Le Chandail de Hockey

I am a big Pittsburgh Penguins fan, and many, many of our students are also huge hockey fans, for quite a variety of teams.  Every year, the Stanley Cup Playoffs (les éliminatoires de la Coupe Stanley) is a big deal at school.  Each class is assigned two teams to follow during the playoff run, and they all look forward to being the winning team.

I always wear my Mario Lemieux jersey to school on the first day of the playoffs and read the Canadian classic “Le Chandail de Hockey” to the kids – a fine hockey tradition!  This lovely story, by Roch Carrier tells the story of his childhood love for the bleu, blanc rouge, and his hero worship of Maurice Richard.  Unfortunately, one day, there was a small problem with his new hockey sweater...  Please enjoy the video of the story (in English) from the National Film Board of Canada!