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TIL when the NHL rejected a bid by one vote to merge with the WHA, there was a massive boycott of Molson products in Canada. Molson owned the Montreal Canadiens, who didn't want the Quebec Nordiques in the NHL. The boycott prompted Montreal to change its vote to yes, and the leagues merged in 1979.

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