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March 13, 2013 in Hamilton Bulldogs, Montreal Canadiens, Nashville Predators, Vancouver Canucks Tags: Blake Geoffrion, Hal Gill, Hamilton Bulldogs, Syracuse Crunch
Montreal’s Blake Geoffrion has announced his retirement after suffering a fractured skull last November in a game against the Syracuse Crunch when he was with the Hamilton Bulldogs.
Blake had come to the Canadiens in a deal that sent Hal Gill to the Nashville Predators.
It’s very sad, and hopefully he’ll will have a wonderful life from here on in. We wish him all the best.
Luci and I were at the Habs-Canucks game in Vancouver last year and were only about twenty feet from him when he netted his very first goal for the Canadiens.
March 13th, 2013 at 11:12 am
Very sad news Dennis. Hope Blake has a great future ahead in spite of this setback.
March 13th, 2013 at 2:58 pm
Man that’s tough. It would be nice if the team could offer him some kind of position, scouting or something. Remember some years back a young player, Trent Cleary?, for the habs had to retire after getting hit in the throat with a puck and the team hired him to scout out west where he was from. I always thought that was a classy gesture.
March 13th, 2013 at 3:02 pm
D-John, yes, Trent McCleary. That was a terrible injury for sure. You’re absolutely right, it would be nice if the club offers Blake a job. Hopefully that’s what they’ll do.
March 15th, 2013 at 4:01 pm
Did you know that Blake Geoffrion was named after Toe Blake.