I didn't play on teams that did much travelling until I was in high school. However, I remember those days well and it never fails to bring a smile, if not to my face, then at least within my mind, remembering the good times spent travelling with not just friends, but hockey-playing friends. Peterborough to …
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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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A Hockey Friend Gone
I received word today that a childhood friend and teammate passed away this past Thursday. His name was John Cowling. The news has saddened me terribly. Although I had not seen him in 20+ years, nor kept in touch with him, I know that he was a very good man. It is funny how there is …
A Bit of Canadiana
There isn't any Scottish lineage in this old bloke but when friends invited my better half and I to a Robbie Burns gig scheduled for tonight, I was all in. It was at a local golf club and I guess one doesn't eat haggis in jeans and a sweatshirt so we had to throw on …
The Black Scots
One year in high school, our coach arranged a couple of exhibition games in Toronto. One of them was against the Sir John A. MacDonald Collegiate Black Scots. It was during their spirit week and they invited us into their school for a winter barbecue I think although I cannot remember if it was before …
Rink Tales 