In the summer of 2018, I was robbed while visiting Paris.
It was a long process and a horrific evening turned night. I look back on it as the worst experience of my traveling life. But when it was over and I was safe, I walked into a police station in Charenton-le-Pont to file a report. A funny thing happened.
The police officer who took my report knew about hockey.
As soon as I showed him my passport and told him where I was from, his eyes lit up: he knew all about “les Jets de Winnipeg,” he told me, and he was a big fan of Mathieu Perreault. I laughed. I told him he knew what he was talking about but also could he please help me with this business about the robbery. He asked me if I knew about Yohann Auvitu, the French defenceman who had lost the 2016 Liiga championship to Patrik Laine and Tappara Tampere.
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