The Diachronic Barber Pole Observations of a Recovering Hockey Exile

Montreal Canadiens vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

March 12, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Technology demonizes me.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa Senators

January 21, 2011, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Campoli’s pass is backyard geometry gone gold.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa Senators

December 7, 2010, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Our man from Richmond Hill. His ninth goal.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa Senators

November 6, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

He plays as if he’s eaten three bunches of pre-game bananas.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa Senators

October 23, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Pouliot. Smiles like a cub scout.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa Senators

October 16, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Spacek’s eyes close in disappointment. Mine brighten in irritation.

Leviolev Epaule Kol Doom Don

June 12, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Canadiens poem. Purple Free Agent.

Pour Toujours

June 3, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Canadiens poem. Cake.

Montreal Canadiens vs Ottawa Senators

March 22, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Men from Quebec aren’t afraid to shop. Or admit it. Real men don’t give a hoot.

Multi-Player Trade (Bernie Blunder Joe Unklein)

February 24, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Canadiens poem. Stuck on this planet.

Choose Your Own Centennial

February 14, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Canadiens poem. Centennial poem.

Your Favourite Canadiens of the Past Five Seasons

January 25, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Name your favourite Canadiens over the past five seasons.

Montreal Canadiens vs Ottawa Senators

December 28, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Halcyon. And the hitting increases. Crowd is blister and banana. Apes in heat. Whistle reduces the rabble.

Colorado Musings and In-Game Scribbles

October 15, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Just over five minutes left. Hunger. Ice-tracks. Roughness. Moen nails Foote. Crowd loves it. Now Laraque is trying a one-hand back-hand wraparound and is taken down. This one could have been called. Crowd sounds unruly. Booing is scattered but breakless now and the crowd is cheering three different chants. Chaos on the ice reflects the crowd’s anger and unease. Just adrenalin and effort from both teams. Goals come from these heartbeast moments.

Calgary Musings and In-Game Scribbles

October 6, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Latendresse paints the wall with a Flame. This slow version of the team is not good for turnover ratios. Gill, Laraque and Stewart are all puck-possession liabilities. They are each aggression assets, though. What horror when they’re on the ice simultaneously. I guess they’re our Boston-Philly antidote.

Leonid Between The Pipes

September 2, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

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You Said You’d Play Til Fifty

August 10, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

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Vulcan Discs

August 7, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

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Process

August 2, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

A list on a whiteboard, a splash on film, an auditorium of international scouts. How many sports psychologists can a team hire?

Cracked Casque Summer

July 29, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

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Twenty-Seven Gone and Twenty-Seven Gone.

July 18, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

The goalie is sliding helplessly toward the right faceoff circle. He is leaving the top-most right corner of his crease. Helpless spaceman adrift.

Valence Overload

July 3, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

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In Shock

July 2, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

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Hockey. Had Enough?

May 30, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

In Montreal, the stories never die.

No Title Yet

May 17, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

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Who Should Stay, Who Should Go

May 4, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

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Boston Game Two, Musings and In-Game Scribbles

April 18, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Kostopoulos. Scuffle. He gets punched by Kessel. Kosto punched him first. Thomas glides backward butt first to protect and separate. It’s comical. It works. But Kosto finds Lucic instead. On the glass behind the net.

Atlanta Musings, In-Game Scribbles

March 24, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Sergei is also back. And he's with his best linemate match this season. His older brother. Andrei is flying from the word go. There is nothing like playing with his younger brother for the reserved Belarusian.

Ottawa Musings, In-Game Scribbles

March 20, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Mike Fisher is on the ice. He hasn’t been the same player for quite some time. It’s a bonus for Montreal each time we play them. Something like Darcy Tucker’s emotional absence from the Leafs two seasons ago.

Edmonton Musings, In-Game Scribbles

March 10, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Can you imagine interviewing a surgeon while he operates? Or if that bothers you too much, how about if someone was interviewing the Canadian Tire guy while he fixes your brakes? Is that how you want it all to go down?

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