20 Jan 09 Bravo Tristan & Conquérants de St-Basile : première victoire 3-2 contre les Éperviers de St-Bruno
Tristan Majumdar dressing as goalie
Bravo à Tristan pour son beau travail (encore) dans les buts avec les Conquérants de St-Basile-le-Grand dans leur match contre les Éperviers de St-Bruno hier soir… victoire 3-2 !
After so many tough games this first win of the season is well deserved!
Tags: français, hockey, Kids, Novice B, Sports, St-Basile-le-Grand, Tristan
17 Jan 09 1e tour de chapeau pour Zachary avec les MAGH-2 de St-Basile / Zachary’s 1st hat trick with the St-Basile MAGH-2 vs. St-Lambert
Zachary Majumdar au centre avec Hockey St-Basile MAGH-2
Bravo a Zachary qui a réussi son premier tour de chapeau (3 buts dans un match) ce matin lors du match de son équipe MAGH-2 (rouge) vs. St-Lambert…
Zach était particulièrement en forme pendant que Tristan, et moi, l’encourageai de nos superbes places dans les estrades a l’aréna Jean Rougeau à St-Basile-le-Grand.
Après son deuxième but Tristan est allé donner quelque conseils a Zachary, durant un changement de ligne, concernant l’idée de faire des feintes sur le gardien de St-Lambert. J’avais dis à Tristan que ça, c’est le travail de l’équipe de coaching (Patrick Germain est le directeur de coaching des équipes Pre-Novice / MAGH a Saint-Basile) mais bon, que veux tu, un frère veut toujours (sans le dire) aider son plus jeune a mieux jouer. Ca fonctionné et quelques minutes plus tard, Zachary avait réussi son 3e but.
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Hats off to Zachary who had his 1st hat trick (3 goals in a game) this morning in the game between his MAGH-2 (red) team vs. the visiting St-Lambert…
Zach was particularly in shape while Tristan, and I, cheered him on from our great spots in the stands at the Jean-Rougeau Arena in St-Basile-le-Grand.
After his second goal, Tristan went to give a few tips to Zachary, while there was a line change, suggesting he try faking shots on the St-Lambert goalie. I had said to Tristan that it was the job of the coaching staff (lead by Patrick German, coaching director of the Saint-Basile pre-novice / MAGH teams) but alas… a brother always wants to help out (without admitting it) his younger sibling to play better. It worked and Zachary scored his hat trick 3rd goal a few minutes later.
Tags: français, hockey, Kids, MAGH-2, Sports, St-Basile-le-Grand, Zachary
06 Nov 08 Tristan à l’évaluation Novice pour l’hockey junior St-Basile-le-Grand Junior hockey novice tryout – Day 1
Alors voila Tristan le 25 octobre quelques seconds avant d’embarquer sur la glace pour son évaluation Novice suite au début de la saison d’hockey junior MAGH-3 à St-Basile-le-Grand. Tristan est un goalie (qui adore aussi jouer le rôle d’attaquant et défenseur) mais l’évaluation a commencé avec lui comme jouer… le plus important ? Bien regardez son grand sourire… c’est ca qui compte, et c’est pour ca qu’il est si bon 
So here’s Tristan on October 25th a few seconds before getting on the ice for his Novice try-out evaluation after that start of the MAGH-3 junior season in St-Basile-le-Grand. Tristan is a goalie (at heart, but loves playing forward and defensive too) but the try-out evaluation started with him as a player… What counts the most? Well, check out that big smile… that’s what really counts, and it’s because of that that he’s so good
Tags: français, hockey, Kids, Sports, St-Basile-le-Grand, Tristan
24 Oct 08 Tristans novice hockey qualifying tryouts tomorrow and the real priorities in life :)
So I sit here (and occasionally walk) while recovering from the varicose vein surgery (a.k.a phlebectomy) and hoping the swelling stays in control with the Ace bandage.
My mom and I shared a very tasty steelhead trout… or steelhead salmon (truite saumonée en français) along with Rosti from Ikea, some stirfried broccoli… and then around 20h40, the phone rang and it was my dearest eldest son Tristan calling.
He sounded in good spirits and very relaxed, recounting his ped day at school where they painted a custom t-shirt (which hadn’t dried yet) and said he was ready and looking forward to the hockey tryouts tomorrow; he is in MAGH-3 and the novice evaluation is to determine which specific level within novice he’ll be playing in. It’s probably more stress for some parents than for the players themselves, but I’ve learned to be zen about these competitive sports (again, more competitive for parents than the actual mini-athletes) and keep in mind that it’s about the love of the game and not just the end result. He certainly loves the sports, whether it’s swimming, soccer, or playing defense or goalie in hockey.
So he asked about my surgery, and mentioned that it was probably “worse” than his tonsil surgery…. I told him that his tonsil surgery was indeed pretty painful and that mine was different; with a spinal anesthetic vs. general anesthesia for his procedure… he asked if I still had my bandages on and I of course said yup (it will probably be important for them to see my bandaged state)…
We both agreed that we wouldn’t be running around or playing soccer tomorrow together … then he had a quick chat with Oma (in English and French mixed) before it was time for his bedtime… and as I promised him, I would be going to bed shortly after… so now I check out (with the help of some 30mg codeine 
) and a body pillow and … lui rejoindre dans les bras de morphée durant cette nuit.
Tags: Health, hockey, Kids, Love, St-Basile-le-Grand, surgery, Tristan
15 Aug 08 Tristan (and black jerseys) win the St-Basile-le-Grand U8 soccer semi-final game! Bravo!
Tristan (with his black jersey teammates) won the St-Basile-le-Grand soccer U8 semi-finals!
Well it was perfect weather; sunny and about 22 Celsius… the field was pretty much dry and the two U8 teams were VERY closely matched with only one goal being scored by the black jerseys well into the 2nd half of the match. There was plenty of action at both ends of the field, both offensively and of course Tristan did a great job on defense.
Tags: Kids, soccer, Sports, St-Basile-le-Grand, Tristan, Zachary
