Super Mario has new digs. Alright, it is a vacation property but it's kinda nice. I wonder how guys like Johnie Bower and company, who were featured in the press this week talking about how small their pensions are and how the strike is affecting them, feel about this. I guess if things get real …
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Turk
Derek Sanderson's autobiography was published recently. By all accounts, it's a crazy story because this guy lived a crazy life. It's amazing he's still around to tell it. Check out a book review here. I remember my Dad telling me about reading one of the sports columns of a Toronto paper back in the 70's …
Molson Golden TV Ad – Missing in Action
Like most guys my age who grew up interested in hockey, Hockey Night in Canada was a staple on the tele on Saturday nights. If I recall, the Leafs often had a Wednesday night game as well. Typically, the main advertisers were oil companies (Esso), car companies (Ford) and beer companies (Molson's). Some things …
1978
Last night's flashback game on CBC was a Habs-Bruin match from the 1978 play-offs. I happened to turn the game on at the exact point where Jonathan and Bouchard went at it. Man, what a fighter Jonathan was. Did he ever make a mess of Bouchard. Here's a link to the vid …
“The Savardian Spinorama”
A truly great phrase from the late Habs Colour man Danny Gallivan to describe Serge Savard, the Hab's defenceman from the 70's, as he would do a 360 to evade an oncoming fore-checker.
From A Tournament A Long Time Ago
I dredged up this old button from a bag in the basement of old hockey stuff I've kept forever. I remember playing in a couple of tournaments in the Keene Arena as a house-leaguer. Great times. Otonabee Township is just south of the Peterborough City limits and where my ancestors settled way, way back in …
Hockey and British History
I've written previously that my high school hockey coach was a man named Dave Bowen from Peterborough. A fabulous coach. A student of the game and someone who just dripped passion for it, he really made it fun for me and was one of those people who, looking back, pushed me to be more than …
How To Pick Players In A Play-off Hockey Pool
In 1981, the Habs played the Oilers in the first round of the play-off's. The fading dynasty from the 70's against the dynasty to be of the mid-late 80's. I was in high school at the time and we had a hockey pool. Gretzky was good, we all knew that but the Hab's …
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How Fast Was Lafleur?
Dunno...but he always looked fast because of the way his hair blew in the wind when he raced down the ice. And when he scored, no one smiled like the flower. A little wry smile that lit up the rink.
Red Horner and Bee Hive Golden Corn Syrup
One of my favourite hockey stories from my Dad is him talking about growing up as a kid in the thirties and hitting that age where he followed NHL hockey. At that time, following it meant listening on the radio. The memory was a bit foggy, but he remembers his mom buying Bee Hive Golden …
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