Hall’s life, memories of Montreal Forum connect once more during funeral
“I told the guy behind the counter, ‘Don’t say a word. Just give me a pair of Size 9s like the ones you have in the window,'” Glenn said, laughing.
The Blues would thump the Canadiens 5-0 at the Forum on Dec. 30, his only regular-season shutout on Montreal ice.
“I remember that because it didn’t happen very often,” Glenn said of the game, having made 26 saves. “The guys knew I was mad. The back-checkers were running into each other that night. They did nothing but play defense.”
The ice of the Forum is gone, of course, other city landmarks lost, too, but on Monday in Montreal, the clock rewound to another time, to an NHL of six, then 12 teams. For a few quiet hours, there was a strong bond between a former cathedral of hockey and a Stony Plain church, the lives of an arena and a goaltending legend connected one last time.
Top photo: Glenn Hall is remembered on a video board in the NHL’s Montreal offices on Jan. 19, 2026.
