I noticed these on the back of a newspaper clipping I have from when I was a smallish-yet-shifty second baseman on my championship-winning Orillia peewee baseball team. It’s the beginning of the 1963-64 NHL season and it states that Ulf Sterner was set to play his first NHL game, but he actually didn’t suit up [...]

Originally I was going to call this “Ovie Does Coke” but my gut told me maybe I shouldn’t. You know how rumours can start. This is how to make a few extra bucks in tough times. Be part of an ad campaign for Coke and the Sochi Olympics.

I have writer’s block today. It even took me an hour to think of a title. I’ve walked 20 miles in the last five days. Is that interesting? I felt bad for the Japanese male gymnast Uchimura who was a shoo-in for a gold medal in his first event but kept falling and didn’t come close. [...]

The opening ceremonies have wrapped up in London without rain and other more serious party-poopers we don’t need to talk about, and it was a dazzling extravaganza indeed. So much to see and absorb. I just think it would have been even better if Ozzy Osbourne had shown up and faked biting the head off a peace dove. From Shakespeare through the [...]

I blew it then and I’ve blown it now. Once again I’ve missed being in the Olympics. Below is my blog post from four years ago, and from then to now, I never managed to get my shit together. It’s been such a disappointment for me. I had fully intended to be in the Beijing Olympics, probably [...]

Although I have almost 70 Group 2 (1944-64) Habs Beehives, I only have three Crown Brand photos, but three’s better than none, I think. The Howie Morenz Crown Brand is a mighty desirable one to have, although Toe Blake and Pit Lepine are no slouches either.  I’ve shown Lepine and Blake before, but this is the [...]

  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 [...]

Now that my back is on the mend (I think), I’m about to begin serious workouts in preparation for hockey season and a possible spot on the 2012 Olympic gymnastic team. I think you’ll be very proud of me. I’m now ordering the much heavier pint glass instead of the smaller variety to give my arms and [...]

The flag is held high at the Saltery Bay ferry terminal, the crew thought it was funny, and although I wondered what the Captain might say, all was fine and dandy. Traffic loading and unloading all day saw the proud CH in all it’s glory. And speaking of proud, maybe what rankles me the most [...]