I was impressed all my life. Because of the Montreal Canadiens' past, it means a lot because it was a team I cherished as a kid. It was my dream playing for the Montreal Canadiens - it was my dad's team.
Coming from Montreal, Patrick Roy was the guy that everybody looked up to. He was consistent and successful early in his career; he won the Stanley Cup when he was really young and he played with a great organization. For me it was also a French thing, like one of us had made it that big in the NHL, and you tried to follow in his footsteps.
Being drafted by the Montreal Canadiens, that was the greatest moment in my career. And stealing the Stanley Cup in 1978 and bringing it back to my hometown of Thurso.
You can't replace a guy like Jean Beliveau.
The Montreal Canadiens have been a big part of my family.
Patrick Roy was my idol when I was growing up.
After his hockey days, my dad became a photographer, and a really good one, at that. He used to shoot the Expos and Canadiens, and he'd give me five bucks to haul around his equipment during games. He never had to ask me twice to do it.
It was my dream playing for the Montreal Canadiens - it was my dad's team.
Russ Courtnall was my absolute favorite player. Patrick Roy was there, too, of course.
I haven't been back in Montreal, at all, since the playoffs ended two years ago. It's been a while.
Montreal, this wonderful town… Pearl of Canada, Pearl of the world.
If you're a Maple Leafs fan, you hate the Canadiens. I'm not a Canadiens fan at all.
Hockey is like a religion in Montreal. You're either a saint or a sinner; there's no in-between.
In New York, I run into Packers fans who have never lived in Wisconsin, Canadiens fans who have never lived in La Belle Province, Celtics fans who admire Russell and Bird and Pierce but have no trace of a Boston accent.
Dans mon coeur, je vais toujours être un Canadiens./Ill always be a Hab at heart.
My life was going to school, having a snack and going outside to play hockey until dinner time. I would then do my homework and go back out to play, but only if the Canadiens weren't playing that night. That's what I did every day, whether it was street hockey or pond hockey.
