Here's a slice of things that have happened, or how the world looked the last time the Habs had a road win on Dec 23.
It's been a little while since we last won a road game on the 23rd of December. Our last WIN on this date was at home to Pittsburg... in 1995.
I'll stick to the big ones, mostly related to hockey.
- The internet became widespread because of...
- Every powered computer ever developed was manufactured.
- The television gained widespread acceptance, switched to colour, and changed resolutions half a dozen times. It's moved from vaccuum-tube'd implementation with a cathode ray tube display to liquid crystal displays, plasma output screens, and OLED LCDs.
- As an addenum to that, the NHL went from being primarily radio-driven to being televised, with the addition of white ice
- The Montreal Canadiens won 20 more Stanley Cups, while the Leafs won 7.
- The NHL Expanded from 6 to 30 teams.
- Every major Rock, rap, and rnb star's career has occurred since that game.
- It occured during the first season that a player scored 50 goals in 50 games. That very player along with Elmer Lach lead the Habs to a win that night against the Bruins.
- Every retired number in the Bell Centre except Howie Morenz was retired after that game.
- Both Bob Gainey and Jaques Martin were not born when the game took place.
- Since that game only two playersi n the NHL have been goaltenders named captain of their team, Bill Durnan two years later, and Roberto Luongo 63 years later.
- Some players had not yet returned from the Second World War.
- Newfoundland became a Canadian province, Nunavut a Canadian Territory.
- Toronto overtook Montreal as the most populous Canadian city.
- Rosa Parks had not refused to stand, Martin Luther King had not had a dream, Malcolm X had not yet caused controversy, and the civil rights movement had not yet happened.
- The Berlin Wall had not yet fallen.. actually the Berlin Wall had not yet been built.
- Russia was run by Stalin, Spain by Franco, and Cuba by Ramón Grau (also known as "someone not named Castro")
- In the amount of time that has gone by, Hal Gill could complete four full laps around the rink.
1945 was a long, long time ago.
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