The Diachronic Barber Pole Observations of a Recovering Hockey Exile

Posts from — April 2010

Montreal Canadiens vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (Gm 1)

April 30, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Georges Laraque partners with an avant-garde grass-roots raw foods restaurant, Disney Crosby does Tim Horton’s commercials.

Ever Ken

April 29, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Canadiens poem. Ken and Jim.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington Capitals (Game Seven)

April 28, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

It’s an Adams feeling. But more accurately, it’s a Bomber 88 sensation. There’s just nowhere to put the football. Down the middle is gone. Flat passes are all Washington has. And the hope that Montreal will turn the puck over deep. But the Canadiens are rarely passing across the ice. The image and mentorship of Martin, his imprint and will are the emphasis to which each Canadien leans.

Nickelodeon Pinprint

April 28, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Capitals poem. Seven.

Mining Seven

April 28, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Canadiens poem. Game Seven.

Goalie Jim Bob

April 27, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Goalie poem. Pour Jaro.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington Capitals (Game Six)

April 26, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Halak’s eyes are slits, his face a robot’s. He is correct (use French accent).

Smug Parka

April 25, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Hockey poem. Pigmaker Suite.

April 26

April 25, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Old Poems.

Montreal Mystique Interviews Ulf Nilsson Part II of II

April 24, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Montreal Mystique interviews Ulf Nilsson, former dynamic centre for the WHA Winnipeg Jets and NHL New York Rangers. A Swedish hockey icon for the ages. Part II of II. (Montreal Mystique Podcast)

Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington Capitals (Game Five)

April 23, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

How much emotional will has eroded or fallen off in huge, melting ice chunks?

Questions For Red

April 22, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Canadiens blurb. Questions for Red.

Our Fine Red Foil

April 22, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Canadiens poem. Troy.

Three, One

April 22, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Canadiens poem. Troy.

The Jubilee Jury Is Out

April 22, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Canadiens poem. Troy.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington Capitals (Game Four)

April 21, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Crowd is like a big bag of blue rice. A thousand grains make indigo aural shapes and ridges of seashore ice sound.

Michel’s Number One

April 20, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Canadiens poem. Defensive pairing.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington Capitals (Game Three)

April 19, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

I feel no hope. The rubber rods and electric veins are unthrobbing, evaporating fast.

Montreal Mystique Interviews Ted Nolan

April 19, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Montreal Mystique interviews former Jack Adams Trophy winner and current vice president of hockey operations for the Rochester Americans, the venerable Ted Nolan.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington Capitals (Game Two)

April 17, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Capitals manage another slot pass but the Canadiens are sailors on a storm-shaken boat and they pail and pull, sway and stymie. Penalty ends.

The Philadelphia Goalie

April 16, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Hockey poem. Philadelphia goalies.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington Capitals (Game One)

April 15, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Lavoie translates the interview to French. And I wonder if the day will come when a hand could reach out from the screen and take an object from my living room. Say, a chocolate bar.

Weakbeast The Trigger

April 14, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Hokey poem. Bureau beast. Pigmaker Suite.

Kinda English

April 13, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Hockey poem. Goalie springtime.

Vos Canadiens

April 11, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Canadiens poem. 2009-10

Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

April 10, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

We get a look at a fight from tonight’s Atlanta game. The Thrasher’s unsavoury Evander Kane shows his colours as he whams his opponent once to take him down and then again to hit his head off the ice. What did you learn in Ontario minor hockey today, son? Oh, the usual.

Chiclets Fall

April 9, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Hockey Poem. Femme et Guy.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Carolina Hurricanes

April 8, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Renaud Lavoie interviews Marc-Andre Bergeron. Bergeron is auditioning for a television career. He’s like Robertson Davies. Getting paid by the word. But unlike Davies, Bergeron makes a boring answer more unbearable by extending it.

Ottawhite Geotactical Générale

April 7, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Hockey poem. Senators.

Montreal Canadiens vs. New York Islanders

April 6, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Missed it? Musings capture the game in writing. Based on the RDS telecast, Musings take about 20 minutes to read. More detailed than an article, fresher than a looping highlight and good with morning coffee. Or late-night chocolate.

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