It’s been a few days now since Sidney Crosby took a puck in the face in which he lost some teeth and had his jaw broken, and I’ve been thinking about it a fair amount since it happened. For one thing, with a couple of chicklets nestled on his jersey and the painful look on [...]

Team Canada edged the U.S. 2-1 today and now hold a perfect 3 wins and no losses, while the Americans have put themselves in a bit of a pickle and must beat Slovakia tomorrow to stay alive. So at this moment, it’s good to be a Canadian. Not so good for me personally though, was [...]

Just so you’re clear on why I sometimes promote a Scotiabank contest on this blog, it’s because they’ve given me tons of prizes over the years, which I’ve turned around and given to many of you after I picked your names out of my fedora. And because I’ve been able to do that, I certainly don’t mind putting something like [...]

As bad as the Habs played, they came close. How’s that for lavishing thick praise on the team. It became a 5-4 Calgary victory, and for those who went to bed early, all I can say is, you lucky bastards. The two and a half hours I could’ve spent picking my toenails or dreaming about [...]

The guy in the picture with the sign was at the World Juniors too. Do you think we’ll see him at every Canadian game? And if so, how did he get those tickets? It took a bit, after going to the dressing room tied at zero after one period. But things began to come together for the Canadians in [...]

Story in the Calgary Sun By Randy Sportak MONTREAL — Calgary Flames captain Jarome Iginla denied having challenged the whole Montreal Canadiens bench during Tuesday night’s 1-0 win. The red-hot rumour making the rounds on the Internet, and amongst the Montreal media, is that Iginla told Habs players in the heat of battle during what [...]

It’ll be several degrees below zero with a chance of snow this weekend in Edmonton, which means for Edmontonians, it might be the nicest weekend of the whole year. Montreal’s in this self-described ‘City of Champions’ for an extremely important game (and it’s only the fifth of the season) because we’re now watching with baited breath to see how [...]

I’m only just now looking at the new schedule because I’ve been battling an eyeball situation, but I see that the Canadiens open up on the road, hitting Toronto, Buffalo, and then a three-city west coast swing which takes them to Calgary, Vancouver, and Edmonton. This might just be what the doctor ordered. All the [...]