Thoughts on culture, education, and having been a Canadian in the US
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The Oilers are back

I can’t tell you how great it was to discover that a free preview of the Centre Ice package on TV allowed me to watch the Edmonton Oilers‘ season-opener last night. It was a great game and the changes the Oilers made over the summer all seem to have made the team more exciting than we’ve seen them in some time (with the exception of their incredible Stanley Cup run two years ago). I can’t think of the last time they’ve started so many rookies at the beginning of a season. Gagner and Cogliano both got points in their NHL debut’s last night, which was great to see. Nice to see Brodziak pot one as well.

It was also a thrill to watch UVM’s own Torrey Mitchell make his NHL debut. I’d had almost forgotten that he had signed with the Sharks last year and certainly hadn’t anticipated we’d be seeing him make the lineup this year. Not only that, he played a great game last night and seemed to be having an impact every time he was on the ice, just as he had done back here at UVM. I had to laugh when the announcer on last night’s broadcast asked “What’s a catamount?”