Ligue 1: Lyon confident before returning to Manchester

Ligue 1: Lyon confident before returning to Manchester
Olympique Lyonnais has been given reason to hope thanks to its 1-0 victory over Lille, Saturday at the Stade de France, the first step in a week capital.

Two other deadlines are approaching the return match of the eighth final of the Champions League in Manchester and the encounter with Bordeaux in Ligue 1. François Clerc reduced appreciates the success of "displacement" in the north ... Paris, due to anniversary of the Stade de France.

"It is a great victory, even if it has been difficult. It's good for the confidence, because it takes no purpose," said the defender author of the decisive pass to Fred.

"It showed the strength and solidarity. At Le Mans, just before the match to go we lost (1-0) because we were scattered. Here, we have nothing dropped. We found the condition d 'spirit that we had when we were champions. "

The president Jean-Michel Aulas enthuses success of this vitamin-at the Stade de France.

"Winning commissioned to three days of travel in Manchester, it is really very hard. Should meet present but also s'économiser, not to get hurt," he says.

"It was a triple victory over ourselves on the events, because there was no injuries regrettable, and arithmetically because there are six points ahead of Bordeaux."

CRIS CANDIDATE

All the lights are green Lyon at the right time. "I found my team well in the game, the team showed that she had a fairly good state of mind," says the coach Alain Perrin.

"Nobody is dropped into the facility. Retraction I liked replacements, their conviction, their implementation. The result is good," concludes Alain Perrin. Pressing And we have suffered at the end of the match was good preparation for the rest. "

For moving to Manchester where it will reverse a downturn after the tie (1-1) conceded to go, the coach Lyons has some concerns but they are "rich concerns."

With the return in the form of Fred, the only scorer in the last two victories (doubled face Metz and face but Lille), the grace of Hatem Ben Arfa and sooner than expected, Cris, he will have to weigh training its starting eleven.

Cree, operated knee ligaments on Aug. 11, 2007, clearly assumes a tenure against Manchester while Jean-Alain Boumsong holding the rope.

"I am ready but it is not me who decides," he says. "I think the players chosen Saturday against Lille will return to the field Tuesday. I want to play, it will be an important match, but it is the coach who decides."

"If it had gone through, Cris did not play Tuesday, but he made a good match," says Alain Perrin. "Even if this return may create some anxieties, it is important to know that we have a central defender more."

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If you drift back even further, on January 22, 1807, twenty Scots, Montreal, as the Montreal Curling Club. Club members play their parts on the St. Lawrence River, opposite the church of Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours in Montreal. Thus, there 200 years, we carried curling in Quebec.


I invite you to browse the website of Curling Quebec. The physical educator Pierre Richard holds a column on the history of this sport. In January 2006, Mr. Richard argued, successfully, a doctoral thesis under the programme of Quebec Studies at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Entitled A social history of curling in Quebec from 1807 to 1980, this thesis highlights nearly 200 years of curling in Quebec.

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The season of Canadian Club of Montreal is underway for several weeks now. This team of the National Hockey League is preparing feverishly to celebrate its one hundredth anniversary. Today, I want to talk of the history of St. Flannel.

Long considered a Canadian french club, the word "Living" is attached to Canadians since 1914.


Indeed, in Montreal in 1914, two professional hockey clubs, Wanderers and Canadians moving in the same league (the National Hockey Association) and they play at the same venue, the Montreal Arena. For spectators, it is particularly difficult to display the colors of the team favorite when the two clubs play against one another. To remedy this, several French fans come to the Arena partly clad in the costume of former Canadians: Hats wool, multicolored belts and moccasins Indian beadwork. Covering proudly costume of the inhabitants, French-speaking viewers can clearly indicate their preference.


From that moment, the word "Living" appears in the sports pages. Let's take a closer in an article published in the newspaper Le Devoir, on February 9, 1914: "The Canadian administered the most comprehensive defeat to the Toronto teammates Saturday night before a monster assistance as only know our team bring to the 'Arena, final result 9 to 3. Without contradicting the "Inhabitants" took advantage… continuously. "


On February 16, in the same newspaper, the phrase is used again in the subtitle of the article: "At PART SENSATIONNELLE MONTREAL SATURDAY." Inhabitants "launder Senators team after six minutes of play overtime. "


For a long time, the audience punctuated the legendary "Go Habs Go" to encourage Canadians. Too bad they no longer carry the costume of the living, as we called him ancestors at the time.

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Thursday, December 27, 2007
On patinoirs Montreal in 1900 (Part One)
On numerous occasions during the nineteenth century, the presence of skaters on the ice bodies of water is evident by the tragedies that are reported by the newspapers. Despite the recommendations of use, accidents still occur at the end of 1899. For example, in Saint-Hyacinthe, in early December, two young men named Wingender and Laporte skate near the bridge where the Company sells ice under their weight. Armand Lanctôt is doing to their rescue with the help of a ladder and was able to take advantage of the impasse. The editor of the newspaper Le Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe, in the edition of Dec. 14, 1899, makes a note of caution: "The fans will skate well not too early to venture onto the ice, this season the year. The outcome of this accident does not happen always. "


To overcome the dangers of the way, you landscape spaces reserved for the skating on land. These patinoirs (masculine), as they were called at the time, may be covered or not covered as appropriate. In November 1977, Ms. Monique Ferland-Juneau publishes a brief inventory of rinks in Quebec in the mid-nineteenth century. (1) The author identifies no fewer than 27 patinoirs in Montreal between the years 1863 and 1909.

I propose to make a leap backwards in order to observe, briefly, what were the entertainment activities on patinoirs Montreal at the turn of the years 1899-1900.

During the winter season, urban dwellers of the metropolis of Canada may indulge in the pleasures of skating patinoirs ten different. Most of the time we talk about these places of pleasure just days before the opening of the season, when the weather is cold enough that the ice is well taken. By contrast, in the case of patinoir Le Montagnard, located at the corner of Duluth and St-Hubert, it was announced improvements since Nov. 11. Despite the work of $ 1600, the administration of Montagnard wants to silence rumours saying that the fare will be increased season.

Very enterprising directors Montagnard want to increase the number of members to 2000, or 500 more than the previous year. We launch over 2500 invitations for the official opening of this patinoir nicknamed "place of amusement the most fashionable part of the East". (2) During the evening, his honor the mayor Raymond Préfontaine, honorary president, delivered a welcoming speech to the skaters because they constitute over 66% of the assistance. The evening is a success: "The patinoir was decorated as its biggest festivals: the illumination left nothing to be desired and the fanfare of Mr. Hardy by the execution of a beautiful program of popular music has played a significant role in the success of the evening. "(3)

Although Le Montagnard is one of the largest settlements of its kind, we must also rely on other patinoirs such as the Victoria Skating Rink, patinoirs Crytal, Prince Arthur, Ontario, St. Louis, and Twin City Lasalle. At the Mount Royal Arena, the first specially designed ice rink for hockey, it also hosts the skaters at masquerades. In terms of Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, on the great circle of ice in the open air, we present the different competitions speed skating; skaters Canadian french-there are also. The general public is invited to use the round for the purposes of entertainment, because on Thursday evening and Saturday afternoon, a band is on hand to the delight of skaters.

To be continued

The cancellation of the Fête des Neiges in Montreal is a sad news this week. It is not for me here to try union demands, as all the requirements of the city of Montreal. I would rather raise only so far in January 1883, various parties involved agree to submit a first Winter Carnival in Montreal.

The targets set by the promoters of the first week of winter festivities are recreational, tourist and economic. A subscription service is being launched with the aim to raise more than $ 5000 required for the organisation of the event.


Sports activities that take place when an international meeting are curling, races and walks on snowshoes. A farce about skating, sledding, games and a grand ball add festive air to this week is unique in America.

But a special stimulates the imagination and attractive to all: the simulated attack the palace of ice. Developed by Montreal architect A.C. Hutchison, the construction of palaces, the Dominion Square, takes place at a cost of $ 2560. In the evening, during the simulated attack, the palace is guarded by a garrison trained militiamen and firefighters.

Then, from the mountains, hundreds of snowshoers gather around the palace. The garrison has quickly moved to barricade and close the doors to protect the palace. At the signal, snowshoers storming. They are equipped with flares and fireworks. The crowd, estimated at more than 50000 people, is a veritable fireworks, as the garrison response in the same way. It goes without saying that snowshoers come to the end of their sentences. Finally, as a sign of capitulation, the guard opens the door to the castle. After the conquest, snowshoers and congregate in the light of torches are returning to their neighbourhoods.

This event takes place a long time ago. Some 125 years later, the cancellation of winter festivities in Montreal us on the meaning of values promulgated in our modern society.

Do you feel challenged for these changes in values?

In reference: Dufresne, Sylvie. Festivities and society: the Winter Carnival in Montreal (1883-1889). Montreal: business, people, neighborhoods, Historical Society of Montreal, Fides, 1984, 290 pages.

Illustration: W. Notman & Son, The Ice Palace, Carnival Montreal 1885.
Source: www.tonpeek.com / acquisitions.html

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
On patinoirs Montreal in 1900 (Part Two)
In the early twentieth century, as in the last quarter of the nineteenth, masquerades are a few of the most popular entertainment. According to the dictionary Le Petit Robert (1977), the masquerade is an entertainment in which participants are dressed and masked. These disguises or accoutrements may be bizarre and ridiculous or as a metaphor, a farce is a series of actions or events hypocritical. Under this entertainment, participants had an opportunity to dress up and make fun of everyone.

During the winter of 1899-1900, the first two masquerades take place on January 9 to patinoirs Crystal and Prince Arthur. At Crystal, located at the corner of Guy and Dorchester, much is expected of the world, because there are more than 600 subscribers to this patinoir.

A few days later it was announced for the next 17, the first major travesty of the season at Montagnard. Here's what that says the editor of La Patrie the eve of the event: "It's tomorrow night, the big masquerade that will gather in large patinoir" Montagnard "our French-Canadian society. […] The decoration of the interior of the pavilion will be especially careful, the number of musicians from the band will be increased to 25; numbers of the programme will be picked; here for the part of the administration. As for subscribers, we have the insurance to see a host of new costumes, original and varied, designed after months of reflection or inspired by current events such as the war in the Transvaal, the festivals of Dewey, . etc. "(1)

On January 23, a Wednesday evening, taking place at two other masquerades patinoirs Prince Arthur and Crystal. In the latter area, it gives prizes to two participants with the most beautiful costumes and another to those who will be disguised in the most original.

During the winter, the organizers of masquerades adopt a few times a theme. For example, on January 25, a masquerade is held at the military patinoir St. Louis, located at the corner of Mount Royal and Clark. This event is held under the patronage of Count commander of the Ville-Marie Grade Independent. Several members of the Guard participate in the event where the military costume is a necessity.

The day after this masquerade military administrators Montagnard offer tickets at mid-season fares to accommodate new subscribers. Prices are as follows: Gentlemen, $ 2.50; ladies and ladies, $ 1.50, children $ 1.00. A brass band was on the scene three nights per week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. "Fun well Montagnard. […] The rooms are clean, well-heated, well lit. There is a restaurant where you can warm up or cool off, as appropriate. There are the best and most joyful society. In short, it is the institution par excellence of its kind for french-Canadians in Montreal. "(2)

At the beginning of this winter, it is about to introduce to you a few historical notes on the skating.

It is impossible to truly trace the origin of the runner. Hailing from human ingenuity Nordic, the first runners were manufactured by using bone. Older people that deal with the winter weather set of bones in their feet to facilitate their movement. Some argue that the base would be 3000 years old, while others are more conservative. Let's see what the writer said of the Encyclopaedia of Sports, published by Oxford Publishing in 1961: "The Archaeology confirms the fact: it was found some years ago during dredging operations, off Makkau, skates felt that 2000 years old. They were jaw bones of animals. " Leave parts of northern Europe and make a leap in space and time.



Closer to home in Quebec, skating becomes a social activity from the mid-nineteenth century. In addition to practicing this physical activity on the ice surface of ponds, lakes and rivers, skating fans can be protected from the weather, because entrepreneurs manage "patinoirs" covered.

According to the work of the historian of the sport Donald Guay, the first skating rink was built in Quebec in 1856. A few years later, in 1859, built on the ice of the Montreal Skating Club. Both sites, however, seem to be ephemeral existences. In 1862, still in Montreal, we construct a true monument, the Victoria Skating Rink. This site two hundred eighty feet has a promenade that can accommodate more than 2000 spectators standing.

Beginning in the 1860's, there has been a real passion for skating. One of the most popular activities at the time is the masquerade. Several times a year, skaters disguise and run to the sound of music played by a band or a gang member. For the occasion, it is not unusual to reward skaters covering the most beautiful disguises. Other activities are also organized as skating with torches, fireworks, festivals ice. This festive atmosphere is salutary and several
"Patinoirs" are equipped to meet this demand amusements.

During this period clubs skaters are trained and are organized races on ice. A little later, in the late 1870's, contests skating fantasy are also presented and a Montrealer, Louis Rubenstein, won the championship of Canada from 1878 to 1889.

In a text published by the GRHAP, in the bulletin of November 1977, Monique Ferland-Juneau identifies, in the cities of Montreal, Quebec, Saint-Hyacinthe, Ottawa, Drummondville, Hull, Rivière-du-Loup, Saint John and Sorel More than 56 "patinoirs" with gables on the street in the heart of the second half of the nineteenth century. Leading figures commercial indoor ice rinks were built exclusively for skating. It was not until 1898, with the construction of the "Montreal Arena, located at the corner of St. Catherine and Wood in Westmount, as players and spectators have a real location for hockey .

The broad appeal of the population for the winter physical activities such as ice skating, speed racing, hockey and skating fantasy requires manufacturers of skates they improve their products. In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, they work hard to meet that request.

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Friday, February 15, 2008
A new friend
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A few days while I was talking with historian Michel Vigneault sport, I was part of a new blog on the history of hockey in Quebec City. Today, by browsing my e-mails, I noticed a message from Marc Durand, a journalist with Radio-Canada.

Marc Durand is an avid history, hockey and the city of Quebec. He is the author of a blog named in honour of the hockey team in Quebec Bulldogs.

Particularly well illustrated, this blog we do know a little-known facet of the National Capital. Having aims to publish a book and produce a documentary on the Quebec team in 2012, Marc Durand delivers his blog as evidence of its commitment.

There is no doubt, a blog to follow with interest!

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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
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The recent misadventure of hockey Richard Zednik demonstrates how sport can be dangerous on the occasion.
In October 1956, Raymond Best goaltender for the team hotel in the league Laurentien "" Four Little stopped a shot with his face. At that time, cerbères do not yet have protective mask. The poor player, knocked covered in blood and was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital. It is then that the bone of his upper jaw was fractured in three places. Ouch!


Fortunately for the goalkeepers hockey, Jacques Plante is courageous when he chooses to wear a mask in order to perform their duties. This event takes place on 1 November 1959. In the aftermath of a shooting, Jacques Plante suffered a broken nose. After care and multiple stitches, he informed his coach that he was ready to return to game condition to wear his mask. Toe Blake did have a choice. For several years, he refuses to its custodian port of this piece of equipment. At this historic game, Blake accepts ill will, because teams have only one goalkeeper at the time.

Over the years, hockey equipment has continued to be refined to ensure the safety of players. Damage to Zednik who was not wearing a neck protector.

Photo: The masked guard. On April 10, 1955 at page 84, Le Petit Journal publishes a photo of goaltender Ed Kissell. Under the photo caption: "This plastic mask is worn by Ed Kissell of the Junior League of Cleveland. It serves to protect figure against pucks bounce. One would have thought at first glance that Kissell was a man of the planet Mars. "

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Friday, February 1, 2008
On patinoirs Montreal in 1900 (Part Three)
Fun also on the side of the English-speaking community. Indeed, the farce of the British Empire takes place on February 7 at the Arena. This event is held for the benefit of members of the community who went to war in the Transvaal.
A few days before the event, commented on this event: "By encouraging good work on this is not an act designed to imperial federation, but an act of recognition. A good thought and a mite for absentees. "The lighting of the evening was given to the Royal Electric Co., which promises to leave the shelves of its" thousands of multicolored lights. "(1) Different costumes, inspired by the British nobility are available from the costume.


This masquerade is a success. A large number of skaters along the icy surface of the Arena and reserved seats are complete: "By entering the enchanting palace yesterday evening, we could hardly remember a cry of admiration. […] It is believed that whatever homes decorators contained flags, badges, banners, banners were used in the decoration of the Arena last night. The British high society Montreal was there in full, and the presence of the military was easy especially noteworthy. "(2)

But masquerades may not attract thousands of participants. On 21 February to patinoir Twin City, located to the west of the St. Antoine, runs a masquerade. Among the followers of the runner, here is a list of some who were in costume:

Dames

Mr. Paquette: Scottish
A. McMann: Mother Hubert
B. Perry: Soldier Royal
G. Heaquighan: Princess Louise
S. Walker: Charming widow
T. Wilson: Queen Victoria
Gl. Pettigrew: Morning Star
A. Stewart: Woman Transvaal
Mr. Cowan: Union Jack
E. Payette: Soldier
E. Armstrong: Parisienne
C. Paquette: Italian
Mr. Stewart: Matrone
B. Murphy: Seaman

Gentlemen

E. Vermette: Bouffon
X. Paquette: Jockey
H. Dupras: Prince of Wales
A. Mathieu: Zouave Pontifical
R. Normandin: Louis XIV
E. Juteau: Japanese
A. Caldwell: Club Rye
J. Meloche: City Sport
Mr. Wollowitch: Turkish
O. Favreau: Charmeur
A. Spooner: Jim Racketee
A. Robitaille: Jockey
A. Corbeil: Bouffon
O. Thérien: The beautiful belles
N. Bouchard: Officer Boer
A. Germain: Joubert

In February the masquerades successive including Mardi Gras, held on 27 to Montagnard. In March, the skating season ends and hosts several places on the skaters at the rate of 25 cents per person. It underlines the end of winter with a final masquerade.

The event to highlight for the end of this season takes place again in the Montagnard which organize in mid-Lent a Beef Gras. At this festival, held on March 23, we organised a procession of several floats. This is the first time we will see floats on the ice. The first float is the City of Montreal: "… the chariot of the city of Montreal, is preceded by 2 trumpets in hoquetons costume, style Middle Ages, following a herault, arms bearing the banner of arms City and flanked by 4 lansquenets very rich in costumes; outside the 4 girls who escort the tank and who represent each one of 4 nationalities that make up the City of Montreal, Canada - French, English, Scots, Irish, there are 6 halberdiers , François 1er time, in memory of the King of France, which sent the 1st discoverer; Jacques Cartier. "(3)

As a result of the tank, the procession is formed by that of France, America, Ireland, England and one of the club's Montagnard snowshoers. They sing in choir old Canadian songs. Then, to finish the parade, up to the chariot of Beef Gras: "Preceded by a herault weapon banner bearing his then 2 lansquenets, is that extends majestically, it is the superb beef fat, with its ribbons and its tinsel, it is maintained by 4 priests in costumes, on each side of the tank, 2 wild as in Paris, then butchers, and halberdiers hoquetons closing the march. "(4) The procession is followed by all participants in costume.

The event has been so successful that we repeat the experience a few days later. Thus, those who could not attend the show because of space limitations have the chance to see this masquerade quite special. The organizers are taking advantage of to improve the presentation of the parade. Thus, each tank is fitted with Chinese lanterns, the number of banners is doubled. In addition, the beef is even walked in triumph. This beast owned by Mr. Denault, is fattened in anticipation of Easter where it will be immollée. This second evening of Boeuf Gras is the final mockery of the season in Montreal.

At a time when there was no radio, no television, no cars, no computers and video games, amusements still existed in a different form. The skating, it occurred on the outside or on a skating was a good way to pass the time and have fun. The masquerade was a way to spend a pleasant evening. Some participants took advantage of the opportunity to make fun of elders and the general atmosphere was in a good mood. We must see in this kind of activity, the infancy of ice shows as the Ice Follies and Ice Capade.

Let the task of concluding the editor of La Patrie, February 24, 1900: "The masquerades are in vogue it seems. Here masquerades, again, masquerades, always and everywhere masquerades. So much the better it is a way to break the monotony that exists everywhere, in the few games that we have had in this carnival. "

1. La Patrie, February 3, 1900, p.12.
2. La Patrie, February 8, 1900, p.2.
3. La Patrie, March 21, 1900, p.2.
4. Ibid

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On 12 November, the Hall of Fame sports Pantheon du Québec will host six new members. Winter sports are in the spotlight for this vintage 2007. Notwithstanding the motorcyclist Yvon Duhamel and Rosey Edeh, a specialist in the 400-meter hurdles, the others named are from the winter sports. In addition to the skiers Peter Duncan and Lloyd Langlois, and Maurice Gagne, who is recognized as the father of speed skating in Quebec, the Temple hosts Robert Rousseau, an athlete who has shown maskoutain hockey, but golf .

Robert Rousseau

Robert Rousseau is perhaps the Maskoutain experiencing the most success in the National Hockey League. Born in Montreal on July 26, 1940, his parents moved to St. Hyacinthe in 1942. Very quickly, Robert itself: at the age of 12-13 years, he participated in the matches between players of Saint-Hyacinthe against teams from the surrounding villages.

This experience with older players aged 17 to 20 years when he is joined his brothers Gilles and Jean playing with the Braves of St. John in the Metropolitan League. It is then aged fifteen years! In 1956, he signed with the Montreal Canadiens who sends continue his training with the club-Hull-Ottawa school.

In February 1960, he was invited to join the ranks of Dutchmen Kitchener-Waterloo. The Senior club champion of Canada represents Canada at the Olympics in Squaw Valley in 1960. Ranked as one of the best juniors at the time, Rousseau communicates his Olympic experience through the newspaper Le Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe. It enjoys great popularity among Maskoutains, a celebration is held in his honor on May 12, 1960.

By the following season, he participated in fifteen matches Canadian Club of Montreal.
In 1961-1962 he played his first full season with the Canadian; when he won the Calder trophy awarded to the best rookie. The success continued during his brilliant career as a hockey player. He won four Stanley Cups (seasons 1964-1965, 1965-1966, 1967-1968 and 1968-1969), he was named to the second team All-Star and he finished the 1965-1966 season in second place with 78 meters points . He made his greatest achievement the first in February 1964, where it marks five goals against the Detroit Red Wings.

After fourteen years in the National League and hundreds of hockey games, he retires at the age of 34. Consequently, he devoted himself entirely to a career as a professional golfer company already since 1964.

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In 2002, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, thanks to the contribution of the Department of Canadian Heritage, the family bought Richard, 57 objects that belonged to Maurice Richard. Based on these artifacts enriching their sports collection, the museum, located in Gatineau, presented in 2004 an exhibition devoted to the famous hockey player. In order to make the collection accessible, a travelling exhibition is realized in the future.


The exhibition, entitled "Rocket" Richard: The Legend - a legacy, will be presented by the Musée du Château Ramezay December 18, 2007 to April 20, 2008. The team from the Museum invites you to a few corollaries activities of the exhibition.


A few years ago, I visited this exhibition, which was presented at the Museum of Popular Culture Québec à Trois-Rivières. The exhibition remains inescapable for those who are interested in the history of sport in Quebec. It highlights the popularity of the "Rocket" at the time. Most importantly, it enables visitors to understand a little better the phenomenon of heroization of the great hockey player. Books, puzzles, pajamas and other items advertising are all elements that show that the phenomenon Maurice Richard amply overflowing the ice.


Today, Maurice Richard is so large in the collective imagination of Quebecers, it casts the shadow over all other major sports that preceded it. There are some who makes national pride. Think of the riders and Gerard Edward Fabre side or the wrestler Yvon Robert.

During a recent discussion with historians of sport and Serge Gilles Janson Gaudreau, we wondered, jokingly, if Maurice Richard was not the new Dollard des Ormeaux…

The dictionary will be a beginning to a book published more ambitious future, and that would include not only biographies, but also of great events, historical clubs, sports associations, institutions, and so on.

-- The dictionary will include a historical introduction of a twenty pages on the history of sport in Quebec for the period 1850-1950, and will be accompanied by an index.

-- Biographiés will not necessarily Quebecers, but persons having significant activities in Quebec in the field of sport. It might even be people who have never set foot in Quebec, but who through their writings or otherwise have played a certain role in the history of sport here.

-- The dictionary will comprise one hundred biographies, but hockey players will be excluded unless they have participated in other sports.

-- The biographies cover both athletes, administrators, journalists, and so on.

-- As in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, biographies begin with a paragraph where you will find the dates and places of birth and death and those of the main occupations of biographié. Additionally, the names and occupations of the parents (we understand that for the time, it will almost always the father's occupation). The biographies will be followed by major references used in their preparation.

-- The biographies will be illustrated wherever possible.

-- Biographies count 125 to 1250 words (1 / 2 page to 5 pages) at most.

We are currently looking for employees to complement our team of editors. I invite you to send me an email to stress your interest in joining us.

For the drafting committee,
Paul Foisy

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In recent years, I get a chance to rub Jason Gilles, an archivist, librarian and historian of the sport. In 1995, Gilles published his master's thesis in history under the title of us Emparons sport. This book addresses french Canadians and sport in the nineteenth century. Author of several texts in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, passionate history of sport published in 2005 1895-1968

For a long time, the friend Gilles cherishes the dream up a historical dictionary on the sport in Quebec. In 2007, it brings together a small team to run the project. But the period is extensive and subjects are not lacking. Thus, the drafting committee made up of Gilles Janson, the historian Serge Gaudreau and myself, decided to publish a first book on the great forgotten in our sporting history.

Here in a nutshell the objectives of this publication.

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Friday, February 15, 2008
A new friend
Hello, everybody!

A few days while I was talking with historian Michel Vigneault sport, I was part of a new blog on the history of hockey in Quebec City. Today, by browsing my e-mails, I noticed a message from Marc Durand, a journalist with Radio-Canada.

Marc Durand is an avid history, hockey and the city of Quebec. He is the author of a blog named in honour of the hockey team in Quebec Bulldogs.

Particularly well illustrated, this blog we do know a little-known facet of the National Capital. Having aims to publish a book and produce a documentary on the Quebec team in 2012, Marc Durand delivers his blog as evidence of its commitment.

There is no doubt, a blog to follow with interest!

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Thursday, January 17, 2008
Holidays snow and ice palace
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The cancellation of the Fête des Neiges in Montreal is a sad news this week. It is not for me here to try union demands, as all the requirements of the city of Montreal. I would rather raise only so far in January 1883, various parties involved agree to submit a first Winter Carnival in Montreal.

The targets set by the promoters of the first week of winter festivities are recreational, tourist and economic. A subscription service is being launched with the aim to raise more than $ 5000 required for the organisation of the event.


Sports activities that take place when an international meeting are curling, races and walks on snowshoes. A farce about skating, sledding, games and a grand ball add festive air to this week is unique in America.

But a special stimulates the imagination and attractive to all: the simulated attack the palace of ice. Developed by Montreal architect A.C. Hutchison, the construction of palaces, the Dominion Square, takes place at a cost of $ 2560. In the evening, during the simulated attack, the palace is guarded by a garrison trained militiamen and firefighters.

Then, from the mountains, hundreds of snowshoers gather around the palace. The garrison has quickly moved to barricade and close the doors to protect the palace. At the signal, snowshoers storming. They are equipped with flares and fireworks. The crowd, estimated at more than 50000 people, is a veritable fireworks, as the garrison response in the same way. It goes without saying that snowshoers come to the end of their sentences. Finally, as a sign of capitulation, the guard opens the door to the castle. After the conquest, snowshoers and congregate in the light of torches are returning to their neighbourhoods.

This event takes place a long time ago. Some 125 years later, the cancellation of winter festivities in Montreal us on the meaning of values promulgated in our modern society.

Do you feel challenged for these changes in values?

In reference: Dufresne, Sylvie. Festivities and society: the Winter Carnival in Montreal (1883-1889). Montreal: business, people, neighborhoods, Historical Society of Montreal, Fides, 1984, 290 pages.

Illustration: W. Notman & Son, The Ice Palace, Carnival Montreal 1885.
Source: www.tonpeek.com / acquisitions.html

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Saturday, January 12, 2008
Le Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe
Hello, everybody!

For several years now, I am a member of the Centre d'histoire de Saint-Hyacinthe. With a large archive, the Center is a research essential for anyone interested in history and genealogy. Thus, since 1995, attendance Center allows me to do research on the history maskoutaine.

The newspaper Le Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe provides an excellent means of dissemination for researchers sponsoring the Centre d'histoire by publishing a column titled History of here.


This week The Courier publishes first in a series of four articles that I wrote about the skating and hockey in Saint-Hyacinthe.

To view these stories of ice, go to the website of the newspaper at the following address:
Www.lecourrier.qc.ca/edition/2008-01-09/604ch4b.html

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Thursday, December 20, 2007
The dictionary Janson: looking for

In recent months, with the consecration of two world champions, it seems that boxing in Quebec is at the forefront. Looking back, we discover that this sport has always been popular in Quebec. To better help us to know and understand our society, some authors, including Michael Gladu and Gilles Janson, have published books about the sport. A few months ago, the historian Serge Gaudreau published, on his own account, a biography devoted to french-Canadian boxer Leonard Dumoulin, alias Jack Renault.

As a first step, I had the distinct impression that the author told me (I heard his voice) a story throughout the book. Serge Gaudreau directed to the reader with simplicity, in its text and punctuated many analogies that bring some levity (humorous), while showing great discipline in the matter. Like a well-placed right, some comments from the historian are sent and facilitate understanding of the character.

Secondly, I really liked discover what JACK! By using his stage name, the author succeeds in approaching the character, and it takes us into the circle closer to the boxer. It is not easy to chart the personality of a sportsman when there is little archival material. Indeed, correspondence, writings or interviews allow for better tracking down whoever is behind the public man. For athletes, there is little literature. So, using the name JACK, Gaudreau us to understand that a man is simple and easy to approach.

Letters Quebec

In publishing, Fall 2007, the Quebec literary magazine Letters, published an article on the book by Serge Gaudreau. Columnist Renald Bérubé allowed three and a half stars to the work of the historian of the sport: "[…] portrays nuance while dressed by the biographer, that of a gifted boxer (he fought against Tunney and Sharkey ), but a man of uncertain legitimacy sports, a strong man that the money and la dolce vita staggered, one which will be reserved told little and whose recent years remain virtually unknown, also tell us about our collective history. "

For all curious about our sports culture!

We are currently looking for employees to complement our team of editors. I invite you to send me an email to stress your interest in joining us.

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Monday, December 10, 2007
A small Saturday night
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Last Saturday evening, a few minutes before the start of the game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Montreal Canadiens, j'anticipais a good show on television. But the Montreal team is capable of the best as the worst. At the end of the second period, while Saku Koivu will inflict punishment saw two minutes for high sticks, I thought that a little reading would make me the greatest good.


Digging in my library, I see the book entitled Captains Michael Ulmer. Nine of the great legends of Canadian. Wishes, I thought, this is a small book that is likely to be very promising, especially since the spectacle on the ice at the Bell Centre was not there any more exciting.

Having bought this book in a bouquinerie, I had not yet had time to read it. Shame on me! From the first pages, the author recounts the passage of the torch at the closing ceremony of the Forum in Montreal. On the wall of the locker room, he read the words from the poem by John McCrae:




Our bruised arm you tend the torch.
Can you bring it always high.




This extract carries with it the mythical dimension of the team in Montreal. At one time in Quebec, the Catholic religion and the Montreal Canadiens were the common ground that the Nation welding French Canadian. If religious practice has dissipated over time, the Canadian is always present.


But the world of professional sport has undergone such changes as the torch has become a heavy one to bear. The players no longer have that sense of belonging that could weld unity of a team. Witness to radical changes in the NHL, Toe Blake observed this phenomenon on page 33:

I may be wrong […] but it seems that the players seem to say: "If I do not play in your team, I play for someone else. "It is no longer so hard to become a member of a team than it was in the past, when there were only six. That is natural. But their attitude… Finally, some players have changed.



All and all, we are aware of this fact. However, the Bell Centre is still open and the odds listening hockey on television are on the rise in recent years. How do you explain this phenomenon? Although hockey is not what it was, the public responded positively to the call. But the company itself is no longer the same and hockey, like all other sports, moreover, has changed. Why? Because the sport is a reflection of our society!

This is an essential starting point for the understanding of society through sports history. The sport is evolving at the same pace as society. What we observe in the field of sport, the same principles prevailing in our society.


To conclude this post, I leave the floor to Toe Blake, on page 35:


Hockey has been my life. I never had the chance to win one of these contracts of one million dollars, but hockey was worth more than a million for me, and in many ways.



Ulmer, Michael. Captains. Nine of the great legends of Canadian. Your Thoughts Publishing, 1996, 183 pages.

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Friday, November 16, 2007
The eyes of Maurice Richard



On 14 November, the organizers of the Salon du livre de Montréal décernaient the Marcel-Couture Melançon to Benedict, author of the book The eyes of Maurice Richard.



The book, published by Editions Fides at the end of 2006, is not a biography of Maurice Richard. For this professor in the Department of French Studies at the University of Montreal, but rather to analyze the phenomenon Maurice Richard over time. "The cultural historian, if properly done its work, must locate his analysis on a different plane. He did not criticize a man, but to understand what a society, since sixty years, wanted to make this man, that Quebec and Canada had wanted to invest in the figure of Maurice Richard. "Melançon says in his epilogue on page 240.



That is the richness of the book, which shows how, in both Quebec and English Canada, we have interpreted the actions of the great player. To do this, the author has stripped and analyzed from many sources. The bibliography is largely composed of written documents, icons, sound recordings and moving images. All this mass documentary is proof of the importance of the phenomenon Maurice Richard.



Of course, the Rocket, for his exploits, has demonstrated to his fellow citizens of the time with work and perseverance, it could achieve its goals, against all odds! But on the edge of the sporting history of Quebec, Richard phenomenon is so huge, that it's in the shadow of those who preceded him. Collectively, we did that for Maurice Richard, as if our sporting history began with him.



Benedict's book Melançon is good, because it sheds light on our collective imagination that remains in need of heroes. It shows the representations we kindly give Maurice Richard. It portrays us, and that's it.

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Friday, February 15, 2008
A new friend
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A few days while I was talking with historian Michel Vigneault sport, I was part of a new blog on the history of hockey in Quebec City. Today, by browsing my e-mails, I noticed a message from Marc Durand, a journalist with Radio-Canada.

Marc Durand is an avid history, hockey and the city of Quebec. He is the author of a blog named in honour of the hockey team in Quebec Bulldogs.

Particularly well illustrated, this blog we do know a little-known facet of the National Capital. Having aims to publish a book and produce a documentary on the Quebec team in 2012, Marc Durand delivers his blog as evidence of its commitment.

There is no doubt, a blog to follow with interest!

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Saturday, January 12, 2008
Le Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe
Hello, everybody!

For several years now, I am a member of the Centre d'histoire de Saint-Hyacinthe. With a large archive, the Center is a research essential for anyone interested in history and genealogy. Thus, since 1995, attendance Center allows me to do research on the history maskoutaine.

The newspaper Le Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe provides an excellent means of dissemination for researchers sponsoring the Centre d'histoire by publishing a column titled History of here.


This week The Courier publishes first in a series of four articles that I wrote about the skating and hockey in Saint-Hyacinthe.

To view these stories of ice, go to the website of the newspaper at the following address:
Www.lecourrier.qc.ca/edition/2008-01-09/604ch4b.html

The Centre d'histoire de Saint-Hyacinthe
Www.archivessh.qc.ca

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Thursday, December 20, 2007
The dictionary Janson: looking for

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In recent years, I get a chance to rub Jason Gilles, an archivist, librarian and historian of the sport. In 1995, Gilles published his master's thesis in history under the title of us Emparons sport. This book addresses french Canadians and sport in the nineteenth century. Author of several texts in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, passionate history of sport published in 2005 1895-1968

For a long time, the friend Gilles cherishes the dream up a historical dictionary on the sport in Quebec. In 2007, it brings together a small team to run the project. But the period is extensive and subjects are not lacking. Thus, the drafting committee made up of Gilles Janson, the historian Serge Gaudreau and myself, decided to publish a first book on the great forgotten in our sporting history.

Here in a nutshell the objectives of this publication.

GREAT OUBLIÉS DICTIONARY OF SPORT IN QUEBEC, 1850-1950.

-- Coverage: 1850-1950 (period of activity of biographié)

-- The dictionary will be a beginning to a book published more ambitious future, and that would include not only biographies, but also of great events, historical clubs, sports associations, institutions, and so on.

-- The dictionary will include a historical introduction of a twenty pages on the history of sport in Quebec for the period 1850-1950, and will be accompanied by an index.

-- Biographiés will not necessarily Quebecers, but persons having significant activities in Quebec in the field of sport. It might even be people who have never set foot in Quebec, but who through their writings or otherwise have played a certain role in the history of sport here.

-- The dictionary will comprise one hundred biographies, but hockey players will be excluded unless they have participated in other sports.

-- The biographies cover both athletes, administrators, journalists, and so on.

-- As in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, biographies begin with a paragraph where you will find the dates and places of birth and death and those of the main occupations of biographié. Additionally, the names and occupations of the parents (we understand that for the time, it will almost always the father's occupation). The biographies will be followed by major references used in their preparation.

-- The biographies will be illustrated wherever possible.

Hello, everybody!



For some time now, some observers of the sporting world show the finger the Montreal Canadiens. In the minds of many, this team of the National Hockey League, must represent with dignity the fact french Quebec.



A few years ago, I wrote a series of article about Eugene Payan, a Maskoutain bringing the Canadian colours from 1910 to 1914. At the beginning of his adventure Montreal, Payan is, in spite of himself, involved in a controversy about the representativeness of his team to Canadians french. Here is an excerpt of the text.

Eugene (Pete) Payan

Having refused a contract with the National club in 1909, Pete Payan was hired by the Canadian in November 1910. Journalists talk about him as the Canadian amateur players. On December 24, 1910, the editor of La Presse explains: "A special mention, however, is due to Eugene Payan, Payan son of the mayor of St-Hyacinthe, which has consented to render service to the club without asking for compensation. On the contrary, Payan demanded not to receive a subset of wages, saying that he wanted to play for the love of sport and to help Canadians-French team to win the championship…. "

Upon his arrival in the team in Montreal, Payan attracts attention. It says it is the focus of some 300 spectators at the Arena crowd to attend the first practice of the club. "It takes a rare address and everyone agrees that it will be one of the best scorers of the season," says the journalist of La Presse on December 16, 1910.

But before going further, we must consider the context of the time, because Payan is at the heart of a controversy. In November 1910, leaders of the Association of National Hockey Canada allow the Canadian Athletic Club to consider itself the owner of the French players. This is not a settlement, but rather an unwritten rule. At the beginning of the season, the teammates Maskoutain therefore call: Vézina, Laviolette, Pitre, Lalonde, Dallaire and Poulain. All the francophone population take shelter behind the club which represents dignity "race", as it likes to say at the time. Even in Quebec, where the Canadian Athletic Club comes here, the audience encourages the Montreal team at the expense of local club anglophone.

Then, in February 1911, controversy erupted: the leaders of hiring Canadian Rocket Power, a Canadian-English. The presence of Power causing public outcry, both in the press as with the French-speaking population. In addition to criticizing the advent of this new English-Canadian players, we doubt that the Canadian Athletic Club is a worthy representative of the nation. Let's see what the journalist said du Devoir, on February 5, 1911: "It is unfortunate that Mr. Kennedy and Lecours, by this commitment, have removed their team if its distinctive character that has earned him the encouragement of Canadians - french. Today, with Power, the clubs that defeats the "Canadian" may say: "We are defeated, but not by seven-Canadian french. Is there understanding the difference? ".


Not satisfied with this attack on the ethnic point of view, it raises the veil on the real purpose of the leaders of the club, saying that their interests are purely financial.


However, a reader of the newspaper Le Devoir is a completely different analysis in the February 15 edition of "Do apparently it is not put a finger in the eye when we see that Lalonde and Payan (excellent players from the rest) which, while they are affublés names perfectly Canadian, were no less for that perfect English not knowing a word of french traitor? ". And now our Payan fellow at the heart of the controversy.


This case is set at the beginning of the following season when the leaders of the circuit adopt a regulation requiring that the hiring of Canadian players exclusively francophone this process, the team gives Montreal a monopoly on french-Canadian players.

End of excerpt

Even though the situation has evolved since that time, the Montreal Canadiens and the french are subjects that are much ink, in a very long time.

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On 14 November, the organizers of the Salon du livre de Montréal décernaient the Marcel-Couture Melançon to Benedict, author of the book The eyes of Maurice Richard.



The book, published by Editions Fides at the end of 2006, is not a biography of Maurice Richard. For this professor in the Department of French Studies at the University of Montreal, but rather to analyze the phenomenon Maurice Richard over time. "The cultural historian, if properly done its work, must locate his analysis on a different plane. He did not criticize a man, but to understand what a society, since sixty years, wanted to make this man, that Quebec and Canada had wanted to invest in the figure of Maurice Richard. "Melançon says in his epilogue on page 240.



That is the richness of the book, which shows how, in both Quebec and English Canada, we have interpreted the actions of the great player. To do this, the author has stripped and analyzed from many sources. The bibliography is largely composed of written documents, icons, sound recordings and moving images. All this mass documentary is proof of the importance of the phenomenon Maurice Richard.



Of course, the Rocket, for his exploits, has demonstrated to his fellow citizens of the time with work and perseverance, it could achieve its goals, against all odds! But on the edge of the sporting history of Quebec, Richard phenomenon is so huge, that it's in the shadow of those who preceded him. Collectively, we did that for Maurice Richard, as if our sporting history began with him.



Benedict's book Melançon is good, because it sheds light on our collective imagination that remains in need of heroes. It shows the representations we kindly give Maurice Richard. It portrays us, and that's it.

This extract carries with it the mythical dimension of the team in Montreal. At one time in Quebec, the Catholic religion and the Montreal Canadiens were the common ground that the Nation welding French Canadian. If religious practice has dissipated over time, the Canadian is always present.


But the world of professional sport has undergone such changes as the torch has become a heavy one to bear. The players no longer have that sense of belonging that could weld unity of a team. Witness to radical changes in the NHL, Toe Blake observed this phenomenon on page 33:

I may be wrong […] but it seems that the players seem to say: "If I do not play in your team, I play for someone else. "It is no longer so hard to become a member of a team than it was in the past, when there were only six. That is natural. But their attitude… Finally, some players have changed.



All and all, we are aware of this fact. However, the Bell Centre is still open and the odds listening hockey on television are on the rise in recent years. How do you explain this phenomenon? Although hockey is not what it was, the public responded positively to the call. But the company itself is no longer the same and hockey, like all other sports, moreover, has changed. Why? Because the sport is a reflection of our society!

This is an essential starting point for the understanding of society through sports history. The sport is evolving at the same pace as society. What we observe in the field of sport, the same principles prevailing in our society.


To conclude this post, I leave the floor to Toe Blake, on page 35:


Hockey has been my life. I never had the chance to win one of these contracts of one million dollars, but hockey was worth more than a million for me, and in many ways.



Ulmer, Michael. Captains. Nine of the great legends of Canadian. Your Thoughts Publishing, 1996, 183 pages.

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Friday, November 30, 2007
The Montreal Canadiens, the origins of the term CAPITA
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The season of Canadian Club of Montreal is underway for several weeks now. This team of the National Hockey League is preparing feverishly to celebrate its one hundredth anniversary. Today, I want to talk of the history of St. Flannel.

Long considered a Canadian french club, the word "Living" is attached to Canadians since 1914.


Indeed, in Montreal in 1914, two professional hockey clubs, Wanderers and Canadians moving in the same league (the National Hockey Association) and they play at the same venue, the Montreal Arena. For spectators, it is particularly difficult to display the colors of the team favorite when the two clubs play against one another. To remedy this, several French fans come to the Arena partly clad in the costume of former Canadians: Hats wool, multicolored belts and moccasins Indian beadwork. Covering proudly costume of the inhabitants, French-speaking viewers can clearly indicate their preference.


From that moment, the word "Living" appears in the sports pages. Let's take a closer in an article published in the newspaper Le Devoir, on February 9, 1914: "The Canadian administered the most comprehensive defeat to the Toronto teammates Saturday night before a monster assistance as only know our team bring to the 'Arena, final result 9 to 3. Without contradicting the "Inhabitants" took advantage… continuously. "


On February 16, in the same newspaper, the phrase is used again in the subtitle of the article: "At PART SENSATIONNELLE MONTREAL SATURDAY." Inhabitants "launder Senators team after six minutes of play overtime. "


For a long time, the audience punctuated the legendary "Go Habs Go" to encourage Canadians. Too bad they no longer carry the costume of the living, as we called him ancestors at the time.

Last Saturday evening, a few minutes before the start of the game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Montreal Canadiens, j'anticipais a good show on television. But the Montreal team is capable of the best as the worst. At the end of the second period, while Saku Koivu will inflict punishment saw two minutes for high sticks, I thought that a little reading would make me the greatest good.


Digging in my library, I see the book entitled Captains Michael Ulmer. Nine of the great legends of Canadian. Wishes, I thought, this is a small book that is likely to be very promising, especially since the spectacle on the ice at the Bell Centre was not there any more exciting.

Having bought this book in a bouquinerie, I had not yet had time to read it. Shame on me! From the first pages, the author recounts the passage of the torch at the closing ceremony of the Forum in Montreal. On the wall of the locker room, he read the words from the poem by John McCrae:

In 2002, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, thanks to the contribution of the Department of Canadian Heritage, the family bought Richard, 57 objects that belonged to Maurice Richard. Based on these artifacts enriching their sports collection, the museum, located in Gatineau, presented in 2004 an exhibition devoted to the famous hockey player. In order to make the collection accessible, a travelling exhibition is realized in the future.


The exhibition, entitled "Rocket" Richard: The Legend - a legacy, will be presented by the Musée du Château Ramezay December 18, 2007 to April 20, 2008. The team from the Museum invites you to a few corollaries activities of the exhibition.


A few years ago, I visited this exhibition, which was presented at the Museum of Popular Culture Québec à Trois-Rivières. The exhibition remains inescapable for those who are interested in the history of sport in Quebec. It highlights the popularity of the "Rocket" at the time. Most importantly, it enables visitors to understand a little better the phenomenon of heroization of the great hockey player. Books, puzzles, pajamas and other items advertising are all elements that show that the phenomenon Maurice Richard amply overflowing the ice.


Today, Maurice Richard is so large in the collective imagination of Quebecers, it casts the shadow over all other major sports that preceded it. There are some who makes national pride. Think of the riders and Gerard Edward Fabre side or the wrestler Yvon Robert.

During a recent discussion with historians of sport and Serge Gilles Janson Gaudreau, we wondered, jokingly, if Maurice Richard was not the new Dollard des Ormeaux…

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Friday, February 15, 2008
A new friend
Hello, everybody!

A few days while I was talking with historian Michel Vigneault sport, I was part of a new blog on the history of hockey in Quebec City. Today, by browsing my e-mails, I noticed a message from Marc Durand, a journalist with Radio-Canada.

Marc Durand is an avid history, hockey and the city of Quebec. He is the author of a blog named in honour of the hockey team in Quebec Bulldogs.

Particularly well illustrated, this blog we do know a little-known facet of the National Capital. Having aims to publish a book and produce a documentary on the Quebec team in 2012, Marc Durand delivers his blog as evidence of its commitment.

There is no doubt, a blog to follow with interest!

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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The benefits of sport (4)
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The recent misadventure of hockey Richard Zednik demonstrates how sport can be dangerous on the occasion.
In October 1956, Raymond Best goaltender for the team hotel in the league Laurentien "" Four Little stopped a shot with his face. At that time, cerbères do not yet have protective mask. The poor player, knocked covered in blood and was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital. It is then that the bone of his upper jaw was fractured in three places. Ouch!


Fortunately for the goalkeepers hockey, Jacques Plante is courageous when he chooses to wear a mask in order to perform their duties. This event takes place on 1 November 1959. In the aftermath of a shooting, Jacques Plante suffered a broken nose. After care and multiple stitches, he informed his coach that he was ready to return to game condition to wear his mask. Toe Blake did have a choice. For several years, he refuses to its custodian port of this piece of equipment. At this historic game, Blake accepts ill will, because teams have only one goalkeeper at the time.

Over the years, hockey equipment has continued to be refined to ensure the safety of players. Damage to Zednik who was not wearing a neck protector.

Photo: The masked guard. On April 10, 1955 at page 84, Le Petit Journal publishes a photo of goaltender Ed Kissell. Under the photo caption: "This plastic mask is worn by Ed Kissell of the Junior League of Cleveland. It serves to protect figure against pucks bounce. One would have thought at first glance that Kissell was a man of the planet Mars. "

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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
The Challenge Gérard-Side
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A few years ago, while doing my research on Gérard side, I discovered the Athletic Club in St. Hyacinthe. Since 1993, members of the sports club organise a competition run in honor of the marathon runner.

As I am currently writing the biography of Gerard side, I am pursuing the same goals as the Athletic Club: pay tribute to our greatest runner in Quebec. Thus, in 2001, I decided to join the club to help them prepare for this event. Club members have readily accepted my idea of a photography exhibit on the career of Gérard side. This exhibition is mounted every year the day of the Challenge.

This year, the Athletic Club is celebrating the 15th Challenge. To mark the event, Mr. Benoit Chartier, publisher of the Courier Saint-Hyacinthe, has agreed to publish a souvenir booklet. This special section will be inserted in the newspaper Le Courrier few days before the event. But most importantly, a copy will be given to all runners who will start racing 5 km, 10 km and 15 km.

If you love history of sport, I invite you to race in Saint-Hyacinthe May 11. You can visit the exhibition entitled Gérard-Côté, a race of 192000 km long, and if you participate, you will be entitled to the Special Section. Profusely illustrated, this book will offer an overview of the career of Gérard side and focus on the year 1948, a year particularly successful in the life of Maskoutain.

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Gerard side in a test snowshoeing. Collection François Côté

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With the advent of autumn, a number of riders walk participate in competitions in trail so-called cross-country. According to Larousse Encyclopedia of Sports (1961), running through the campaign has its origins in England. In the late 17th and early 18th century, it organises courses steeple or the hare and the hound from village to village. But since that time, the cross-country race is regulated and well-established in several countries.

Today, although this sport has its own rules, several racers practicing this activity at events in more participatory. In Quebec, believe the "Cross of Color" Vaudreuil-Dorion who presented on October 7 last its 24th race of this kind.

A first course of its kind in Quebec?


According to the newspaper, Le Devoir, on Oct. 18, 1934, the Track and Field Association in Montreal presents the first event of this kind. Several clubs like the MAAA, McGill, the YMCA And the Association of Police Athletic y delegate athletes. Participants must run five miles (eight kilometers) through various obstacles offered by nature, crossing paths barely plotted woods, streams, plowed land and hedges and finally ending at the chalet on municipal golf club .


Unfortunately, history does not say who is the winner of the event. However, one fact remains, the cross-country race is practised ages ago in Quebec.


Photo: Circuit running of Greater Montreal http://www.geocities.com/enducircuit



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In a recent article, I spoke of a world record marathon directed by Haile Gebresalassie in Berlin in September 2007. As a result of this outstanding performance, the Ethiopian asserted that he could beat his own record in Dubai.


This event took place on January 18 today. Again, the athlete reaches 34 years to rally the finish line in first place. Again, it crosses the threshold of 2 hours 5 minutes. Despite another extraordinary performance, it lacks a little 28 seconds to beat his own record!

According to the rider, it would be from a little too fast at the start. He spent the 10 km in 28 min 39 sec, followed by the half-marathon in 1 hour 01 min 27 sec. It must slow down somewhat in the last 10 km. He accomplishes the same time of 2 hours 04 min 53 sec. This victory gives it a sum of $ 250000.

Gebreselassie was sorry not to have succeeded, adding that "It's not as easy as some people think to beat a world record." Recall that the organizers of the marathon Dubai offered one million dollars for a new world record.

All that was missing were 28 small seconds at this amazing athlete to reach the loot!

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Friday, January 11, 2008
The valiant Ed Withlock Classic at the Parc Lafontaine
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In recent years, the name of the runner Ed Withlock found himself regularly in the news. It must be said that Withlock is the first athlete aged 70 and over to cross the marathon distance in 3 hours. It achieves this phenomenal feat on September 28, 2003, at the Scotia Bank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. The following year, at the same place, it lowers its own record by covering the distance in a time of 2 hours 54 min 44 s. But well before realizing these global exploits, the rider himself at the Classic Park Lafontaine in Montreal.


Born in England on March 6, 1931, the young Withlock conducts its mining engineering studies at the University of London. During his studies, he excelled at track competitions. At age 17, he directed a time of 4 min 31 sec for the distance of miles (1.6 km). In 1951, he was champion of the university on the distance of 3 miles (4, 8 km) with a time of 14 min 54 s.

His engineering degree in his pocket, he emigrated to Canada in 1952. He works in Sudbury, Timmins, Toronto and Montreal. At the age of 41, the resident of Pierrefonds decided to resume with more serious running.

The first test now known to Lafontaine Park Classic takes place in 1950. The following year, the distance of the race from 10 miles to 12 miles (19.2 km). From 1951 to 1973, the organizers, grouped in the Club des Francs-Friends, maintain that distance. However, in 1972, they add four races of 3 miles and a 1 1 / 2 miles for women. The tests are aimed at 3 miles joggers, cadets, juniors and juveniles as well as veterans.

It is in this race qu'Ed Withlock enters the scene at Parc Lafontaine. With a time of 16 min 57 s, it takes the second position in Roland Michaud, a member of the Franks-Friends, which was shown for several years from the middle of the decade 1950-1960.

In 1974, the Franks-Friends propose new distances, such as the 5000 meters, 2500 meters and a test substantive 20000 meters. In this year of reform, sign Withlock victory over 5000 meters with a time of 16 min 30 s. Unquestionably champion of the distance among veterans at Parc Lafontaine, it accumulates victories: 1975, 15 min 58 s; 1976, 16 min 12 s and 1977, 16: 35. In 1975, the veteran champion is also to 20 km and carries a time of 1 h 09 min 03 to grab the 22nd place overall. Let's see its results in the future: 1976, 1 h 11 min 31 s (21), 1977, 1 h 12 min 46 s (37), 1978, 1 h 09 min 14 s (11), 1980, 1 h 11 min 04 (39), and finally in 1981, 1 h 11 min 32s (17).

These remarkable performances show that the world record holder in men aged 70 and over on marathon distance, is a famous runner.

Members of the Franks-Friends and all the volunteers who have worked for many years to the success of this great classic, can be proud to have had as a participant the valiant Withlock Ed.

Photo:
Http://www.flatrock.org.nz/topics/older_and_under/gran_takes_the_plunge.htm
Thanks to Mr. Joel Dada, des Francs-Friends, for his close cooperation.

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Friday, January 4, 2008
The world record marathon for men
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On Sept. 30, 2007, Haile Gebreselassie fracassait the world record in marathon distance. With a very fast timing of 2: 04: 26, the Ethiopian was the 30th runner to succeed such a feat. With nearly a hundred years, the brand was beaten to 33 times. During this period, the athletes were able to remove nearly 51 minutes to complete the 42195 km regulations.

You have to be extremely talented and very persevering to succeed what seems impossible each time. The names are inscribed on the list of those phenomena. Think the British Jim Peters who recorded four records in the space of two years, from 1952 to 1954. Then there's also the Finns Hennes Kolehmainen which is the first of the flying Finns. What about the Australian Derek Clayton who first managed to run under 2: 10 and Kenyen Paul Targat passing below 2: 05 in 2003.

The first world record for marathon distance is listed at the Olympics in London in 1908. Indeed, from this Olympiad is adopted regulatory distance marathon. The distance will be standardized at all marathons in the 1920's. But what has happened in 1908 for the adoption of any measure that is not a round number like 40, 45 or even 50 kilometers?

4th At these Olympics, the departure is given to Windsor Castle so that the children and grandchildren of Queen Alexandra and King Edward VII can attend the show. Wanting to please the royal family, the Games organizers put the finishing line in front of the royal lodge at White City. The distance between the castle and the entrance to the stadium is about 26 miles. In addition, the distance to the finish line, which is about 385 yards. Converted to metric, we get 42, 195 km.

Among the remarkable performance to occur at the Games, it must be stressed that the Ethiopian Abebe Bekila in Tokyo in 1964. On this occasion, Bekila seizes victory, registered a new world record and managed this feat, barefoot!

It took nearly sixty years to go from 2: 55 (1908) at a time under 2: 10 (1967). The training methods and materials may partly explain this sharp increase. But for five minutes to remove the mark of Clayton in 1967, it took forty years! Thus, the 2: 09: 37 becomes 2: 04: 26 directed by Gebreselassie in 2007. It would seem that the human body has limits.

Today, Jos Hermens, manager of the champion title, claims that his colt aims to fall below 2: 04 at the next race on January 18 in Dubai.

As times change! Today, the wide range of entertainment of all kinds gives us the impression of a decline in the sport. It is not uncommon to hear one of those baby boomers at great cry proclaiming that "in his time, he was still outside to play sports." With the ubiquity of computers and game consoles, we can understand some parents to offer their children to go out and play.

But long before the digital age, some lament that young people are too often outside to play their favourite sport. Bishop George Leo Pelletier, bishop of Trois-Rivières, spoke against the abuse of sport at the provincial annual congress of the General Association of alumni of the Brothers of Christian Instruction in October 1951.

"I am concerned to see the sport take a large place in the lives of our youth it is becoming a goal instead of a simple average. Children think in one way and lose exclusive taste of the study. I rise not against sports, but against the abuse that in fact. In this area as in all things, we must not exceed the measure. If we are reduced to begging for the education of our young people, the few educational inputs it may contain, ignoring increasingly solid education and religious formation, it is a disqualification. Sport is a bit like strychnine, which can bring a moribund or kill a person in good health. "

It should be recalled that strychnine is a drug used by athletes during much of the twentieth century. The lethality of the novelist Agata Christie also use the substance to the occasion when commenting on a crime in his novels.

Thus, in 1951, the prelate spoke of the abuse of sport as a drug. Today, the word is always associated drugs in sport, but not for the same reason…

Image: The runner Dorando Pietri, upon arrival at the 1908 Olympic marathon. During the trial, some observers note that consumes Pietri pellets atropine and strychnine. Égaré and vacillating, Pietri made his entry into the stadium in the first position. The stunned crowd saw the rider to fall. His body was taken to convulsions. We help to get up and painfully he collapses at the start / finish line. For long hours, it will be between life and death. He was disqualified for the assistance he has obtained in the stadium. The arrival of the Italian rider is the highlight of the Olympic marathon, few remember the victory of the American John Hayes.

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Sunday, February 24, 2008
Some old advice for marathon…

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Here in Quebec, the season of running takes off with the race and walking popular Lasalle March 30, and the half marathon in Montreal on April 20. Thus, at the dawn of the 2008 season, let's go for some tips written specifically for the marathon.

These ten tips are from a certain Jack Prout, in 1899.

1 - It is very important to stretch and warm up their muscles before the race.
2 - The application of animal fat in the muscles of the legs helps keep them warm.
3 - It is not very smart to wear new shoes or spikes.
4 - On the eve of the race, it is advisable to take a meal containing a pound of beef rare.
5 - Do drugs before and during the race.
6 - Do not allow your trainer you throw buckets of water during the race.
7 - A start-jeannot "rabbit" is the best way not to finish.
8 - Start you refuel beyond the fifteenth mile (24 km).
9 - Anyone who interrupts his race to be exposed rub usually not finish.
10 - Be careful not to spit on your fellow riders or spectators.

In defence of Prout, it is important to note that his advice has produced only three years after the first marathon. This event took place on April 10, 1896, in Athens, during the first Olympic Games. The distance was 40 km. The winner was Spiridon Louis in a time of 2h 58m 50s.

Source: Tamini, Christmas. Runners, if you knew… Spiridon, 1985 25
Photo: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Spiridon_louis.jpg

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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
The Challenge Gérard-Side
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A few years ago, while doing my research on Gérard side, I discovered the Athletic Club in St. Hyacinthe. Since 1993, members of the sports club organise a competition run in honor of the marathon runner.

As I am currently writing the biography of Gerard side, I am pursuing the same goals as the Athletic Club: pay tribute to our greatest runner in Quebec. Thus, in 2001, I decided to join the club to help them prepare for this event. Club members have readily accepted my idea of a photography exhibit on the career of Gérard side. This exhibition is mounted every year the day of the Challenge.

This year, the Athletic Club is celebrating the 15th Challenge. To mark the event, Mr. Benoit Chartier, publisher of the Courier Saint-Hyacinthe, has agreed to publish a souvenir booklet. This special section will be inserted in the newspaper Le Courrier few days before the event. But most importantly, a copy will be given to all runners who will start racing 5 km, 10 km and 15 km.

If you love history of sport, I invite you to race in Saint-Hyacinthe May 11. You can visit the exhibition entitled Gérard-Côté, a race of 192000 km long, and if you participate, you will be entitled to the Special Section. Profusely illustrated, this book will offer an overview of the career of Gérard side and focus on the year 1948, a year particularly successful in the life of Maskoutain.

After the success of Villeurbanne at Chalon-sur-Saone Friday (58-82), Nancy and Le Mans have also won this Saturday. The trio remained in control of the championship.

The poster of the day: Chalon-sur-Saone - ASVEL
The two french representatives of the ULEB Cup week were found Friday, for the opening of the 20th day. United disappointment, the two formations had yet presented very different faces. Chalon was spent completely beside his subject in Gerona while ASVEL had delivered a fierce battle with Galatasaray. The dynamics of the two teams was met with an early one way. Nsonwu prevailed in the racket and caused the first gap (12-19). And yet ASVEL accelerated in the second quarter-time. Troutman and Wilson brought their way to the ride Rhone. Villeurbanne led by almost 20 points at the break (23-42). The fate of the meeting was already played. Bryan Bracey (17 pts) tried to stir much the Coliseum but his efforts were in vain face of collective villeurbannais (38-58). The last quarter-time had little interest, the gap hovering around 20 points for a clear victory of Villeurbannais (58-82). Not worried at Chalon, ASVEL became the leader of the Pro A and has overcome its last two disappointments arising from two sides of a point.

Other matches:
A week after he imposed in Villeurbanne, Pau-Orthez hosted another large piece of the championship, Nancy. The Lorraine, undisputed leader of the championship a few weeks ago, remained on two sides of rank (against Dijon and Strasbourg) since the break in Week As (where they had been eliminated entrance). A series that the SLUC stopped on Saturday by going prevail at the Palais des Sports (76-82). A success built mainly from the first-quarter time (25-15) won by Lorraine. With 18 points and 8 rebounds, Ricardo Greer has hurt his former teammates while Antonio Graves, author of 40 points last week, merely 18 units. The third co-leader, Le Mans has not trembled either this weekend and landed a successful 6th row on the line at Le Havre (98-99). Vincent Collet can thank Nicolas Batum, best man of the match with 21 points and 12 rebounds. The MSB remains in the lead in the company of Nancy and the ASVEL.

Based on its success in Nancy, Dijon, strong revival of form over the past month (3 wins in 4 days), offered the scalp of another cador championship, Roanne. Championing France, deprived of Marc Salyers, wounded, the flag fell in the third quarter-time (the score from 42-38 to 69-55 at the break at the 30th minute of the game) facing Maleye Ndoye (28 points , 7 rebounds) and its partners. Championing France, which remained before the day on 6 wins in 7 matches, now find themselves two lengths of leading trio. At the bottom of the table, the Paris Levallois has halted its downward spiral of six defeats in a row by imposing Strasbourg (79-90) thanks to a very good Je'Kel Foster (27 points, 6 interceptions). The red lantern, Clermont, which had suffered a correction on the floor of Orleans (80-40). - Gravelines Dunkerque benefited from the receipt of Vichy for pocketing a valuable success (74-69) while Cholet dominated Toulon-Hyeres (79-87) a major part in the race for Play-offs

Iga: Real Madrid's victory over Recreativo Huelva

Iga: Real Madrid's victory over Recreativo Huelva

Liga: Real Madrid's victory over Recreativo Huelva

Robinho's Real Madrid, author of a doubled against Recreativo Huelva at the Nuevo Colombino. The leader of the Spanish championship has become 3-2. / Photo taken on March 1, 2008/REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo
The Real Madrid won 3-2 on the lawn of Recreativo Huelva in Liga match.

Results of other events contested Saturday

Atletico Madrid 4 Barcelona 2

Deportivo La Coruna 2 FC Sevilla 1

Opposed to Flavia Pennetta

Opposed to Flavia Pennetta (head Series N.1), the young Frenchwoman has managed to make an illusion during the second round after a disastrous first set granted without the slightest mark Thursday More experienced Italian reconcentrée went on for about finally winning 6-0, 4-6, 6-1.

Alizé Cornet, 18 years old, probably betrayed by emotion and the challenge was too difficult to enter the party to doubt his opponent. Completely exceeded during the first leg of France, however, did not want to sink altogether. She noted the lead in the second set. Pennetta was nearly concluded in two sets, puisqu'elel led 4-3 with service to follow, but Cornet fought, and managed to mark the three following games for the s'adjuger set. "I started the match well, being concentrated in committing few errors and a lot of passing shots winners. But in the second round, I started to think about winning and it made me nervous' , "said the Italian, who had already won this tournament in Acapulco in 2005. Conscious of her release, she put her tennis at the location to address a third set which should be a formality for her, since s'adjugeait 16 of the 18 points contested, and finally fold the match in 1:38. Alizé Cornet could only surrender. "I am disappointed to have lost. But I never felt the victory possible. Flavia deserved to win today but it is so beautiful tournament that I hope to come back next year," said young Frenchwoman who hold perhaps the lessons of his first finals.

Lindsay Davenport won the tournament in Memphis

Lindsay Davenport won the tournament in Memphis, the 55th of his career, sweeping the Belarusian Olga Govortsova one-hour Thursday In glanant his second title of the season after Auckland, the American joined Virginia Wade in the 6th position in the list of most titled players in the WTA.

WTA MEMPHIS - Finale

Lindsay Davenport (USA/N.4) vs. Olga Govortsova (BLR/N.5) 6-2, 6-1

The American Lindsay Davenport, head of N.4 series, won Saturday tennis tournament in Memphis, accounting for the WTA circuit, beating the Belarusian Olga Govortsova (N.5) in two sets. In Tennessee, the former World N.1, who has lost a total of 10 games during his four dermiers matches, won the 55th title of his career and his second this year after his success in Auckland in the very beginning of the season.

The meeting, which lasted an hour, the average time spent by Davenport on court this week, was a one-way street as the American has outperformed his opponent by relying on its power and its service terribly effective. Davenport, 31 years and the 46th player in the world, makes a splendid return to competition after putting his career in brackets for almost a year and gave birth to her first child, Jagger, last June.

Since his return in September, the Californian, who has not lost a round of the week, has 24 wins and 2 defeats on the WTA circuit. His only setback of the year came from the Russian Maria Sharapova at the Australian Open. Opposite Govortsova, 19 years and the 49th player in the world, dispute the first final of his career. So far, his best result was a semi-final last year in Tashkent. In glanant his second title of the season after Auckland, the American joined Virginia Wade in the 6th position in the list of most titled players in the WTA.

Foot - C1 - Lyon - Aulas: "Wholesale gap with MU"

Jean-Michel Aulas said Saturday, after the victory against Lille (1-0), he thought little chance of qualification to Lyon for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Tuesday at Old Trafford against Manchester United. "There is a big difference between the two teams. It would take a catastrophe on the side of Manchester and an achievement on the part of Lyon ... But above all a disaster from Manchester. "

The man who claims that Bordeaux is "favorite" Championship of L1 built his conviction on the outcome of last season. "There was humiliated at home by Roma when we had left Saint-Etienne on the spot on Saturday before. Immediately after, the Roma had been detonated at Old Trafford (1-7). And plus I think the Manchester this year is stronger. "

One reason for hope, anyway. "I think that after having recovered our wounded, we too are stronger. We found the depth of bench. "Lyon and MU have been 1-1 at the Stade Gerland to go. Not far away, Claude Puel said he was convinced of the chances of Lyon. "If they are strong and they are living the ball, Lyonnais will have opportunities in Manchester." Word of a man who had faced the Red Devils last year at the same stage of the competition (0-1, 0-1). -- Cé. Ro. (At the Stade de France)

Coup arrest for Barcelona

Coup arrest for Barcelona
Upon opening the 26th day of the championship in Spain, FC Barcelona has fallen heavily this Saturday on the grounds of the Atletico Madrid. Vaincus four to two, on the side of Vicente Calderon, the men of Frank Rijkaard have again distanced made by Real Madrid. Former champion title was ressaisi winning in Huelva (3 to 2). Seville also registered a faux-pas, on the lawn of Corunna

They thought they had done the hardest way back to just two points of their sworn enemy, especially after having counted nine units of delay, the Blaugrana are not yet out of the hostel and are still far from achieving their goals. On a visit to Madrid, to face Atletico, the Catalans knew what to expect, but they are leaning, and in a way quite logical. The Real Madrid took the opportunity to resume large, through its short but important victory on the lawn of Recreativo Huelva (3-2).

Everything was still good start for the Blaugrana. Even private Messi, the coach Rijkaard had decided to blow by leaving it on the bench, they were in fact the first to shake the nets. Ronaldinho showed in the 29th minute he had lost none of his talent by passing a sumptuous returned to a central Xavi. The joy of Barcelona, however, has not been short-lived, as six minutes later Argentine Sergio Aguero restored parity, helped by Puyol, who dévia his shot to deceive Valdes. Revenues mark, the players in the capital have not declined as much, reaching even to score a second goal just before the break. Another Argentine, in the person of Maxi Rodriguez, s'illustrait. Served by his compatriot Aguero, it left no chance Valdes cross on his shot. A half-time, Atletico led 2 to 1. In return dressing rooms, were expected to see Barça react but it was just the opposite, and the entry into Messi game, in place of Thierry Henry did nothing changed. At a time of the game, the Uruguayan Forlan signed the third goal on penalty premises after a fault in Aguero Puyol on the surface. The fate of the encounter was finally sealed in the 70th minute, lorsqu'Aguero reviewed the entire defence for Catalan to go then register his second goal. A true man of the match, El Kun and confirmed its status as a rising star of the Spanish Liga. Eto'o then signed the second goal for his team, but it was the last of the game. Released winner of this clash at the top of the Liga, Atletico resumed its march forward in the ranking, while Barça se voyait net stopped her in her tracks. From ominous before her match against Celtic on Tuesday in Champions League.

The Real Madrid moved in Huelva. The protected Schuster, after three consecutive defeats, have responded with full points. Led to score a goal after the former Nantais Caceres, they have reversed the steam thanks to a goal from Raùl and a doubling of returning Robinho, in the second period, finally imposed mandatory 3 to 2. Both teams finished this party to 10 following the expulsion respective Beto and Sergio Ramos. The Real has again five points ahead of Barça in the lead.

A third and final meeting took place on Saturday as part of this 26th day of the Liga and she saw the Deportivo La Coruna turned in a good performance by ending the right set of Seville (2-1). Winners 2 to 1, the Galicians away from the area of reléguables.

a strong postion

After the success of Villeurbanne at Chalon-sur-Saone Friday (58-82), Nancy and Le Mans have also won this Saturday. The trio remained in control of the championship.

The poster of the day: Chalon-sur-Saone - ASVEL
The two french representatives of the ULEB Cup week were found Friday, for the opening of the 20th day. United disappointment, the two formations had yet presented very different faces. Chalon was spent completely beside his subject in Gerona while ASVEL had delivered a fierce battle with Galatasaray. The dynamics of the two teams was met with an early one way. Nsonwu prevailed in the racket and caused the first gap (12-19). And yet ASVEL accelerated in the second quarter-time. Troutman and Wilson brought their way to the ride Rhone. Villeurbanne led by almost 20 points at the break (23-42). The fate of the meeting was already played. Bryan Bracey (17 pts) tried to stir much the Coliseum but his efforts were in vain face of collective villeurbannais (38-58). The last quarter-time had little interest, the gap hovering around 20 points for a clear victory of Villeurbannais (58-82). Not worried at Chalon, ASVEL became the leader of the Pro A and has overcome its last two disappointments arising from two sides of a point.

Other matches:
A week after he imposed in Villeurbanne, Pau-Orthez hosted another large piece of the championship, Nancy. The Lorraine, undisputed leader of the championship a few weeks ago, remained on two sides of rank (against Dijon and Strasbourg) since the break in Week As (where they had been eliminated entrance). A series that the SLUC stopped on Saturday by going prevail at the Palais des Sports (76-82). A success built mainly from the first-quarter time (25-15) won by Lorraine. With 18 points and 8 rebounds, Ricardo Greer has hurt his former teammates while Antonio Graves, author of 40 points last week, merely 18 units. The third co-leader, Le Mans has not trembled either this weekend and landed a successful 6th row on the line at Le Havre (98-99). Vincent Collet can thank Nicolas Batum, best man of the match with 21 points and 12 rebounds. The MSB remains in the lead in the company of Nancy and the ASVEL.

Based on its success in Nancy, Dijon, strong revival of form over the past month (3 wins in 4 days), offered the scalp of another cador championship, Roanne. Championing France, deprived of Marc Salyers, wounded, the flag fell in the third quarter-time (the score from 42-38 to 69-55 at the break at the 30th minute of the game) facing Maleye Ndoye (28 points , 7 rebounds) and its partners. Championing France, which remained before the day on 6 wins in 7 matches, now find themselves two lengths of leading trio. At the bottom of the table, the Paris Levallois has halted its downward spiral of six defeats in a row by imposing Strasbourg (79-90) thanks to a very good Je'Kel Foster (27 points, 6 interceptions). The red lantern, Clermont, which had suffered a correction on the floor of Orleans (80-40). - Gravelines Dunkerque benefited from the receipt of Vichy for pocketing a valuable success (74-69) while Cholet dominated Toulon-Hyeres (79-87) a major part in the race for Play-offs.