Bergeron and Toews - two stars hurt in the same game that threw game 5 momentum in different directions last night. It was killing Toews to have to sit. At one point it appeared he pleaded with the coaching "Gimme one shift" but he didn't play in the third. Watching Bergeron coast around for three …
Category: Great Players
Mean, Dirty Guys with Lots of Rings
Summing up mean, dirty, talented leaders, who was better - Messier or Denis Potvin?
The Best Ever?
Gretzky or Orr? Is there anyone else that belong on this very short list?
Battlin’ Billy Smith vs Chico Resch – Bow Tie Bill Made The Right Call
If the Islanders had traded Billy Smith away instead of Chico Resch, would they have won as many cups in the 1980's (or any cups for that matter)?
Names Not On The Cup
When it comes to players who never won a cup that I would have loved to see win it, Jean Ratelle and Gilbert Perreault are the ones that come to mind first.
OFSSA Champions (Not)
32 years ago today, the 1980-81 St. Petes's team, of which I was a part, headed off to OFSSA in North Bay on a yellow school bus. It was a solid team sporting a 38-3-2 won lost record and was the second seed in the eight team tournament. We had played and beaten the first …
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 …
Ovie, We Hardly Knew Ya
Watched a bit of a game this past week with the Caps getting beaten handily by someone. It was actually sad watching Ovechkin buzzing helplessly around the perimeter, rarely getting a shot, rarely looking dangerous. I hope it was just a bad game for him because he's far too young to have his abilities drop …
Gretz
215 points in one season. 92 goals in one season (but he wasn't really a goal scorer). 50 goals in 39 games. 4 Stanley Cups. I know it was a different era and the goalies wore driveway hockey equipment but seriously, they wore the same stuff in the 70's and no one put up those …
Growing Up Cheering for the Petes
Growing up in Peterborough, home of the Petes, was really a blast if you were a kid who wanted his junior heroes to play in the NHL. That’s because the Pete’s always had a great record at developing young players for the NHL. There were some great local names out of the Peterborough organization who …
Rink Tales 