tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post5596486421245624263..comments2023-06-01T21:15:57.354-11:00Comments on The H Does NOT Stand For Habs: Habs vs. Panthers - I Wanna Go Home EditionJ.T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00012075493503316318noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-35388382656874057362010-01-01T06:11:38.016-11:002010-01-01T06:11:38.016-11:00When I was a kid in the sixties, watching the Habs...When I was a kid in the sixties, watching the Habs play in a six-team NHL, the players wore numbers from 1 to 30, with the goalies bracketing the range. Anything over that had to be a football player. I believe the first jersey over 31 on the Habs was 32, Dave Lumley, in 1978.<br /><br />Collecting my bubble-gum cards, I used to dislike gaps in the sequence. In '65 when Boom-Boom left, there was a gaping hole between Beliveau and Backstrom.<br /><br />So during the Habs' power-play which got them their second goal last night, a certain feeling of nostalgia and inner peace crept over me when I noticed that the Panthers' goalie, #29, would have looked to the face-off circle to see the Canadiens' forward lineup, #13, #14, and #15.<br /><br />GKGKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03561650040126976340noreply@blogger.com