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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Meet the Montreal Canadiens’ famous Jewish trumpet player
Description: Once upon a time, when the Montreal Canadiens still played at the Forum, their unofficial team mascot was a trumpet-blowing super fan known as Kid Mercury. The trumpeter was a fixture in Montreal, and his siren's call could be heard blaring during the Habs' last two Stanley Cup victories, in 1986 and 1993.
Kid Mercury has been retired for a few years... until a couple of weeks ago, when he got thrust back into the public spotlight. His hometown NHL team, on the road to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time since that 1993 victory, invited him back...