I'm not sure there's a hockey equivalent to three-strikes-and-you're-out but I may have gotten close to it this past Thursday night at my game. The good guys fell behind 2-0 early to the bad guys and I'm guessing we were a half dozen or more shifts into the game when my line headed out to …
Category: Hey Oldtimer
Zeroes
Not zero. Multiple zeroes. Shaped a bit like a puck, but mostly not a good hockey number. Unless you're a goalie. Last Thursday was my annual old-timer league Christmas tournament. Over 2 hours, the 4 teams in the league each player each other, a 3-game round robin of 15 minute games. 6 games in total. …
The Code…No, Not That One, The Other One
Much has been written about "the Code" in hockey. That tribal, primal, element that is the secret sauce of keeping order in the hockey universe. At its simplest level, it's "beat up our guy, and we'll beat up yours" or "Hurt our guy, even accidentally, and you better be ready to answer the bell". But …
Waking Up Sore
Today is Tuesday. I played Sunday night and I played last night. Both were wonderful skates and I was tired at the end of each. This morning, when it seemed as dark as it could get and when my first somewhat coherent but still foggy thought was that I wished the dog was not a morning person, …
Like The Masters, But Without The Patrons
To be fair, the WOHL's year-end tourney usually does have some fans show up. Not as many perhaps as those that make the trek to Augusta National in the spring, but hey, a golf course is far roomier than an indoor rink so it's not really a fair comparison of the popularity of these two …
The Golden Boot – 2020
So...here we go eh? Another year in the W has passed and the season ending tourney played out in all its sporting glory. Even in these strange times, the show must go on, no? Buckle up boys, and I'll do my best to chronicle how this year's event went down. There were some moments that …
I’m ready to go Coach, put me in!
Sometimes taking a bit of a break gives one some perspective. I've written a total of 4 posts in just over the past 6 years here on Rink Tales. Time truly flies. A couple of those posts were written about 4 years ago while my mind was hyperventilating with the prospect I might not be …
To The Victor (Orange) Go The Spoils
A nice piece for Team Orange's trophy cabinets. To think, with a different bounce or two in the first game, that this could have been a white puck. Next year baby, next year....
The Symposium
Ah, the annual Monday after. After the end of the WOHL season that is, and the Monday after is when the annual symposium is held at the Central in Elmira. The WOHL band will play, the chicken wings will be trotted out, former stars like Lloyd will be present in the shadows, having passed with …
Lizard Liquor, Racoon Roadkill and The Great Pumpkin
Charles Schulz would have been proud if he'd been in Elmira today. The creator of the Peanuts comic strip was an avid hockey fan. However, as well as creating Charlie Brown and his merry band of carousing guy buddies, his colourful pooch Snoopy and some pretty saucy young dames, he also gave life to …
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