Nice column on Élise Béliveau
The First Lady of the Canadiens Sits Behind the Montreal Bench
MONTREAL — Hours before the puck drops at Bell Centre, Élise Béliveau can be found in the Salon des Anciens Canadiens. She converses with family and friends, sharing laughs and stories of yesteryear in a room where walls are decorated with framed photographs of her husband, Jean Béliveau, who won 10 Stanley Cups as a Canadiens player and seven more as a team executive.
As she greets team staff members near the club’s dressing room, arriving players from the current Canadiens smile and wave hello.
She takes her seat three rows behind the Montreal bench minutes before the opening face-off, her white hair a beacon noticeable from the last row of the packed arena, where her husband’s No. 4 is ubiquitous.
Élise Béliveau still loves the Montreal Canadiens. And the feeling is mutual.
The First Lady of the Canadiens Sits Behind the Montreal Bench
MONTREAL — Hours before the puck drops at Bell Centre, Élise Béliveau can be found in the Salon des Anciens Canadiens. She converses with family and friends, sharing laughs and stories of yesteryear in a room where walls are decorated with framed photographs of her husband, Jean Béliveau, who won 10 Stanley Cups as a Canadiens player and seven more as a team executive.
As she greets team staff members near the club’s dressing room, arriving players from the current Canadiens smile and wave hello.
She takes her seat three rows behind the Montreal bench minutes before the opening face-off, her white hair a beacon noticeable from the last row of the packed arena, where her husband’s No. 4 is ubiquitous.
Élise Béliveau still loves the Montreal Canadiens. And the feeling is mutual.