A Sports Team and Its Effects on a City
A sports team is vital to a large city such as Montreal. A sports team may have
positive or negative impacts on a city. The team that will be focused on is the Montreal
Canadiens. Despite the poor seasons that the team has recently endured, the Montreal
Canadiens are still one of the most winningest franchises in all of sports. The team's long
history as a winning organization has made the city of Montreal reputable. For my
research, the three disciplines that will be focused on are sociology, geography, and
economics. These disciplines are very much evident and important to my research topic,
that being, the importance the Montreal Canadiens Hockey Club for the City of Montreal.
With the use of sources related to my topic, one will be able to grasp the overall context
of my research. The direct question that my research intends to answer is; how has the
Montreal Canadiens Hockey Club impacted the City of Montreal as a whole?
Literature Review
The discipline of sociology studies groups of people in a specific area. In this
case, the people we will focus on are the players playing for the Montreal Canadiens
hockey team and the fans that support the team. After viewing a video on the Montreal
Canadiens during the 1988-1989 season (Fisher 1989), the discipline of sociology is very
much evident in this video. The video takes an in depth viewing of the team during the
1988-1989 season. It looks at the ups and downs the team faced during this particular
season and how the Montreal Canadiens have over come obstacles.
During the 1988-1989 season, the Canadiens advanced to the Stanley Cup final
where they lost to the Calgary Flames in six games. A few years earlier, in 1986, the
Canadiens beat those same Calgary Flames to win their twenty-third Stanley Cup. The
player that led the Canadiens during the 1988-1989 season was none other than
goaltender Patrick Roy. The pressures that were
positive or negative impacts on a city. The team that will be focused on is the Montreal
Canadiens. Despite the poor seasons that the team has recently endured, the Montreal
Canadiens are still one of the most winningest franchises in all of sports. The team's long
history as a winning organization has made the city of Montreal reputable. For my
research, the three disciplines that will be focused on are sociology, geography, and
economics. These disciplines are very much evident and important to my research topic,
that being, the importance the Montreal Canadiens Hockey Club for the City of Montreal.
With the use of sources related to my topic, one will be able to grasp the overall context
of my research. The direct question that my research intends to answer is; how has the
Montreal Canadiens Hockey Club impacted the City of Montreal as a whole?
Literature Review
The discipline of sociology studies groups of people in a specific area. In this
case, the people we will focus on are the players playing for the Montreal Canadiens
hockey team and the fans that support the team. After viewing a video on the Montreal
Canadiens during the 1988-1989 season (Fisher 1989), the discipline of sociology is very
much evident in this video. The video takes an in depth viewing of the team during the
1988-1989 season. It looks at the ups and downs the team faced during this particular
season and how the Montreal Canadiens have over come obstacles.
During the 1988-1989 season, the Canadiens advanced to the Stanley Cup final
where they lost to the Calgary Flames in six games. A few years earlier, in 1986, the
Canadiens beat those same Calgary Flames to win their twenty-third Stanley Cup. The
player that led the Canadiens during the 1988-1989 season was none other than
goaltender Patrick Roy. The pressures that were