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Michael Farber

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6 years

I see the Woods-Mickleson ppv match costs $19.99, which, coincidentally, would have been the year I would have been interested in watching.

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5 years

More than 100,000 dead from Covid-19. These aren't statistics but people. Another one died today, in New York. Her name was Carol. She was my aunt, the last of her generation in my small family.

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Michael Farber

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6 years

Interviewing Ted Lindsay once, I mentioned Jean Beliveau. Ted stood up, out of camera frame. When I asked why, he said he always stands up when he hears Jean’s name, out of respect.

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Michael Farber

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5 years

David Ayres' impossible story matters because he is you, me, us. He is the embodiment of our every foolhardy childhood dream, of every fond wish and hope. He is our unrealized future, one of the reasons we fell in love with sports. He is a reason we love sports still.

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Michael Farber

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4 years

After performing a Sher-wood vasectomy, @NHL fines Alex Ovechkin $5,000 for practicing without a license.

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Michael Farber

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4 years

On Oct. 11, 2017, I became a Canadian citizen. Thanks for having me.

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Michael Farber

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5 years

After gutting the staff, I see the new owners of @SInow plan to hire some "influencers." In my 20 years at the magazine - which I considered both a job and a privilege - the influencers were writers and editors and photographers.

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Michael Farber

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2 years

My wife is en route to a shelter with plans to adopt a cat. My list of suggested names, depending ... Clawed Julien Nikolai Tabbybulin Al Iafrate Cat Nathan MacKitten Guessing I'll be outvoted.

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Michael Farber

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4 years

After kicking the tires on the country for a long time, I became a Canadian citizen on this day four years ago. Happy Thanksgiving. (One of two Thanksgivings for me.)

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Michael Farber

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7 years

Sad news. Red Fisher, the chroniquer and conscience of hockey, died today. He was 91.

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Michael Farber

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6 years

After 27 years of doing a morning sports hit at CJAD 800 in Montreal, I was told yesterday the segment was being dropped for "budgetary reasons." My profound thanks to all the listeners who made me a small part of their days.

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Michael Farber

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6 years

Another nickname to add to Brad Marchand's extensive list: Oral B

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Michael Farber

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5 years

David Ayres is now No. 23 on @TSN_TradeCentre trade bait board.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

Ad-free boards at the Bell Centre are the ideal homage, an example of how - in big moments - @CanadiensMTL always seem to find their way. Plenty of white space out there, fitting because Guy Lafleur filled so many gaps in the imagination of this city and province.

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Michael Farber

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7 years

Red Fisher, a life.

Montreal loses a hockey legend as Red Fisher dies at age 91

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Michael Farber

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3 years

This was a circa 1993-style win for @CanadiensMTL , who looked unusually comfortable in a one-goal game.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

Marc-André Fleury, a prince of a guy, once told me that after his clear hit Braydon Coburn and trickled into the net in '04 WJC, he was reluctant to handle the puck for years. I suspect the gaffe tonight will leave a scar.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

Breaking @CanadiensMTL expansion draft news from a Lids store: Drouin merch is half off; Carey is full price.

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Michael Farber

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4 years

Watching @CanadiensMTL and my question is: Who are these guys?

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Michael Farber

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3 years

Fernandez references NY and 9/11. She lost a match but was a giant in the moment.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

Mike Bossy, authentic. Goal scorer. Idealist. Mensch. May his memory be a blessing.

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Michael Farber

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4 years

Canada is blessed with an abundance of terrific hockey PXP folk, but any list of the leading announcers should include Pierre Houde of @RDSca .

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Michael Farber

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4 years

A stick tap to the retiring Mike Emrick, a marvel of a broadcaster and a man. Doc has had a profound influence on hockey, in the way Foster Hewitt and René Lecavalier did in Canada. Honored to know hm.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

Team Canada has pulled out of the Spengler Cup. HC Claude Julien is already back home.

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3 years

Guy Lafleur, 70. Our video obituary for @TSN_Sports . @mattdunntsn produced.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

Canada v. Mexico. I'll repeat myself: there's hype, and then there's hypothermia.

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Michael Farber

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7 years

Bryan Murray was a wise hockey man and a great teacher. We, and hockey, are poorer for his passing.

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Michael Farber

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5 years

Just picked up the phone. Shea Weber was calling. He was reminding me of how to stay safe. I guess he called many of you, too. Thanks, Shea. I will listen to Man Mountain.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

Jean Béliveau and Guy Lafleur both made extraordinary contributions to @CanadiensMTL - beyond mere numbers and even Stanley Cups. Béliveau gave the team its veneer of class. Lafleur gave the team its air of cool.

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Michael Farber

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1 year

Six years ago today I took the oath of citizenship. Canada, thanks for having me.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

Cole Caufield with the OT winner for @CanadiensMTL , his first NHL goal. I double dare the @mtlgazette editor to make "Bilbo Bags One" the headline.

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Michael Farber

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7 years

Ok. I'll type this again. If a goal is disallowed because of goalie interference, then call a goalie interference penalty, not incidental contact. And if the infraction doesn't rise to the level of a penalty, let the goal stand.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

Carey Price is guarding his net the way a fairytale troll guards his bridge.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

On this day four years ago, I became a Canadian citizen, thus guaranteeing me two Thanksgivings. So ... Happy Thanksgiving.

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Michael Farber

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4 years

So Matt Niskanen and Chris Kreider walk into a Montreal bar and ...

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Michael Farber

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2 years

I see Arber Xhekaj is nicknamed "Wifi" because his last name resembles a password. I submit Montreal is the cool sports nickname capital of North America. Rocket and Pocket Rocket, Boom Boom, Big Bird, Le Grand Orange, Cool Breeze, etc. This city has sobriquet game.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

In 2021, a toast is raised to an improbable @CanadiensMTL run. For 2022, a bar is raised for a venerable franchise that had allowed standards to slip. These are good things.

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Michael Farber

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6 years

Congratulations to Mitch Marner and Auston Matthews for joining in The Nutcracker fun. At one time in Montreal when an NHL player said he was going to the ballet, he meant Chez Paree.

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Michael Farber

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6 years

Third grandchild born today at 11:26 a.m.. Charles is his name. Congratulations to parents Sophie and Jérémy. After playing man-to-man against Myriam and Vincent, they're going to have to switch to a zone.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

Martin St. Louis, all 5-foot-6 of him, will have one thing Dom Ducharme never had behind a bench: presence.

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Michael Farber

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6 years

Russell Martin, next manager of the Montreal Expos. 2028.

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Michael Farber

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4 years

In deference to the impending provincial curfew, I will be eating my After Eight mints at seven-thirty.

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Michael Farber

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8 years

FYI. When I needed quadruple bypass, CDN gov't sent a plane to Cape Cod, returned me to Montreal. I had surgery two days later. No cost.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

There was a moment for the 2021 @CanadiensMTL when the preposterous became the possible and the possible became the inevitable. The Stanley Cup final.

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Michael Farber

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4 years

On the first anniversary of my aunt's death from COVID-19, my heart goes out to all those who have lost a loved one during the pandemic.

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Michael Farber

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4 years

Spare a moment of reflection for Claude Julien, a fine man.

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Michael Farber

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7 years

My Via Rail train, en route to Toronto, stopped for a minute at 11. Nice.

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Michael Farber

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4 years

If Victor Hedman doesn't win the Conn Smythe, Kevin Bieksa could.

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Michael Farber

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6 years

I realize I can't be in two places at once, but Montreal road construction has made it impossible to be in one place at once.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

Nick Suzuki, a Patrice Bergeron starter kit.

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Michael Farber

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5 years

On my second anniversary as a Canadian citizen, I voted in an advance poll today in my first federal election.

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Michael Farber

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5 years

The good news is @CanadiensMTL won't have to face @DetroitRedWings in the playoffs.

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Michael Farber

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2 years

Just checking. Have they finished pulling the wings off the butterfly in Vancouver yet?

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Michael Farber

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4 years

Red Fisher, born 94 years ago today. A nod to a departed friend.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

The @TBLightning have seen that Josh Anderson before, 2019 CBJ sweep. As gritty a @CanadiensMTL win as imaginable.

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Michael Farber

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8 years

I hope the @CanadiensMTL video tribute to @PKSubban1 tonight includes non-hockey folks, especially the children whose lives he affected.

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Michael Farber

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7 years

We should all strive to be as good at our jobs as @ScottOake is at his.

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Michael Farber

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7 years

With Bartolo Colon gone, for now, there are no more Expos in the major leagues.

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Michael Farber

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4 years

For those worrying about "disrespectful" @CanadiensMTL using top PP unit late - and it really hasn't been a world beater, right? - I offer two words: oh and please.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

In first period of MTL v. EDM, it was mentioned on CBC telecast that @CanadiensMTL fans travel well. As one of two Canadian heritage franchises, those fans have been there - and throughout the west - for generations.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

Canada's two favorite games, home version: 1) Pick the men's Olympic hockey team; 2) Guess the DOPS length of suspension.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

Seems like @CanadiensMTL players made a business decision to leave Zack Kassian alone after he ran goalie Samuel Montembault. Not a good look.

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Michael Farber

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2 years

Stunned and honored to be given the Ted Blackman Lifetime Achievement Award tonight by @TSN690 . My thanks to the station and @HunterZThompson . To another 20 years. Or more. Cheers.

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Michael Farber

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7 years

NHL was formed 100 years ago today at the Windsor Hotel in Montreal with the Original 4: @CanadiensMTL , MTL Wanderers, @Senators and the snappily named Toronto Hockey Club.

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Michael Farber

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4 years

Congratulations to Rick Bowness of @DallasStars , an upbeat hockey lifer whose Stanley Cup always has been half full. Fun fact: When he was fired by @Senators , he wasn't allowed to help coach his son's local bantam team because he wasn't certified.

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Michael Farber

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6 years

I am in the TSN studio sitting next to a man in a llama costume. He goes by the name Tradey. This is a wonderful time to be alive. #TradeCentre

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Michael Farber

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4 years

If @NHL and @NHLPA can pull off a '21 season, the divisional game schedule/playoffs could be terrific. The most compelling hockey in memory was when Adams, Smythe, Norris and Patrick teams clawed their way to the semis. Real rivalries. Nothing better.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

Congratulations to daughter Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, @gabrielletf , for winning Reuters' 2021 "Scoop of the Year" award for her story about the defection of the Belarusian sprinter during the Tokyo Olympics.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

Fleury played that puck with his Achilles heel.

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Michael Farber

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7 years

My favorite Vlad numbers: 449 career HRs but never more than 95 Ks in a season despite a strike zone as big as a Montana sky.

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Michael Farber

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8 years

Hitch in Dallas, Julien in Montreal, Maurice in Carolina, Carlyle in Anaheim, etc. The powerful urge to marry your ex.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

Don't know for sure but if Marc Bergevin nudged @CanadiensMTL into that futile challenge, he violated one of the cardinal playoff rules for a GM: first, do no harm.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

Two of oddest OTs in memory: a two-on-0 and then a running-on-fumes @CanadiensMTL winner. The beauty of Game 7: it cuts through the noise of the previous six. The sun will rise Tuesday morning. We just don't know in which city.

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Michael Farber

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5 years

@NLWildlife @Marner93 @91Tavares @MapleLeafs Happy birthday, Kade 11 is so cool.

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Michael Farber

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4 years

With the acquisition of Eric Staal, @CanadiensMTL have had two of the finest sets of hockey parents it has been my privilege to meet: Henry and Linda Staal and Karl and Maria Subban. Doesn't count in the standings, of course. Counts in life.

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Michael Farber

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8 years

Matthews now only 893 behind Gretzky.

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Michael Farber

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1 year

My eldest grandchild turns 10 today. My gratitude to the Montreal Heart Institute and the Jewish General Hospital for giving me the privilege of knowing her.

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Michael Farber

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6 years

Ted Lindsay was not merely one of the NHL’s best players but one of its most important.

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Michael Farber

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4 years

Man, @mike_p_johnson piles hockey profundities upon hockey insights. Terrific analyst.

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Michael Farber

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4 years

To quote the prophetic words of my seven-year-old granddaughter, "Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy." Vaccine 1, done.

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Michael Farber

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6 years

Driving on Cape Cod today, I was delighted to listen to Dave Van Horne call Marlins-Braves game on MLB network. His work remains stellar. Theatre of the mind. Made me wistful about living in a city without baseball - and a Hall of Fame voice describing it.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

If NBC's telecast today frames co-leader Mac Hughes' final round in terms of Mike Weir in the '03 Masters, I'm all in. If the network again tries to present Hughes as some feel-good antidote for Covid-19 in Canada, it should take a mulligan.

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Michael Farber

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6 years

Next year, Montreal will trail Regina in the number of NHL outdoor games.

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Michael Farber

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8 years

The best Ali obit you will read by the writer I aspired to be, Robert Lipsyte.

Muhammad Ali Dies at 74: Titan of Boxing and the 20th Century (Published 2016)

Ali was the most thrilling if not the best heavyweight boxer of all time, a towering figure with an agile mind who was both admired and vilified for his religious, political and social stances.

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Michael Farber

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10 years

Canadiens announce attendance - 21,286. One empty. With a No. 4 sweater draped on it.

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Michael Farber

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4 years

I always assumed the five words you had to connect in The Montreal Cognitive test were Rocket, barrée, bagel, icing and tabarnak.

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Michael Farber

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6 years

On May 28 my son defends his doctoral thesis at Concordia University in Montreal. In light of US college admissions scandals, it should be noted he is a Brown U. legacy. In 1969, Brown snickered at my application. Decades later, Brown also told him to get lost.

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Michael Farber

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4 years

Dale Hawerchuk, an appreciation of a career well played and a life well lived. @mattdunntsn produced.

Jets icon Hawerchuk passes away at the age of 57 - TSN.ca

One of the greatest players in Winnipeg Jets history is gone. Hockey Hall of Famer Dale Hawerchuk has died at the age of 57, the Barrie Colts confirmed on Tuesday. A native of Toronto, Hawerchuk had...

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Michael Farber

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6 years

Red Fisher died a year ago, predeceased 10 days by his wife, Tillie. Fondly remembered today and every day.

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Michael Farber

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4 years

Red Fisher, gone three years ago today. A Chivas toast to a life well-lived.

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Michael Farber

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7 years

In his final years Bryan Murray became an advocate of colonoscopies. You can honor his memory, and help yourself, by scheduling one.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

On our walls hang pictures of our children and grandchildren. There's one other photo in the hall, of Jean Béliveau, who inspires us all. He was born 90 years ago today.

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Michael Farber

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5 years

Teams that don’t touch the conference trophies have roughly a 50 per cent chance of winning the Stanley Cup.

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Michael Farber

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4 years

To recap: Anderson was a load, Romanov was electric, PP scored and Suzuki played like a baby Bergeron. So @CanadiensMTL fans, I'm guessing you're good.

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Michael Farber

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5 years

My best to the happy couple, @PKSubban1 and @lindseyvonn . I can say this with some certainty: the bride-to-be couldn't hope for better in-laws than Karl and Maria.

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Michael Farber

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5 years

If the @SanJoseSharks are trying to send a message down 4-0, I think they're using AOL dial-up.

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Michael Farber

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6 years

This is my story on the Canadian Olympic Committee website about Stephanie Labbé. Please take a few minutes with it, if you can. #BellLetsTalk

Labbé: A story of depression, a bronze medal and the power of resilience - Team Canada - Official...

WRITTEN BY MICHAEL FARBER PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN KEALEY On the second floor of Stephanie Labbé‘s southwest Calgary home, at the...

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Michael Farber

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3 years

Environment Canada forecast for tomorrow is real-feel temp of -38 C. That converts to -36.4 F. The F stands for f*** me.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

Great call by @CanadiensMTL naming @ChantalMachabee new VP of Communications. Smart. Respected.

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Michael Farber

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3 years

In 1975, in an Esquire magazine article, Mordecai Richler called @CanadiensMTL a "spiritual necessity." Moments before Game 6 puck drop, I'll leave it there.

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