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Go Habs Go: the Bell Centre doesn’t give a damn about the Office Québécoise de La langue Française

Originally posted on Dose.ca | Last updated Apr 25, 2025 10:07 PM ET

As of yesterday, the Go Habs Go scandal has been greatly exaggerated.

To recap, Montreal buses started writing “Go Habs Go” on their buses, but a complaint to the Office Québécois de la Langue Française caused STM to remove the words and put them in French: “Allez Montréal allez”. Let’s just say it’s a lot less chic…

I’m all for preserving the French language, but for such a trivial matter, I’m inclined to say: ” c’mon guys “…

I’m glad to see that the Bell Centre doesn’t give a damn about the OQLF’s directives. Why not? Because before the game, the “Go Habs Go” was quite visible on the giant screen.

I’m not the only one to have noticed.

Thank you @CanadiensMTL for #GoHabsGo on the biggest screens in the biggest moments.

– Rick Moffat (@RickMoffat) April 25, 2025

The fans got into the game.

For long seconds, the crowd chanted the team cheer, even delaying Michel Lacroix’s speech.

Ah, and in addition to the GoHabsGo on the board, it’s also written on the towels.

Go Habs Go rally towels in place for fans at Bell Centre ahead of Game 3 tonight between Canadiens and Capitals #Habs pic.twitter.com/Rpknf6uaEu

– Stu Cowan (@StuCowan1) April 25, 2025

The playoffs are back in Montreal!

For the first time since 2017, the Montreal amphitheatre is packed for the playoffs.

National Anthems getting delayed here by crowd pic.twitter.com/X08cfRX2Ap

– Eric Engels (@EricEngels) April 25, 2025

Now imagine if Carey Price had come out of the corridor with the torch.

The building would have exploded!

I saw the silhouette of the cowboy hat when the flame was lit on TV and absolutely thought Price was coming out. https://t.co/krYHFXG1Vr

– HabsLinks (@HabsLinks) April 25, 2025

In any case, I missed the atmosphere of a packed Bell Centre in late April/early May.

The last time I’d experienced that, I was 15. I’m 22 now…