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...twice her age, but the match is perfect. Making an ABC-TV special are Olympic Champion Dorothy Hamill, 20, the ballerina of figure skaters, and the superbly athletic star of the New York City Ballet, Edward Villella, 40. To be shown March 2, the show is being filmed in Quebec as part of the city's Winter Carnival. In one spectacular sequence, Hamill and Villella appear to swirl and spin together on the frozen river below Le Cháteau Frontenac. During the filming, Hamill skated alone over mirrorlike black ice; then Villella pirouetted across a translucent sheet...
Last spring, after some uneven seasons, Les Canadiens returned the Stanley Cup to Quebec by sweeping the Philadelphia Flyers. This season Les Canadiens have outdistanced the rest of the league. On one November night when they were playing St. Louis, the Parti Québécois, which supports independence for the province, swept an election. The temptation to see Les Canadiens as symbolic of the independence movement stirred again. Again, Les Canadiens were more than a hockey team. Now they represented political activism. Such theories are impervious to everything but facts...
Serge Savard, a tall, black-haired defenseman who was raised in northern Quebec, says most of his French friends in and out of hockey are having second thoughts about Quebec independence. "I would say on the team nobody really supports it." Scotty Bowman-William Scott Bowman-the coach, is bilingual. In French and English, he is preoccupied with theories of hockey. "We're winning 80% of our games," he says. "It's almost frightening. We skate well, but I think we begin with defense. A fine goalie, good defense." The elections? "We won that night. We beat...
...They're both," suggested Salutin, an existentialist. I polled his cast. Every actor supported Quebec independence. I polled more hockey players. Well nourished and prosperous, Les Canadiens like Quebec...
...talked about endurance. The director smoothed some rough spots. Scotty Bowman discussed "home ice advantage." Les Canadiens represent good hockey The Parti Québécois represents French Canadian political protest. The two meet only in Salutin's play. One can appreciate the intensity of hockey in Quebec, deeply and pleasurably, without having to see slapshots as metaphors...