It was easy to be a fan of Bob Gainey when he played because he seemed to do everything right, in a blue-collar kind of way. He wasn’t flashy like teammates Guy Lafleur or Yvan Cournoyer, but he was an all-important piece of the puzzle on the world’s greatest team in the latter part of [...]

Kraft Hockeyville is coming to Terrace, BC this weekend, home of my buddy Joe Pelletier. The highlight of course will be the Vancouver Canucks taking on the New York Islanders on Monday in this northern, working class BC town, and Don Cherry, Roberto Luongo, John Tavares and the rest, along with the Stanley Cup, will be there to take part in [...]

 
First, the second-most important thing. As expected, John Tavares is now a New York Islander, Victor Hedman becomes a Tampa Bay Lightning, and Matt Duchene is off to Colorado. That’s how the first three picks in the 2009 entry draft were supposed to go, and that’s how it played out.
And talk about a raise! These guys, and [...]

Just to recap:
PK Subban has signed a three-year deal with Montreal.
Pittsburgh blows out Washington 6-2 in the most anticipated game of the year.
Pittsburgh will play the winner of Boston-Carolina.
The Canucks again disappoint their fans as Roberto Luongo is less than great in the series-ending game against Chicago.
No, I don’t have swine flu.
Canada lost to Russia [...]

Like has happened so many times before, Canada has found a way to win. Canada’s Jordan Eberle tied the game with just five seconds to go, and then scored, along with John Tavares, in the shootout, to thrust Team Canada into the World Junior gold medal game Monday against Sweden.
 
And I’ve never agreed more with [...]

Our teenaged hockey wizards play later today against the Russians in one of two semifinal contests held on this dreary Saturday.
 
Starting shortly is Slovakia against Sweden, and later on, Canada takes on their old international rival, Russia. http://www.iihf.com/
 
Russia, like Canada, always seems to have one player every year in the World Juniors who is destined [...]

Team Canada, led by John Tavares who popped three goals, rallied from a three-nothing score against the Americans to win big.
 
John Tavares would look great in a Habs uniform. But alas, we don’t have a sniff. We’re going for first place, not last in the standings. 

Foe those of you who didn’t see the World Juniors pre-tournament exhibition game between Canada and Sweden, it might be interesting to note that Montreal draft pick PK Subban had a good game and likes to throw his body around. He plays with a bit of a recklessness, which would be a welcome site in Montreal, [...]