I'm not sure there's a hockey equivalent to three-strikes-and-you're-out but I may have gotten close to it this past Thursday night at my game. The good guys fell behind 2-0 early to the bad guys and I'm guessing we were a half dozen or more shifts into the game when my line headed out to …
Category: The Gods
True Blue
Some games are painfully difficult, some are wonderfully simple. You'll note I didn't use the word "easy" to define the opposite of difficult. No game is ever easy for an old-timer. Let's leave it at simple. Tonight's game was a good example of simple. Red has owned us the last few times we played them, …
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 …
The Shot That Finds Its Way Through
Some shots are meant to go in, some aren't. You can have a clear lane to the net sometimes and misfire, sending the puck two feet wide. Frustrating. You can blast one right where you wanted it to go and it can hit a leg or a stick or a goalie. Or in tantalizing fashion, …
Rink Tales 