I went to a field hockey game last week in which my daughter was playing for her high school team. It must have been damn near zero on an early October afternoon which made it a bit hard to watch. Second, and equally painful was watching those poor girls have to play with sticks that …
Author: Rich Crowley
Gabby Dugan – King Of Hockey
Again, I am reaching way back for this one but I do remember seeing a real old film between periods on Hockey Night In Canada when I was a kid. (It must have been real old because it has been a long, long time since I was a kid). The CBC played it as a …
Skipping Hockey
There is a low point in the life of an old-timer hockey player and that low point is reached when a player is too tired to go to their game on any given evening. It may have been a long day at work or a crappy sleep the night prior but whatever the reason, when …
Clink
The Grand River Industrial League was where I played when I first moved to Kitchener in the late 1980's. Decent hockey, as good as I was capable of playing, and a great thing to look forward to each Sunday night out at the Grand River arena. For the most part, the league had evenly matched …
I Never Once Played Goalie
If you played organized hockey as a little kid, chances are decent you threw the pads on for at least one go in the cage. It might have only been for a practice, or a scrimmage or even a mother-son, father-son game. I never did. I had aspirations of doing so. I was all queued …
Why Is That Buzzer Ringing?
I don't know the exact date of my first real hockey game. However, I was eight and that would have made it the fall of '72, which in hindsight is a pretty cool time to have begun playing hockey in this country. My first team was St. Anne's in the Peterborough Church League (there …
Don’t Be Too Sharp During Warm-Up
While taking a few shots at the empty cage during the pre-game warm-up last night, while our goaltender Moose was still stretching before going in, I rang one off the post and in. He saw this and suggested I save such accuracy for shots taken during the game. If only it were that easy.
Thanksgiving Hockey Monday
Ever since I began playing in the Woolwich league, we have played hockey on Monday nights. This means that we play on the night of Thanksgiving Mondays. This means there are a bunch of old guys, most of whom love food, who have eaten too much at several meals over the course of three days …
Who Was First Euro Player in Hockey Hall?
Tretiak! A fitting choice. Check out this blog entry at 3rd String Goalie for more details.
What Does A Bathroom Towel Bar Have To Do With Hockey?
Well, if one's daughter, in her morning rush to get ready for school, takes her field hockey stick into the bathroom with all her other gear she was gathering for her day ahead, and if said daughter in her rush to leave the bathroom when she was done, grabs her field hockey stick and runs …
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