bleacherreport.com - 11/10/2008
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There are many Montreal institutions that deserve to be celebrated: Schwartz' deli , the Montreal Canadiens and, our native son, William Shatner.
Shatner was born in Montreal in 1931. He has gone on to a long and storied career, playing starship Enterprise Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek , bad-ass cop T.J. Hooker and, most recently, legendary litigator Denny Crane in Boston Legal .
In between those roles, Shatner launched a mildly successful music career which got off to a most ...
fromtherink.com - 11/12/2008
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fromtherink.com —
The 2009 all-star game is a big, big
deal for the NHL, given it's being tied in...
with the Canadiens' centennial season and that there are sure to be plenty of Habs in the lineup. Not that that's put the brakes on any "Vote For Rory" type ...
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Decision '09: Let the wacky fan voting begin
globesports.com - 11/8/2008
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globesports.com —
MONTREAL Surely, there is something wrong with
this picture. The Montreal Canadiens are at practice. The...
drill is like something you would see in atom house league: 5-on-5 at each end of the ice, a goaltender in each net, the players desperate to be ...
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The Flying Canadiens
tsn.ca - 11/7/2008
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tsn.ca —
A report in a Montreal newspaper saying that
the Canadiens are for sale was quickly denied by...
owner George Gillett, Research in Motion CEO Jim Balsillie and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on Friday. According to La Presse, Balsillie told the newspaper ...
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Gillett, Balsillie deny report that Habs are for sale
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Montrealer Wants Shatner to Sing Anthems Before Habs Game
FanHouse —
... Credit Tim Parent at The Bleacher Report for uncovering this one, and getting on the phone to talk to Grevenor about his quixotic attempt to crash a season's worth of special events at the Bell Centre: ...
One fan's dream: Shat all over the Canadiens' centennial
Puck Daddy —
... icon. By having William Shatner sing both the Canadian and American national anthems at a Montreal Canadiens game during their 100th season celebration. This idea was hatched by Montreal journalist Kristian Grevenor, who would like nothing more than to hear hammy, tuneless, spoken-word versions of the anthems delivered by the man whose cover of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" eclipses both the Beatles' and Elton John's for its staying power. Tim Parent, a writer with the Bleacher Report, interviewed Grevenor about the online campaign to ...
Beam us up, baby!
Four Habs Fans —
... So a local journalist is trying to lobby the Habs to have William Shatner sing the national anthem before a Habs game this year to celebrate the 100th anniversary and the Montreal-ness of the whole thing, or something. Here's a taste of what we can expect. It would be beyond awesome. ...
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