Countdown: 6 Days

A little video to remind us of good times:

     With jerseys on our backs, beer in our hands and hockey in our hearts, Habs fans know how hockey is done. The screaming Olé Olé chants echoing from the Bell Centre bounding all over the city, cursing at the referee when he makes a pointless call, playing hooky at school or at work to make your way to the Complexe Sportif Bell to watch an ordinary team practice even with five metres of snow outside, sending a hand-written letter to the producers of RDS, thanking them a million times for airing Canadiens Express when you missed a game because your significant other took control of the remote and forced you to watch The Bachelorette marathon; this is what hockey’s all about.

  

     While making smores around a campfire and indulging in summer activities will be dearly missed by everyone, there's one thing Montrealers missed more than anything during the offseason:

Le Bleu, Blanc, Rouge. Hockey fans, our Montreal Canadiens are back.

It's official folks, only six long days remaining until the Habs' first pre-season game against the Dallas Stars, and I'm excited, to say the least. Okay, I may be highly anticipating what is only the pre-season, but it still means we're inching closer to the home opener on October 6^th in Leaf Nation.

Let's get one thing straight, when it's game day in Montreal, the city is on a completely different beat. While Pierre Houde practices his vocal exercises and drinks honey, warming himself up to yell “Et le but!” within hours, Montreal screams hockey, anxiously awaiting the evening puck drop.
   
     Although summer may be leaving us and the fall season is approaching ever so quickly, the real season begins now. September 20^th, here we come. Not to mention, seven of the Canadiens’ eight pre-season games will be broadcasted on RDS.

Drive for 25: Bring it on. 

Amen.