Yesterday, in the Oval Office, Team Orange went full Broad Street Bullies 1973. The Orange King was playing the tough guy, but....no wait, I don't recall any of those Flyers ever skipping big games because of bone spurs. Maybe JD was the muscle? Trying to be as tough as Dave the Hammer, but looking like …
Category: Canada
The World Within The Game
Being from southern Ontario, I will admit that my default team over many of my adult years has been the Leafs but that wasn't always the case. As a very young kid, I recall a brief dalliance with the Habs as I learned to ties shoes, read and fish (the big 3 of life skills) …
A Hockey Scene…In June
I went out for a quick walk down the street tonight to drop a letter into the mailbox. A few houses away, on a gorgeous late spring evening, where the leaves were fully out and the temperature was bordering on hot, I spotted a young boy, about as tall as a Corey-Crawford goalie pad hacking …
He Prays, He Scores
Much ado this past week in Canadian media about the Quebec Cardinal who could be the next Pope. Not sure if the church has ever had a hockey-playing pontiff but J2P2 was an avid skier so why not someone who has donned the blades? As a former "Church League" player myself, it almost feels …
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 …
Driving Home
I had an awesome drive home after last night's game. It was cold and there was a healthy wind hammering a fair bit of snow horizontally across Highway 85 as I drove back to KW from Elmira. It felt like someone had sprinkled a little bit of Canada across all my senses. Behind the wheel, …
Good on Peterborough
Good to see Peterborough put on such a good show for Hockey Day in Canada yesterday. Watching the snippets of the Pete's game at the Memorial Centre and the people skating on the canal brought back some good memories. I've had enough of Don Cherry though. Well past his best-before date. The man …
This Isn’t Normal and Why We Are Lucky Here in Canada
At our game last night in Elmira, a teammate who is a well-traveled cat made the comment about how lucky we are to place in such a fine facility. He travels so much he hasn't had a chance to play all that regularly over the past few years and he marveled about how nice it …
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January
January is the time of year that even when playing hockey inside at an arena, it is so cold that your feet get almost as cold as they do when playing outside. I've noticed over the past few games that by the end of the game, the toes on my right foot, which had a …
Begging For Shinny
I snapped this shot on my way to work a couple of days ago in downtown Kitchener. Classic January morning in Canada - an open air rink, freshly flooded looking for action.
Rink Tales 