada and the NHL.A bus crash in his home province of Saskatchewan left 14 dead and 15 injured, three critically. A junior hockey team, the Humboldt Broncos, was headed to a playoff game Friday afternoon when a truck collided with its bus. Among the dead were the team’s coach and captain.”It’s got to rip the heart out of your chest,” Babcock, who grew up in Saskatoon, said at Air Canada Centre. ”We pray for those families and think about them. Horrific, horrific accident.”Added NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman: ”The NHL mourns the passing of those who perished and offers strength and comfort to those injured while traveling to play and be part of a game they all love.”Toronto center Tyler Bozak said he had difficulty sleeping after hearing the news about the crash near Nipawin.”You can’t really put into words Seth Griffith Jersey Womens , anything,” Bozak said before Saturday’s regular-season finale against the Montreal Canadiens. ”I can’t imagine what everyone’s going through back in Saskatchewan.”Colorado Avalanche coach Jared Bednar grew up in Humboldt. He said a friend’s son plays goaltender for the Broncos and survived the crash.”He went to surgery last night in Saskatoon, and hopefully he’s doing better,” Bednar said from Denver. ”It’s a tough time for that town. It’s a tight-knit community. It’s only 6,000 people.”Former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy well understands the ”state of shock and confusion” people are feeling. Kennedy was involved in a crash in 1986 that killed four players when a bus carrying the Swift Current Broncos hit a patch of ice and crashed.”I think one thing that we underestimate with the impact of trauma and PTSD and going through things like this is the magnitude of the impact,” he said. ”That is what I can’t stress enough.”Patrick Marleau of the Toronto Maple Leafs was a boy in Saskatchewan when the Swift Current crash happened.”It’s something you remember when you’re that young,” he said. ”You see the players wearing the logo on their jersey for the players that were lost. It definitely hits home. Growing up around Swift Current, it was always in people’s mind. There’s memorials. They’re never forgotten.”Babcock has driven the stretch of two-lane highway north of Tisdale where the team was heading to play Game 5 of a semifinal against the Nipawin Hawks.”I know that road pretty good Jack Roslovic Jersey Womens ,” he said. ”It didn’t seem like a big spot, it’s not mountains or anything like that, but accidents do happen.”Marleau knows the hold the game has in his country, and how ”hockey is everything in Canada.””But in Saskatchewan, every community’s fairly small,” he said. ”So everybody knows everybody and you try and look out for each other and take care of each other.”—The Canadian Press and AP Sports Writer Pat Graham in Denver contributed to this report. NEW YORK (AP) The Islanders are stumbling hard at the wrong time of the season for a team with eyes on a postseason berth.Alex Galchenyuk completed his hat trick shortly after Paul Byron and Noah Juulsen scored 1:43 apart in the third period, lifting the Montreal Canadiens over New York 6-3 on Friday night.New York dropped to 29-29-7 with its fifth straight loss. Tanner Fritz, Josh Bailey and Brock Nelson scored Scott Mayfield Jersey Womens , and Jaroslav Halak made 19 saves.”Our record is ugly the past couple weeks,” Thomas Hickey said. ”You just have to win. It’s that time of year. We’ve been given all the X’s and O’s and everything. We have to win. We have to find a way to win. Simple.”The Islanders entered the game trailing Columbus by four points for the final Eastern Conference wild card. However, New York has lost 27 of 41 (14-22-5) since Dec. 1.Galchenyuk scored his third goal into an empty net with 49 seconds left and also had an assist. Brendan Gallagher also scored for Montreal, which improved to 24-29-10 with its second straight win.”We’re happy to find a way to win,” Galchenyuk said. ”We’ve been playing better the last couple of weeks.”Canadiens captain Max Pacioretty left the game in the third period with a lower-body injury. Montreal coach Claude Julien said Pacioretty would travel with the team during the rest of its six-game trip and would be ”re-evaluated as we go along. We were just being cautious in the third period.”Montreal’s Charlie Lindgren stopped 32 shots.Montreal added to New York’s woes when Byron and Juulsen scored to give Montreal a home-and-home series sweep – the Canadiens beat New York 3-1 on Wednesday in Montreal.Byron made it 4-3 with his 16th of the season at 8:10. Juulsen, a rookie, then scored his first NHL goal on a slap shot off of a feed from Artturi Lehkonen.Gallagher opened the scoring with his team-leading 22nd goal 1:28 in by deflecting Galchenyuk’s shot from the blue line.The lead held until Fritz scored his second of the season with six seconds remaining in the period.Galchenyuk snapped the tie with his 13th of the season 2:17 into the second with the teams playing 4 on 4. Galchenyuk found the rebound when David Schlemko’s shot ricocheted off the post.Bailey tied it 2:06 later with his 16th of the season.Montreal took its third lead of the game on Galchenyuk’s second of the period at 11:31, but Nelson’s power-play goal with 3.3 seconds left sent the teams into the intermission tied at 3.”After the middle of the second it didn’t feel like a playoff atmosphere Max Domi Jersey Womens ,” Islanders coach Doug Weight said. ”We weren’t physical like we’ve been. Yeah, there’s things we can do, but we have to play better. We’re not playing well.”NOTES: MSG Network reporter Stan Fischler announced he would retire at the end of the season. … Bailey played in his 700th NHL game, all with the Islanders. … RW Jordan Eberle missed the game with soreness from Thursday’s practice. New York also did not have C Casey Cizikas, who was awaiting the birth of his first child.UP NEXTCanadiens: At Boston on Saturday night.Islanders: At Pittsburgh on Saturday night.—