The fever of the series wins Quebec and the merchants will do gold business thanks to CH

The fever of the series takes hold of supporters of the Montreal Canadian, this spring, swollen in block by the successes of the team after years of drought and which already drop a windfall for many traders.

“The world is so much in this year, it’s amazingSays the Barmaid Ella Graham about the Canadian’s qualification for the spring tournament.

The time was for preparations on Thursday when the newspaper passed to the sports station. Photo JULIEN MCEVOY

The 22-year-old neo-Brunswick is working at the sports station, two streets from the old forum. “People want to spend, eat, drink,” she rejoices.

A little further, at the Bell Center, Lina Marzouk still recovered from her emotions when The newspaper spoke to him, Thursday afternoon, at the sports cage.

Lina Marzouk, 22, has been a waitress at the Sports Cage in the Bell Center for four years. She left Morocco to study in Montreal. Photo JULIEN MCEVOY

“We finished at 2 am!” Yesterday, I shouted, “laughs the 22 -year -old waitress, who knew nothing about hockey when she arrived in Montreal in 2021.

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“It’s going to be crazy, people are already booking,” says Peter Sergakis, owner of many sports bars. He plans to open his terraces earlier than expected to increase capacity, give his employees more hours and even hire more.

The Montreal night veteran Peter Sergakis Photo Agence QMI, MARIO BEAUREGARD

“I would never have thought that hockey would do so much good in the world,” he admits.

The boosted atmosphere that reigned Wednesday in the ultimate match surprised this night veteran. “It shouted, it jumped, it was drinking, it ate, it even gave double tip,” he describes.

It’s Christmas

The fever also seizes those who sell chips from the CH. In the city center, the manager of a saliva sports clothing shop in front of the manna.

Santana Enrique, manager of the Sports Crescent store Photo Erika Aubin

“It’s not just my shop [qui roule] With the series, it’s all Sainte-Catherine, hotels, restaurants, ”says Santana Enrique, of Crescent Sports.

And the fever is felt to Drummondville. “It’s Christmas for us,” says Joël Labbé, owner of Collecto-Sports for 35 years.

Joël Labbé, owner of Collecto-Sports, in Drummondville Photo provided by Joël Labbé

Already, Lane Hutson’s chandars fly away and customers reserve those of Ivan Demidov. The stock breaking for pennants bearing the image of the CH is a little bit. “This is what we are asked a lot,” he says.

Even florists put themselves in the game. In the Hochelaga district, the Evasia store displays its colors.

The florist Evasia has deployed everything to bring the Canadian luck. Photo Louis-Philippe Messier

“Japanese cats, Stanley Cup, Cross, Buddha, we put the odds on our side!” explains laughing Catherine Vuong, the owner’s daughter.

For the psychologist Geneviève Beaulieu-Pelletier, the unifying side of hockey, especially during the playoffs, will have a “positive effect on mood and morale” in an uncertain social and economic context.

-With Hugo Duchaine, Louis-Philippe Messier and Erika Aubin