The Montréal Canadiens are this city’s passion. They’re the winner of 24 Stanley Cups. They’re the oldest active hockey team in history. And this year, they’re celebrating their 100 years of playing.
To learn more about Montréal’s legendary team, stop by the Centennial Plaza at the Bell Centre. In addition to statues of four hockey legends, you can see the silver plates from every Stanley Cup the team brought home and read more than 20,000 messages from fans to their idols.
And if your really want to immerse yourself in Montréal’s thrilling game-time ambiance, you can try buying tickets to a Canadiens game (have patience, they’re popular) or you can catch a match at some of the city’s favourite sports bar hangouts.
For an eyeful and earful of Habs excitement, go to bar Chez Serge, whose hardcore-hockey-fans décor includes screens in the washrooms so you don’t miss any of the action (finally, people who understand!). Still on the Main, Champs feeds your puck-chasing addiction with more than 30 TV sets and giant screens, while you snack on burgers, ribs and chicken wings.
The Centre Bell’s Cage aux Sports, for its part, offers sizzling steaks and sausage, grilled chicken and ice-cold pitchers of beer. The walls of this popular restaurant chain are plastered with hockey jerseys, photos of sport stars and TV screens. Of course, we recommend getting there early because, like everywhere in the Bell Centre, places go faster than kovalev on a breakaway…
The Montréal Canadiens
Champs bar and restaurant
Bar Chez Serge
The Centre Bell’s Cage aux Sports
