Jersey Retirement of "Boom Boom" Geoffrion by Canadiens
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He will be wearing 57, I believe I read.
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@Omarkhan77 Nah number 75. 7 for his great grand-father Howie Morenz, and 5 for his grand-father "Boom Boom Goeffrion. both numbers are suspended next to each other on the roof of the Bell Center.
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@Ched19 And now with the Montreal Canadiens.
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Blake just got traded to the Habs. I think his jersey number should be 55
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@WoodyAllenNY - Number retirements are generally planned months in advance.
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@Ched19 It is almost tragic to see a geoffrion in anything but blue blanc et rouge!
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They annonce at the begining of the season in a press conference ,that he attend with Dickie Moore an Yvan Cournoyer. He was sick for a long time. Few days before, he knew he was goiing to die. He INSIST for all his family to go to the ceremony even if he had to stay at the hospital. On that morning he past away. The brought is jersey next to his father in law, Howie Morenz. So her wife was watching the jersey of the two most important man of her life floating in the Bell center.
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Did they plan to retire his number before he passed away that morning?
thats kind of eerie...
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his grandson is a great hockey player also
he just helped win the clark cup for the indiana ice in the ushl
Having the 7 and the 5 go up together left me speechless.
dknights411 4 years ago 4
Boom Boom's grandson Blake just won the Hobey Baker award, which goes to the top U.S. college hockey player. He will be on the Nashville Predators next season.
Ched19 1 year ago 3