Let's get a little philosophical today. What is it that compels some of us hockey acolytes to keep old sticks after their playing days are done? Is there a parallel in how one puts a thoroughbred out to pasture to live out their years? Are they like old books read long ago, or vinyl records …
Tag: memories
Ed and Brian
Ed McIlwain was one of those people who made a big impression on me when I was young. He was my house league hockey coach for at least three different seasons – both peewee years and I think one other year in bantam or midget. He was a classic old-school coach – sometimes funny and light-hearted …
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 …
First Goal – Do you remember yours?
I still remember my first official goal in a real official hockey game. It may be that this memory is a sham and it never really happened this way because it is a fairly long time ago. However, I’ve been hanging on to this one pretty tight for almost 40 years so I’m pretty sure …
Rink Tales 