It's been a long long time I haven't seen that in Montréal.
Montréal *IS* a hockey town. Now that the playoffs have begun... and for us, it has begun between two rival hockey teams. Our mighty Canadiens against... the Big Bad Bruins (Boston).
I had to do some shopping downtown...
Wow, you should have seen Ste.Catherine street! Absolutely crazy. Many cars waving a Canadiens flag and honking their horn full blast. There were also many festive pedestrians (probably with the help of ahem... alcohol) wearing the red "CH" jacket, some had a blue-white-red "CH" painted on their cheeks, even on their hair and probably elsewhere but I won't dare to check. :)
It reminds me when I first met Clevergirl in Ottawa last May. Ottawa is also a hockey town and they all got crazy when their Senators went into the semi-finale rounds.
Yeah I know, it also shows that Ottawa is the capital of the country. Only in Ottawa that its citizen would get excited about their "senators". Harumpf! ;-)
I remember that it was a warm evening and we were at a restaurant which had set tables outside. It was calm and cozy. So what could happen?
All of a sudden... Boom! Cars honking, people roaring LOUDLY... it got to a point we couldn't hear each other. It was amusing to see that.
It was like that in downtown Montréal, the other evening.
The craziness has even hit the workplace. A colleague of mine was all excited. He got tickets for the first game, Canadiens-Bruins. Price? $800.
I'm speechless.
Ooooooookay, I'm a Canadiens fan too... but up to a certain ahem... financial limit, you know? :)
So... if the Canadiens go all the way to the finals... We'll hear (in many ways!!!) about the Canadiens from now to mid-June. Whoppy. "Go Habs Go" indeed!
Oh my poor ears!!! :)
I'm thinking that life is sometimes way way way too serious...
... and sometimes, it is *very* healthy to get silly. Even collectively silly. 3 millions of Montrealers, in fact. Yikes!!!
Cheers,
-E
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nice post eski!
I have friend who writes for USCHO (US college hockey online)
She was covering the frozen four last week in Denver. She's introcuing me to the joys of Hockey.
talk soon
goof...er I mean Phat
Oh boy, Goof!!! Now I get it! :)
Hey, good to "see" you in these bloglands! Yup, you have found my alternate blog. :)
Good to see that you've got the hockey bug!
Thank you for visiting my blog and looking forward here and "at that other place that shall remain nameless". :)
Cheers!
-E
They are singing "go habs go" here in Ottawa at 1am last night... which apparently is what happens when the Senators are out of the running.
Then again, what choice do they have? The Maple Laughs didn't even make it this far.
Enjoy it while it lasts!
xo CG
The Maple... Laughs? giggles!!!
I feel bad for Ottawa. Last year, they were so proud of the Senators, and it was visible all across the city!!
With good reasons too. The hockey team went very close to the Stanley Cup.
This year... oh my! Almost in shame that they're out of the playoffs. Oops.
You said it well, "while it lasts".
People here were soooooooo confident the Canadiens would wipe the Big Bad Bruins. Canadiens has already lost 2 games. So it's now 3-2... and some doubts are there, whether the Canadiens are back with their old habits of deceiving their fans.
Personally, I prefer to wait for the finals to arrive before I get excited. It's safer that way. :)
Cheers!!!
-E
xox
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