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Journeys into the offbeat, off the beaten path, overlooked and forgotten - by Eric Model

Saturday, November 25, 2006

Red (Fisher) still going strong after 50 years (Montreal Gazette)

Tonight, the Montreal Canadiens will pay tribute to Montreal Gazette senior hockey writer Red Fisher for 50 years of covering the club (first for the Montreal Star & the the Gazette) by featuring him on season tickets for their Bell Centre game against the Philadelphia Flyers.

In the second season of their four-year centennial campaign, to culminate in 2009, Canadiens are celebrating 10 special categories on these tickets - Hall of Famers, team builders, captains, Stanley Cups, memorable moments, media members, NHL records, retired jerseys, rivalries and season-ticket holders.

Fisher covered his first Canadiens game for the Montreal Star on March 17, 1955, the night of the infamous Richard Riot. That was approaching the end of the second full season of the illustrious Canadiens career of Jean Beliveau, who spoke to The Gazette's Dave Stubbs to share these thoughts about the man he knows as a friend and a chronicler of the most famous franchise in hockey.

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=23307c16-8cfb-47e8-a33c-57e9c9402411&k=65222

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