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Opening match: details of tomorrow night’s pre-match ceremony
Félix Forget
Opening match: details of tomorrow night’s pre-match ceremony
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The Canadiens' home opener takes place tomorrow night. After three games on the road to kick off the season, the club will finally play its first game at the Bell Centre,against the Kraken, and, as always, there will be a pre-game ceremony. First of all, the ceremonies will start before 7 p.m., as we'll be paying tribute to Ken Dryden, who passed away last month. But what's also interesting is that the players will be introduced on the ice… with a song of their choice,so they've all had something to say about what's going to happen tomorrow.

Note that this doesn't mean that each player will have their own personalized goal song, as we see with other NHL teams. We won‘t beseeing a symphony orchestra on the ice, as was the case for last year's opening game.What is clear, however, is that whatever song he chooses, Lane Hutson will get a ton of love when he's introduced to the fans tomorrow night. The announcement of his new contract, a little over 24 hours before the opening game, is a winning recipe to ensure that he gets a huge ovation, andit'ssafe to assume that Ivan Demidov, who will be playing in his first opening game in town, will also get some of that love…. and one wonders if he'll opt for a Céline Dion song, in tribute to the woman who announced his selection in the draft.In short, a great idea on the part of the Habs, who let the players live out their moment as they wished. I have a feeling it'll please a lot of players… and fans, who'll be able to dissect everyone's choices, hehe.

'Overtime'

– What do you think?

– Oh?

– It's deserved.

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