The author shows through the characters of this short story the importance of hockey in the development of the cultural identity of children in Quebec. When the character’s mother sees that her son is wearing a torn Canadiens jersey, she starts going through the catalog of the Eaton company and sends Mr. Eaton a message asking him to send her son a new Canadiens jersey. Instead, he sends a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater to which the main character had a sad and humiliated reaction. To show us how hated the Toronto Maple Leafs are, the narrator says, “never had anyone in my village ever worn the…