The Hockey Sweater was adapted into an animated short film for the National Film Board of Canada in 1980, with Carrier narrating his childhood story in both the French and English versions. How does The Hockey Sweater help preserve it? Yet despite this discrepancy, the rivalry between the two teams endures. Unlike the Leafs, who have only won the Stanley Cup once in 1967, the Canadiens – nicknamed “Habs” in reference to Habitants, the early French settlers of Quebec – have won it 24 times, more than any team in NHL history. Tim Horton of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Claude Provost of the Montreal Canadiens battling for the puck c. They have met 16 times in the playoffs: Montreal has won the matchup eight times and Toronto has won seven (potential eighth underway tonight? knock on wood). Canadiens rivalry is the oldest in Canadian hockey history, as they were the only two Canadian teams in the NHL’s Original Six from 1942 to 1967. The Toronto Maple Leafs are facing the Montreal Canadiens in the first round for the first time since 1979 (incidentally the same year The Hockey Sweater was published).
This year’s Stanley Cup playoffs are underway in the National Hockey League (NHL). Now seems like the perfect time to be writing about The Hockey Sweater. Illustration by Sheldon Cohen, from The Hockey Sweater (1979). How will he cope with the stigma of wearing the wrong jersey? After a mishap with the order, Roch is sent a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater. In the winter of 1946, Roch’s Canadiens sweater becomes too small, and his mother orders him a new one from “Monsieur Eaton” (of the family behind Eaton’s department stores). It’s a children’s book about a young Roch Carrier growing up in Sainte-Justine, Quebec, who – along with every kid in his village – loves the Montreal Canadiens and wants to be just like Maurice Richard. The story is enjoyed across Canada, among anglophones and francophones alike. Titled Le chandail de hockey in its original French, it was illustrated by Sheldon Cohen and translated into English by Sheila Fischman.
Have you read The Hockey Sweater (1979) by Roch Carrier? If you grew up in Canada and had parents even mildly invested in hockey, chances are you have. Whether intended or not, the story reveals an age-old culture clash between Ontario and Quebec. That same year, a pivotal work of Canadian Literature was published: Roch Carrier’s The Hockey Sweater. The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens haven’t met in the NHL playoffs since 1979.
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