One of the things I love most about team sports is the memorable nicknames that guys pick up for the weirdest of reasons. The most colourful characters didn't always have the best nicknames but a good nickname was generally earned by the guy identified by it. I made my high school hockey team in my …
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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 …
The Biggest Name in Hockey
I remember reading an article in the Toronto Star one time in the 1970's about Sheldon Kannegiesser and it joked that he was the biggest name in hockey. ( I guess that was before we had the influx of players from Europe and Russia). I laughed when I saw an article in this week's Kitchener …
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