The W's Christmas tournament happens this Monday night. Anticipation is high that the old barn will be packed to the rafters with rabid fans who just appreciate hockey played the old school way. No helmets, sears catalog shinpads, goalies without masks, wooden sticks with no curve and players on opposite teams who just don't like …
Continue reading Thoughts prior to Christmas Tourney ’11 (and scouting video)
Next year's pilgrimage to hockey's mecca takes place on the April 13th weekend. While not exactly in the league of an action-thriller trailer, the vid below of this past April's road trip home will hopefully help the recruiting drive. Is that limo bus a great way to travel or what?
The Kid Came Back. Long live Sid. I'm old enough to have watched Orr, I grew up on a steady diet of Gretzky highlight reels and I know the Islanders are a weak team. But is it possible Sid is the best player to have ever played the game?
Once upon a time in the "W", There skated a team whose sweaters were blue, But when their wins totalled four, They could keep score no more, _____ _____ ____ __ ____ ___ ___!
The Blue team played tonite in Elmira. Classic Monday-nighter. End to end action, lots of goals, a big hit between two of our guys. We played the red team. What a game. At the end...it was classic oldtimer hockey...we couldn't agree on the score. With 30 seconds to go, we couldn't decide whether to pull …
The sound made when a puck rings off the iron. Unmistakeable, distinct, slightly different for each shot depending on how hard it was shot, how direct it hits, etc. Music to my ears. Seriously, who doesn't like this sound? Feeling worn out after the game. Beats jogging any day. Beats exercise in almost any form. …
Lots in the press lately about concussions and the scourge they are in the game today. I couldn't agree more. Having said that, I doubt there is any way to eliminate them from the game short of removing contact and fighting. Even then there would be the odd accident as there is in my old …
Last Thursday night, I headed out to RIM for my weekly Thursday night shinny game, exactly one week after having to bail on that week's hour of fun because of a broken skate blade. On this night, with freshly runners newly installed and ready to go, I drove out on what was the hottest night …
Continue reading Sometimes It’s Too Hot For Hockey, Even in Canada
I really thought I had things covered off nice and complete when describing the worst hockey feelings in the world in Shinny Armageddon and Shinny Armageddon II. However, I now have a new one that ranks right up there. Last night, badly needing my hockey fix as the weekend began to appear on the …
The icing on the cake came with the last round of jager shooters. You see, after two nights of parking our sorry behinds at Hurley's on Crescent street for several hours, it was last call but the final order for jager shooters was one that could not be filled - Hurley's had run out of …
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