I'm old enough to remember when Gordon Lightfoot wasn't old. He's one of those Canadian songwriters that some love, some hate. My father in the former category, my father-in-law in the latter. Lightfoot once wrote a song called "Did She Mention My Name" where he lyrically wonders about a love from days gone by. …
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The Best Game You Can Play
Soccer has been called The Beautiful Game and I have no axe to grind with that. It is a beautiful game. Elegant in its simplicity- two teams, two nets and a ball if you're unschooled in the finer aspects as I am. However, on the day that Stompin' Tom passed on, I'd like hockey to …
50 Mission Cap
As a big Tragically Hip fan, this song is one of my fav's. Barilko of course, is the stuff of legend, made more so by the tragedy that ended his life so quickly after him reaching such a wonderful pinnacle of sport at such a young age. Imagine scoring the overtime winner against the Hab's …
Big League
Big League, a great hockey song by Tom Cochrane, is a sad one if you listen to the lyrics. A young player's life cut short by a drunk driver and based on a true story. The word have always resonated with me because I have always loved playing hockey outside. Hearing the ice crack, the …
What To Write About Today, What to Write About….?
As I sit and ponder my next post, itunes playing in the background, serendipity flips me a perfect saucer pass and lands Stompin' Tom's classic in my queue. "The puck is in, the home teams, the good 'ol hockey game". I believe he was absolutely right when he said "the best game you can name …
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Fireworks
"If there's a goal that everyone remembers, It was back in ol' 72 We all squeezed the stick and we all pulled the trigger And all I remember was sitting beside you You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey And I never saw someone say that before You held my hand and we …
Rockstars and Hockey
Here's a great story about two great Canadian musicians and hockey. My neighbour told this one over dinner a couple of years back. This neighbour knew someone who was friends with Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip and Downie apparently plays goalie. So, this story comes from Downie to a friend who is also a …
Hockey Songs
A buddy sent me the audio of this song several years back. This live rendition just polishes the apple a bit. While I'm not advocating Canada set the bar too low from a cultural perspective, don't get your hopes up that this is going to help us win many points from an artistic flair perspective …
The WOHL Hockey Song by the WOHL House Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q1Jtn9YZy3k From the March 2012 end-of-season WOHL Symposium at the Central.
Montreal Take 2
Oliver Wendell Holmes, who to the best of my knowledge never played hockey, once said something along these lines: "Men don't quit playing because they get old, they get old because they quit playing." On that note, a bunch of hockey playing buddies and myself who are not quite willing to get old just yet …
Rink Tales 