One of the damndest rinks I ever played in was a barn in Havelock. We played a high school game there one afternoon after school and it honestly felt like it was about as wide as the dressing room we got dressed in. Obviously, it was bigger than that but I do remember …
Author: Rich Crowley
No Sweeter Victory
Is there anything sweeter in sport than a comeback victory? Nope, didn't think so. The Blue team clawed back from 3-0 down at the end of the first tonight for a 4-3 win. Who says Monday's are the worst day of the week?
Heavy Hits
I saw an old classmate and teammate from my high school years yesterday - Ross Cowie at Bud McDougall's funeral. A great stay-at-home defenceman, we played on the St. Pete's high school team together many moon ago. Ross took one of the hardest hits I ever saw, during an OFSSA semi-final game in North Bay …
A Hockey Funeral
I attended Bud McDougall's funeral today in Peterborough. Lots of old grey hockey players at this one - LOTS. It was a wonderful send-off to a wonderful guy. I attended with my Dad and as we entered Sacred Heart church for the service, he told me the stories he had heard about what a fabulous …
Back When Girls Didn’t Play Much
Many years ago, one of my older sisters, who at the time had a son playing house-league, professed to me that she realized while watching him how fun hockey was. It made her realize how sad it was that in her younger days, there were no leagues for girls. I felt quite bad at …
The Entertainer
There once was a man named Shack, Who was famous for clearing the track, With a big hockey grin, And a twirl or a spin, Fans were always taken aback.
Bud
A sad day for hockey in Peterborough yesterday when Bud McDougall, a local with deep roots in the hockey and lacrosse community, passed away. I have been best friends with his middle son Dan since I was in my early teens and good friends with Mike and Paul his other two sons. All were hockey …
Your Shoulder Pads Are Old When…
...the varnish on them is all yellowed and the plastic caps crack when you lean up against a wall near the bench before the game starts. Actually, come to think of it, I doubt it's varnish on the plastic caps but whatever it is, when it turns really yellow like mine have, it still …
Great Documentary on NHL Expansion
Great stuff on the NHL's expansion over the years from the original six to current day. I didn't realize that the original six weren't really the original six. There were six teams left after the second world war and it stayed that way for 25 years but prior to that there had been up …
The Father David Bauer Tournament
The St. Pete's High School team that I played on competed in the Father David Bauer tournament for a couple of years in the late 70's and early 80's. In fact, the 1979 tournament was the inaugural event. I was in grade 10 for that first tournament and played exactly two shifts in a total …
Rink Tales 