One of Canada's most wonderful comic strips from days gone by was Birdseye Center. Jimmy Frise of the Toronto Star was the man behind it. It was brilliant. You can learn more at this link and if you love the romance behind old-school, small town hockey, check out this cartoon of the fan being ejected …
Category: pranks
Great Names in Hockey
I've written other posts in this blog about funny hockey player nicknames. Here's a couple more. Remember Alex Mogilny? Started with the Sabres after defecting to the West (during the World Junior Christmas Tournament, which was played in North America that year) shortly before the wall came down. He earned the nickname "Choo-Choo" because …
New Guy With The New Wheels
I suspect it's true of any team sport but a bunch of guys in a hockey dressing room are always looking for ways to make the new guy feel comfortable...in an uncomfortable sort of way. The year was 1987 and I had moved to Kitchener two months prior. I was fresh out of school, had …
Rink Tales 