Our “Meet A Habs Fan” series continues and brings us on Canada’s big rock – Newfoundland! Here we meet a fan that actually was a Leafs fan…briefly. Meet Fred Keeping.
Growing up in rural Newfoundland in the 70’s and 80’s we only had CBC and on Saturday nights it was watching the Habs on Hockey Night In Canada.
I remember the day I became a Habs fan vividly. I was 7 and I remember going to school and all my friends were talking about the game that was playing that night: Toronto and Montreal. At that time I never really watched hockey and remembered my friends being Leafs fans and they wanted me to be one as well. So I was for about 8 hrs, that is, until I actually watched the game and then I saw the Canadians play …WOW I was mesmerized and I still am to this day.
Guy Lafleur was my favourite when I started along with Bob Gainey and Larry Robinson. Then in the 80’s it was Mats Naslund and of course Patrick Roy . In fact the day they traded Roy I seriously thought about changing teams but of course I didn’t. I couldn’t.
Saku Koivu was a great captain who showed us that hockey is important but it is not as important as life itself.
The team we have now is young and extremely talented and I do believe with the right leadership and the correct first pick this year in Montreal we will be contenders sooner rather than later.
One last thing , I am sometimes not sure if the owners and management of our beloved Canadiens know that there are more fans for this franchise outside of Quebec than there are in La Belle Province. I personally have never been to Montreal and have never had the chance to see them play live, but believe me in my mind there is no bigger fan and supporter of this franchise than myself .
Oh yeah I also hate the Leafs . Funny how that works.
GO HABS GO!
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