2023-12-16 17:36:10
Pierre Gervais officially retired following the Canadiens’ 2021-22 season. The team’s former equipment manager left his mark on the minds of several Habs players, but his influence would go even further.
At least that’s what we can see when we learn that Sidney Crosby offered him a good bottle of wine during Gervais’ last game once morest the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Gervais revealed this little anecdote on Mario Langlois’ show on 98.5 Sports.
During my last game in Pittsburgh, Sidney
Crosby was waiting for me following the game with a nice bottle of wine. – Pierre GervaisAt ????️of @LangloisMario 98,5 FM pic.twitter.com/tHEOzO6o3J
— 98,5 Sports (@985Sports) December 16, 2023
And why did Sidney Crosby do such a thing? Out of pure kindness? No!
The legendary author of Golden Goal of 2010 rubbed shoulders with Pierre Gervais at the Vancouver Olympic Games in 2010, as well as those in Sochi in 2014. Together, the two men won the gold medal each time.
Crosby especially has Gervais to thank for the special attention the equipment manager gave his skates. Number 87 wants his skates sharpened between each period. So when his skates were sharp by scoring the winning goal once morest Ryan Miller in overtime of the final in 2010, he had Gervais to thank.
Sidney Crosby may have a career worthy of a hockey legend, but he still has one fewer gold medal than the famous Pierre Gervais, who has three thanks to his victory at the Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002 .
But hey, we agree that a bottle of wine is a little smaller than the mountain bike he received from the Canadians.
Retirement gift for Pierre Gervais pic.twitter.com/fG6JtZR5mu
— Alexandre Gascon (@GasconAlexandre) April 29, 2022
It nevertheless remains a great attention from Sidney Crosby, from one legend to another.
A lot of
– Tiger’s son is a machine.
321 yards to the green.
Charlie Woods drives it the green @PNCChampionship pic.twitter.com/E6Cj8IWCra
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) December 16, 2023
– Six years already!
It was six years ago today that the Canadiens played the Senators in the outdoor NHL 100 Classic in Ottawa when the windchill temperature was minus-22C. Here’s column I wrote following that game, which the Senators won 3-0 #Habs #HasIO:
— Stu Cowan (@StuCowan1) December 16, 2023
– It’s progressing quickly.
Top 10 defencemen in the NHL points race:
Quinn Hughes, 39
Cale Makar, 37
Evan Bouchard, 32
Noah Dobson, 29
Victor Hedman, 27
Filip Hronek, 27
Roman Josi, 26
Rasmus Dahlin, 25
Vince Dunn, 24
Josh Morrissey, 24— David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) December 16, 2023
– A true sports fan.
Pierre is probably one of the biggest sports fans in the city.
Name a sporting event that has taken place in the region in the last 40 years, and chances are good that the right one @sambapete was there!
— Jean-François Téotonio (@JFTeotonio) December 16, 2023
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