Good morning girls,
OK,
this post,
comes with a warning,
I’m talking,
hockey.
Hockey is,
the Great Canadian Sport,
pastime.
The Americans,
have baseball,
and basketball,
the Brits,
have soccer,
or as they call it,
football,
and cricket,
quite possibly the weirdest sport ever:-)
but,
in Canada,
we have hockey,
we play those other sports,
with various levels,
of success,
but,
our collective heart,
belongs to hockey.
Honestly,
doesn’t matter,
if you watch it,
play it,
only follow,
the NHL,
junior championships,
or the Olympics,
love of hockey,
or at least,
awareness,
is part of our collective,
DNA,
perhaps it is our contribution,
to the human genome,
Be patient with BB, high school biology was a loooong time ago and there was no such thing as a human genome then, so what I’ve learned is from watching Charlie Rose, thus, limited, enough said:-)
I’m lucky,
I am a Montrealer,
and I have access,
to the greatest hockey team,
there is,
The Montreal Canadiens,
historically,
if not recently,
although, last year was pretty darn great!!
The Montreal Canadiens,
are one of the legendary,
sports franchises,
on a par with,
The Yankees,
The Celtics,
The Packers,
they mean as much to us,
collectively,
as those teams mean,
in their neck of the woods,
actually,
they mean more,
they are tied up,
in our culture,
our history,
our pride,
they are our team.
The Canadiens,
spelt the French way, because originally, they were a French team,
are as popular,
with the French,
the English,
the new immigrant,
even if you don’t,
speak either official language,
you are one of us,
if you wear,
the red sweater.
The Canadiens have many,
nicknames,
The Habs,
short for the Habitant,
goes back to our settler, agrarian, peasant roots, Habitant, is french for peasant , it also means hick, in our vernacular.
Habs is the most popular,
of their designations,
probably,
because anyone,
can say in any,
language,
Go Habs Go.
They also go by Le bleue, blanc, rouge,
( blue, white, red, although no Anglo says that)
Le tricolore,
La Sainte-Flanelle,
a particular favourite of mine, goes back to a time when the sweaters were made in a woolen blend and all French Quebecers were Catholics and many things were named after saints:-) I like this old-fashioned designation, because I’m old fashioned! and it reminds me of my roots, my ancestors, my grandfather who I adored.
there are many more,
nicknames,
I’m sure,
but,
I can’t think of any more,
right now,
besides,
you must all be bored,
I think The Habs,
are Montreal’s,
Québec’s,
Canada’s,
Team,
some may disagree,
and think,
The Toronto Maple Leafs,
are Canada’s team,
heresy,
but,
hey if people want to root,
for a team that hasn’t won,
The Stanley Cup,
since 1967,
who is BB,
to judge.
Hockey,
Beer,
and bitchin’,
or at the very least,
mentioning,
the weather,
are the great Canadian,
unifiers,
transcends,
everything,
and contribute,
greatly to who,
we are,
I think.
Later girls,
BB