The Diachronic Barber Pole Observations of a Recovering Hockey Exile

Montreal Canadiens vs. Vancouver Canucks

March 11, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Andrei Markov is back.

Montreal Canadiens vs. St. Louis Blues

January 10, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Fuck Word.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Vancouver Canucks

December 8, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles

I prefer hard work over glossy calendars.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

December 7, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles

What a third period from Price.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Los Angeles Kings

December 3, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Don’t be shocked if the Kings are in the conference finals.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Phoenix Coyotes

November 11, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles

My brain is a jumbalo fugue right now. Mostly fed but awfully fleep. And beeple.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Edmonton Oilers

November 10, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles

This is hockey at its best. Pause, rush, rip and roar, the seams stretch but don’t tear. Cole across. Cuts. He has what he wants. Pointblank crossing the low slot. And Khabibulin sees and stops all tonight. What saves and what concentration. He’s maude mad marionette to the maven named puck.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Minnesota Wild

March 20, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Finish the game. Finish the game. Finish the game. Finish the game.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

November 2, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Forget looking up the standings. Forget the points-counting, the gloating, the collecting of memory memorabilia.

Chicago Blackhawks vs Philadelphia Flyers (Gm 6)

June 9, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Quenneville is in his one knee up pose. About to go bulldog. The jaw is shaped.

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Philadelphia Flyers (Gm 3)

June 2, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Many, if not most, Canadians want to remember the Olympics as a golden moment for their golden boy. And as evidence of Canadian hockey supremacy. Of course, none of those things are true. But triumphalism and denialism aside, Bettman represents the general managers of the NHL.

Montreal Canadiens vs Anaheim Ducks

March 8, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Carlyle is hiding his disappointment behind his ferocity.