November 17: Mario Lemieux Entre Temple de la renommée

On 17 November 1997, Mario Lemieux entered into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Lemieux is known by the hockey world as a legend whose career was full of inspirational events. Lemieux was big and strong but rarely had to bully defenders. He was technically gifted, a pure scorer, and a playmaker. Montreal, Quebec was Lemieux’s where he had a sensational junior career, which led to his uprising into stardom. Montreal is known for producing remarkable hockey players like Ray Bourque, Luc Robitaill, Vincent Damphousse, and many more.

As well as producing hall of fame caliber hockey players, Montreal is also famous for their Montreal style bagel. These days, bagels can be found in all kinds of sizes and flavors around the world but none taste quite like they do in Montreal. The Montreal bagel is not the typical two pieces of bread smeared with cream cheese. The bagels are always cooked in a wood fire oven to give them that woody taste and the dough is always made with eggs and no salt, which makes the bagels denser than typical bagels. Before baking, the bagels are boiled in water with honey.

The two types of Montreal bagels that are typically used are the white sesame seed and the black poppy seed bagels. They are topped with cream cheese and covered with smoked salmon. These bagels are famous enough to attract tourists to the city.

Between the bagels and all the hockey hall of famers, Montreal a city worth visiting.

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10 Responses

  1. Courtney Kihn says:

    Bagels are no bakery product of the current age. Forms of this doughy favorite have been around for ages. Apparently, the first rolls with holes in the center of them appeared in Ancient Egypt. There is one obvious positive to this shape; a hole in the center of the dough allows for much easier cooking and baking. However, there is another advantage. The hole allows a street vendor to easily thread string or dowels through bagels to make transportation less of a hassle. Dowels also provided a simple way to display them to possible buyers.

  2. Marco Yaquinto says:

    I saw this title and I got interested right away. I am an avid hockey player and growing up Mario was my favorite player. He was an one of the greatest to ever lace up a pair of skates. He was a dominating force on the ice. He has over 1700 points in his career. More then 600 goals and 900 assists. Next to Wayne Greztky probably the greatest hockey player ever. One of the all time fan favorites as well.

  3. Christopher Nichol says:

    Like Marco, when I saw the title, I was instantly attached as well. While I’m no avid hockey player, I am an avid watcher of the sport. It’s my favorite sport in every aspect, and I have many friends who play the sport that I like to support. It’s a shame Mario announced his second and permanent retirement from professional hockey at the age of 40 in 2006. Although post-lockout then he was putting up great numbers, he had a heart condition called atrial fibrillation that caused him to experience irregular heartbeats. One thing I’ve always gave him credit for though, was when he bought the team out of bankruptcy in 1999. He is the only person ever to win the Stanley Cup as both a player and an owner.

  4. Angela Charbeneau says:

    I agree that he is one of the greatest players to ever play the game, but how do you not have Steve Yzerman as possibly the 2nd best player of our generation? They started and ended about the same time and the redwings had a lot of good players on their team that could score. This would mean that he should not have had as many goals as he did but more assists. Mario was (for the most part) the all star on his team. Steve Yzerman became captain is 1986 while Mario was 1987 only to lose his captain status in 1994 while Yzerman kept it until he retired. They both were great players but Yzerman in my eyes was a better all around player than just about anyone.

  5. Joe Carroll says:

    i also saw this title and read this, i played hockey all the way up till sophmore year and love the sport. Even though Lemieux was never my favorite he deffinetly made a name for himself. when Lemieux was growing up his idol was Guy Leflur whos also one of the greats. when Lemieux was around 12 years old him and his brother would skate on a rink in the font yard that his dad made every year except one. Lemieuxs father flooded part of their house so that his boys could play. Lemieux has a big heart for this sport and has reached his goals.

  6. Anthony Ibrahim says:

    Seeing this title attracted me right away, not being the biggest hockey fan I was still interested to read about Mario and what he had done. Standing at 6’4 and 235 pounds, Mario was a flat out monster on the rink, whether it was his size or his talent, he had it all when it came to hockey. Mario is a two time Stanley Cup champion where he won it in 1991 and 1992 with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Mario’s career numbers might have been even better than what they are now if he didn’t have such a constant problem with injuries through his whole career, he faced injuries such as Spinal Disc Herniation, Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and back problems. After retiring, Mario won a Stanley Cup as chairman of the Pittsburgh Penguins, making him the first ever Stanley Cup winner as both a player and a chairman. Mario is one of the most, if not the well most known hockey player to ever play the game, he changed the style of play and impacted the way hockey is played until this day. Montreal loves Mario Lemieux just as much as they love their bagels.

  7. Nick Rotter says:

    Just like most of the people that have already commented on this, I was drawn in by the title. I remember growing up watching Mario Lemieux playing for the Penguins. He was with out a doubt one of the greats. He was a 10 time All-Star, 3 time gold medal winner, and still ranks in the top 10 all time in goals, assists, and points. As for the bagels, these bagels are smaller, sweeter, denser, and have a larger hole compared to the more common New York style bagel.

  8. Andrew Page says:

    As many people have already said, the title took my interest when i saw it. I’m a big hockey fan and played it for years. Mario was not only a great hockey player, but i mostly remember him as being one of the classiest players in the league. very comparable to someone like Lidstrom nowadays but its become less common to see players like this currently in the NHL.

  9. Clarissa Berg says:

    Once I saw the picture of the bagels, I absolutely had to read this article. I love food with a passion, and I have to say those bagels look quite delicious. The process of making these bagels sounds interesting enough for me to take a little field trip to Montreal myself. The fact of putting the bagels into honey through me off a bit, and also the fact of there being no salt within the bagels. Getting onto the hockey part of it, I do not know how hockey works at all to be honest, and it looks like an extremely hard sport to play being that one must wear ice skates while trying to make a goal, and having other people try and taking the puck away from the player.

  10. Steve Barnhart says:

    Super Mario!
    The nick-name was an obvious one, for what he was able to on the ice was truly super. “Super Mario” was aptly named this video game’s equal in the early 90’s when he played for the Pittsburg Penguins. Being 30 years old myself, I remember Mario on the ice. He was a giant out there, and watching those games in the 90’s when the Red Wings weren’t that good made watching him something that was not to be missed.
    But for all the heroics on the ice, it was his will to overcome that will forever be his legacy. The man not only fought off many forms of bodily damage, but cancer as well. Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a form of cancer in the lymph nodes. Now consider these effects and how they might impact a professional hockey player: loss of weight, fatigue, fever, chills, dizziness, and trouble breathing! The fact that Mario was able to fight this disease and come back to the game he loved is simply…Super.

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