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Post by JohnnyVerdun on Dec 18, 2002 15:13:42 GMT -5
There are 24 banners in the Bell center. But there are also 12 Stanley Cup banners hanging in the Westmount arena. The Victorias, Shamrocks, Wanderers and Maroons won 12 Stanley Cups before 1925 or something like that. If Montreal were like Colorado, we'd hang them in the Bell Center. Maybe we should.
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Post by MPLABBE on Dec 18, 2002 15:31:33 GMT -5
Is this correct The banners are actually hanging in the Westmout arena?
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Post by JohnnyVerdun on Dec 18, 2002 15:42:52 GMT -5
I seen them with my own eyes. Couldn't believe it at first. But I think that's where some of these early championships might've been won. That arena has been there a long time. I mean, the City of Westmount didn't steal them, as far as I know...
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Post by Boston_Habs on Dec 18, 2002 15:49:59 GMT -5
I've seen them too. I grew up in Westmount and remember many a Saturday morning at that rink for Termite and then Mosquito hockey.
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Post by Viper on Dec 18, 2002 16:19:29 GMT -5
yup westmount arena was the habs home origonally until the forum was built if i remember correctly. All those cups in the city of montreal just unreal 36 championships for the city wow as if there's any doubt whatsoever who canada's team is.
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Post by darz on Dec 18, 2002 16:24:34 GMT -5
why not! i mean it's not like the habs are taking credit for those cups. one comment though, how would those involved with the westmount arena feel about that?
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Post by habmeister on Dec 18, 2002 16:26:20 GMT -5
Leave them at the westmount arena. They were won there, they weren't won by this franchise, they were won by other montreal teams. Not the canadiens. The bell centre is for the canadiens, we've got 24 cups, but montreal as a city has 36 cups.
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Dec 19, 2002 0:27:34 GMT -5
It's not like the banners in the Bell Center are the original Forum banners. Cheapo classless Molson's sold them to the highest bidder and hung new ones. No class!
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Post by habmeister on Dec 19, 2002 3:07:43 GMT -5
It's not like the banners in the Bell Center are the original Forum banners. Cheapo classless Molson's sold them to the highest bidder and hung new ones. No class! Uhhhh...i think the money from all of the forum stuff went to charity, back into the community. I'm 90% sure about that. Can anyone verify?
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