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If you are reading this while it is still my most recent post, you will note it is Number 1755.  The year 1755 was a significant one - probably THE most significant one - in Acadian history (and most you know how proud I am of my Acadian heritage), as all the Acadians living in what is now Nova Scotia were rounded up and shipped away by the British.


In honour of my Acadian heritage, I dedicate this post (how dramatic can you get?!) to all the Acadian Habs over the years.  This is a very unscientific undertaking; I simply went down the rosters over the years and plucked out the players whose last names are similar to common Acadian ones today.  And they are (drumroll, please):


Ddier Pitre


Bill Boucher


Roger Cormier


Sammy Godin


Gordon Poirier


Joe Benoit


Maurice “Rocket” Richard


Roger Leger


Jean Beliveau


Henri Richard


Claude Cyr


Patrick Roy


Gilles Thibaudeau


Rey Comeau


John Chabot *


Jocelyn Thibault


Eric Landry


Christian Laflamme


Mathieu Garon


Scott Lachance


Rollie Melanson


 


Not a bad gang, eh what?  Strong in goal and down the midddle!


 


* Not likely an Acadian, but he's from PEI so I've added him to the list.



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An Islander from the west side of the island named Chabot, I imagine he's acadian, no?

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What a lineup!

It would be a great thing to see an all Acadian team one day playing just for the pride factor...



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 The Rocket movie will be out soon. Is it hitting the big screen or is it a TV production?


 Maybe the best player ever to lace them up. The first power forward to play the game and so loved by his fans. A hockey God!



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AB Habman wrote:

 The Rocket movie will be out soon. Is it hitting the big screen or is it a TV production?  Maybe the best player ever to lace them up. The first power forward to play the game and so loved by his fans. A hockey God!

I believe it's coming on the small screen, on CBC.


 



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plouf wrote:

An Islander from the west side of the island named Chabot, I imagine he's acadian, no?

Well, western PEI is "Evangeline Country", but somehow Chabot just doesn't seem to be an Acadian name.  But what do I know?


If it is Acadian, then I'll have to add Lorne Chabot, another good goalie, to the list.




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brooklynhabfan wrote:

What a lineup! It would be a great thing to see an all Acadian team one day playing just for the pride factor...

Maybe the British national team would be up for a friendly match?




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Don't forget Frederic Chabot, a not-so-good goalie.

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Speaking of Jean Belliveau, various of his distant family are scattered around the Maritimes. I went to high school in PEI with a distant cousin of his. But I didn't realize Belliveau was Acadian until you mentioned it here. Now it all makes sense.

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Nil d wrote:
brooklynhabfan wrote:
What a lineup! It would be a great thing to see an all Acadian team one day playing just for the pride factor...

Maybe the British national team would be up for a friendly match?



With the star center Reginald Smythe-Higginsbottom, it will be a match made in heaven!

Having said that, having Dual-Citizenship rocks, as I can be English and soccer-mad during the World Cup, and Canadian and hockey mad the rest of the time. (The teeth, unfortunately, are pure UK-brand rusty picket-fence)

So I guess a more appropriate team would be a team only made out of Anglophone Quebecers.

So who would that consist of? Anyone?

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plouf wrote:

Speaking of Jean Belliveau, various of his distant family are scattered around the Maritimes. I went to high school in PEI with a distant cousin of his. But I didn't realize Belliveau was Acadian until you mentioned it here. Now it all makes sense.

One of my greatest thrills in recent memory was meeting Jean Beliveau at a book signing in Dartmouth a few years back, and he expressed surprise at hearing a local speaking French.  When I told him I was Acadian, he replied "Moi aussi"!  His father's side comes originally from Belliveau's Cove in Digby County, NS.  Somewhere down the line the second "l" got dropped.




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plouf wrote:

Don't forget Frederic Chabot, a not-so-good goalie.

I'm trying my best to forget............




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