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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Once upon a time, only the players wore the Tricolore (Montreal Gazette)

From The Montreal Gazette:

Mike Boone, The Gazette
Published: Monday, April 14

"I hate to rain on the merchandising parade. And if I do, you can always whip out your red Canadiens umbrella".

"But really, the CH logo is everywhere. And its Orwellian omnipresence is beginning to freak me out".

"...I have to double-check with Red Fisher, the Living Legend of Sports Journalism, but it seems to me that through most of the team's glorious history, the Canadiens sweaters one saw at a Canadiens game were worn by Canadiens. The only ones wearing red in the stands were Forum ushers. Between shifts, Maurice Richard and the other immortals gazed out at a sea of black, blue and grey topcoats".

"Dressing for hockey meant furs for the ladies, fedoras on the gents. If the referees made a bad call, Toe Blake would protest and toe rubbers would rain down on the ice".

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?id=1290a189-7e12-4c5e-a69a-24ea8607db4c

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