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Francis Bouchard

The Habs on the Silver Screen - Part Two: Fictional Scenes

Generally speaking, fans mainly become attached to the Montreal Canadiens and their players during childhood, a time when imagination is fertile. If you played hockey as a kid, you likely pretended you were your favourite Canadiens player: a forward, a defenseman or goaltender. Personally, I was Guy Lafleur when playing

Flashback: From the Olympics to the Habs: "The Coming of Chris"

I’m sure just about everybody will agree that the participation of NHL players in the Olympics is a great thing. But there was an era, different than today, when Canadian and United States Olympic hockey teams included many young prospects that would soon join the ranks of NHL teams

Canadiens - Red Army, December 31st 1979: the New Year's Eve rematch that closed a great decade

On this last day of 2009, the Montreal Canadiens face the Florida Panthers to close the team’s 10th decade, the first one of this century. Since last spring, we know that this is the first decade in which the Canadiens haven’t won a Stanley Cup. Just about everything

A Canadiens Centennial Christmas

As the Canadiens have just recently celebrated their 100th anniversary, no doubt that many Habs fans have wishes for a "centennial" Christmas. There have been books published, stamps and coins issued and many varieties of clothing made available stamped with two different centennial logos, but surely one of the more

Habs / Bruins Video from the 1969-70 Season - An Amazing, Down to the Wire Race

While the Canadiens and the Boston Bruins are battling it out for a playoff spot this season along with other teams in the Eastern Conference, including the New York Rangers - currently on the outside looking in - it was 40 years ago, in the 1969-70 season, that these three

May 18, 1971: Habs beat the odds to win the Stanley Cup

"If you add it all up, it was just like fiction. I don’t care what happens, I’ll never see the likes of that again." — Dick Irvin, Jr Forty years ago today, in a hot Chicago Stadium, the Montreal Canadiens won their 17th Stanley Cup in a dramatic Game

Greatness and class: stories from Jean Beliveau's 500th goal night

Some stories are told years after an event happens. It's the case for the memorable evening where Jean Beliveau scored his 500th goal, 40 years ago today, February 11 1971, at the Montreal Forum. That night, Big Jean reached the milestone by scoring a hat trick, his 18th and last