Montreal Gazette
🏢 Postmedia
📍 QC
May 16, 2026
· 6 min read
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Freed: Why do we love the Canadiens so much?
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COLUMNISTS
Freed: Why do we love the Canadiens so much?
The secret science behind armchair athletes — like me.
Hockey-mad Habs fans watching the game on the big screen outside the Bell Centre celebrate the first-period goal by Alex Newhook to tie the game 1-1 against the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday, May 10, 2026. (John Kenney / Montreal Gazette)
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Josh Freed, Special to Montreal Gazette
May 16, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.
Last Updated: May 17, 2026 at 5:42 p.m.
I was sprawled on my couch in my sweatpants on Thursday night, intently watching the hockey game.
Then the Canadiens’ Nick Suzuki scored, a h…
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