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Montreal Canadiens, Laval Rocket, Lions de Trois-Rivières, history. I'm writing a book.
Apr 21, 2020 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
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Did you know: Patrick Roy's involvement in the Sherbrooke Canadiens playoff run in 1985 was the result of a series of fortuitous events? #GoHabsGo (1/9)
Roy was a healthy scratch for the first three games of their first round series against the Fredericton Express, the farm club of the Quebec Nordiques.
For Game Four, backup goaltender Paul Pageau's wife went into labour, so he left the team to be in the hospital with her. (2/9)
Jan 25, 2019 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
I re-watched the Dec 27th Rocket game to see where Juulsen could have been injured, and there is no evident single event where an upper-body injury could have occurred. He was still wearing the full shield after coming back from getting hit in the face with a puck repeatedly. (1)
He was playing a very poor game, with various brain cramps positionally, and poorly-timed pinches. Joel Bouchard played him with four separate defensive partners just to try and get his game going, and was visibly frustrated by decisions Juulsen was making on the ice. (2)
