Grew up a Habs fan in North Carolina in the 60’s-70’s. Traveled to Atlanta & DC to watch them play in the 70’s before finally reaching the promised land in ’88.
mumbojombo
Crazy to think cigarettes ads were everywhere back in the day. Thanks for sharing!
kushkobain2
Amazing!
Emer1929
That $33 dollar seat in the 100s section would be worth $82 today.
ticktock_heart
oh, i love this so much. these are great!!! thank you for sharing 💕💕
RoboticAnatomy
That’s awesome! Thanks for the photos!!
habeautifulday
Nice seats
ImpressionableSix
Remember when I used to at the very last minute head over to the forum and buy cheap standing room only tickets which were amazing! They were right at the top of the reds. I saw so many great playoff games like that. Just walking downtown with a buddy and be like ‘hey, habs/bruins are playing in game x of their series want to go see it?’ And just head over, sometimes standing room was sold out but often it wasn’t.
Jbroy
🏅 here is my poor man’s award!
Love the pictures… guessing late 80s? Is that Chelios and Robinson that I see?
E: just saw the ticket date…
zouhair
Fuck Ticketmaster. Nothing about them is good. High prices, fees all over the place and no option for a real tickets one can save, even on their website and app there is no option to print one a memory.
Fuck Ticketmaster, making the world worse.
SteakMan43
Sweet photos 🤌
RedLieutnant_61
Damn this is old… i never actually watched a home game of my team bc its stadium is so far from me, but thats cool
Magellena
Love it! Back when at home we wore white jerseys. That year was amazing!
Boboar
I saw a game there with my grandfather back in 93 I think. I wish I had taken pictures like you but I was 13 and was there visiting with family. I’m from BC so it was the only forum game I ever went to.
It was Habs vs Leafs. Patrick Roy was in goal and Grant Fuhr for Toronto. Leafs went up 4 – 0 and I was pretty despondent. Habs made a comeback and pushed it to 4 – 3, I’m pretty sure Benoit Brunet had a couple of the goals. Leafs scored an empty net goal before Montreal got another one back for a final score of 5 – 4.
I was so upset about the loss that it took me a while to appreciate just how special it was getting to see a game at the forum at all. My grandfather passed away the next year so im really glad I have that memory with him.
IcyChard4
$33.00
Man, I wish we had those kinds of ticket prices!
cratering
Isn’t it odd that it’s Winnipeg vs Canadiens? It should be Winnipeg vs Montréal, or Jets vs Canadiens, no?
Firm-Faithlessness81
Very nice
theboss555
Great photo. Thank you for sharing.
mrhappy002
Stéphane Richer, Chris Chelios and Patrick Roy… Wow!
happyhoweverafter
Love this! Would love to see more vintage photos like this.
So_Long_DentalPlan
Looks like a deck of smokes on top of the scoreboard. Navy Cut, like sailors. Sailors are happy on the open sea. Wow, I want a cigarette
JustCapreseSalad
I live two blocks away from the old forum. Interesting (and kind of sad) seeing old pictures of it. It looks nothing like that these days, and besides a scattering of effects from the Habs era, the place has been completely cored out and turned into a cinema. I walk past it pretty much every day to get to the supermarket, and every time I do it never really phases me that the building I’m walking beside once had some of hockeys greatest ever players playing inside. It’s really quite sad to see what it’s become. Similarly, wherever that park you took the picture from was no longer exists. Every side of the forum building is now either a shopping mall or apartment buildings.
That said, I do like the Bell Centre, and I see why the change was needed. But the state of the forum these days leaves a sour taste in the mouth. I wandered down a hallway on one of the upper floors a while ago and ended up in the service corridors. I found a bunch of old memorabilia sat in a storage room gathering dust. Probably hasn’t seen the light of day in some time, and probably never will again.
MustardTiger1337
Nice to see fans still left early even back in 88 to beat the traffic
Mean_Mister_Mustard
I was lucky enough to have parents who dealt with suppliers that liked to give away Habs tickets as a token of appreciation for their good clients, so I was lucky enough to attend a bunch of games at the Forum.
One time, my mom and I headed to Montreal, and Mom had secured tickets for the Saturday night game against the Rangers. New York was ahead 3-1, but the Habs came back and won it 5-3.
Another time, Mom tried to repeat the experience, but wasn’t able to secure tickets ahead of time, so the only available tickets were standing room only. I swore I wouldn’t mind standing for the whole game, but I was a quite short 8 or 9 year-old at the time and didn’t see the game very well. We decided to head out after the first and finish the game on TV at the hotel we were staying at. However, on our way out, two ushers saw us heading out and wondered if something was wrong. When my mom explained that they had tried to use standing room tickets but it ended up not being a very enjoyable experience for me, one of the ushers looked at the other and asked his colleague whether there was something he could do for us. As it turned out, the usher was aware of a couple of no-shows in the red section, and he took us to those seats, explaining that if the real ticket holders ever showed up, we’d need to leave. But the ticket holders never did show up, and I was able to witness the Canadiens crush the Nordiques 7-2.
Bell Centre is fine, but there was something special about the Forum…
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Great shots thank you for sharing.
Grew up a Habs fan in North Carolina in the 60’s-70’s. Traveled to Atlanta & DC to watch them play in the 70’s before finally reaching the promised land in ’88.
Crazy to think cigarettes ads were everywhere back in the day. Thanks for sharing!
Amazing!
That $33 dollar seat in the 100s section would be worth $82 today.
oh, i love this so much. these are great!!! thank you for sharing 💕💕
That’s awesome! Thanks for the photos!!
Nice seats
Remember when I used to at the very last minute head over to the forum and buy cheap standing room only tickets which were amazing! They were right at the top of the reds. I saw so many great playoff games like that. Just walking downtown with a buddy and be like ‘hey, habs/bruins are playing in game x of their series want to go see it?’ And just head over, sometimes standing room was sold out but often it wasn’t.
🏅 here is my poor man’s award!
Love the pictures… guessing late 80s? Is that Chelios and Robinson that I see?
E: just saw the ticket date…
Fuck Ticketmaster. Nothing about them is good. High prices, fees all over the place and no option for a real tickets one can save, even on their website and app there is no option to print one a memory.
Fuck Ticketmaster, making the world worse.
Sweet photos 🤌
Damn this is old… i never actually watched a home game of my team bc its stadium is so far from me, but thats cool
Love it! Back when at home we wore white jerseys. That year was amazing!
I saw a game there with my grandfather back in 93 I think. I wish I had taken pictures like you but I was 13 and was there visiting with family. I’m from BC so it was the only forum game I ever went to.
It was Habs vs Leafs. Patrick Roy was in goal and Grant Fuhr for Toronto. Leafs went up 4 – 0 and I was pretty despondent. Habs made a comeback and pushed it to 4 – 3, I’m pretty sure Benoit Brunet had a couple of the goals. Leafs scored an empty net goal before Montreal got another one back for a final score of 5 – 4.
I was so upset about the loss that it took me a while to appreciate just how special it was getting to see a game at the forum at all. My grandfather passed away the next year so im really glad I have that memory with him.
$33.00
Man, I wish we had those kinds of ticket prices!
Isn’t it odd that it’s Winnipeg vs Canadiens? It should be Winnipeg vs Montréal, or Jets vs Canadiens, no?
Very nice
Great photo. Thank you for sharing.
Stéphane Richer, Chris Chelios and Patrick Roy… Wow!
Love this! Would love to see more vintage photos like this.
Looks like a deck of smokes on top of the scoreboard. Navy Cut, like sailors. Sailors are happy on the open sea. Wow, I want a cigarette
I live two blocks away from the old forum. Interesting (and kind of sad) seeing old pictures of it. It looks nothing like that these days, and besides a scattering of effects from the Habs era, the place has been completely cored out and turned into a cinema. I walk past it pretty much every day to get to the supermarket, and every time I do it never really phases me that the building I’m walking beside once had some of hockeys greatest ever players playing inside. It’s really quite sad to see what it’s become. Similarly, wherever that park you took the picture from was no longer exists. Every side of the forum building is now either a shopping mall or apartment buildings.
That said, I do like the Bell Centre, and I see why the change was needed. But the state of the forum these days leaves a sour taste in the mouth. I wandered down a hallway on one of the upper floors a while ago and ended up in the service corridors. I found a bunch of old memorabilia sat in a storage room gathering dust. Probably hasn’t seen the light of day in some time, and probably never will again.
Nice to see fans still left early even back in 88 to beat the traffic
I was lucky enough to have parents who dealt with suppliers that liked to give away Habs tickets as a token of appreciation for their good clients, so I was lucky enough to attend a bunch of games at the Forum.
One time, my mom and I headed to Montreal, and Mom had secured tickets for the Saturday night game against the Rangers. New York was ahead 3-1, but the Habs came back and won it 5-3.
Another time, Mom tried to repeat the experience, but wasn’t able to secure tickets ahead of time, so the only available tickets were standing room only. I swore I wouldn’t mind standing for the whole game, but I was a quite short 8 or 9 year-old at the time and didn’t see the game very well. We decided to head out after the first and finish the game on TV at the hotel we were staying at. However, on our way out, two ushers saw us heading out and wondered if something was wrong. When my mom explained that they had tried to use standing room tickets but it ended up not being a very enjoyable experience for me, one of the ushers looked at the other and asked his colleague whether there was something he could do for us. As it turned out, the usher was aware of a couple of no-shows in the red section, and he took us to those seats, explaining that if the real ticket holders ever showed up, we’d need to leave. But the ticket holders never did show up, and I was able to witness the Canadiens crush the Nordiques 7-2.
Bell Centre is fine, but there was something special about the Forum…
Awesome photos