Maybe Sidney should be careful about the way he’s been talking to the big lug lately. Thanks to Hobo for sending this pic along. Imagine how funny it would be if we actually saw this? It’s kind of like Andre the Giant throwing some poor mortal around. Andre lived in Montreal at one time, wrestled [...]

To everyone here and on Facebook, Twitter, and Hockey Inside Out, I’d like to say thank you so much for your well-wishes on our upcoming move to Montreal. It’s a big chapter about to begin for Luci and I. I even saw the little wooden bastard Gaston shed a tear, but I think it was [...]

Not long ago a couple of folks here wondered how teams are able to keep track of all the players’ ice-time during a game. I wasn’t clear either, so I began looking around my stacks of magazines and through old boxes, and I came up with an answer. Of course, the answer comes from 1959 [...]

(Originally posted August 19, 2008) I should’ve been a Forum maintenance man. I remember going to the Forum years ago and noticing a small apartment building a block away. I’ve thought about this apartment building, because it would’ve been the key. I should’ve saved enough for a year’s rent, went to Montreal as a teenager, and rented an apartment [...]

Gordie Howe was in Montreal for an Eaton’s appearance tour in the 1970′s, and while there he did a T.V. taping session with singer Anne Murray. The taping was at the Forum, and Anne wore Howe’s sweater while Howe wore John Ferguson’s. Murray was quoted in Gerry Patterson’s book “Behind The Superstars” as saying to [...]

Maybe only Sigmund Freud could come close to finding an answer to why the Habs, as they were last night and so many times in recent years, can come out to an exciting atmosphere and play like it’s past their bedtime. So uninspired, so freaking lousy. Freud might have known what the problem is, but [...]

When I was back in Orillia recently, an old friend drove up from Waterloo and he brought me a gift, one that he’d kept for many years and one I remember seeing it at his house years ago. It’s in bad shape, but it’s beautiful, this 1965-66 Canadiens Forum calendar. Ron knew something like this [...]

This coming November will mark five years since I began my blog. I thought I’d mention this now in case there’s no hockey in November and everyone is reading cricket and water polo blogs by then. One of the things I’m most proud of is that in these five years, I’ve never missed a day [...]

Between a goaltender being signed and coaches added and draft picks chosen and everything that’s gone on recently with the Canadiens, there are always breaks in the action, unfortunately.  And I know many of you check in here for recent developments, only to find that sometimes the newest post is about something from the past, [...]

As we make our way to Vancouver, here’s a couple of looks at Rogers Arena that I found on YouTube. Maybe you can compare it to the Bell Centre or other rink you’ve been at. I think in general though, most rinks are basically the same now, unlike when the Montreal Forum, Chicago Stadium, Boston Garden etc. were [...]