This will be a short post. I'll start by acknowledging I'm not a Leaf fan and it's easy to criticize them. Lots of pro sport teams aren't very good over long periods of time. However, some are and I don't think it's luck. Do you think the Leafs have started several of the last few …
Dawson Lights the Lamp for Orange
This post represents a first on rinktales - video! In this particular sequence, the Orange team from the W proves too much for the red team. Sneaky smooth moving in off the point, Dawson drills one low stick side on the Moose in a game last Thursday night. Smooth. Red and Orange played to a …
A Goalie With Ice In His Veins…Really
No 'splaining necessary on this one. What a wonderful sculpture this is, eh?. Some creative type carved this sucker in downtown Waterloo in the courtyard in front of the Bauer Kitchen. I see room low on the stick side over his pad. Is he (she?) getting ready to poke check? If so, five hole is …
10,000 games of hockey…well, maybe not quite that many
While driving home from my game one night last week, I got to thinking about how many games of hockey I've actually played, organized or pickup. Here's what I came up with: 11 years of church house league at approximately 20 games per year = 220 games 4 years of high school hockey at approximately …
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Shinny Armageddon II
Alright, there really is one thing as bad a the one-goalie scenario I wrote about previously. It's when you get to the rink for your 10:00 PM game on a Monday night around 9:40 only to find out your game was at 9:00 PM. This happened to one of the boys on the blue team …
When Your Feet Aren’t Cold Anymore, That’s Not Always Good News
When I was nine, we moved from a house in the city to one just outside the city in Peterborough's north end. I had a buddy (Lorenzo De Marchi) who lived across the street and we used to go to an outdoor rink together after school and after dinner. It wasn't far away but we …
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A Hockey Player’s Christmas List
From a purely hockey perspective, here are some gifts I would love to get, in no particular order: Two tickets to a Bruins game in Orr's rookie season A chance to watch Gordie Howe shooting at the head of any guy who dared to try and block his shots. (Apparently he did this) A chance …
Blinded by the Twine
A few weeks back, I had a chance to score where I was wide open at the right edge of the crease with the puck and the goalie was down on his back. His glove was on the short side but all I had to do was shoot it over him. So that's what I …
My Great Coaches
I was blessed with some great hockey coaches growing up in Peterborough. Good people all, some there to ensure that first and foremost we had fun and others believing those prizes were at least partly a bi-product of winning. There were a couple of father-son pairings in there, some solo efforts and a few were …
Christmas Eve
Do you remember the feeling you got when you were a little kid on Christmas Eve? That excited, jumpy, nervous, happy-as-hell, can't-wait-until-it-finally-gets-here delirious feeling? I'm glad there's old-timer hockey, with the start of a new season every year about this time, to replicate that feeling for grown-up's. The W's new season starts tonight. And yes, …
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