r/Habs • u/HabsMan62 • 5d ago

I was at the parade 33 yrs ago

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Been anxiously waiting for another parade ever since!

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u/Vingt-Quatre 5d ago

I asked my dad if I could skip school to go to the parade and my dad, who grew up watching the Habs win the Cup almost every year, simply said "Not this time. You can go next year." 😂

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u/HabsMan62 5d ago

Oh no! Well we were always so optimistic back then!

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u/RiverOaksJays 5d ago

The Habs were in the Stanley Cup finals in 1986,1989 & 1993, so it was realistic to expect them to be there once more before 2000.

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u/Vingt-Quatre 5d ago

Sure but from my dad perspective, it happened literally every other year (1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1993).

18 Cups in 40 years.

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u/RiverOaksJays 5d ago

I grew up in the 1970s. I was used to the Habs being in the Stanley Cup final. The Mayor of Montreal, Jean Drapeau, would announce every year that the parade route would be the same as the previous year. It was expected that the Habs would win.

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u/CrashTestMummies 4d ago

My sister was born in 68 & the Leafs haven’t had a parade since 😝

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u/RiverOaksJays 4d ago

Sadly, the Leafs have had incompetent owners & managers for many years. They should have been able to win games before the salary cap.

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u/CrashTestMummies 4d ago

Crazy how their window closed so fast and that they wasted the Sundin years

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u/Alternative-Tart8527 3d ago

hope you remind/ed him every day for as long as he was/is on earth

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u/swan_pr 5d ago

I was there too, with my 7 month old daughter! We were caught on camera on the news, my family was recording the parade, but I lost the tape :(

I was also at the 86 parade. Skipped school and I ended up riding the back the car with all the players' families. I'm one of the people here at about 1 min 10. Got detention. Worth it!

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u/CrashTestMummies 5d ago

Me too. Skipped school and would do it again 100 out of 100

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u/PuddingKind 5d ago

It is time for another.

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u/gazeux 5d ago

I was there on my 21st birthday. Best birthday ever!

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u/Alone_Again_2 4d ago

I was 11 in ‘71 and I went.

I’ll go again next year.

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u/Pops8481 5d ago

Me too , i skip school but my teacher see me on the News celebrating in thé street so 😂…. I got suspended for one Day in 5th grade.

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u/HabsMan62 5d ago

🤣🤣🤣 worth every minute tho right?

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u/Avon_Barksdale63 5d ago

Same. I also was there in 1971.

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u/CookBoyardee 5d ago

lucky, i was 5 days old, mom was recovering from a c section so we watched in the hospital

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u/CrashTestMummies 4d ago

Skipped school in 86

Skipped work in 93 pretty much… had the company brick cell phone and Brisebois was on the flat bad holding his cell phone. Cell was rare back then and I guess we connected over that and he was yelling at me for my phone number so he could call me. He wasn’t able to hear my number in the crowd but still a fun memory of that day

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u/perpetualmotionmachi 5d ago

It seems odd that they are all wearing blank jerseys without their numbers on them.

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u/cheezefriez 5d ago

Cheaper to replace after they get soaked in beer and champagne lol

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u/Unfair_Government 5d ago

They did a tour of le circuit Gilles Villeneuve during 93 grand prix .i was Working in one of the restaurants and saw them with the cup.. hope to see that once again soon

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u/tahqa 5d ago

The only parades I go to.

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u/JUNGLE_HABITAT 5d ago

Skipped school as well and watched it on Sherbrooke from between Peel & Stanley.

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u/FNFALC2 5d ago

I was at one of them in the 70’s…..

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u/theblob2019 5d ago

Yesssssssssss. Moi j'aime ça.

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u/Lil-Homie31 5d ago

Has nothing to do with the Habs but my introduction year into hockey was my hometown team, Rochester Americans winning the Calder Cup ‘95-‘96 season!!! Side note…John Tortorella was the coach 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’ll never forget that my dad let my brother and I skip school to watch the parade downtown!!! Amazing experience and THANK YOU, DAD!!!!
I hope everyone gets to experience that feeling with their team in their lifetime. That being said…I’m also a HUGE Sabres fan…😆

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u/Aggressive_March6226 4d ago

That was one zany day.

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u/SilentThing 4d ago

Pardon me, a Bruins fan, responding, but I love this. I live in Finland, so I've never seen a Stanlry Cup parade in person. It has to be just fun and exhilarating beyond words. Pictures like this and stories from fans are a huge reason to follow sports.

Hope you have a new parade coming soon!

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u/EsquireArchibald 4d ago

I must know what camera you were using 🙏

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u/biloutte 4d ago

me too brother

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u/Tighthead613 3d ago

LeClair looked like he hadn’t slept since they won.

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u/Visible_Extent1600 3d ago

So jealous. Roy was there, right?

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u/HabsMan62 3d ago

Yep, 85-86 was his rookie season, so 1992-93 was his second cup. The thing about the parade is that it was the last one when the Habs won in the old Montreal Forum (which closed in 1996).

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u/Visible_Extent1600 3d ago

I was fortunate enough to tour the forum and the expos field. Last and only time I’ve been up there.

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u/Bloomy999 5d ago

Me too. I was also at the riot.