This is my favorite time of the year. Friday is Canada Day, and the following Monday is the Fourth of July. Iâm a dual citizen. Join me for a few moments as I mark both.
Because â with a Montreal mother and a Massachusetts father â my feet always have been planted in both countries.
I write this column for an American audience, and I write a separate one, in The Globe and Mail, for a Canadian audience. I root for the Pittsburgh Penguins and for the Montreal Canadiens. I have positions at Carnegie Mellon University in the United States and McGill University in Canada. Sitting Bull once said the meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border. This will raise objections from both Quebec and Vermont, but I believe that Grade A Dark Robust maple syrup tastes the same on both sides of the border.
Semyon Varlamov, Islanders beat Lightning 2-1 in Game
Semyon Varlamov made 30 saves and the New York Islanders got goals from Mathew Barzal and Ryan Pulock to beat the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Sunday in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup semifinals.
Varlamov won his fourth straight playoff start, joining teammate Ilya Sorokin as only the third pair of goaltenders from the same team to have personal winning streaks of at least four games in a single postseason.
Sorokin won four in a row during New York s first-round victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Varlamov won four games in the second round, including the final three as the Islanders rallied to eliminate the Boston Bruins.
Mathew Barzal and Ryan Pulock both scored goals to give the visiting New York Islanders a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday and first blood in their Stanley Cup semifinal series.