444 days in the making: Canadian NHL fans return for Leafs-Habs playoff series
It was a scene 444 days in the making.
Smiling, jersey-clad Canadian hockey fans with tickets bought and paid for enjoying beers and sunshine before heading into an NHL arena on a spring evening.
“It’s pretty exciting,” Montreal Canadiens season-ticket holder Rob Koehler said. “It’s part of history, things starting to open up.”
NHL rinks in this country have been without crowds, save for the odd first responder or front-line worker invited by individual teams, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic…
