Recently I told of a fellow who bought 42 game-used sticks which had belonged to all players who had scored at least 500 goals in the NHL – Good Wood , and just after it came out, Danno sent this. I don’t know. Is this too naughty? Also – Dollard St. Laurent was a solid [...]

No, this isn’t Mantle, Maris, Ford, Berra and others from the ’61 Yankees. It’s late 1950′s Habs, after winning another of their five straight Cups, getting down to business of going deep, shagging flies, throwing out runners, creating sparkling double plays, and drinking beer afterwards. Below, Jacques Plante at bat, sizing up the pitcher; Boom [...]

            Most hockey players have always been big baseball fans. In the old days, they probably loved playing it even more than golf! And because hockey players are usually athletic in many ways, they are usually great ball players too. Doug Harvey, for example, could’ve played some level of pro. Later on, Larry Robinson was a long-ball [...]

When I was seven or eight years old, my father and mother bought me a book for Christmas called “Let’s Play Hockey” by Lynn Patrick. Normally this wouldn’t be news. Normally it would’ve been just another hockey book. But my father got the bright idea to send it to the Montreal Canadiens in Montreal, asking [...]