The Canadiens had a decent third period, and maybe a goal early to make it 4-2 might have set the wheels in motion, but the goal didn’t happen, and the boys get hammered 5-1 in Ottawa. That’s fine. Maybe a good kick in the ass is healthy sometimes. Ryan White didn’t help matters by taking [...]

As I wait impatiently for the Grammy Awards to start, I’ve decided to show a few pictures because….well, just because. Hope you don’t mind. And is it true the Grammys people have set aside a few minutes tonight to honour  Johnny Bower’s “Honky the Christmas Goose?” Will Johnny and Lady Gaga sing a duet? Will the Rinkydinks come [...]

As my dad chops ice with an axe, four sticks rest comfortably against the house. They’ll wait until the Kinch brothers and McCready and Travis and a bunch of others are ready, and I’ll share my sticks with anyone who needs one. It’s going to be another road hockey game, another big goal into the top corner, and another Stanley Cup [...]

The good old contest is going reasonably well and it’s just shocking that some people are making fun of those poor Leafs. Doesn’t Richard Simmons play for the Leafs? Anyway, keep ‘em coming. Just complete the sentence “The Leafs suck so bad….” and you could win a $75 gift certificate at NHL.com that the folks at Pepsi, Lays [...]

A quiet, uneventful, slightly boring 2-0 shutout by the Habs and Jarry Halak over the Florida Panthers is a nice thing. A good thing. A great thing. Two points. But the fact that the scorers have stopped scoring is a bad thing. (And Brian Gionta’s empty-netter doesn’t enter into the scheme of things.) Let’s face [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs, who play the Habs on Tuesday, haven’t won the Stanley Cup since 1967. We all feel terrible about this. It’s a really long time ago, 42 years. And 42 years means – if you were born in 1967, you’re old enough to be a grandparent. You were born long before home computers and digital [...]

In the spring of 1960, Maurice ‘Rocket’ Richard scored his final goal of his brilliant career. It was his 626th goal, and it occurred in Toronto during the Habs four-game sweep of the Leafs to win their fifth Stanley Cup in a row. When the series ended, the Rocket retired, although he did attend training camp [...]

Please note: Originally there were photos here and for some reason they’ve disappeared. I have no idea why. I have a Jean Beliveau game-used stick from the early to mid-1960′s. Originally it was in a Leland’s auction in New York but I didn’t buy it. I’m not rich like you. I simply traded a bunch [...]

 On August 17th, in 1966, the Beatles played an afternoon show in Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens. I was there. I was 15 years old and had a summer job as a highway construction slave labourer, but the boss let me go early and I went down to Toronto from Orillia with a disc jockey my sister worked [...]

 I just watched game three on the NHL Network of the 1962 Stanley Cup finals between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Toronto Maple Leafs ( the Hawks won 3-0 but the Leafs eventually won the series in six games). I love watching the old stuff. In this game, a young Bobby Hull, wearing number 7 [...]