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Strength In Numbers: Guarded by Canadiens’ captain Yvan Cournoyer and Serge Savard, the hallowed Stanley Cup makes its way through downtown Montreal on May 26, 1978. Police estimated that a crowd of 200,000 turned out to celebrate Montreal’s six-game defeat of the Boston Bruins, earning themselves a third straight championship. “You’re never tired of winning,” Cournoyer said, with a grin, “especially when you face a reception like the one we’re getting. Each parade is better than the one before.” Goaltender Ken Dryden was a little more … circumspect? jaded? “I don’t find much difference from one parade to another,” he said, “but I gues we won the Cup, it’s the appropriate thing to do.” (Image: Fonds La Presse, BAnQ Vieux-Montréal)