Here’s what you need to know to prepare for the sports week ahead.
Posted at 2:23 a.m.
Updated at 7:00 a.m.
Three matches, two episodes of the podcast
Another busy week for the Canadian and, obviously, for our hockey team. It starts Tuesday with the visit of the Seattle Kraken, before the Canadian hits the road – just like Guillaume Lefrançois – to go to Washington and Pittsburgh. So you can expect our usual round-the-clock coverage, engaging chats and, of course, two episodes of the podcast Sort the zone. Cancel your evening appointments Monday and Friday, the two days our episodes are released.
To follow the matches:
Tuesday from 7 p.m. on RDS or in chat with Simon-Olivier Lorange
Thursday from 7 p.m. on RDS or in chat with Jean-François Téotonio
Saturday from 7 p.m. on TVA Sports or in chat with Alexandre Pratt
To listen to the podcast:
On Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or on the 98.5 FM and The Press
College football playoffs begin
PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, ARCHIVES LA PRESSE
The Carabins of the University of Montreal
Is there a more beautiful sporting landscape than college football stadiums under the beautiful colors of fall? The Quebec powers, the Carabins of the University of Montreal and the Rouge et Or of the University of Laval, begin their playoff journey which should, logically, lead them to a summit clash during the Dunsmore Cup on November 9. In the meantime, it’s time for the series semi-finals on Saturday, with matches at noon and 3 p.m.
To watch: the two matches will be broadcast Saturday at noon and 3 p.m. on TVA Sports
A great honor for Aurélie Rivard
PHOTO MARTIN CHAMBERLAND, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
Para swimmer Aurélie Rivard
The City of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu will announce this Monday its intention to pay tribute to one of the greatest athletes in the region, and in Quebec as a whole, Aurélie Rivard. The para swimmer needs no introduction with her 13 medals at the Paralympic Games and as the most decorated Canadian of all time at the World Para Swimming Championships. The event will take place around 11 a.m. at the Claude-Raymond Sports Complex.
Book launch The Protector – The story of Gilles Lupien
PHOTO ROBERT NADON, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
Gilles Lupien drinking from the Stanley Cup in 1978
It is on Wednesday that the launch of one of the most anticipated sports books of recent months will take place, The Protector – The story of Gilles Lupienwritten by Radio-Canada Sports columnist Martin Leclerc. The launch of this book published by Éditions Hurtubise will take place at 5 p.m. at the Le Stanley restaurant, at the Le Center Sheraton Montreal hotel. In this book, Martin Leclerc tells how this son of a modest Brownsburg family resolved – despite himself – to become one of the most feared hockey players of his time to realize his dream of reaching the NHL.
