pouliot (benoit)

My Mom (who I miss terribly) had a few habits that drove me crazy. One of them was her maddening ability…

I call it a bad season from a good hockey player, many call it something else. All kinds of whispers about effort surfaced…

Vin Scully taught me about marching and chowder societies. There was no google in 1975, and the library didn’t have a…

Here’s what we are not going to do: Bitch about January. The Oilers lost to the Minnesota Wild last night, and…

There are several threads of ideas running around my brain tonight, so I thought it might be an idea to write…

The Edmonton Oilers came out flat as a pancake and it went downhill from there. During the 2016-17 season (so far),…

On my blog posts that mark the turning of the new year, there is a certain sadness about the passing of…

Ken Hitchcock has some of Sparky Anderson in him. Time and again, pre-game Hitch is all about aw shucks humility, with…

My Dad used to tune cars on Sundays. He would work in the sawmill six days a week (when I was…

The Edmonton Oilers face a tough test tonight, as the high-flying Washington Capitals come to town with goals on their minds.…