The Montreal Canadiens will retire goaltending legend Patrick Roy's No. 33 jersey on Nov. 22 at a game against the Boston Bruins, 13 years after his bitter departure from the NHL team.
After shaking the rust off their legs on Saturday with skating and puck-control drills, the Montreal Canadiens got down to business Sunday with a scrimmage.
The team, which begins its 100th regular season next week, is intimately bound up with the political and social history of Quebec, and with the memories and personal identities of its fans.
There's no one in the league Paul Bissonnette isn't eager to get a piece of, he insists, with one notable exception: Montreal Canadiens' Georges Laraque.