diff --git a/Lib/urllib/parse.py b/Lib/urllib/parse.py
index b437d6f..cfd47f9 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/parse.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/parse.py
@@ -688,7 +688,12 @@
         _hostprog = re.compile('^//([^/?]*)(.*)$')
 
     match = _hostprog.match(url)
-    if match: return match.group(1, 2)
+    if match:
+        host_port = match.group(1)
+        path = match.group(2)
+        if path and not path.startswith('/'):
+            path = '/' + path
+        return host_port, path
     return None, url
 
 _userprog = None
diff --git a/Lib/urllib/request.py b/Lib/urllib/request.py
index 5a67c0b..7edfa1b 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 # check for SSL
 try:
     import ssl
-except:
+except ImportError:
     _have_ssl = False
 else:
     _have_ssl = True