Our last night of spring hockey in Cambridge last night was a thing of beauty for me. The trifecta for someone my age - I cut my stick off (again - another inch and a half) and voila, magic, my legs felt good and the heat and humidity slowed the ice to a slushy crawl …
Category: Folklore
Letting Amateurs Play For The Stanley Cup
As was the case in 2004 when the NHL season was scuppered completely, the idea is again being floated that if this season is shot completely that perhaps we should find some way to allow amateurs to compete for old Lord Stanley's beaker. Some would argue this woul taint it but I'm firmly in the …
The Blowtorch and It’s Place in the Game
George Orwell opined that serious sport "is war minus the shooting". Given that, you have to love and respect any sport that requires the use of a blowtorch in a non-weapon sense. Now those of you who aren't schooled in the game may need to loose the hounds of your imagination to conjure up …
More Than A Tape Job
Bobby Orr means a lot to anyone who has any love of the game. Like all greats, he is known for many great things - championships, stats, magical plays, etc. However, great players also have certain subtleties which add to their mystique. In Orr's case, one of things I always loved about him was …
Rink Tales 