On Mon, 5 Aug 1996, Marcy Bauman wrote:
>
> Which reminds me of something else I was wondering (and about
> which the museum exhibit was unclear): The exhibit mentioned that the
> Canadiens were started because someone or other (sorry, hockey fans, I'm
> fuzzy on just exactly who) wanted to see a Francophone team.
Wasn't there a period of overlap during which the Montreal Maroons and the
Canadiens co-existed? Apparently, the Maroons were conspicuously an
anglophone team supported by anglophone Montrealers. That context may
have helped define the Canadiens as the francophone team.
Aside from the occasional symbolic English-French battle (e.g., fans
rioting against anglophone Clarence Campbell's suspension of francophone
Rocket Richard), the status of the Canadiens as legend seems to have
transcended ethnic and linguistic boundaries. I guess we are all eager to
find solidarity with a winner.
John
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