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We can say with great certainty that there were at least a couple of Montreal Canadiens players tuning into Sunday night's CIS men's hockey finale. They would be 69ÈÈÊÓƵ alum Mathieu Darche and centre David Desharnais, who had the Redmen's Francis Verreault-Paul on his wing for four years with the Chicoutimi Saguenéens.

And just to show that pro athletes aren't just about themselves, Darche told us about a whip-around that he and several of his fellow former Redmen had just before the national championship in Fredericton. University hockey ain't about glamour, so the old boys decided to chip in a few bucks to upgrade the team's accommodations and provide some creature comforts during the tournament…