Cammalleri Got Kovalev’s Assist
October 1, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Montreal 4 at Toronto 3 (OT)
I suffered the Leaf fans tonight. I thought I’d never enter that building on a Leaf night. Bagpipes blatted, montages made kings of dead lions, an anthem brayed, I took off my KMFDM toque. Montreal tied the game in the third. And in overtime, Gorges swept in. Scored. The ACC was a hole in a drum. The Habs roared. On the ice, too. I listened. I watched. Kovalev’s once-invincible song, a cold and sweet ruler made note while a joyous woman in front of me waved his #27 t-shirt all the while. Nos Glorieux had won in overtime. And I managed a smile.
grown men don’t cry about
games
professional games
corporate mythology
men who play those games
money from and spent on those games
grown men don’t have
heroes
flowers
sentiment
grown men’s hearts
don’t break
don’t shake
don’t remember
this grown man doesn’t have
a captain
and an artist
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