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 …
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Old Sticks For Sale
Here's a cool site that lists gamed-used sticks from former NHL'ers. Perhaps a Ron Greshner Koho for Christmas for $50 would suit someone in your family? I remember someone giving me a Victoriaville stick when I was a kid that was from Rod Gilbert of the Rangers. A very cool gift it was but …
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 …
Ouch!
Our fearless leader, organizer and goaltender through many years of summer and winter hockey declared as he came off the ice this past Thursday night after shinny, "I bought 50 pucks at the beginning of the year and now I only have 15 left! I don't know where they all went." Without missing a beat, …
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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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 …
Sponge Pucks
I don't know what made me think about this but as I was out and about today, enjoying the feel of Christmas in the air, I suddenly had this image of a sponge puck bounce through my brain. Remember those things? Damndest device ever made. They stuck brutally on concrete or asphalt driveways and parking …
St. Anne’s Hockey Crest from the 70’s
An old-school St. Anne's hockey jacket crest from mid 70's Peterborough Church League. The club inexplicably changed their colours to Hab's colours sometime many years later, the brain fart of someone with a lack of imagination and disregard for tradition in my opinion. Nothing against the Habs but this purple and gold look was …
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 …
Rink Tales 