MAF gets a shutout and 3 standing ovations in final game in MTL

[ThatGuy22]

Montreal treated their homegrown son well in his final visit. With a giant standing ovation after a tribute video in the closing minutes that delayed faceoff for a minute or so, another ovation after he completed the shutout and a third after announced 1st Star.

Additionally became 1st player ever to record a shutout as a teen and in their 40s.

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[Nogatco Rd]

Awesome moment

 

[ThatGuy22]

Awesome moment

My wife was very confused why Montreal fans were cheering so hard for our goalie

 

[HabsQC]

Well deserved for Flower. Great career, great athlete and great man.

HHOF lock.

 

[waitin425]

These moments are what make me love this sport more than any other. Congrats to Flower. Great game. Well deserved moment. Amazing tendie.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

My wife was very confused why Montreal fans were cheering so hard for our goalie

Parce qu'ils se souviennent

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

Montreal treated their homegrown son well in his final visit. With a giant standing ovation after a tribute video in the closing minutes that delayed faceoff for a minute or so, another ovation after he completed the shutout and a third after announced 1st Star.

Additionally became 1st player ever to record a shutout as a teen and in their 40s.

...we Habs fans might drive everyone batshyte a lot of the time, but there is no classier fanbase on the planet...

 

[SheldonJPlankton]

The Habs have a character fan base.

 

[ThatGuy22]

Because Ils se souviennement

Had to Google translate that, but I agree

 

[SheldonJPlankton]

...we Habs fans might drive everyone batshyte a lot of the time, but there is no classier fanbase on the planet...

#1 fan base in NHL history.

 

[Frank Drebin]

...we Habs fans might drive everyone batshyte a lot of the time, but there is no classier fanbase on the planet...

Habs fans are the alex kovalevs of classy behaviour

 

[Channelcat]

Why cheer for a guy who didn't want to play for you and also just beat you?

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

Habs fans are the alex kovalevs of classy behaviour

 

[potatowejj]

No city does a hockey tribute quite like Montreal.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

Why cheer for a guy who didn't want to play for you and also just beat you?

...cuz hockey is more than just cheering your team...which is what makes it the Greatest Sport on the planet...

 

[Luceni]

Some Habs fans on this board drive u crazy and the shit against D. Reinbacher after his draft/injury was anything but classy.

BUT that was an incredible moment, cudos to that crowd.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Why cheer for a guy who didn't want to play for you and also just beat you?

As a tribute to his career
I wouldn’t expect you to understand

 

[Jbcraig1883]

Very cool moment - well done, Montreal!

 

[White Out 902]

They're fatastic hockey fans

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Why cheer for a guy who didn't want to play for you and also just beat you?

some bonds run deeper than which roster you’re on

 

[ijuka]

but isn't it possible that MAF gets traded at the trade deadline onto a team that will play the Habs again?

 

[Fatass]

Best city in hockey. Fans know hockey and honour the greats. Must be a dream for guys to play there.

 

[koyvoo]

Some Habs fans on this board drive u crazy and the shit against D. Reinbacher after his draft/injury was anything but classy.

BUT that was an incredible moment, cudos to that crowd.

there is a huge difference between an HF fanbase and a fanbase I see it in Toronto everyday. Talking to my coworkers, neighbours, friends, family etc, who are mostly leaf fans, is like a night and day difference between talking to them here.

And it’s the same all over these boards.

 

[Colt.45Orr]

As a Bruins fan, it pains me to admit that Habs fans can be phenomenal.

 

[Frederixx]

Bravo Marc-André "All of famer" Fleury and of course the Montreal Canadiens organization and their fans. Well done