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So was the national anthem as the Canadiens played a video of different singers from over the years singing O Canada, starting with Roger Doucette and ending with Ginette Reno.
Once the puck dropped, things got weird again. Normally, you can’t hear yourself think in the press box, but on this night I could hear Sportsnet’s Eric Engels, sitting 6 feet from me, open a bag of snacks. When Nick Suzuki decided to pass on a failed two-on-one early in the game, I said out loud to myself: “Shoot, the puck, Nick.”
Engels, overhearing me, responded: “If you yell it loud enough he’ll hear you.”
The fake crowd noise provided a bit of atmosphere and the first fake “Go Habs Go!” chant started with the Canadiens on a power play midway through the first period. Brendan Gallagher scored shortly after.
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