Former Canadiens goalie Halak carries torch to raucous ovation before playoff game
- On Wednesday, former Canadiens goalie Jaroslav Halak carried the ceremonial torch into Montreal's Bell Centre before Game 4 of the Eastern Conference final against the Carolina Hurricanes, drawing a raucous ovation.
- This torch-carrying tradition began at the Montreal Forum on March 11, 1996, drawing inspiration from John McCrae's poem 'In Flanders Fields,' with the words 'To you from failing hands we throw the torch, be yours to hold it high' embedded in the dressing room since 1952.
- Halak walked into the arena holding a stop sign with 'DOBES' written across it, a nod to 25-year-old Canadiens netminder Jakub Dobes and a callback to his own 'Halak Spring' in 2010.
- Entering Game 4, the Canadiens trailed the Hurricanes 2-1 in their best-of-seven series, though Dobes kept Montreal competitive despite totaling only 25 shots combined in Games 2 and 3.
- Jakub Dobes is the third goalie in franchise history to post multiple Game 7 wins in a single post-season, joining Halak and Ken Dryden, who achieved the feat in 1971.
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Former Canadiens goalie Halak carries torch to raucous ovation before playoff game
MONTREAL - Jaroslav Halak, the former Canadiens goalie who reached cult-hero status during an unlikely playoff run, carried the ceremonial torch into Montreal's Bell Centre to a raucous ovation Wednesday.
Carolina won 4-0 in Montreal, leads the series 3-1, and could end the Canadiens' season on Friday night.
Jaroslav Halak carries ceremonial torch and Jakub Dobes stop sign before Canadiens-Hurricanes playoff game
The Montreal Canadiens were hoping to channel some 2010 vibes ahead of Game 4 in this year’s Eastern Conference Finals. With the Habs hosting the Carolina Hurricanes, the club had former star goaltender Jaroslav Halak bring the pregame torch into Bell Centre to pump up the fanbase. Halak not only carried a torch into the building but was also given a stop sign bearing the name of current Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobes. Halak strolled through …
The Canadian received a visit this evening to the Caroline Hurricanes in the fourth game of the Eastern Conference Final.They all wondered who would be the torchbearer for the occasion.Contrary to the other local games where the management was drawn far from the team's history to bring the symbolic torch into the Bell Centre, this time we were given a whole surprise while it was a more recent former player who was designated.On the evening of th…
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