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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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JOHN B. KILLORAN Professional Writing Programme Department of English Erindale College University of Waterloo University of Toronto Waterloo, Ontario 3359 Mississauga Road North N2L 3G1 Mississauga, Ontario [log in to unmask] L5L 1C6 (519) 885-1211 ext.3886