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<title><![CDATA[100 Years of History - The Montreal Canadiens]]></title>
<link>http://bmwiseman.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/100-years-of-history-the-montreal-canadiens/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Blaine Wiseman</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On December 4th, 1909, J. Ambrose O&#8217;Brien and T.C. Hare formed a partnership that would change]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><span style="color:#ff2200;">On December 4th, 1909, J. Ambrose O&#8217;Brien and T.C. Hare formed a partnership that would change history in hockey and in Canada.</span> The two businessmen came together to found one of the greatest franchises in sports history &#8211; the Montreal Canadiens. The cost to have the team admitted to the brand new National Hockey Association was $6,000. A century later, the team is valued at more than $300 million. The team&#8217;s history, however, is priceless to millions of hockey fans who have had the opportunity to watch &#8220;Les Habitants&#8221; over the years. Names like Morenz, Richard, Plante, Lafleur, and Roy have dazzled hockey fans for 100 years. There has been as much action off the ice as on it in this franchises riveting history. More than 700 players have had the good fortune to wear &#8220;le bleu, blanc, et rouge.&#8221; Many have become champions. Some have changed the game through innovation. Others have transcended legendary status through their dedication, determination, and sheer power on the ice.</p>
<p>3,000 people witnessed history as the Canadiens played their first game on January 5, 1910. The crowd gathered at the Jubilee Rink had no idea of the history that would follow, when the team from Montreal (wearing blue back then), led by Jack Laviolette, beat the Cobalt Silver Kings 7-6 in a thrilling overtime win. The win was a fitting start for a team that would dominate the game for so long afterwards, but the first season was not a great success. The team was sold after a disappointing first season, in which they only won 2 games out of 12, and their colors were changed to red.</p>
<p>In 1914, a precursor to the greatest rivalry in hockey would have it&#8217;s first championship installment, as the Canadiens met the Toronto Blueshirts for the Stanley Cup. In a two-game, total goals series, Montreal won game 1 2-0, before losing 6-0 in game 2 to lose the series. The Blueshirts would later be at the middle of a controversy that would cause the NHA to fold, and the NHL to take over. Toronto would eventually be represented by the Maple Leafs. The Habs and Leafs have since met in the playoffs 15 times, with Montreal winning 8 of those series to Toronto&#8217;s 7.</p>
<p>The Canadiens would get another chance at glory in 1916, when they finished in first place in the NHA standings. They would meet the Portland Rosebuds, who finished first in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, for the Stanley Cup. Led by player/coach Newsy Lalonde, who won the NHA&#8217;s scoring race that year, the Canadiens defeated the Rosebuds in 5 games. It was the first time that a 5-game Stanley Cup final had gone the distance. Montreal lost game 1 before rebounding to win games 2 and 3. Portland forced a decisive final game by winning game 4. In the final game of the series, the Rosebuds jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, but could not hold on. &#8220;Goldie&#8221; Prodgers became the first Montreal Canadien to score a Stanley Cup winning goal, beginning one of the greatest winning traditions in sports.</p>
<p>The Canadiens once again won the NHA championship in 1917, but lost the Cup to the Seattle Metropolitans, the first ever American team to win the Cup. After this season, the NHA owners disbanded the league, and set up the NHL. The first NHL game was played on December 19, 1917, in Montreal, but it was not the Canadiens who played. The Montreal Wanderers defeated the Toronto Arenas, 10-9. The Canadiens played later that same day, and beat the Ottawa Senators 7-4, bolstered by 5 goals from &#8220;Phantom&#8221; Joe Malone, who scored 44 goals in 20 games that year. In goal for the Habs that day was Georges Vezina, the first great NHL goaltender. Vezina tended the net for Montreal for 366 consecutive games, before leaving a game in 1925 with an illness. He would die of tuberculosis months later.</p>
<p>In 1924, a new face would emerge as a superstar for the Canadiens, as they claimed their second Stanley Cup, and first as an NHL franchise. The Habs defeated the Vancouver Millionaires of the PCHA to win the Cup, with Billy Boucher scoring the winners in both games. They would then defend their championship against the Calgary Tigers. A rookie phenomenon named Howie Morenz would lead Montreal in the Calgary series, scoring hat tricks in both games. Morenz would go on to dominate the NHL for his entire career, becoming the first NHL superstar.</p>
<p>Known as &#8220;the Babe Ruth of hockey,&#8221; the &#8220;Stratford Streak,&#8221; and &#8220;the Canadian Comet,&#8221; Morenz was the first player to win the Hart Trophy as the most valuable player to his team, in 1928. He would remain a vital part of the Canadiens&#8217; team forever. On January 28, 1937, Morenz rushed the puck up ice when he was met by Earl Siebert of the Chicago Blackhawks. Morenz was knocked off his feet and he crashed heavily into the boards, breaking his leg. Legend has it that the sound of his leg snapping could be heard throughout the Montreal Forum. On his way to the hospital, Morenz said. &#8220;I&#8217;m through. This is the finish.&#8221; He died of a coronary embolism only weeks later, but those who knew him said he died of a broken heart, due to the end of his hockey career. Morenz&#8217;s legend, however lived on, as thousands of fans filed past his casket, which was laid out at centre ice at the Montreal Forum. It has been said that the &#8220;Ghost of Howie Morenz&#8221; haunted the Forum from that day forward, helping the Canadiens win. In fact, no other team won the Stanley Cup at the Forum until 52 years later, when the Calgary Flames defeated Montreal in game 6 of the finals.</p>
<p>A new hero would emerge for the Canadiens&#8217; faithful in 1944. Having failed to win the Cup since 1931, the Habs were due for some heroics, and it came in the form of a local boy named Maurice Richard. Fighting blatant discrimination from the English aristocracy of hockey his entire career, &#8220;The Rocket&#8221; made himself a star by scoring a hat trick in game 2 of the 1944 finals, and 5 goals overall in the series, helping Montreal regain the Stanley Cup. Over the next 15 years, Richard would become the greatest player in Canadiens&#8217; history, scoring a total of 544 goals and 965 points, while amassing 1285 penalty minutes. He was the first player to score 50 goals in a season, scoring number 50 in the 50th and final game of the 1945 season. He was also the first player to score 500 career goals. Always playing with style and skill, The Rocket retired after scoring the 1960 Stanley Cup winning goal, sealing his 8th Cup victory. The intensity displayed by The Rocket every night was contagious, affecting both his teammates and the fans. He was at the centre of the most infamous incident in Montreal Canadiens, and possibly, hockey history. On March 13, 1955, Richard got into a fight with Hal Laycoe of the Boston Bruins. A brawl erupted, and in the melee, Richard dropped linesman, Cliff Thompson with a powerful fist to the face. NHL commissioner, Clarence Campbell suspended Richard for the remainder of the regular season and the playoffs. At the next Canadiens&#8217; game, Campbell was pelted with eggs until a tear gas bomb was thrown in his direction. The game was cancelled, and the Detroit Red Wings won via forfeit. As fans spilled onto St. Catharine&#8217;s Street, they showed their displeasure by looting and vandalizing shops to the tune of $500,000. The Richard Riot was a showing by the people of Montreal that they would stand by their hero, who had done so much for them. 41 years later, upon the closing of the Montreal Forum, The Rocket received a rousing 16-minute standing ovation, moving the man with the devil in his eyes to tears.</p>
<p>The last of 5 straight Cups came the same year that Jacques Plante changed the face of hockey forever. After being hit in the face by a Andy Bathgate slapshot against the New York Rangers, Plante returned to the ice with a broken nose, and a flimsy leather mask. Canadiens coach Toe Blake was against the idea, thinking the mask obstructed Plante&#8217;s view, but as the Habs continued winning games, he wavered. Plante would win his 5th straight Vezina Trophy as the NHL&#8217;s top goalie.</p>
<p>The 1960 Stanley Cup was the last of 5 straight. It was the end of the Richard era, which made the Canadiens the most dominant franchise in the game. They were not done there, however. Their next Cup would come in 1965, with Lorne &#8220;Gump&#8221; Worsley backstopping the team to 2 shutouts in the finals. The first ever Conn Smythe Trophy, for playoff MVP, was awarded to Jean Beliveau, who would win a total of 10 Cups with Montreal. Beliveau is second on the all-time list to Maurice Richard&#8217;s younger brother, Henri, &#8220;the Pocket Rocket,&#8221; who won 11 NHL championships, all with the Canadiens.</p>
<p>The 1970s began with a new coach and a new goalie, but the winning ways continued. In 1971, Al MacNeil, the new coach, started a rookie goalie named Ken Dryden in the playoffs. Dryden had only played 6 games in the NHL, but MacNeil had faith in the kid. That faith paid off, as Dryden led the Canadiens to their 17th Stanley Cup championship, winning the Conn Smythe award.</p>
<p>The following season was the beginning of another new era, with the addition of Scotty Bowman as head coach, and the emergence of Guy Lafleur as a superstar and fan favorite. Winning 5 more Cups in the &#8217;70s with Bowman at the helm and Lafleur&#8217;s golden hair flying down the wing, the Habs dominated the expansion era of the NHL, the same way they had dominated during pre-expansion.</p>
<p>New dynasties emerged in the 1980s in the form of the New York Islanders and Edmonton Oilers, but the Montreal Canadiens would also have their say. After four straight Stanley Cups by the Islanders opened the decade, the Oilers won two in a row. Then, in 1986, Montreal made it back to the top, defeating the Calgary Flames in 5 games. The Habs were led, once again, by a rookie goaltender. Patrick Roy, who would become one of the greatest goalies in hockey history, became the youngest player to win the Conn Smythe award, at only 20 years old.</p>
<p>The 24th Stanley Cup in team history came in 1993, as Roy once again captured the Conn Smythe, and the Canadiens defeated Wayne Gretzky and the Los Angeles Kings in 5 games. The Habs won a record 10 overtime games during the playoffs that year, and the finals were immortalized by Marty Mcsorley&#8217;s illegal stick penalty late in game 2, which Montreal tied on the power play and won in OT. It also marked the 9th consecutive decade in which the team had won the Cup.</p>
<p>As the Montreal Canadiens take to the ice tonight, in the 100th Anniversary game, and every other night, history is not only being celebrated, but it is being made. Each goal, each win adds to the legend of this team, which has grown from an agreement between two businessmen to the most storied franchise in this or any sport.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Postes Canada souligne les 100 ans des Canadiens de Montréal]]></title>
<link>http://archivesaffiche.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/poste-canada-souligne-les-100-ans-des-canadiens-de-montreal/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>corinnemaltais</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Timbres commémoratifs de Postes Canada Qui n&#8217;a pas entendu parler du 100e anniversaire des Can]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_2884" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://archivesaffiche.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/canadiens_timbres.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2884 " title="canadiens_timbres" src="http://archivesaffiche.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/canadiens_timbres.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="390" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Timbres commémoratifs de Postes Canada</p></div>
<p>Qui n&#8217;a pas entendu parler du 100<sup>e </sup>anniversaire des Canadiens de Montréal?<br />
Cette commémoration a été soulignée sous tous ses angles: des livres biographiques aux pièces de monnaies, à l&#8217;achat de l&#8217;équipe par la famille Molson.<br />
Sous tous ses angles ou presque&#8230; il ne manquait que les timbres lenticulaires de Postes Canada!</p>
<p>Pas tout à fait des hologrammes, ces timbres sont des séquences vidéos tirées des archives et sont animées grâce à une technique d&#8217;imagerie que l&#8217;on nomme <em>Motionstamp<sup>MC</sup></em>. L&#8217;illusion est parfaite, on a l&#8217; impression d&#8217;assister aux buts historiques de nos héros. Une première canadienne en philathélie.<br />
Voilà une belle utilisation des archives qui rend ces dernières encore plus vivantes!</p>
<p>Émis le 17 octobre dernier, ces timbres rendent hommage aux grands joueurs de l&#8217;histoire du Tricolore.<br />
La première série représente les 500<sup>e</sup> buts marqués par Maurice Richard en 1957, Jean Béliveau en 1971 et Guy Lafleur en 1983.  On peut voir à quoi ressemble ces timbres animés à travers le <a href="http://fr.video.canoe.tv/archive/category/sports/timbres-commemoratifs-des-100-ans-du-canadien-de/45248652001">reportage de La Presse canadienne</a>. Le premier ministre Stephen Harper a participé au dévoilement de ces timbres en compagnie des joueurs étoiles comme Réjean Houle et Guy Lafleur.</p>
<p>Souhaitons que les Canadiens de Montréal puissent couronner leur anniversaire de fondation en remportant une 25<sup>e </sup>coupe Stanley en carrière.</p>
<p>Go Habs Go!</p>
<p>Postes Canada<br />
<a href="http://www.postescanada.ca/cpo/mc/aboutus/news/pr/2009/2009_oct_montreal_canadiens.jsf">http://www.postescanada.ca/cpo/mc/aboutus/news/pr/2009/2009_oct_montreal_canadiens.jsf</a><br />
<a href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9960956e#/9960956e/8">http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9960956e#/9960956e/8</a></p>
<p>Canadiens de Montréal<br />
<a href="http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/l_fr/news.htm?id=502517">http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/l_fr/news.htm?id=502517</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Il était une fois...Guy Lafleur]]></title>
<link>http://archivesaffiche.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/il-etait-une-fois-guy-lafleur/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>corinnemaltais</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;ex-joueur étoile du Canadien de Montréal lancait, le 2 novembre dernier, sa biographie en fi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>L&#8217;ex-joueur étoile du Canadien de Montréal lancait, le 2 novembre dernier, sa biographie en film et en coffret DVD.</p>
<p>Si le &#8221;démon blond&#8221; refait un bond sur la scène médiatique, cette fois, c&#8217;est lui qui s&#8217;adresse au public avec un film relatant sa carrière de hockeyeur et ses combats des dernières années. Celui-ci s&#8217;appuie sur des images et des films d&#8217;archives, ainsi que sur des témoignages.</p>
<blockquote><p>Le cadre du film consiste en une série d&#8217;images d&#8217;archives auxquelles se superposent des extraits d&#8217;un long entretien de Lafleur avec le journaliste Réjean Tremblay. L&#8217;entrevue se déroule dans un train en route vers Toronto, où l&#8217;ancien numéro 10 va visiter le Temple de la renommée du hockey et retrouve une réplique du vestiaire du Canadien dans le vieux Forum.<br />
(Jean Dion, Le Devoir, 2009-11-03)</p></blockquote>
<p>Il faut admettre qu&#8217;après 20 ans de carrière, 5 coupes Stanley, plusieurs trophées et une reconnaissance au Temple de la renommée, Guy Lafleur a marqué le monde du hockey et méritait bien de souligner cet évènement avec plusieurs personnalités publiques.</p>
<p>Si ce film &#8220;est un voyage dans le coeur de Guy Lafleur&#8221;1, il porte aussi la fierté populaire et la passion du hockey qui resteront longtemps gravées dans notre mémoire, et cette dernière subsistera bien au-delà de 20 ans&#8230;</p>
<p>Guy, Guy, Guy!</p>
<p>Pour en savoir plus: <a href="http://notrehistoire.canadiens.com/player/Guy-Lafleur">http://notrehistoire.canadiens.com/player/Guy-Lafleur</a></p>
<p>Sites sur le lancement:<br />
1-<a href="http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/11/03/275235.html">http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/11/03/275235.html</a><br />
2-<a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/Gallery+Lafleur/2174084/story.html">http://www.montrealgazette.com/Gallery+Lafleur/2174084/story.html</a><br />
3-<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/11/03/quebec-guy-lafleur-new-dvd.html">http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/11/03/quebec-guy-lafleur-new-dvd.html</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[***CONTEST CLOSED *** FREE STUFF FRIDAY: Contest No. 2 -- A Montreal Canadiens McFarlane Toys Centennial set]]></title>
<link>http://blogbeckett.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/free-stuff-friday-contest-no-2-a-montreal-canadiens-mcfarlane-toys-centennial-set/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chrisolds</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Montreal Canadiens vs. BIW Ironclad Hockey Benefit]]></title>
<link>http://iloveportlandmaine.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/montreal-canadiens-vs-biw-ironclad-hockey-benefit/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>iloveportlandmaine</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Hockey fans, I know this is Boston Bruins country, but when else will you get a chance to see NHL Ha]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-594" title="guy-lafleur" src="http://iloveportlandmaine.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/guy-lafleur.jpg?w=150" alt="guy-lafleur" width="180" height="136" />Hockey fans</strong>, I know this is Boston Bruins country, but when else will you get a chance to see <strong>NHL Hall of Famers</strong>, a team who has <strong>won 31 Stanley Cups </strong>amongst them, and see two players, <strong>Guy LaFleur and Larry Robinson</strong>, both ranked in the <strong>Top 25 </strong>of <strong><em>The </em><em>Hockey News&#8217;</em> Top 100 Greatest NHL Players of All-Time</strong>.</p>
<p>On Sunday, October 11, 2009, at 2pm the Cumberland County Civic Center will host a great charity hockey event between the <strong>Montreal Canadiens Alumni Team</strong> and the <strong>Bath Iron Works Ironclad Hockey Team</strong>.</p>
<p>We know the support for hockey is strong here in Maine and I trust there will be a great turnout for the event to benefit <strong>Habitat for Humanity</strong>. Again, you&#8217;ll witness some <strong>hockey greats</strong> including; <strong>Guy LaFleur, Larry Robinson, Steve Shutt, Normand Dupont,  Yvon Lambert,  Patrice Brisebois, Sergio Momesso</strong>,  Serge Boisvert,  Gilbert Dionne,  Donald Audette,  Lucien Deblois,  Richard Sevigny,  Gilbert DeLorme,  Gaston Gingras, and Karl Dykhuis.</p>
<p><strong>Tickets</strong> to the <strong>Montreal Canadiens vs. BIW Ironclad</strong> can be purchased via <strong><a href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/010042D7AF317836?artistid=1362813&#38;majorcatid=10004&#38;minorcatid=9">Ticketmaster &#8211; Montreal Canadiens</a></strong> or at the Cumberland County Civic Center Box Office.</p>
<p>Enjoy the show! Hopefully a chance for fans to <strong>grab some autographs</strong>!</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-597" title="habitat logo" src="http://iloveportlandmaine.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/logo2.gif?w=300" alt="habitat logo" width="300" height="59" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Les belles-mères (anciens chefs du PQ/anciens entraîneurs du CH)]]></title>
<link>http://patinagehorsglace.com/2009/09/25/les-belles-meres/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fanalyste</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Les journalistes politiques ont donné le nom de «&nbsp;belles-mères&nbsp;» à ces anciens politiciens]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Les journalistes politiques ont donné le nom de «&#160;belles-mères&#160;» à ces anciens politiciens notoires qui se prononcent régulièrement sur les affaires publiques et, en particulier, celles de leur parti. L&#8217;expression a été utilisée pour la première fois en 1981 par Claude Ryan, alors chef du Parti libéral du Québec, lorsqu&#8217;il a expliqué qu&#8217;il ne voulait pas de l&#8217;ancien premier ministre Robert Bourassa comme candidat car il ne voulait pas de <a href="http://www.radio-canada.ca/apropos/lib/v3.1/pdf/Revision_Francois_Leduc.pdf">«&#160;belles-mères dans la maison&#160;»</a>. Aujourd&#8217;hui, toutefois, l&#8217;expression fait davantage référence aux anciens chefs encore vivants du Parti québécois, dont certains ont plongé le PQ dans l&#8217;embarras en exprimant publiquement leur opinion personnelle sur des sujets chauds.</p>
<p>Les belles-mères sont agaçantes : elles jouissent d&#8217;une certaine notoriété et d&#8217;un fond de crédibilité, assez du moins pour avoir accès aux micros. Toutefois, comme elles n&#8217;ont plus d&#8217;attaches offficielles avec leur ancien parti, elles ne peuvent pas être contrôlées. Il n&#8217;y a guères de choses qu&#8217;un communicateur de parti politique ne craigne davantage qu&#8217;une belle-mère. Pendant la campagne électorale de 2003, l&#8217;ancien premier ministre Jacques Parizeau a mis son successeur, Bernard Landry, dans l&#8217;eau chaude avec des déclarations controversés sur ses fameux propos du soir du référendum de 1995. L&#8217;attaché de presse de Landry, Hubert Bolduc, s&#8217;est alors exclamé : <a href="http://archives.vigile.net/ds-actu/docs3a/03-9-6-2.html#4lpkb">«&#160;La première minute qu&#8217;il a voulu mettre l&#8217;ongle de l&#8217;orteil dans la campagne, qu&#8217;est-ce que j&#8217;ai dit? Quelqu&#8217;un dans ses culottes avec une enregistreuse!&#160;»</a>, ponctuant sa déclaration d&#8217;un juron bien senti. Ironiquement, Bernard Landry est lui-même devenu, peu de temps après, une belle-mère aussi loquace que Jacques Parizeau. D&#8217;autres belles-mères, notamment Lucien Bouchard et Pierre-Marc Johnson, se font toutefois plus discrètes.</p>
<p>Le Canadien possède lui aussi ses belles-mères, qui se sont fait entendre haut et fort pendant la rocambolesque saison du Centenaire. Les anciens entraîneurs Jean Perron à TQS (maintenant V), Pat Burns à CKAC et Jacques Demers au Réseau des sports ont tous une tribune en or pour critiquer la formation actuelle du Tricolore. Des trois, Jean Perron a certainement été le plus percutant lorsqu&#8217;il a publiquement dénoncé Carey Price, Chris Higgins et Sergei Kostitsyn, les fêtards impénitents du Canadien. Les belles-mères ont souvent dans leur carnet d&#8217;adresse d&#8217;excellentes sources de renseignements, et Jean Perron avait manifestement conservé celles de l&#8217;époque où il était entraîneur du Tricolore.</p>
<p>Évidemment, la nouvelle a provoqué la mauvaise humeur des trois larrons, mais aussi celle de Guy Carbonneau, alors entraîneur en poste au Canadien. Pour justifier son ingérence, Perron a raconté vingt fois plutôt qu&#8217;une qu&#8217;il avait lui-même perdu son poste d&#8217;entraîneur à cause de trois joueurs, Chris Chelios, Shayne Corson et Petr Svoboda, qui avaient percuté un lampadaire avec leur voiture alors qu&#8217;ils venaient de briser le couvre-feu. Perron a affirmé qu&#8217;il ne voulait pas que Carbonneau, son ancien joueur, connaisse le même sort. Les belles-mères ont aussi ça en commun : elles sont remplies de bonnes intentions. Lorsque Bernard Landry a exigé un moratoire sur l&#8217;implantation de la réforme scolaire, pourtant conçue et mise en place par son propre parti, il a dit s&#8217;inquiéter non pas en tant que politicien, mais que <a href="http://www.vigile.net/Education-Landry-Facal-et-Lisee">«&#160;grand-père qui a des enfants à l’école&#160;»</a>.</p>
<p>D&#8217;autres ne se trouvent même pas d&#8217;excuses : mettez un micro sous le nez de Guy Lafleur, et il vous dira ce qui lui passe par la tête. Par exemple, avant même que Saku Koivu parte de Montréal, Lafleur l&#8217;invitait à faire ses valises et déclarait avoir déjà conseillé lui-même à Réjean Houle (le directeur général du Canadien de 1996 à 2000) de se débarrasser du petit Finlandais. Vous entendrez souvent de la bouche des belles-mères : «&#160;je vous l&#8217;avais bien dit&#160;».</p>
<p>En politique comme au hockey, on râle contre les belles-mères, on les critique, on trouve leurs propos déplacés. Alors pourquoi ont-elles toujours autant de succès? Parce que, pour le public comme pour les journalistes, les belles-mères ont un avantage indéniable : elles font jaser. On peut toujours compter sur elles pour apporter de l&#8217;eau au moulin du potinage.</p>
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<link>http://pkrf1end.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/guy-lafleur-to-have-a-criminal-record/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pkrf1end</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pkrf1end.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/guy-lafleur-to-have-a-criminal-record/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hockey legend, Guy Lafleur, to have criminal record after getting fine and suspended sentence Source]]></description>
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<p>Hockey legend, Guy Lafleur, to have criminal record after getting fine and suspended sentence</p>
<p>Source:<br /><a href='http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090618/sports/crime_lafleur'>http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090618/sports/crime_lafleur</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Guy Lafleur To Have A Criminal Record]]></title>
<link>http://dailysportsreport.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/guy-lafleur-to-have-a-criminal-record/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://dailysportsreport.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/guy-lafleur-to-have-a-criminal-record/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hockey legend, Guy Lafleur, to have criminal record after getting fine and suspended sentence Source]]></description>
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<p>Hockey legend, Guy Lafleur, to have criminal record after getting fine and suspended sentence</p>
<p>Source:<br /><a href='http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090618/sports/crime_lafleur'>http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090618/sports/crime_lafleur</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Brazilian women cause existential angst]]></title>
<link>http://ayearinparadise.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/brazilian-women-cause-existential-angst/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 06:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://ayearinparadise.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/brazilian-women-cause-existential-angst/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Buddha was right, the cause of all suffering is desire.  Funny, he was never in Brazil, that I know ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kovy Capitaine, 1an 6,5M-7M$, une carte cachée de Gainey?]]></title>
<link>http://generationhockey.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/kovy-capitaine-1an-une-carte-cachee-de-gainey/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 01:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ghead74</dc:creator>
<guid>http://generationhockey.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/kovy-capitaine-1an-une-carte-cachee-de-gainey/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Il y a du mouvement&#8230;en fait,même les rumeurs à Montréal, c&#8217;est du mouvement!! Comme nous]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Il y a du mouvement&#8230;en fait,même les rumeurs à Montréal, c&#8217;est du mouvement!! Comme nous le révélait aujourd&#8217;hui le Sovietsky Sports ( c&#8217;est pas un feuillet paroissial comme l&#8217;a répété Michel Villeneuve 12 fois!), le CH aurait offert à Kovy le poste de Capitaine ainsi qu&#8217;un contrat d&#8217;une valeur allant de 6M à 7,5M et d&#8217;une durée d&#8217;une saison!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Je le dis depuis 6 mois, pour que le CH fonctionne, il faut nécessairement passer par une étape: Koivu se doit de quitter et l&#8217;on se soit de donner le C à Kovalev afin d&#8217;inspirer cette équipe. Les faits le démontrent: Le Canadien est une équipe qui joue de manière plus inspirée et plus régulière lorsque Kovy prend le poste de Capitaine. Vous voulez savoir pourquoi? Tout simplement parce que Kovy est plus crédible que Koivu.  Il a déjà gagné dans la NHL, il est un joueur plus talentueux et d&#8217;après moi, il n&#8217;y a pas un joueur qui a le plus à coeur les succès de l&#8217;équipe que li. Tellement à coeur qu&#8217;il a eu besoin de deux jours de repos , sachant que les pommes pourries(comme dirait Carbo) n&#8217;étaient pas néscessairement celles que tout le monde croyait&#8230;.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Vous vous demandez surement&#8221;Bon, ok Kovy serait un meilleur capitaine mais pourquoi autant d&#8217;argent&#8221;? Tout simplement parce que son contrat est d&#8217;une saison et qu&#8217;il fait partie d&#8217;un plan général.Un Kovalev qui joue aux côtés d&#8217;Un Lecavalier et d&#8217;un Tanguay a beaucoup plus de valeur qu&#8217;un Kovy accompagné de Pleckanec et Kostitsyn&#8230;. Tant qu&#8217;à moi, je lui donnerais deux ans de contrat d&#8217;une valeur de 10M$ environ (la première à 5,5M et la deuxième à 4,5M) durant lesquelles  il serait Capitaine et suite aux deux ans,  il remettrait le flambeau à un potentiel Lecavalier&#8230;Ce serait réaliste</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Et comme je ne crois pas nécessairement aux coincidences, Guy Lafleur a fait une sortie aujourd&#8217;hui sur l&#8217;actuel Capitaine du CH y allant de savoureuses déclarations :&#8221; J&#8217;avais suggéré à Réjean Houle alors qu&#8217;il était DG de se débarasser de Koivu, mais 12-13 ans plus tard, il est encore là&#8230;&#8221; Voyez-vous, je crois que Guy Lafleur est un peu plus dans le secret des Dieux que tout le monde et que la plupart de ses sorties sont calculées&#8230;..Histoire à suivre&#8230;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Les médaillés (Guy Lafleur et Jean Charest)]]></title>
<link>http://toutlemondedevraitenparler.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/les-medailles-guy-lafleur-et-jean-charest/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 00:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>toutlemondedevraitenparler</dc:creator>
<guid>http://toutlemondedevraitenparler.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/les-medailles-guy-lafleur-et-jean-charest/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Par Beaudet, Rue Frontenac, 11 mai 2009]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ah, les mamans !]]></title>
<link>http://satellitevoyageur.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/ah-les-mamans/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 02:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Satellite Voyageur</dc:creator>
<guid>http://satellitevoyageur.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/ah-les-mamans/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hier, c&#8217;était la Fête des Mères. Dans le contexte actuel dont je vous ai parlé la semaine dern]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Hier, c&#8217;était la Fête des Mères. Dans le contexte actuel dont je vous ai parlé la semaine dernière, c&#8217;était un peu triste&#8230; Surtout avec la pluie et le vent qui ne cessait de marteler nos fenêtres. Mais bon, je dois vous dire que comme après n&#8217;importe quelle tempête, le calme se refait sentir de plus en plus.  Nous sommes prêts à toute éventualité, mais prêts à continuer de vivre et de ne pas s&#8217;empêcher de la vivre cette chienne de vie. Une sacrée décision, croyez-moi !</p>
<p>Par le plus étonnant des hasards, j&#8217;ai reparlé à l&#8217;ex sur Internet et on parlait de tout et de rien et il m&#8217;a fait écouter cette chanson de Pierre Lapointe. OK, ce clip amateur qui consiste à un diaporama d&#8217;images est pas super, mais il vous permet d&#8217;écouter la chanson en question:</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/d8DyD5jW8ME&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/d8DyD5jW8ME&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Je l&#8217;écoutais et j&#8217;avais les larmes aux yeux: dieu qu&#8217;au début de ma vingtaine, j&#8217;ai eu le goût de dire ça à ma mère aussi. Comment j&#8217;avais le don de briser le bonheur que j&#8217;avais, comment je pouvais me sentir aussi perdu. Mais je crois qu&#8217;elle serait contente que malgré toute la merde qui pleut chez nous, je me sens plus prêt à accueillir le bonheur, à accepter celui-ci comme un cheminement. Plus prêt qu&#8217;à 20 ans, en tout cas.</p>
<p>Allez, bonne fête en retard à toutes les mamans ! Car elles doivent apprendre à gérer nos humeurs en plus de leurs boulots, leurs occupations, etc.</p>
<p><strong>Le billet du jour</strong>: Bon, j&#8217;ai parlé de Guy Lafleur samedi (<em>ce qui a ramené du monde à la messe</em>) et <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jai5K06sc3r3YiyE1R_CcgHlu5GA" target="_blank">il ne perdra pas son ordre du Québec</a>. Correct, j&#8217;ai pas de problèmes avec ça. Je continue à dire qu&#8217;il a commis un crime et qu&#8217;il ne faut pas l&#8217;oublier, mais faut quand même pas le mettre dans le même panier qu&#8217;un autre Guy qui a, disons, abusé d&#8217;une chanteuse connue&#8230; Cependant, certains se servent de cette affaire pour faire passer d&#8217;autre message. On défend le démon blond en comparant son geste aux &#8220;meurtres&#8221; commis par le docteur Henry Morgentaler&#8230; C&#8217;est du moins ce que <a href="http://renartleveille.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/petit-quizz-pour-decouvrir-le-sophiste/" target="_blank">m&#8217;a montré Renart aujourd&#8217;hui</a>. L&#8217;art de comparer des pommes et des oranges, j&#8217;imagine ? Mais il semble que les cathos extrémistes <a href="http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/mauricie/2009/05/10/002-cour_ethique_cult_religieuse_n.shtml" target="_blank">sortent de plus en plus au Québec ces jours-ci</a>.</p>
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<link>http://renartleveille.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/petit-quizz-pour-decouvrir-le-sophiste/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>renartleveille</dc:creator>
<guid>http://renartleveille.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/petit-quizz-pour-decouvrir-le-sophiste/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[J&#8217;ai pris ce cliché sur le blogue de quelqu&#8217;un que je ne fréquente plus, parce que j]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Les z’articles signés HellJesus (10-05-2009)]]></title>
<link>http://bebehabs.com/2009/05/10/les-z%e2%80%99articles-signes-helljesus-10-05-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 18:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>helljesus</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bebehabs.com/2009/05/10/les-z%e2%80%99articles-signes-helljesus-10-05-2009/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dossier Lafleur Qui de mieux placé que Guy Lafleur pour parler de ce dossier? Malheureusement… perso]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Leave Guy Lafleur alone!]]></title>
<link>http://jackdrew.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/leave-guy-lafleur-alone/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 02:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jackdrew.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/leave-guy-lafleur-alone/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On a tous entendu parler de la saga concernant Mark Lafleur et plus récemment le verdict de culpabil]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://jackdrew.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/guy_lafleur.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3510" title="guy_lafleur" src="http://jackdrew.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/guy_lafleur.jpg?w=216" alt="guy_lafleur" width="216" height="300" /></a>On a tous entendu parler de la saga concernant Mark Lafleur et plus récemment le verdict de culpabilité du Démon Blond.</p>
<p>So be it&#8230; Y&#8217;a courru après faut croire et je connais pas les détails.</p>
<p>Mais expliquez moi quelqu&#8217;un pourquoi le menacer de lui enlever l&#8217;Ordre national du Québec, l&#8217;Ordre du Canada et lui enlever son membership du Temple de la renommée du hockey&#8230;</p>
<p>Me semble que ces titres lui ont été donné pour ce qu&#8217;il a accompli sur la glace non?</p>
<p>Calisse, si c&#8217;est parce qu&#8217;il a mal élevé son gars qu&#8217;on lui enlève là&#8230; À quand mon intronisation et/ou ma remise de médaille de l&#8217;ordre de j&#8217;sais-pas-au-faut-pourquoi-on-donne-des-médailles-au-fait!</p>
<p>J&#8217;ai connu Guy Lafleur alors que j&#8217;étais ti-cul. Son numéro 10 a orné mon chandail de hockey plus d&#8217;une année. J&#8217;ai même travaillé avec le type en étroite collaboration. Me semble qu&#8217;on le fait assez chier depuis un bout pour retourner dans son passé&#8230;</p>
<p>Non mais tant qu&#8217;à y&#8217;être esti, effacez tout ce qu&#8217;il a contribué au CH pis ses stats tant qu&#8217;à faire&#8230;</p>
<p>Pour une fois que <a href="http://lcn.canoe.ca/lcn/infos/national/archives/2009/05/20090509-073449.html" target="_blank">j&#8217;applaudis Jean Charest</a>&#8230; Profitez-en</p>
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<link>http://satellitevoyageur.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/la-justice-est-aveugle-chers-amis/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 18:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Satellite Voyageur</dc:creator>
<guid>http://satellitevoyageur.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/la-justice-est-aveugle-chers-amis/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Aujourd&#8217;hui, un nouveau développement dans l&#8217;affaire de Guy Lafleur déclaré coupable d]]></description>
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<p>Aujourd&#8217;hui, un nouveau développement dans l&#8217;affaire de <a href="http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/Montreal/2009/05/01/001-lafeur-coupable.shtml" target="_blank">Guy Lafleur déclaré coupable d&#8217;avoir déclaré des témoignages contradictoires en Cour</a>. En effet, <a href="http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/National/2009/05/09/001-lafleur_ordre_national_quebec.shtml" target="_blank">l&#8217;ancien Canadien risque d&#8217;être radié de l&#8217;Ordre national du Québec à cause de cette condamnation</a>. J&#8217;entends déjà les lignes ouvertes pleines de gens décrier cette possible (car elle n&#8217;est pas confirmée) radiation, comment on ostracise le joueur de hockey, etc.</p>
<p>C&#8217;est drôle comment, aux lendemains de la condamnation, tout le monde a pris la défense de l&#8217;ex hockeyeur: &#8220;C&#8217;est épouvantable, c&#8217;est de l&#8217;acharnement, c&#8217;est un  scandale !&#8221; Euh&#8230; les amis, je ne veux pas péter votre <em>party</em> d&#8217;adoration mais&#8230; LE GARS A MENTI EN COUR. J&#8217;ai été même assez épouvanté d&#8217;entendre des gens dire: &#8220;j&#8217;aurais fait la même chose pour mon enfant.&#8221; Quoi ?! C&#8217;est quoi cette vague de désobéissance civile tout d&#8217;un coup ? C&#8217;est drôle, car je ne suis pas certain que cette vague d&#8217;appui serait la même pour un parfait inconnu.</p>
<p>Reprenons l&#8217;exemple Guy Lafleur sans M.Lafleur. Situation: M. Tartampion, un travailleur honnête dans une usine d&#8217;outils,  a un fils qui est accusé d&#8217;agression sexuelle sur des filles. Le juge dit à M. Tartampion: &#8220;Votre fils doit respecter un couvre-feu pour garder sa liberté et en tant que parent responsable, vous devez vous assurer qu&#8217;il soit à la maison à partir de 10h le soir.&#8221; Or, on apprend par les journaux que M. Tartampion a laissé son fils passer une nuit dans un motel et que, mieux que ça, monsieur a menti lorsqu&#8217;il fut interrogé sur cette situation en Cour.</p>
<p>C&#8217;est drôle, je ne suis pas certain que l&#8217;opinion publique serait aussi favorable envers M. Tartampion. Je ne suis pas certain qu&#8217;elle goberait l&#8217;histoire du &#8220;il s&#8217;est trompé&#8221;. Même si son fils était atteint du syndrome de Tourette. Même si c&#8217;était un gentil travailleur qui prenait au moins 20 heures de son temps chaque semaine à faire du bénévolat. Je crois que l&#8217;opinion publique serait alors celle-ci: &#8220;Il a menti en Cour, qu&#8217;il paie pour le (<strong>censuré</strong>) !&#8221;</p>
<p>Mais là, parce que c&#8217;est un ancien hockeyeur, on pardonne tout et on recommence ? Avoir su qu&#8217;être hockeyeur te donnait le droit de faire n&#8217;importe quoi et de défier la loi, j&#8217;aurais joué au hockey étant jeune&#8230; Alors, c&#8217;est quoi, on est prêt à accepter deux systèmes de justice ? Parfait ! Qu&#8217;il en soit ainsi ! Mais que j&#8217;en entende plus jamais un dire qu&#8217;il trouve injuste qu&#8217;un policier, un avocat ou un juge a des traitements favorables en Cour. Je leur rappelerai avec plaisir qu&#8217;il souhaitait pourtant la même chose pour un joueur de hockey&#8230; Même Claude Poirier, qui dénonce la justice partiale pour les hommes de loi, aurait voulu qu&#8217;on s&#8217;attendrisse devant le cas Lafleur. Monsieur Poirier, n&#8217;êtes-vous pas un partisan des Bruins, <em>anyway</em> ? <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>Satellite, tu fais du &#8220;Guy Lafleur bashing&#8221; là !</strong> Faux. Je n&#8217;ai rien contre l&#8217;homme, même qu&#8217;il me semblait (me semble toujours aussi) sympathique. Sauf que je suis objectif: le gars a menti en Cour, a donné des témoignages contradictoires et c&#8217;est interdit par la loi.</p>
<p><strong>Satellite, il n&#8217;a pas volé ou tué quelqu&#8217;un, il s&#8217;est juste trompé dans ses témoignages !</strong> Tout d&#8217;abord, qui peut nous dire qu&#8217;il s&#8217;est vraiment trompé ? Parce qu&#8217;habituellement, très rare que tu donnes des témoignages contradictoires quand tu ne caches rien&#8230; Quand tu ne protèges pas quelqu&#8217;un. C&#8217;est pour ça d&#8217;ailleurs que c&#8217;est interdit par la loi: imaginez le nombre de criminels qui seraient liberté si on ne punissait pas ceux qui essaient de protéger des accusés ! Alors, oui, il est vrai que le crime est moins grave, mais il n&#8217;empêche qu&#8217;objectivement, selon la loi, c&#8217;est un crime.</p>
<p><strong>Satellite, <a href="http://blogues.cyberpresse.ca/lagace/?p=70722831" target="_blank">un gars saute à pieds joints sur le visage d&#8217;une femme et ne va pas en prison</a> mais toi tu souhaiterais que pour un petit mensonge, Guy Lafleur aille en taule ? </strong>Tout d&#8217;abord, je ne crois pas que Guy Lafleur aille en prison. Trop connu, première offense à la loi, il risque d&#8217;avoir seulement une amende. Même le procureur demandait peut-être une peine à purger dans la communauté&#8230; Ce qui est pas terrible pour une violation de la loi qui peut être puni de 14 ans de prison. D&#8217;ailleurs, je ne demande pas la prison. Mais si on a réussi à prouver qu&#8217;il a menti en Cour, j&#8217;espère qu&#8217;il aura une punition pour la faute. Pour ce qui est du gars qui a sauté à pieds joints sur le visage de cette femme, je suis aussi scandalisé que vous de ce jugement. Or, c&#8217;est ça la justice : c&#8217;est la combinaison d&#8217;un procureur (visiblement incompétent dans cette cause), de la preuve (visiblement pas assez solide), d&#8217;un avocat de la défense (visiblement bien payé et assez fort) et d&#8217;un juge (visiblement&#8230; j&#8217;aime dire visiblement)&#8230; La justice est aveugle chers amis et devrait même l&#8217;être davantage. Elle doit se foutre que vous vous appeliez président Obama ou madame Doyon, gentille propriétaire de dépanneur. Elle doit juger impartialement que vous soyez le président de la Caisse de dépôt ou Joe &#8220;The Plumber&#8221;.</p>
<p>Évidemment, ça peut la rendre imparfaite, scandaleuse. Parfois, elle n&#8217;est pas impartiale. On aimerait tous &#8211; moi, le premier &#8211; qu&#8217;elle soit meilleure. Mais je préfère notre système imparfait à un système chinois ou russe où vous devez prouvez que vous ne l&#8217;avez pas fait. Car oui, un système où tu es coupable jusqu&#8217;à preuve du contraire fait plus d&#8217;emprisonnés&#8230; mais il emprisonne plus des gens qui n&#8217;ont peut-être rien fait aussi.</p>
<p><strong>Les billets du jour</strong>: Tout d&#8217;abord, en tant que &#8220;geek&#8221;, j&#8217;ai été très &#8220;touché&#8221; par <a href="http://www.ledetracteur.com/jeux-videos-ghostbusters-final-fantasy/" target="_blank">le billet du Détracteur constructif qui a ramené chez moi un dilemme que je vis également</a>. Solidarité mon Détracteur ! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  Plus sérieusement, j&#8217;ai bien ri en lisant le billet de Richard Hétu parlant des catholiques extrémistes aux États-Unis. <a href="http://blogues.cyberpresse.ca/hetu/?p=70423853&#38;utm_source=Fils&#38;utm_medium=RSS&#38;utm_campaign=Blogue_RICHARD_H%C3%A9TU" target="_blank">C&#8217;est rendu qu&#8217;ils font presque peur au Vatican</a>, c&#8217;est dire&#8230; <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<link>http://loge19.com/2009/05/06/light-me-up-that-cigarette-and-ill-strapskates-on-my-feet/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 20:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Coach</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Congrats on setting a new world record...i guess. According to yesterday&#8217;s NY Post, Sean Avery]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_1805" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 212px"><a href="http://loge19.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/mouth-full-of-cigarettes1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1805" title="mouth-full-of-cigarettes1" src="http://loge19.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/mouth-full-of-cigarettes1.jpg?w=202" alt="Congrats on setting a new world record...i guess." width="202" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Congrats on setting a new world record...i guess.</p></div>
<p style="text-align:left;">According to yesterday&#8217;s <a title="NY Post" href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/05052009/gossip/pagesix/been_smokin_167630.htm" target="_blank">NY Post</a>, Sean Avery was spotted down in the Meat Packing District in NYC over the weekend, huffing lung darts with gal pal actress Catherine Keener.  A good friend of mine who lives in NYC and runs a Hockey &#38; Entainment blog called, <a title="The Daily Sauce" href="http://the-daily-sauce.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Daily Sauce</a>,  saw Avery back on April 4th  after the Rangers disappointing 1-0 road loss to the Bruins, standing outside a New York City bar with his shirt and tie still on, a bluetooth in his ear and cigarette in mouth.  Now, this article in the Post got me thinking about how we are starting to see a cigarette smoking trend on <a title="the Loge" href="http://loge19.com/2009/03/25/party-like-a-rock-staror-a-montreal-canadian/" target="_blank">the Loge</a>,  so I decided to dig a little deeper for all you loyal readers and see if this was a common theme among NHL players.  So kick back, light up a stogie, or two&#8230;or three, as I uncover the TRUTH.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">I have to start by thanking <a title="Uniwatchblog.com" href="http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/02/19/put-that-in-your-pipe-and-smoke-it/" target="_blank">Uniwatchblog.com </a>for some nice commentary on the relationship between sports and cigarettes, and although the article is geared more towards other pro sports, most notably baseball, there is some great insight (and some great picture evidence of some notable sports figures lighting one up).  But the Loge is all about hockey, so I had to dig even deeper to find what Loge readers want.  So without further commentary, I will jump right into my findings.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">The most notable hockey name that I continued to stumble across was Hall of Famer <a title="Guy &#34;The Flower&#34; Lafleur" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbkOI6Q9dQ0" target="_blank">Guy &#8220;The Flower&#8221; Lafleur</a>, who apparently was quite the smoker in his day; despite scoring over 500 goals and finishing his career averaging 1.2 PPG. According to his <a title="biography" href="http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Lafleur_Guy.html" target="_blank">biography</a> on Biographybase.com, Lafleur was good for 2-packs a day; which I think only make his career numbers even more astonishing!  Let me put it this way: Lafleur was good for 40 cigarettes a day, and when you take into account the fact that he obviously slept for 6-8 hours a day, he was smoking 2-3 cigs every hour&#8230;he had to be lighting up during a game otherwise he would be losing valuable smoking time.   While I came across Lafleur&#8217;s name quite often in my searches, one name that I really had to dig for was the great Mario Lemiuex.  I have heard stories about him smoking cigs, but I needed to find out the truth for myself (and you the readers).    While he was not as heavy a smoker as Lafleur, in the early part of his career #66 would huff down about a <a title="half pack per day" href="http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:wE72l6TPQCAJ:www.cbc.ca/sports/columns/newsmakers/lemieux_m.html+mario+lemieux,+cigarette&#38;cd=2&#38;hl=en&#38;ct=clnk&#38;gl=us" target="_blank">half pack per day</a>.  Apparently, just before the 1987 Canada Cup, when Lemiuex led all scorers with 11 goals (including the famous <a title="game winner" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptl5tjquLnk" target="_blank">game winner </a>in the championship game), many critics questioned his dedication (obviously b/c of his smoking habit).  However, the very next year he won the Hart and the Art Ross trophies&#8230;dethroning the Great One from his seven year run as the leading point getter and forever immortilizing him in hockey history.  Another former NHL stud who has been linked to smoking cigarettes is former Chicago Blackhawk Dennis Savard, who was known for smoking cigarettes in the locker room.  Check out this article from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette during the 1983 playoffs, <a title="Kids Are In Charge of Semifinal" href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&#38;dat=19830425&#38;id=Y08NAAAAIBAJ&#38;sjid=m20DAAAAIBAJ&#38;pg=7140,5559672" target="_blank">Kids Are In Charge of Semifinal</a>, profiling the Oilers vs. Hawks series and comparing Wayne &#8220;The Kid&#8221; Gretzky to Denis &#8220;The Dead End Kid&#8221; Savard (top of second column makes note of Savard&#8217;s smoking habits).   Apparently cigarettes only helped the <a title="Savardian Spin-o-rama" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bZBMNOeNF0" target="_blank">Savardian Spin-o-rama</a>!  I think the best stories I came across were about the always controvesial Al &#8220;Empty Net Goals Are For Faggots&#8221; Iafrate,  from articles in the <a title="New York Times" href="http://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/28/sports/hockey-fans-gush-over-him-as-iafrate-tips-his-hat.html" target="_blank">New York Times </a>and <a title="Sports Illustrated" href="http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1137438/index.htm" target="_blank">Sports Illustrated</a>, circa 1993.  Both articles paint Iafrate as a Harley Davidson riding, heavy metal music loving, cigarette smoking &#8220;Wild Thing.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote><p>His preferred mode of transportation is a Harley Davidson motorcycle, his main music is metal-based, and he often fires up a post-game cigarette with the same propane torch he uses to sculpt his hockey sticks.</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:left;">I don&#8217;t know about you guys (and ladies), but this certainly solidifies Iafrate&#8217;s roster spot on my &#8220;Best of NHL Badasses&#8221; list.  Imagine a young <a title="Peter Bondra" href="http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=469" target="_blank">Peter Bondra </a>preparing a new stick for the start of the second period, and Al Iafrate bullying the torch from him to light up a smoke.  PRICELESS!  Now I know these four guys are no longer in the NHL, and undoubtedly played during a different era of sports, but don&#8217;t worry, my research didn&#8217;t stop there.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Besides Sean Avery and Carey Price, I happened to come up with a few current NHL players who like to dablein the lung darts.  The best piece of evidence I was able to come up with was this gem of a picture of <a title="Miikka Kiprusoff" href="http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=15587" target="_blank">Miikka Kiprusoff</a> and <a title="Dion Phaneuf" href="http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=62548" target="_blank">Dion Phaneuf </a>lighting up smokes at what is apparantly a strip club.  Can you say classy? (I don&#8217;t know who to give credit to for this photo because I found it everywhere, so just know that it is not Loge19&#8217;s. )</p>
<div id="attachment_1774" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1774" title="kipper_dion_fg" src="http://loge19.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/kipper_dion_fg.jpg?w=300" alt="I did it all for the nookie!" width="300" height="224" /><p class="wp-caption-text">I did it all for the nookie!</p></div>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Now let me point out a few things in this picture.  They are definitely at a strip club because there is a &#8220;I love tits&#8221; bumber sticker on the back door, and if you look closely there is a wall of lockers for the strippers to store their &#8217;street clothes&#8217; in.  But I&#8217;m not here to call them out for being at a strip club, so enough about that.  Notcie Kiprusoff lighting his cigarette with another cigarette&#8230;a sure sign of a chain smoker.  I got nothing for Phaneuf, but obviously he does like <a title="'sloppy seconds'" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1L3f4q2r7o">&#8217;sloppy seconds&#8217;</a> if he&#8217;s hanging out in the back room of a strip club.  Another goalie that has/had a reputation for smoking lung darts is Stanley Cup champion <a title="Nikolai Khabibulin" href="http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=2703" target="_blank">Nikolai Khabibulin</a>.  Apparently in Phoenix he was an out-of-shape,  slob of an athelete, and smoked a lot of cigarettes.  Here is what John Tortorella had to say about him when he was acquired by the Lightening in a <a title="TSN article" href="http://tsn.ca/nhl/teams/story/?id=86389&#38;hubname=nhl-playoffs" target="_blank">TSN article</a> about seven years ago:</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">I was with Nik in Phoenix a number of years ago where Nik was out of shape, smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee, the whole nine yards&#8230;</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Now I&#8217;m not sure if he still enjoys smoking cigarettes, but my guess is that he does because his coach for the past two seasons in Chicago (before getting fired this year) was Denis Savard, and I&#8217;m sure they had pre game butts outside the players&#8217; entrance.  Moving on, <a title="Sergei Zubov" href="http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=5872" target="_blank">Sergei Subov</a> appears to be a renowned smoker, and apparently smokes unfiltered Russian Cigarettes&#8230;can you say BAD ASS!  The guy has two Stanley Cups and plays 25+ minutes a game when he&#8217;s healthy.  One of the best lines I found in regards to Zubov, was from a <a title="European scout" href="http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/sports/story.html?id=39651c56-b807-4ade-b850-7e1cc37c9a77" target="_blank">European scout </a>who was comparing Ottawa&#8217;s first round pick in the 2008 draft, Erik Karlsson, to Sergei Zubov; &#8220;He&#8217;s Zubov, without the cigarettes.&#8221;  HAHAHAHAHA.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">I&#8217;m sure there are plenty more players that smoke cigarettes in the NHL today, but obviously they keep things a little more hush-hush than they did 20 years ago.  A few names that I stumbled across but didn&#8217;t research quite as much were: <a title="Dany Heatley" href="http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=49508" target="_blank">Dany Heatley</a>, <a title="Mats Sundin" href="http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=5252" target="_blank">Mats Sundin</a>, and <a title="Chad Larose" href="http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=55298" target="_blank">Chad Larose</a> of the Carlina Hurricanes.  I actually had the pleasure of indulging in a few cigs with Chad Larose during his rookie season in the USHL with the Siuox Falls Stampede, and he definitely loved every inhale of them (this was in 1999, before the time of digital cameras, but I&#8217;ll look back in the photo vault to see if I can find some picture eveidence of this&#8230;he was not the only one on the team smoking).</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">In closing, there are obviously some very big names in the NHL that have been, and are, linked to cigarette smoking.   I&#8217;m not sure about the legitmacey of this statistic, but on a <a title="Yahoo! Message Board" href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080301104029AAldHHX" target="_blank">Yahoo! Message Board</a> one person posted the following in 2008:</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">317 NHL players on their insurance form, claim to have smoked at least 1 cigarette in the last 12 months. Or roughly 35% of the league.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">If this is true, that is a staggering number, and makes you wonder: if they are checking a box that says they have smoked &#8220;one cigarette in the past 12 months,&#8221; they have obviously smoked way more than one.  If  any of you readers have any insight into this statistic, please send it our way.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">-Coach</p>
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<link>http://pkrf1end.wordpress.com/2009/05/02/guy-lafleur-convicted-of-giving-contradictory-evidence/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 14:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hockey great Guy Lafleur could face up to 14 years in prison Check it:http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?i]]></description>
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<p>Hockey great Guy Lafleur could face up to 14 years in prison</p>
<p>Check it:<br /><a href='http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=277124'>http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=277124</a></p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 12:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Hockey great Guy Lafleur could face up to 14 years in prison</p>
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<link>http://blog.cmdstore.com/2009/04/29/great-hockey-books-to-read/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[As the NHL season draws to a close, we will enter into a hockey withdrawal state&#8230;.and to stop ]]></description>
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<p>Ken Dryden&#8217;s <strong>The Game </strong>has been hailed as the best hockey book ever written and included in Sports Illustrated&#8217;s list of the top 100 best sports books of all time.  Dryden was one of my idols growing up (along with Guy Lafleur, the Flower Power) so this book has a special place in my heart.</p>
<p>Dryden played goalie for the Montreal Canadiens, a true and longtime hockey dynasty. During Dryden&#8217;s eight seasons with the Canadiens in the 1970s, the team won the Stanley Cup six times. Dryden does not fit the stereotype of a hockey player.  He is one of hockey’s most intelligent and insightful commentators.  He &#8220;retired&#8221; for one season due to a contract dispute and decided to finish requirements for a law degree. He is currently a member of the Canadian Parliament.  The Game is both thoughtful and articulate and I highly recommend reading this book.  You can pick up a copy at either <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Game-Ken-Dryden/dp/0470833556" target="_blank">Amazon</a> or your local book store (ie. B and N, Chapters).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Mario-Lemieuxs-Swimming-Pool/dp/1572434406"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1577" title="Why is the Stanley Cup in Mario Lemieux s Pool" src="http://actionfigurecanada.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/stanleycupmario.jpg?w=200" alt="Why is the Stanley Cup in Mario Lemieux s Pool" width="200" height="300" /></a>The next hockey book I recommend is different:  <strong>Why is the Stanley Cup in Mario Lemieux&#8217;s Swimming Pool?</strong> Follow the true exploits of the most celebrated of sport&#8217;s trophies beyond the champagne toasts and all-star embraces. <strong>Why is the Stanley Cup in Mario Lemieux&#8217;s Swimming Pool </strong>is a wild, globe-trotting romp filled with zany, surprising, and often touching accounts of what really happens once hockey&#8217;s greatest quest has been conquered and the celebration begins-off the ice.</p>
<p>What did the sport&#8217;s greatest players do when, king for a day, they spent an eventful twenty-four hours with the Stanley Cup? The prestigious trophy has held everything from beer to infants, and has been carted from Moscow&#8217;s Red Square to Bob&#8217;s Big Boy. <strong>Why is The Stanley Cup in Mario Lemieux&#8217;s Swimming Pool?</strong> includes:</p>
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<li>Stories of raw emotion and personal triumph-a visit to MIKE KEANE&#8217;S one-hundred-year-old grandmother&#8217;s nursing home, and a presentation by JOE NIEUWENDYK to his blind professor during a reception at Cornell University</li>
<li>Raucous anecdotes of high comedy-nights abandoned on street corners, visits to strip clubs, golf course hi-jinks, and a trip to the bottom of MARIO LEMIEUX&#8217;S pool</li>
<li>Unbelievable twenty-four-hour world travel to Sweden, Russia, and beyond, mysterious tales of the Stanley Cup ghost, and reflections from hockey&#8217;s greatest of the greats -HOWE, GRETZKY, ESPOSITO, and HULL</li>
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<p>Would you drink from the Stanley Cup if you knew where it had been?   This is one of the funniest hockey book I have ever read.  Being a hockey fan, I ate these stories up like no tomorrow. You don&#8217;t need to be a crazy fan like myself to enjoy the stories though. The Stanley Cup is definately the most well traveled hunk of silver around and its story is still being written.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.cmdstore.com/mcfarlane-nhl-hockey-legends-action-figures-series-5-guy-lafleur.html?cmp=daveblog"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1590 aligncenter" title="Guy Lafleur McFarlane Action Figure" src="http://actionfigurecanada.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/cmdstore_2052_6675433.jpg?w=200" alt="Guy Lafleur McFarlane Action Figure" width="200" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>I will post some more good hockey books shortly.  I am still impatiently waiting for McFarlane Toys to make a Ken Dryden figure in his classic stance. They did release a <a href="http://www.cmdstore.com/mcfarlane-nhl-hockey-legends-action-figures-series-5-guy-lafleur.html?cmp=daveblog" target="_self">Guy Lafleur figure</a> which you can buy online at: <a href="http://www.cmdstore.com/mcfarlane-nhl-hockey-legends-action-figures-series-5-guy-lafleur.html?cmp=daveblog" target="_self">cmdstore.com.</a> We have tons of other hockey figures that you can check on the site.</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Il mentionnait qu&#8217;il n&#8217;existait que deux sortes de fans, lorsqu&#8217;on parle d&#8217;u]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><span style="color:#ff99cc;"><a href="http://ilblogue.com/les-deux-types-de-fans-du-ch/">Il</a> mentionnait qu&#8217;il n&#8217;existait que deux sortes de fans, lorsqu&#8217;on parle d&#8217;une équipe de hockey (feu les Canadiens de Montréal, par exemple).</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;">Ceux-ci:<br />
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<blockquote><p><span style="color:#ff99cc;"><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">L’impulsif</span> &#8211; Celui qui glorifie trop vite et qui, conséquemment, urine sur chaque joueur qui commet une faute.<br />
<strong>Sa phrase clichée :</strong> «Moé j’crisserais la moitié de l’équipe dehors!»</em></span></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><span style="color:#ff99cc;"><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Le rationnel pompeux</span> &#8211; Celui qui défend les joueurs hués pour s’auto-prouver qu’il est un «vrai fan» plus civilisé et intelligent que les autres.<br />
<strong>Sa phrase clichée :</strong> «Voyons donc! Calmez-vous bande de caves. Si tel joueur jouait à Detroit il serait bien meilleur!»</em></span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;">Je me permets de terminer son travail en ajoutant d&#8217;autres types d&#8217;amateurs.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Le fan d&#8217;un seul joueur</span> &#8211; Celui qui prétend aimer l&#8217;équipe, mais en fait, il n&#8217;aime qu&#8217;un seul joueur (souvent le plus populaire) .<br />
<strong>Sa phrase clichée :</strong> «L&#8217;équipe n&#8217;est rien sans Kovalev!»</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Le fan matérialiste<span style="text-decoration:underline;"> </span></span>- Celui qui a besoin de prouver aux autres qu&#8217;il aime l&#8217;équipe. Il possède trois t-shirts, un jersey, une casquette, le porte-feuille, le porte-clé, les bobettes, les condoms, le vernis à ongle, le téléphone cellulaire, la brocheuse, le déodorant, le scorbut et les bas à l&#8217;effigie de l&#8217;équipe.<br />
<strong>Sa phrase clichée :</strong> «As-tu vu mon nouveau tattou des Canadiens? Drette su mon cœur!»</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">La fan qui trippe sur les joueurs (aussi connue sous le nom de <em>plotte à puck</em>)</span> &#8211; Celle qui n&#8217;aime que les joueurs qu&#8217;elle trouve incroyablement séduisant.<br />
<strong>Sa phrase clichée :</strong> «Price c&#8217;est l&#8217;homme de ma vie!» ou «C&#8217;est plate que Bégin ait été échangé, il avait tellement de beaux yeux!»</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Le fan statisticien</span> &#8211; Celui qui connait tous les statistiques de tous les joueurs et qui passe pour un génie et/ou un pas de vie.<br />
<strong>Sa phrase clichée :</strong> «La prochaine partie, Montréal va la gagner, parce que depuis que Kyle Turris a été acquis par les Coyotes de Pheonix en 2007 (3e choix au repéchage bien sûr), l&#8217;équipe (anciennement les Jets de Winnipeg, mais ils ont déménager en 1996) n&#8217;a battu le Canadien de Montréal qu&#8217;une seule fois sur 3 lorsque le match se déroulait à Montréal, un mardi de février où la température extérieure oscillait entre &#8211; 5 et -10&#8242;c un samedi soir où c&#8217;est une reprise des Simpsons qui passe à Télétoon.»</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Le <em>hater</em> qui aime l&#8217;équipe en cachette</span> &#8211; Souvent voué à une équipe rivale, le <em>hater</em> aime l&#8217;équipe secrètement, mais ne veut pas l&#8217;avouer à ses amis pour être intéressant/différent.<br />
<strong>Sa phrase clichée :</strong> «LET&#8217;S GO BRUINS!»</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Le fan jamais à jour</span> &#8211; Celui qui ne s&#8217;informe pas et qui, par conséquent, écœure tout le monde avec ses questions idiotes. Il porte souvent un chandail des Nordiques.<br />
<strong>Sa phrase clichée :</strong> «Mike Ribeiro est rendu à Dallas?»</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Le fan baby-boomer</span> &#8211; Celui qui aime le Canadiens, mais pour ses performances dans les années 70.<br />
<strong>Sa phrase clichée :</strong> «Guy Lafleur était ben meilleur!»</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Le fan <em>tough</em></span> &#8211; Celui qui veut toujours voir du sang sur la glace.<br />
<strong>Sa phrase clichée :</strong> «LARAQUE! LARAQUE!»</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">La blonde du fan</span> &#8211; Celle qui trippe sur le hockey pour faire plaisir à son chum.<br />
<strong>Sa phrase clichée :</strong> «S&#8217;ils gagnent à soir, ils gagnent les séries?»</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">La blonde conne du fan</span> &#8211; Celle qui trippe sur le hockey pour faire plaisir à son chum, mais qui est idiote, qui plus est.<br />
<strong>Sa phrase clichée :</strong> «Les Canadiens, ce sont les blancs ou les jaunes?»</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Le fan négatif</span> &#8211; Celui qui dit que l&#8217;équipe est toujours vouée à la défaite.<br />
<strong>Sa phrase clichée :</strong> «J&#8217;écoute la game même si je sais qu&#8217;ils vont perdent&#8230;»</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Le fan positif</span> &#8211; Celui qui dit que l&#8217;équipe est toujours vouée à la victoire.<br />
<strong>Sa phrase clichée :</strong> «J&#8217;ÉTAIS LÀ À LA REMONTÉE HISTOIRE DE CINQ BUTS CONTRE LES RANGERS!»</span></p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The recent criticism over Alexander Ovechkin’s 50 goal celebration has led me to notice that the NHL]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">The recent criticism over Alexander Ovechkin’s 50 goal celebration has led me to notice that the NHL is losing its individualism.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">I’m not just talking about player celebrations and antics.  We could all do without Sean Avery’s immaturity and selfish behaviour. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">It’s the equipment that players use that has me wondering if the NHL is becoming a private school with standard clothing and accessories.</span></p>
<p><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft" style="border:0;" src="http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu288/changingonthefly/Hockey%20Conformity/Gretzky_Messier.jpg" border="0" alt="Gretzky_Messier" width="314" height="189" /></a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Wayne Gretzky was known for his 1970’s JOFA helmet and long cuff gloves.  Mark Messier sported the unique Winn Well/Cooper helmet his whole career when everyone else stopped wearing them long ago. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Guy Lafleur and Craig MacTavish didn’t even wear helmets and this transcended into an era where most players wore head gear.  Conversely, Leonard “Red” Kelly was forced to wear a helmet in a time when they weren’t worn.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;"><img class="aligncenter" style="border:0;" src="http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu288/changingonthefly/Hockey%20Conformity/Lafleur_Kelly_Mactavish.jpg" border="0" alt="Lafleur_Kelly_Mactavish" width="408" height="162" /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Today’s players switch equipment like dirty underwear and leftovers from a generation ago are inconceivable.  The majority of players look identical like they just stepped off a factory assembly line.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">I can only think of a few players today, compared to many more just 10 or 15 years ago, that maintain a certain style in equipment throughout their career. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft" style="border:0;" src="http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu288/changingonthefly/Hockey%20Conformity/Selanne.jpg" border="0" alt="Selanne" width="231" height="149" /></a></span>Teemu Selanne is probably the only player in the NHL that still uses the round JOFA helmet that was introduced in the early 1990’s.  Jason Blake still uses the older long and flat visor along with Tackla hockey pants.  Martin Broduer still uses small pads even if the brand has changed and Chris Odgood continues to use a helmet with cage as a mask.<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img class="alignright" style="border:0;" src="http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu288/changingonthefly/Hockey%20Conformity/Osgood.jpg" border="0" alt="Osgood" width="259" height="166" /></a></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Their differences may be small but they give these players a personality and they are quickly recognizable.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Similarly, accessories add unique personalities for players like Kelly Hrudey’s headband used to absorb sweat or mustaches grown by players like Lanny McDonald.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">I’m glad to note that players like Ian White and George Parros have reintroduced today’s generation of hockey fans to the mustache.  We need more unique appearances and personalities to breakthrough.<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft" style="border:0;" src="http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu288/changingonthefly/Hockey%20Conformity/Hrudey_McDonald.jpg" border="0" alt="Hrudey_McDonald" /></a></span>      </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">The other part of the problem is equipment manufacturers who have been monopolized like many businesses in our present world.  Gone are the day’s where players had a large variety of brands to choose.  It seems like every manufacturer is owned by Reebok.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">JOFA and CCM are properties of Reebok which is it self owned by ADDIDAS which uses it’s subsidiaries to infiltrate the game of hockey rather than using its own brand.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Nike bought Bauer in 1995 but recently decided to fuse both brands into one unified product.  TPS who bought </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Louisville</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;"> had recently decided to stop using the </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Louisville</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;"> name altogether.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">There was a period in the 1980’s and 1990’s when we could see a variety of manufacturers being represented on the ice.  Some of the brands that were used were KOHO, JOFA, Canadian, Christian, Louisville, Titan, Montreal, Brians, Brown, Vaughn, Itech, Sher-wood, Cooper, Bauer, Easton, Nike, Victoriaville, Tackla, DR, Rawlings, Winn Well, Northland, Heaton, Hespeler, and TPS.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">These companies were mostly independent and they created different hockey products and some competed with similar items.  One thing that you could count on is that the competition allowed for diverse styles.  Especially with helmet manufacturers like CCM, JOFA, and Cooper who had different and distinct shapes.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Today everything is owned by just a few companies and even if they’re not they create very similar looking products.  Equipment is standardized and that causes a loss of individuality despite players’ lack of loyalty to any specific piece of equipment.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Many brands disappeared for various reasons, including the change to composite from wood sticks, and new companies have emerged to compete with Reebok, Nike, and </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Easton</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Eagle, Warrior, </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Mission</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">, Salming are some of those brands but their products also have similar designs and marketing plans.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Goaltending equipment has also received a major redesign in the past couple of years.  Pads, gloves, and blockers have lost a lot of colour and have reverted to mostly white. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Brands also have similar designs for goalie equipment and it looks like the majority of goaltenders are using the same equipment minus the difference in the small amount of colour.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">What’s the reason for all this assimilation and why have goalies gone back to mostly white equipment?  Could it be that they see the black puck better?  I&#8217;m not sure but I know that it’s depleting the eccentricity in the NHL.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">There’s little doubt that the days of equipment overlapping generations is over so keep your Denis Potvin and Lanny McDonald “bubble&#8221; helmets in the attic. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Monopolized hockey equipment companies that produce similar designs are part of the problem but veteran players have also ditched the old for the new.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">They choose to assimilate rather than stand out as the veterans that have played over two decades.</span></p>
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