[EN IMAGES] Marie-Philip Poulin welcomed as it should be!

Unsurprisingly, Marie-Philip Poulin was the most applauded player during the opening ceremony which launched the Victoire de Montréal season, late Saturday afternoon, at Place Bell in Laval.

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The approximately 10,000 spectators, many of whom arrived later than expected at their seats due to a service interruption on the orange line of the metro, were already well in their voices and on the tips of their feet when the captain was last female hockey player presented.

Laura Stacey, Erin Ambrose, Kristin O’Neill, as well as Quebecers Ann-Renée Desbiens, Alexandra Labelle and Catherine Dubois also received prolonged ovations. Labelle couldn’t ask for better for his first game with Montreal, after playing a season in New York.

And for Dubois, we felt that she had showered herself with love, sincerely thanking the crowd. Having missed the majority of training camp due to illness, Dubois did not face the Ottawa Charge.