Retiring of Uniform Numbers
As part of its centennial anniversary celebrations, the Canadiens organization retired the following uniform numbers:
- 2005–06: Dickie Moore, Yvan Cournoyer (number 12); Bernard "Boom Boom" Geoffrion (number 5)
- 2006–07: Serge Savard (number 18); Ken Dryden (number 29)
- 2007–08: Larry Robinson (number 19); Bob Gainey (number 23)
- 2008–09: Patrick Roy (number 33)
- 2009–10: Elmer Lach (number 16); Emile Bouchard (number 3)
Read more about this topic: Montreal Canadiens Centennial
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“It is not enough that our life is an easy one. We must live on the stretch, retiring to our rest like soldiers on the eve of a battle, looking forward to the strenuous sortie of the morrow.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The maples
Stood uniform in buckets, and the steam
Of sap and snow rolled off the sugarhouse.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“I had a feeling that out there, there were very poor people who didn’t have enough to eat. But they wore wonderfully colored rags and did musical numbers up and down the streets together.”
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