Riposte: Verbal Fencing in the Locker Room

The banter in the Beaverbrooks locker room, highlighted by Benoit's good-natured attack on Ambrose Bishop's lack of foot speed and the subsequent riposte—Bishop changing the subject— made Seamus J. O'Sheehan forget his scoring slump.

 

Jocose and Joue un tour avec Benoit

Most hockey teams have a chief prankster—a jocose teammate who cuts a rookie's tie while sleeping on the bus or saws a stick blade of someone who's in a scoring slump—and Benoit fit that bill for the St. Andrews Beaverbrooks.

Benoit, Seamus, and the Breakneck Steps

Benoit and Seamus would awake at dawn, jog to Vieux-Québec, and then conclude their pre-training camp workouts by sprinting down and then up the Breakneck Steps of Petit Champlain—before les rues would inspissate with tourists.

Yawp: Benoit Bemoans

Benoit, tired of the seemingly purposeless skating drills, slapped his stick on the ice and yawped: "When do we get to play hockey, Coach?"

Tertiary: WordSmart

Benoit's hat trick might have earned him First Star of the Game honours had it not been for his goalie, who stopped all 57 shots, and his linemate, who scored four goals; the media thus awarded Benoit  tertiary acclaim.

Silly Season: A Fictional Account

Benoit's intermittent alcohol-induced behavior, which transformed a shy teetotaler into an outlandish drunkard, lasted two years—a period he would later refer to as his silly season.