Much To Anticipate During Habs Centennial Season

The Montreal Canadiens recently held a press conference to unveil its plans for the upcoming Centennial season...and there are many.

What was unveiled:

• A brand new, mega-HD scoreboard, 5x bigger than the last one and the biggest in NHL history.


• There will be a match to be disclosed later which will be an hommage to the old Montreal Forum.


• Plans to build a brand new skating rink at Parc Francois-Perreault in St. Michel; said to be the biggest and most modern in Montreal.


• The Habs will have their very own Hall of Fame, located inside the Bell Centre.


• Box-set DVD's will be released to honour the Habs history, and, other DVD's showcasing the Habs top 10 games in their history, including last year's 6-5 come-from-behind record-setting miracle vs. the NY Rangers.


• As we already knew: The Habs will have an all-time team in NHL 09 (already released).


• A book on the history of the Habs will be published.


• A Monopoly-Motnreal Canadiens edition will be released in October.


• Six different coins will be in circulation, released by the Royal Canadian Mint. 10 million dollar-coins with a Canadiens logo will be in circulation as well.


• A special postage stamp will be released by Canada Post.


• We also already knew about the Ring of Honor to be unveiled, as well as the Centennial Plaza.


• On December 4th, 2009 (the Habs 100th birthday) a fictional movie on the Habs will hit the big screen.


• A BUILDER'S night: Ceremony before a game to honor the Habs' key builders, such as legendary coach Scotty Bowman.


• A website will be launched dedicated to the Habs' history.


• Montreal will host games to honor long time original-six rivals: the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers.


• Other things we already knew of: Patrick Roy's jersey retirement on November 22nd, the NHL All-Star game January 25th and the Entry Draft in June, all at the Bell Centre.


• The Habs will also wear some new retro jerseys, put on display by some of the veteran current Habs at the press conference. Also unveiled were the retro-look All-Star game jerseys.

For more detailed dates on RETRO JERSEY GAMES and other info, click this link: http://canadiens.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=383226

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