Statue of Howie Morenz

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Howie Morenz
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The statue in 2012
Statue of Howie Morenz
Subject Howie Morenz
Location Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates 45°29′47″N73°34′08″W / 45.49646°N 73.56885°W / 45.49646; -73.56885

Howie Morenz is an outdoor sculpture of the Canadian professional ice hockey player of the same name, installed outside Montreal's Bell Centre, in Quebec, Canada. [1]

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References

  1. "Montreal Canadiens statues are returning to their Bell Centre perches". Montreal Gazette. 2015-09-23. Archived from the original on 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2018-06-23.