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You’d be hard-pressed to find a bigger Canadiens fan than Rob Hing — and he doesn’t even live in Montreal.

Hing, 42, is the athletic director, teaches phys-ed and math and also coaches basketball at St. Gabriel the Archangel School in Calgary. He grew up in Pembroke, Ont., and his passion for the Canadiens was ignited at age 13 when an uncle took him to his first game at the Forum.

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“That was just like: Wow!” Hing said in a phone interview Tuesday. “My goal in life from then was to be able to be at every single one of these games later on in my life. So, season tickets were always a dream from a young age.”

That dream came true this season after Hing spent 10 years on a Canadiens waiting list for tickets. A full season-ticket package wasn’t available, but he did get a half-season package.

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“The goal is still a full season,” said Hing, whose passion for the Canadiens caught fire when they won the Stanley Cup in 1986 and Patrick Roy became his all-time favourite player.