More retro Guy!

I enjoy occasionally perusing the #guycarbonneau tag on Instagram.  While the bulk of the photos posted are selfies taken with fans, there is the occasional gem.  Such as this:

Here is Guy accepting an award as a member of the Chicoutimi Sagueneens, in the late 1970s.  He is second from the left.  The original post I found this photo from is gone, so I cannot provide credit.  If the original poster sees this, let me know!

Unrelatedly, this is my 200th post to this blog.  Congrats to me!

Photo flashback; plus Hall of Fame and alumni news

Our intrepid photo-finder Erik sends along this photo of Guy, circa 1970's when he captained the Chicoutimi Sagueneens:

I don't know how he finds these photos, but I'm sure glad he does!

The Hockey Hall of Fame's induction weekend was held recently and Guy's former teammate Mike Modano was among the inductees.  Modano feels that Guy should next get the nod:

“Look at Guy Carbonneau — played a long time, won the Selke, won the Stanley Cup. "  (source)

As do Brett Hull, Ed Belfour, and Joe Nieuwendyk.  Hull is quoted here:

"I think at some point they've got to take a look at Guy Carbonneau and look at his body of work without the numbers and look at what he did as a defensive centerman and a leader and a Stanley Cup winner and numerous Selke awards," Hull said. "At some point, they've got to start putting some players like Guy Carbonneau into the Hall of Fame. So what, they don't have 500 goals. But without them, you don't win championships."  (source)

On to some alumni news now.  The CN Canadiens Alumni Challenge was held recently in Montreal.  This was the tenth edition of the challenge and it raised $398,555 (Canadian) for charity.  Guy played on a team coached by Guy Lafleur which also included Patrice Brisebois, Stephane Richer, and Chris Nilan.   The band Simple Plan gave an acoustic performance before the game.  (source)

The alumni team will be coming to Owen Sound, Ontario on January 17th to play a game which is being dubbed the "Habs vs. Hab-Nots."  Guy will be on the team.  The game takes place at 7:30 PM at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre, and benefits the United Way of Bruce Grey.  (source)

And finally, Guy will be taking part in a fantasy hockey camp this coming August.  The Kelly Chase Fantasy Hockey Camp will be held in Saskatoon at the Harold Latrace Arena from August 27 to 29. The cost starts at $2,500 and all proceeds go towards Saskatoon's Inner City Hockey Leagues and Saskatoon Children's Hospital.  (source)

That's all the news for now.  Enjoy!

Giving a jersey its due

Aside from the gamer, I also have three Carbonneau replica jerseys.  I wanted to dedicate a post to one that I think is especially unique.

This is a replica of one of the jerseys Guy wore while playing junior hockey for the Chicoutimi Sagueneens in the 1970's.  I believe I picked it up on eBay in the spring of 2009.  It came from Singapore -- yeah, yeah, I know, knockoff jerseys and all that, but where are you going to find an official replica of a 1970's QMJHL jersey?  It also amazed me at the time that whoever replicated this thought to reproduce Guy's junior jersey.  I lovingly call it a tent, because it is absolutely huge on me (and I'm a big girl!)

Incidentally, this is Carbo's REAL Chicoutimi jersey:

(photo credit:  Classic Auctions)

So all in all, not a bad replica at all!

Another game for charity, Carbo on divers, Sags management change, and a personal aside

• Held last Saturday, the eighth annual CN Hockey Greatest Stars challenge raised $350,000 for charity.  Guy was on a Canadiens alumni team alongside players such as Stephane Richer and Patrice Brisebois, and was coached by Guy Lafleur.  The Marie-Vincent Foundation, the Ted Nolan Foundation, and Big Brothers Big Sisters (Canada and U.S.) will each receive $75,000.  The remaining money will be divided among beneficiaries in Canada and the United States.  (link)

• Guy was on the bench during a playoff game in June 1989 when his teammate Claude Lemieux lay on the ice without a visit from trainer Gaetan Lefebvre.  Pat Burns, the Canadiens' coach, stopped Lefebvre from going on the ice to teach Lemieux a lesson about diving.  According to the English translation of the article, Carbo said there was a time in his playing career when diving was popular but he never dared to question his teammates' dives and that the onus was on team management to enforce rules about diving.  When Guy became coach, he imposed no such limit but did speak to players such as Maxim Lapierre.  He did not think Lapierre was a diver, but that he talked too much and had to focus more on what he had to do on the ice.  (La Presse)

• The team led by Guy has managed the Chicoutimi Sagueneens since the summer of 2000.  This past spring, the city of Saguenay issued a tender to see if any new managers would come forward.  Five groups came forward, showing interest to obtain management of the Sags.  After a process that lasted several months, the team led by ex-Sagueneens player Pierre-Marc Bouchard was successful, signing an agreement to lead the team for seven years.  (RDS)

• And as an entirely personal aside, after four years of owning them I finally found a way to display my game-worn Carbonneau skates!  These prized items in my collection were just sitting on the floor while other useless junk was taking up precious wall space.  Ridiculous.  Anyway, I devised a way to hang them using cornice hooks from the hardware store and this is the end result.  Very pleased!  (These L-shaped hooks are also great for hanging game-used sticks, by the way.)  Also, I received an income tax receipt for the alumni game I attended on November 10, since the ticket purchase was a charitable donation.  What, I got to meet my hero and write it off on my income tax?  Is this real life?