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It has been 25 years since the Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup. Leading up to the anniversary on June 9, we’ll be tracking the Habs’ route to victory with articles from the Montreal Gazette archives.

Original publication date: June 8, 1993

Original headline: (By-a-Hair) LeClair is talk of St. Albans; Small-town Vermonter got act together after blast from Demers

The Habs can clinch the Cup with a win at home tomorrow night.

These are three fascinating things you probably didn’t know about St. Albans, Vt. (pop, 10,000):

* The town 12 miles from the Canadian border was the site of the northernmost battle of the American Civil War.

* At 45 degrees, it is equidistant between the Equator and the North Pole.

* It has been mentioned in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the world’s largest sundae, the world’s largest pancake and the world’s largest snowman.

“I think the only one left is the pancake,” John LeClair said.