I started this blog many, many years ago, as a means of recording (pen to paper? keyboard to silicon?) my hockey memories from yore. Yore is getting further and further in the rear view mirror so when I circle back and read some of my own work here, I realize that perhaps the biggest beneficiary of …
Tag: dads
Flooding The Rink in Style
A fellow old-timer regaled us pre-game recently with a story about how his dad, and another (whose sons also played old-timer with me), were discovered one night out flooding the neighbourhood rink in perhaps the most creative and social manner possible. His story goes something like this. When he was a kid, the phone at …
Backyard Rinks #1
Backyard rinks are a favourite topic of mine. Almost everyone who has ever played hockey or lived in an area where winter produced temperatures cold enough to have outdoor ice will have stories of their own about them. This is my first post on this blog about outdoor rinks but it won't likely be my …
Going to your Dad’s Game
When you were a little kid, did you ever go to one of your Dad's games? It might have been only pickup hockey or perhaps a shop-league game (as my Dad's league was called) but I remember the experience of being allowed to go to the rink late at night to watch him play. This …
Rink Tales 