The members of the group Loco Locass had long hoped that their song The goalcreated in 2009 to support the Montreal Canadiens, became the official anthem of Sainte-Flanelle. It is now ready. Biz, Batlam and Chafik confirmed this on Thursday The goal rang out at the Bell Centre after every goal scored by our Glorieux throughout the playoffs. It was the team’s owner, Geoff Molson, who emailed the Loco Locass tour director to tell him the news. The fans who applauded the games on Thursday and Friday could already see the change.

“The song was written and had not yet found the distribution we wanted at the Bell Centre,” explained Sébastien Ricard, alias Batlam, in a telephone interview on Friday. This is a temple that is not easy to break through! But the song was very appreciated by the fans of the Canadian and of Loco Locass. Now it is official: it will play after every Canadian goal. Mr. Molson’s message was short but really eloquent! »

The fever of the series has already won over sports fans for some time, with the goal having climbed back into the top 10 most downloaded French-language songs on iTunes in the last two weeks, which shows that Quebecers really understand in this text a message capable of motivating the troops.

“Our idea was to find a melody for a sports anthem,” continued Sébastien Ricard. For the Canadian, there had never been anything like it before. And I think we succeeded. Even us, when we listen to the games at Chafik’s house, when the Canadian counts, we put the song on full blast in the apartment! I imagine that the fans often asked the Canadiens organization to play it and they must have been aware that we wanted to hear it more often. »

Sébastien Ricard admits that he and his comrades have not missed an opportunity to say this publicly The goal should become the battle cry of the Montreal team.

“Roughly speaking, we wanted the Bell Centre to reflect more the vitality of Quebec music, which is still very real,” he explained. Until now, it was all about big American money. At the same time, the question of Loco’s playing was raised. But from then to the executives’ decision to take the plunge… It’s really cool! »

“The Montreal Canadiens are historically a very strong symbol in Quebec. It is one of the rare places, the rare symbols, where there is a community of all the municipalities of the province. Entering the Bell Centre with this song is a great opportunity and a great success for Loco Locass,” concluded Sébastien, arguing that this victory was both for the Habs and for the French language.