BELMONT, Mass. — Hanging in the athletic director’s office at Belmont Hill School is a game-worn Montreal Canadiens sweater. There is also a red fold-down seat from the old Montreal Forum. Many students at this hockey-mad all-boys preparatory school 10 miles northwest of Boston now track every game played by the Canadiens, the Bruins’ north-of-the-border rival.
The arena chair’s presence is a coincidence; the athletic director, George Tahan, is a collector of old stadium seats. But the rest of the buzz and the red home uniform donation are thanks to the school’s eighth and most recent alumnus to reach the N.