There's few Canadian who don't love the arrival of spring. Even die hard winter fans love spring. However, as much as I love it, I also love to see remnants of winter sticking around as the days get longer and the suns brings people and leaves out. One of these remnants is the hockey net. …
Category: Nets
The One-Boot Net
I was out for a walk the other night quite late and wandered through downtown Waterloo past the rink in front of Waterloo town square. It was a fabulous winter night and on the rink a 5 on 5 game was in progress, fully ignoring the "rink closed, stay off" sign parked at the …
When Old Hockey Nets Die
I'm not one of those handyman, McGyver types. I hold my own when it comes to fixing busted clothes-dryers, replacing panes of broken glass and I'll even change the oil on my own cars but I don't build entire rec rooms, turn 4 cylinder engines into V-8's with popular mechanics kits or wire the cottage …