  lance et compte is a series of quebec tÃ©lÃ©romans revolving around a quebec city ice hockey team. the series aired from 1986 to 1989 on the radio-canada network, and revival series on tqs in 2001 and on tva from 2004 to the present. the first season was filmed in both french and english, the english version appearing on cbc television as he shoots, he scores. it was the first television series to air simultaneously in english on cbc and in french on radio-canada. (an earlier series, la famille plouffe, had aired on both networks, but not simultaneously; the english version aired approximately a year behind the french series. each episode of lance et compte, however, aired in english as he shoots, he scores in the same week.) the series was scripted by rÃ©jean tremblay and louis caron for the first season, and by tremblay and jacques jacob after that. following the end of the regular series, a number of television movies continued to air into the 1990s. a new generation of the series started to air in 2001 and a movie was made in 2010. ==synopsis== the very popular cult series written by rÃ©jean tremblay and well known novelist louis caron for the first season (later replaced by jacques jacob), is one of the many distinctive quebec tÃ©lÃ©romans, tells the story of the fictional national hockey league team le national from quebec city, and its players. the main protagonist is pierre lambert, the young, handsome player drafted by le national from the trois-riviÃ¨res dragons junior team. in the first series, pierre lambert is selected to play for le national de quÃ©bec, his boyhood team, along with his best friend denis mercure. during that year, pierre learns how to control himself in the pro level and how to deal with hockey and his love life. the second series is focused on the world cup of hockey. pierre lambert is selected to play for team canada but personal issues make him play at a very bad level. pierre has to deal with those issues in time to help canada win the world cup. the theme of soviet hockey players wanting to flee their country and play in north america is also included in the series. in the third installment of the series, le national de quÃ©bec are dealing with big financial 
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