How involved was Max Pacioretty in the planning of his wedding day ? “I did absolutely nothing. I just showed up and made sure I was wearing the right tux. That was about it.”
In his next life, former Montreal Canadien Roman Hamrlik would like to be reincarnated into Roger Federer.
Former Montreal Canadien Hal Gill says the Stanley Cup is a pretty big trophy..”I bet Brian Gionta swam laps in it when he won it.”
Former Montreal Canadiens defenseman Jaroslav Spacek had lunch at Da Vinci on game days before he was traded to the Washington Capitals. He always gets the pasta penne a la vodka.. “but only half a shot, not a full shot!”
The Sturgeon Hall Restaurant owners in Kelowna BC are both from Montreal. They’re diehard Habs fans and have named a burger after Josh Gorges.
On his first day at Colorado Avalanche training camp, a very intimidated rookie Peter Budaj, who now is the back-up goalie to Carey Price on the Habs, asked Montreal Canadiens hall of fame inductee Patrick Roy to sign some of his hockey cards.
Defenseman P.K. Subban admits to having a slight man crush on Will Smith.
Starting goaltender Carey Price has a stitched Bible verse on his blocker.
Right defenseman Raphael Diaz’s sister Daniela suited up as a forward for Team Switzerland’s women’s hockey team at the 2006 Olympics in Turin.
After Habs Maurice Rocket Richard got hurt in 1959, Marcel Bonin borrowed his gloves and scored 10 goals in 11 games! After that, he declared: “If I knew I would get such great results, I would have borrowed his jock strap too!”
