If you were given a chance to insert yourself into the lineup for any game in history (or if you prefer, the future), which game would it be and on which side? An NHL game? An Olympic game? An original six era game or something closer to today's genre? Maybe old school suits you …
What To Write About Today, What to Write About….?
As I sit and ponder my next post, itunes playing in the background, serendipity flips me a perfect saucer pass and lands Stompin' Tom's classic in my queue. "The puck is in, the home teams, the good 'ol hockey game". I believe he was absolutely right when he said "the best game you can name …
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Hmmmm….
So...the Blue teams starts 41-0-1 (or something like that) and we're feeling pretty 1970's Habs-like, or 1980's Islanders or Oilers-like and then poof, we've haven't won a game in 2 weeks and feel like we may never win another. How does this happen? Last night was the latest thrashing, our fourth loss in a …
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 …
Fireworks
"If there's a goal that everyone remembers, It was back in ol' 72 We all squeezed the stick and we all pulled the trigger And all I remember was sitting beside you You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey And I never saw someone say that before You held my hand and we …
A Fight By Any Other Name…
Like any good sport, hockey has it's share of jargon. Over the years, the colour guys have come up with some wonderful ways to refer to a fight. Some that come to mind are donnybrook, set-to, altercation, rhubarb, fisticuff, bench-clear (obviously, a fairly large fight), brawl, brouhaha and scrap. I'm sure I don't have 'em …
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 …
Tape Balls (…no, not that kind)
Did you ever make a tape ball? I’m not sure if the tape ball is a sporting artifact unique to hockey but I cannot think of any others that could actually produce such a thing. For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, hockey players wrap tape around their shins and sometimes ankles to keep …
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.
Rink Tales 