Is there anything sweeter in sport than a comeback victory? Nope, didn't think so. The Blue team clawed back from 3-0 down at the end of the first tonight for a 4-3 win. Who says Monday's are the worst day of the week?
Category: Hey Oldtimer
Bud
A sad day for hockey in Peterborough yesterday when Bud McDougall, a local with deep roots in the hockey and lacrosse community, passed away. I have been best friends with his middle son Dan since I was in my early teens and good friends with Mike and Paul his other two sons. All were hockey …
Monday Night Hockey
I'm not sure I could live without a game tonight. So...off to the rink I go.
Hmmmm….
So...the Blue teams starts 41-0-1 (or something like that) and we're feeling pretty 1970's Habs-like, or 1980's Islanders or Oilers-like and then poof, we've haven't won a game in 2 weeks and feel like we may never win another. How does this happen? Last night was the latest thrashing, our fourth loss in a …
The Blue Team Meets Its Waterloo – Halloween
So this is how Dimaggio felt on game 57 eh? Or how Gretz felt after game 52. Or Ripken after game 2,131. Or perhaps the closest parallel in modern sport is how the Flyers felt on game 36 in 1979. Ok, you've probably read it elsewhere by now since this is the age of instant …
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Lou Angotti, Dennis Kearns and the Kansas City Scouts
After our WOHL game tonite, Mike Paola asked if anyone remembered the name Lou Angotti. Given the age of the guys in the room, most did. I immediately remembered him as a Minnesota North Star (a team he never played for) while most of the others nailed him correctly as a Black Hawk for …
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For Old-Timer Hockey Players, It’s As Fun As It Ever Was
Great feature article in today's KW Record on old-timer hockey. A couple of guys in their 70's and 80's are quoted about what the game is like at their age. From their perspective, and one shared by most guys I play with, is that it still as much fun (if not more) than it …
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Skipping Hockey
There is a low point in the life of an old-timer hockey player and that low point is reached when a player is too tired to go to their game on any given evening. It may have been a long day at work or a crappy sleep the night prior but whatever the reason, when …
Thanksgiving Hockey Monday
Ever since I began playing in the Woolwich league, we have played hockey on Monday nights. This means that we play on the night of Thanksgiving Mondays. This means there are a bunch of old guys, most of whom love food, who have eaten too much at several meals over the course of three days …
Rants
A great rant took place in the dressing room last night in Elmira. Something about a poorly dressed guy driving a mazda at excessive speed who blew by one of our defencemen as he left work for the day in his own wheels. Like any good d-man, our guy then scrambled to catch up to …
Rink Tales 