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Where were you on May 24, 1986?

If you’re a Canadiens fan who is old enough, you were probably watching Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final on TV from Calgary as Montreal beat the Flames 4-3 to win the franchise’s 23rd championship. Hopefully you weren’t among the people involved in the looting and rioting in downtown Montreal after the game that lasted until 5 a.m. when police finally got things under control.

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That was 30 years ago and there has only been one more Stanley Cup championship for the Canadiens since — when they beat the Los Angeles Kings in the 1993 final.

In Montreal, the Stanley Cup parade has gone from taking what mayor Jean Drapeau used to call the “usual route” to something younger Canadiens fans have never witnessed and wonder if they ever will.

The common denominator in the Canadiens’ last two Stanley Cups was goalie Patrick Roy, who won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP both times. But that 1985-86 team was about a lot more than just the goalie.