André Drolet has REALLY seen Jean Beliveau play at the Coliseum!

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Marie-Renée Grondin

Friday, 16 February 2018 16:18

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Friday, 16 February 2018 16:18

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After becoming the laughing stock of the web to be targué to have seen him play Jean Béliveau at the Colisée in Quebec city when he was not even born, the honour of André Drolet could be, except through a survey of the #ZoneAssnat!

In fact, his famous declaration, who had also given birth to the no less famous hashtag #AndreDroletFact, which was made famous on the canvas, was not totally wrong!

Recall that during the death of Jean Béliveau, André Drolet said: “As a young man, I saw him play with the Aces of Quebec with my brother, here, at the Coliseum of Quebec in the time. So, this is something quite particular.”

Several had noted then that such a thing was impossible because Drolet was born in 1954 and Béliveau played his last game with the Aces of Quebec in 1953.

Gold, #ZoneAssnat learned that a game off contest between the Montreal canadiens and the Aces of Quebec took place at the Coliseum on September 24, 1967. Thanks to the lawyer and lobbyist Alain Lemieux, one has even been able to get the program for this evening.

And Jean Béliveau was beautiful and well of the alignment of the Canadians!
 

Informed of this fact on the phone, the liberal Jean Lesage argued that it was indeed the match that he was referring to in 2014: “It is exactly that! I was not so crazy as that! You have a beautiful proof!”

“I was there with my brother!”, he confirmed to the journaldequebec.com before you add
he was also later seen playing the “Gros Bill” at the Forum in Montreal.

In 2014, Mr. Drolet had demonstrated humility, concluding that his memories had been able to “mix”. He had even demonstrated a sense of self-deprecating humor, not hesitating to make fun of his own statement.

“If it is not worth a laughing stock, it is not worth large-thing,” he reiterated Friday, laughing!

But today, it is formal, it is in 1967, when he was 14, he was able to see the “Big bill” on the ice, in Limoilou.

–With the collaboration of Antoine Robitaille