📺🇨🇦 CANADIAN TV TIME MACHINE 🏒 LANCE ET COMPTE / HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES In 1986, Canadian television viewers were introduced to the National de Québec — a fictional NHL team whose players, rivalries and off-ice lives often felt remarkably real. At the centre of it all was young Pierre Lambert, played by Carl Marotte. Lambert arrives as a highly touted rookie and quickly begins making a name for himself. But already occupying the spotlight is Marc Gagnon, played by Marc Messier — the National’s aging superstar, an idol in Quebec and a veteran approaching the end of his playing career. Young star versus old star. And the rivalry between them became one of the great storylines of the original series. As Lambert’s star rises, tensions with Gagnon grow. Their clashes aren’t confined to the ice, either. Things become even more personal when Gagnon begins seeing Pierre’s younger sister, Suzie, played by Marina Orsini. It was hockey drama before, during and after the game. Created by Réjean Tremblay and Louis Caron, the series debuted in 1986 as LANCE ET COMPTE on Radio-Canada, while English-speaking viewers also came to know the story as HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES on CBC. The fictional National even looked suspiciously familiar to hockey fans — its blue, white and red world unmistakably evoking the Quebec Nordiques. What began with a rookie trying to make the National grew into one of Quebec television’s most enduring franchises, eventually spanning numerous seasons, television movies and a feature film. But for many viewers, it was those early years — Pierre Lambert, Marc Gagnon, Jacques Mercier, Suzie, Ginette and the National de Québec — that remain unforgettable. Do you remember watching LANCE ET COMPTE or HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES? And whose side were you on — Pierre Lambert or Marc Gagnon? 📷 Images: IMDb / ICI ARTV / Le Journal de Québec archives #CanadianTV #LanceEtCompte #HeShootsHeScores

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