lo striver
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You're the kid from 'le chandail de hockey' ?
unlikely. in "le chandail", they all wore #9
You're the kid from 'le chandail de hockey' ?
My family moved to Montreal from England when I was around ten years old and on the flight over, I contracted some nasty stomach bug and spent my first week in Canada sick in bed. When i finally got up, I went down into this thing called a basement, which was new to me, and there was this guy in red beating this guy in black, yellow and white in a fist fight... on ice... and I thought it was a movie. It was Chris Nilan and this game called hockey! Have been a fan since that day.
My father was a Blackhawks fan. My grand father was a Leafs fan.
My oldest brother was a Red Wings fan and my other brother was a Bruins fan.
I went a different direction. Patrick Roy helped me along with my decision (plus the Stanley Cup in 86 which was a nice surpise). The other main reason is that Radio Canada used to diffuse the Habs games, and I could sneak my Walkman into bed and listen to them when I was sent to sleep.
I was born on May 14, 1977. Roughly five/six years later (during my earliest minor hockey days), from an NHL broadcast I believe, I learned the significance of that date, and the rest was history. Apparently I had a "favourite" Habs jersey as a toddler (presumably I liked the colours, and presumably it was a gift from someone), but if there was a specific 'ah-ha!' moment I could point to, this was it.
What you really want is this one: