Do you remember those weird floor hockey sticks they have used to have at schools back in the 70's? You know the ones if you are old enough - round shaft, and a weird hooked-shaped blade? We use to use a little, hollow orange plastic puck with them. It was a weird thing trying to …
Category: equipment
On the 401?
While driving on the 401 earlier today, in stop and go traffic (as is usually the case when crossing the top of Toronto on a long weekend), I spotted a single shinpad laying on the outside shoulder. I quickly asked my son, who was travelling with me, to snap a picture of it with his …
The Wet Tennis Ball
Do you remember playing ball hockey way back in the day? I mean way back, prior to the invention of the now ubiquitous orange ball hockey ball. Back then, my memory tells me we most often used a tennis ball. Real pucks were for ice, sponge pucks were no good on any surface and …
Shinny Armageddon III
I really thought I had things covered off nice and complete when describing the worst hockey feelings in the world in Shinny Armageddon and Shinny Armageddon II. However, I now have a new one that ranks right up there. Last night, badly needing my hockey fix as the weekend began to appear on the …
