Hockey series goes to seventh game
It would be nearly impossible to live here and not know that the Canadiens lost the Friday night match against the Lightning, pushing the series to a seventh game on Sunday. Tickets for a viewing party at the Bell Centre go on sale Saturday at 10 am; Sunday’s game starts at 6 pm.
Nicholas 13:21 on 2026-05-02 Permalink
I used to spend a lot of time around people who like hockey and thought like you, but a friend said no you just ignore it it’s very easy, she hadn’t heard about hockey in years. And now that I don’t spend time around those people it is very easy to ignore, even though I still spend time with some new people who like hockey.
I was talking the other day to someone about the transit strikes last year and he was barely aware of it. He doesn’t even own a car! Maybe people who spend a lot of time on a blog about news are a little skewed.
Kate 14:13 on 2026-05-02 Permalink
Even doing this blog, I’m fairly oblivious to most local sports stuff. I can’t make myself give a damn about the Alouettes or CF Montreal, or the Roses or the Victoire, let alone the various tennis stars.
But the Canadiens are so woven into the fabric of this city – even now, after 30 years without a Cup – that I’d have to be living somewhere else entirely not to pick up on it.
As for last year’s transit strikes, they hardly affected me either, even with no car. Transit strikes used to be real, no service for days or weeks, thumbing rides to get to or from school or work. Now they’ve been so defanged by Essential Services, and now that I work entirely from home, I really only know about them because of doing the blog.
It’s one reason I keep blogging. I feel a need to know wtf is going on. And while I’m finding out, I might as well let others know.