Congrats to St. Pete's High in Peterborough who won the OFSSA hockey championship this past week. Head coach Ed Sullivan's is a former St. Pete's player and is a brother to Pete whose line I played on in my four years on the team in the early 80's. Assistant coach Steve Stanlick was also …
Category: Championships
Championships
A friend /neighbour who has a son the same age as mine, once remarked after our boys' house-league hockey team won their league championship, that it was a really wonderful thing to be part of a winning team because many kids play sports for years and never get that experience. Couldn't agree more. I …
Blue
"There was a lot of character in our room. When we got down early in the tournament by losing that first game, we didn't panic. The guys all believed in one another and knew if we just dug down a bit deeper and stuck to our game plan and continued to believe in …
Turk
Derek Sanderson's autobiography was published recently. By all accounts, it's a crazy story because this guy lived a crazy life. It's amazing he's still around to tell it. Check out a book review here. I remember my Dad telling me about reading one of the sports columns of a Toronto paper back in the 70's …
Greats Who Never Won The Cup
I got thinking the other day about some of the great pros I watched as a kid who never won it all. Jean Ratelle comes to mind. I remember him being so good in those late 70's series against the Habs and the Bruins coming so close. Gilbert Perreault is another. Him and his French …
Scott Niedermayer Hasn’t Won The Golden Boot
The Stanley Cup, the Memorial Cup, the World Junior Championship, The Olympics.....and the Golden Boot. That is an impressive list of hockey trophies to be sure, and their order of listing does not imply anything with respect to relative importance. Some famous gents have had the good fortune of being a part of teams …
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