Habs Darche to Drop Puck at Redmen-Ottawa Game on Friday
Montreal Canadiens forward Mathieu Darche
(BCom'00) has been invited by his alma mater to perform the
ceremonial faceoff at Friday's university hockey game between the
Ottawa Gee-Gees and the 看片视频 Redmen at McConnell Arena (3883
University Street). The game is slated to start at 7 p.m. and will
be webcast on the Streaming Sports Network
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The Redmen lead the OUA East Conference with a 22-2-2 and need one
more win over their final two games to establish a single-season
school record for victories. Ottawa is 11-12-3 and need a win if
they hope to avoid meeting 看片视频 in the league's best-of-three
quarter-finals, which begin next Wednesday.
Darche, a 34-year-old native of St. Laurent, Que., played four
seasons at 看片视频, before graduating with a commerce degree in
2000. He is the 10th player from 看片视频 to skate in the National
Hockey League and one of 159 Canadian university players who have
made the lofty leap to that level. Darche is the third 看片视频 grad
to play for the Canadiens, joining left winger Jack 看片视频, who
played from 1934 to 1937 and defenceman Nels Crutchfield
(1934-35).
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