Ron Green in Orillia sends along an interesting story from TheStar.com – Hockey Is In Tom Scanlan’s Bones  – about a fellow who bought game-used sticks once owned by the 42 players who scored at least 500 goals in the NHL. The sticks were up for auction last June from Classic Auctions in Montreal. 42 [...]

As a trucker in 1992 or ’93, I was delivering to a grocery distribution centre in Calgary and I noticed a new chocolate candy bar called Mario on the shelves. So I bought a box of 24 for 20 bucks or so, and decided to sit on it forever and see if it became valuable. [...]

Alex Galchenyuk scored again on Sunday as his Sarnia Sting edged the Oshawa Generals 3-2, this coming a night after his three-goal showing in Peterborough, and so while I should have been working, instead I used the boss’s computer and calculator and came up this: (with the help of Miss Vicki, who seemed to know [...]

  It was always around this time, in early September, when those beautiful Canada Cups were held, when the Russians were still the enemy, when Sweden, Finland, and Czechoslovakia offered up National team excellence, and when the United States was becoming, slowly, a team to be reckoned with too. It was when Alan Eagleson appeared [...]

The Canadiens win their second in two nights, and look out Toronto Maple Leafs, we’re coming. Tonight it was the Ottawa Senators, with absolutely no help from Alex Kovalev, who fall to the Habs, and when you look at Montreal’s five games so far, only one was where they didn’t gain any points. So how can [...]

Like Mario Lemieux, who had such a bad back he had to get a trainer to tie his skates. I had a professional massage today by a massage therapist in daylight hours. (as opposed to a massage by a professional lady of the night.) I did a huge number on my back and if I had skates, somebody would [...]

Jaroslav Halak to the St. Louis Blues? For a Danish centre named Lars Eller and young Calgary Hitman Ian Schultz? I need to get my head around this one and it might take some time. Is it possible that Carey Price will now become the goalie we thought he’d be after this vote of confidence [...]

There’s a reason why general managers make big bucks and have meetings in nice, warm places with palm trees. Because they have to make massive decisions that could turn out to be either brilliant or extremely lousy. Montreal will have seven restricted free agents to deal with this summer, which means these players’ contracts are up [...]

“I’m not a crybaby and if you say it one more time I’m going to get my daddy or daddy Mario to hit you. I’ve got two daddy’s. Hah. That’s more than you. And they’re strong. So there. And pretty soon, when I’m bigger, I’m going to get my own place and move out of [...]

Saku Koivu had this to say recently about the difference in closeness between his new team, the Anaheim Ducks, and his old. “It’s more of a tighter feeling than in Montreal.” And that says a lot. Because if it’s true, that the Canadiens weren’t a close group, then no wonder they lost big and looked dismal [...]