Lambert and his friends will have to start winning and find a way to keep Le National in Quebec. Cast Carl Marotte : Pierre Lambert Macha Méril : Maroussia Lambert Yvan Ponton : Jacques Mercier Marc Messier : Marc Gagnon Michel Forget : Gilles Guilbeault Sylvie Bourque : Linda Hébert Marina Orsini : Suzie Lambert Jean Harvey : Denis Mercure Marie-Chantal Labelle : Ginette Létourneau Denis Bouchard : Lucien Boivin Jean Deschênes : Paul Couture Thomas Donohue : Phil Aubry Eric Hoziel : Mac Templeton Jean-Sébastien Lord : Hugo Lambert Robert Marien : Robert Martin David Nerman : Steve Bradshaw Lise Thouin : Nicole Gagnon August Schellenberg : Allan Goldman Timothy Webber : Gary Bennett Sophie Renoir : Marie-Lou Daniela Akerblom : Geneviève Todd Field : Anders Johansson Background Lance et Compte is a common Quebec French hockey expression, equivalent to the English "He shoots, he scores" (the latter was originally one of the catchphrases of hockey commentator Foster Hewitt). The team Le National is a direct copy of the real-life Nordiques, up to the logo (the Nordiques have the lower case letter "N" as symbol; the National has a capital "N"). The Dragons are themselves a copy of the Trois-Rivières Draveurs from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Copies of real organizations are common in Québécois téléromans. Examples: La Presse newspaper is L'Express in the episode "Scoop" and the Sûreté du Québec police force is the Sûreté nationale in "Jasmine". However in the TV movies that aired immediately following the original series, the real junior team names are used including the Trois-Rivières Draveurs and the Shawinigan Cataractes. The show also became known was known for its occasional somewhat risqué love scenes. Incarnations In addition to its English airing in Canada, the show was adapted in France as Cogne et gagne, with France French dubbing. A well known incarnation of Lance et Compte is the series of parody sketches of Rock et Belles Oreilles dubbed Snappe pis Bourdonne. Several TV movies have been made in the franchise and were shown on TVA from 1991 to 1992. Tous pour un Le Crime de Lulu Le Moment de vérité Le Choix Envers et contre tous Le Retour du chat A new generation of the original series started to air in 2001 with a new breed of players (and presence of the original characters) and aired on TQS. Since 2004, three more series