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Gilligan’s Island had Thurston Howell III, golf’s PGA Tour has Davis Love III and, of course, there was England’s King George III.

Now, the Canadiens have George Holloway III. But you can call him Bud.

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“My babysitter started calling me Bud when I was one or 2,” Holloway said following Sunday’s morning skate in Brossard as the Canadiens prepared to face the New York Islanders at the Bell Centre. “I’m George III, so it makes it easy to call someone Bud and less confusing around the house.”

Bud Holloway is a hockey journeyman. The 27-year-old was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the third round (86th overall) of the 2006 entry draft, but has never played a game in the National Hockey League. So imagine how he felt when he learned late Saturday night — after picking up an assist for the St. John’s IceCaps in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Syracuse Crunch — that the Canadiens were calling him up from the American Hockey League.