Season of the stick: How politics are overlapping with the NHL playoffs | CBC News

CBC - 22/04
The overlap between politics and hockey looms large in this federal election. Several fans who took in a late-season Ottawa Senators game sounded off to CBC on whether that's a good thing.

What's with hockey and this election?

It's clear much of the nation is in the grip of playoff fever, just as the federal election reaches its final days. 

A critical French-language leaders' debate was moved up by two hours for Montreal hockey fans. Quebec's Premier Francois Légault chose to attend the Habs game, rather than watch a debate seized with issues central to his own province.

"We don't take ourselves too seriously," said Williamsburg, Ont., hockey lover Barry Strader upon hearing the debate had been time-shifted.

"It's a debate ... but there's hockey, too. It's our lifeblood."

  • Time changed for French-language leaders' debate due to Montreal Canadiens game
  • Talkin' hockey and the election 

That's not all: Liberal Leader Mark Carney took a skate with his team, the Edmonton Oilers, and...
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