This Week In Canadiens History – April 18th-24th

“I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out”

There’s a few stories on this day but only one needs to be reminded on a yearly basis. April 20th, 1984, my mother couldn’t wait until I was finally born.

That’s a lie. Maybe. Although she had to wait another three weeks for that to happen.

No folks, that day would always go down in history as “The Good Friday Massacre” or “La Bataille Du Vendredi Saint”. “I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out” would become a running gag for ages, even being one of the top comments on YouTube when researching videos of that event.

Game 6 of the 1984 Division Series between the Quebec Nordiques and the Montreal Canadiens. Ending with a combined 252 penalty minutes and 11 ejections.

This video is all you need to know.