Tales from the Montreal Canadiens Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Canadiens Stories Ever Told

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When most sports fans hear the stat 3,000, they immediately turn to baseball. But for those fans whose breath comes out in frosty puffs, and who bleed ice and snow, 3,000 can only mean one thingthe glory of Montreal Canadiens hockey. The Original One of the Original Six, the Montreal Canadiens hockey team is practically synonymous with superlative: The most Stanley Cup championship victories, with 24 The Montreal Canadiens. The highest number of regular-season wins The Montreal Canadiens. The oldest active franchise in the NHL The Montreal Canadiens.
Now the hundred-plus years of Canadiens triumphs, tragedies, and times like no other are captured in Robert Lefebvres Tales from the Montreal Canadiens Locker Room. In this unique compendium, Lefebvre brings to life both the history and the anecdotes of this incredible franchise. Stories of Maurice Rocket Richards incredible skills on the ice are paired side by side with locker room yarns and off-the-ice tales of Jean Beliveau, Dickie Moore, Serge Savard, Guy Lapointe, Patrick Roy, and more. With humor, wit, and a lot of adrenaline, Robert Lefebvre has compiled a collection of Montreal Canadiens stories sure to please any hockey fan.

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Allan Kreda spent almost two decades with the Associated Press and Bloomberg News in New York, where he covered money and banking, the National Hockey League, and the sports media business. A graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, he lives in New York City.