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Stand at attention Canada: Tuesday marks the 140th anniversary of the first organized hockey game ever played in the Great White North, a seminal moment in the life of this hockey-mad nation.

‘Tis surely a historical event worth celebrating, but, sadly, you won’t find a trace that the March 3, 1875, hockey game ever took place in Montreal, a city that follows every move of Les Canadiens in 2015.

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A nondescript downtown parking garage now occupies the site where the grand Victoria Skating Rink once stood, between Drummond and Stanley Sts., just north of René-Lévesque Blvd.

Efforts to have a commemorative plaque installed at the site have gone in circles.

Formal recognition appeared close at hand on May 22, 2008, when Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a hockey buff himself, was in Montreal to unveil a plaque to commemorate the historical 1875 game. Also in attendance were hockey heavyweights Bob Nicholson of Hockey Canada and René Fasel, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation