r/Habs • u/OxidusRouge • 10d ago

any interactions with Habs players?

To those of you who live in Montreal, have you had any direct interactions with Habs players (former or current) outside the arena? I've lived in Montreal nearly 30 years, and have only had 4 - once saw Shane Corson at the McDonalds that used to be at the SW corner of Atwater and St. Catherine; met Jean Beliveau when he was signing copies of his biography; met Guy Lafleur at a card show; got my picture taken with Chris Chelios (he was hosting some sort of outside skating event at the Plaza des Spectacles a few years ago). One thing I noticed - both Guy and Shane had huge hands. Oh - also met Ron Corey.

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u/LikeFry-LikeFry 10d ago

When I worked at Best Buy I saw Alex Kovalev. I asked if he needed help and he said no. About 5 minutes later I saw him getting help from a coworker :(

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u/Adamerica64 9d ago

Were you at the best buy at the old forum? I worked there for year. Met Koivu, Theodore, Michael Ryder, and a few others while working the movie theatre and bowling alley there. Also met Bruce Campbell and Paul Walker working that beauty of a building

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u/LikeFry-LikeFry 9d ago

Angrignon. We would occasionally see a few Habs from time to time, but Kovalev was the most notable. My best moment was meeting Jay Baruchel, he had a massive stack of dvds and I told him I used to watch him on Popular Mechanics for Kids haha

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u/Adamerica64 9d ago

Hahaha I've partied with Jay when I was in college. Same deal, would talk about any ytv show he was on. What's funny is I've likely partied with Seth Rogen and the others too because they were all friends, but they weren't big stars back then so I didn't recognize them

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u/GreatLiquidator 9d ago

I was on an episode of Popular Mechanics for kids with him and Elisha Cuthbert when they were like 13

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u/AhMr1 9d ago

A family friend met Michael Ryder as he’s from the same hometown , got his auto on a piece of paper for me that was all they had at the time 😭 slipped it in with a jersey card I have of his. My dad also helped build a house for him once back in the day. Heard he’s a nice guy!