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Montreal Gazette (blog) - Those McGill hockey guys sure love their ties

Published: 18 February 2011

"Faithful readers will remember the great [hullabaloo] last winter over Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock's lucky McGill tie, and its purported role in the victory of the Canadian team at the Vancouver Olympics…

Well, [Thursday] night it seems both Babcock and Guy Boucher, another McGill alum and coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, were wearing their old school ties when their teams collided… Detroit won. By a bunch of goals. In case you don't believe me, here's a link to Boucher's post game comments. Folks at McGill are very happy."

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