Bob Fillion Moves On

Another passing of a Habs warrior, this time Bob Fillion, who played seven seasons for the Canadiens beginning in 1943-44 and ending in 1949-50, which was when my mom was a couple of months pregnant with me, and of course long before I learned that the most important things in life are family, friends, babies, Habs, certain music, and cold beer.

Bob was 94.

Because I never saw him play, and only know him and his career from what I’ve read, I’ll only say now that he was considered a valuable defensive left winger, was a Stanley Cup member in 1944 and 1946, and was a teammate of Maurice Richard in the early days of Rocket’s career.

I think I could also mention (from Dick Irvin’s book ‘The Habs’)…