Every week in his weekend notebook, The newspaper presents you with the help of some souvenir photos of remarkable moments in an artist's career.
Friendly badass
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The 26-year-old signed with the Montreal Canadiens in 1998. After seven years in exile in the United States while playing in the minor leagues, the Baie-Comeau native had finally achieved his goal. However, that day he was torn between joy and sadness when he learned of the sudden death of his friend Stéphane Morin, a former Nordique from Quebec.
Already ten years
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In 2013, Dave co-hosted the new version of Fort Boyard at the famous French fortress alongside Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge. The two succeeded Guy Mongrain, who had hosted this TV game for seven seasons from 1994, together with Marie-Soleil Tougas and then Sylvie Bernier. Dave also hosted Le Match on TVA Sports at the time.
Ten times in a row
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During the 27th TVA Artis Gala in Spring 2012, Dave received the trophy for Best Sports Show Host for the second year in a row. It was just the beginning. He will win this trophy for ten years in a row, until the end of the Artis Gala in 2021, as the public has adopted him for life.
The national racket
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Dave made his acting debut in 2010 in the television series “Lance et Compte” directed by Réjean Tremblay. He was given the role of Philippe Lalumière, the idiot of the National, a figure who made it possible to exploit the issue of violence in hockey and homosexuality. The actress Louise Laparé acted as his acting teacher and he was said to be excellent.
His “buddy”
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With his father Allen Morissette in 2005 at the release of his book “Memoirs of a Tough Guy,” in which he states that he used steroids to stay tall and strong. He will pay tribute to him at the Gala Artis 2021 shortly after his death by picking up his trophy: “Pa, this is for you,” he will say. I love you. I'm bored. »
♦ Dave co-hosts the radio show Even on weekends alongside Élisabeth Crête and Jérémie Rainville from 7 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays at 98.5 a.m. He also works on Marie-Ève Janvier and Patricia Paquin's lunch show on Rythme FM.
♦ Dave is one of the brave participants in the new season of Get me out of here!, alongside Rosalie Vaillancourt, Sébastien Toutant, Sophie Durocher, Clodine Desrochers, Patricia Paquin, Alex Perron, Philippe Laprise, Audrey Roger and the animators Jean-Philippe Dion and Alexandre Barrette, in the jungle of Panama. Sundays at 6:30 p.m., starting March 3 on TVA.
♦ He is still on the TVA Sports network for Canadiens games and other special broadcasts.
♦ The former hockey player, an example of perseverance and good humor, holds various conferences throughout Quebec.
♦ We get to see Dave, his father and his two sons again in the touching documentary Stop time, filmed on the way to Santiago de Compostela. On different platforms.