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2013.55.22 |
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Yvan Cournoyer Interview |
Interview Summary / Résumé d'entrevue |
Yvan Cournoyer, Order of Sport recipient, inducted in 2005, born in Drummondville, Québec, reflects on various aspects of his ice hockey career. Yvan describes Gilles Tremblay as his childhood idol, admired for his skating skills. Yvan explains that he started playing seriously at age seven and signed with the Montréal Canadiens at 15. Nicknamed "The Roadrunner" by a reporter, Yvan's speed became a defining feature. Yvan describes winning the Stanley Cup in his first season as a dream come true, and he attributes the team's success in winning 10 Stanley Cups in the 16 years that he played to excellent teammates and team efforts. Yvan describes his pride in serving as the captain of the Montréal Canadiens for his final four years and how he won four Stanley Cups in that role. Yvan emphasizes the importance of communication and respect while being captain. Yvan reflects on the 1972 Summit Series and discusses the challenges, the team's evolution, and the significance of Paul Henderson's iconic goal. Yvan acknowledges that the series changed Canada's perspective on ice hockey. Yvan talks about retiring due to back problems and his views on coaches Toe Blake and Scotty Bowman. Yvan expresses deep pride in his career playing for the Montréal Canadiens. Entrevue avec Yvan Cournoyer, 28 octobre 2006. MP4 numérisé à partir d'une DVCAM 40 Advanced ME de Sony. Temps de visionnement : 00:29:10. En français et en anglais. Yvan Cournoyer, récipiendaire de l'Ordre du sport, a été intronisé en 2005 et est né à Drummondville, au Québec. Il réfléchit à plusieurs aspects de sa carrière de hockey sur glace. Yvan décrit Gilles Tremblay comme son idole d'enfance, qu'il admirait pour ses habiletés de patineur. Yvan explique qu'il a commencé à jouer au hockey plus sérieusement à l'âge de sept ans et qu'il a signé un contrat avec les Canadiens de Montréal à l'âge de 15 ans. Yvan a été surnommé le " Roadrunner " par un journaliste et sa vitesse était son trait distinctif. Yvan raconte que remporter la coupe Stanley au terme de sa première saison était un rêve devenu réalité. Il attribue le succès de l'équipe, qui a remporté dix coupes Stanley pendant les 16 années de sa carrière de hockey, à l'excellence des membres de l'équipe et de leurs efforts. Yvan évoque la fierté de servir comme capitaine des Canadiens de Montréal pendant les quatre dernières années de sa carrière et ajoute qu'il a remporté quatre coupes Stanley dans ce rôle. Yvan souligne l'importance de la communication et du respect lorsqu'on est capitaine. Yvan se remémore la Série du siècle de 1972 et parle des défis, de l'évolution de l'équipe et de la signification du célèbre but de Paul Henderson. Yvan reconnaît que la Série a changé la perspective du Canada sur le hockey sur glace. Yvan raconte qu'il a pris sa retraite en raison de problèmes au dos et partage ses impressions des entraîneurs Toe Blake et Scotty Bowman. Yvan exprime une profonde fierté envers sa carrière comme joueur avec les Canadiens de Montréal. |
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Yvan Cournoyer interview, 28 October 2006. Digitized MP4 from Sony 40 Advanced ME DVCAM. Viewing time 00:29:10. In French and English. 00:43Childhood idol: Gilles Tremblay because he was such an effortless skater, pleasant to watch 01:18When did you start taking hockey seriously? Started playing at age 7, played in Lachine playing Midget, and then for the Montreal Juniors; (01:36) "I saw that I had the speed"; loved hockey so much 02:00System when growing up: at 15 signed with Montreal Canadiens, Detroit Red Wings tried to sign him at 16 years old to go to Hamilton the next year but Montreal refused 02:27Played 5 games in 1963-64, was asked to go to the Olympics but Sam Pollock wanted to try him out with the team 03:06"You never forget your first game"; it was against Detroit and Montreal won 7-3, played with Bobby Rousseau and Gilles Tremblay and scored the 7th goal, describes goal: "rebound top corner" 03:34NHL training camp: Being in Montreal was scary, not too many players make the team, lucky to have 1 or 2 new players in the lineup, "You had to be ready for competition and work hard to be ready to make the team"; (04:05) "To make the team is one thing, but to stay on the team for 16 years, that is a different thing... competition made me work harder" as he did not want to be traded 04:45Nicknamed "The Roadrunner": reporter from Sports Illustrated gave him the name after watching him in a game where he had a breakaway and scored two goals; later told the reporter "You know what you did...You made me skate fast now for the rest of my life" 05:36Why skate so fast? Good, skated with the old guys, always in good shape with good legs 06:06Stanley Cup in first season 1964-65: "It's a dream come true. When you're young you dream to win the Stanley Cup. First of all you dream to play for Montreal Canadiens and after this in your first year you win the Stanley Cup. It was amazing." 06:29On winning 10 Cups in 16 years: it was a team effort and had good teammates 07:06What made it possible: "I had a chance to play with 'the old guys', Jean Béliveau, Henri Richard, Claude Provost, Gump Worsley, Jacques Laperrière and it was a pretty good team. Seven years after that came Guy Lafleur, Jacques Lemaire, Guy Lapointe, Serge Savard, Ken Dryden. Hockey is a team effort..."; really proud to have been captain of the Montreal Canadiens, and won four of the Stanley Cups in those four years... really special because the captain was named by the players, good sign of good communication, respect, power of the leader" 08:33Inscription in dressing room: "Keep our arms up and carry the flame to the next generation" 08:49On being captain: had a very good captain in Jean Beliveau when he started, learned a lot from Jean on the ice but off the ice too, the role of the captain is to be between the coaches or the GM and the players; the players talk to you 09:43The 1972 Summit Series: first game in Montreal, they not well informed and not ready to play, training camp was too easy, never played the Russians, didn't know them but knew they were good, realized they were skating fast; 7 games was a short series; the second game in Toronto was a big game because Team Canada won and then knew they could beat them; things changed quickly and the team got in shape 11:26Trip to Sweden in 1972 Summit Series: comment by interviewer about the team being an All-Star team that was more enemies than friends; "trip to Sweden saved us, went from a small ice surface to a big ice surface," talks about the differences; team came together and started to get in shape and get used to big ice; didn't think that if they went from Canada to Russia that they would have won the series 12:16Henderson's goal in Game 7 of 1972 Summit Series: Yvan scored the tie goal but the Russians would have won the series on the number of goals scored, so they really needed to score another one... Yvan talks about the goal 13:21Coming back to Montreal after the 1972 Summit Series was over: still talking about the series 35 years later, it changed Canada completely, Canada was not the same afterwards, we almost got beat so we knew we had to change our game, try to get better, "what we did was something very special for Canada ... We played for our country". 14:34Were you aware of Canada while playing in Russia? No, so far away, communication was not as good as today, did know everyone was watching 15:051972 Summit Series: 3000 fans in the stadium: thank you to the fans, like an extra player for us, they never gave up even if we were behind 15:35Describe the Russians in 1972 Summit Series: at first we did not respect them, we thought we were better than they were, getting beat in game one and behind while in Russia - they stopped respecting us; "Respect the other team because you never know when you are going to get beat" 16:17On the possibility of being traded: worried about it - always, you have no power over that. If you win the Stanley Cup you have a better chance to stay put and not be traded 16:42Back problems forcing retirement: had an operation in 1976, played again but the problem came back; "best moment in my life: when I played for Montreal and the worst moment when I had to retire" 18:09French responses to questions on Summit Series (see above) 22:20On coaches: "Toe Blake was alone, no one to help him, he was like a father, he hated to lose and I like that"; Yvan won the Stanley Cup with four different coaches; Coach Scotty Bowman: game had changed by that time, more guys to work with and good team; "both [Toe Blake and Scotty Bowman] were great and they have the record to prove it" 23:59Responses in French to questions about life lessons for youth |
Date |
2006/10/28 |
People |
Blake, Hector "Toe" Bowman, Scotty Beliveau, Jean Cournoyer, Yvan |
Search Terms |
Montreal Canadiens 1972 Summit Series Interview Yvan Cournoyer Stanley Cup |