Frankly, I like hearing Kate Smith sing ‘God Bless America’ in Philadelphia. I like the fact that tradition is upheld, even in Philly, and old Kate been’s singing this tune, alive and dead and off and on, since the Broad Street Bullies of the early and mid 1970’s terrorized the league with their thuggery.
I also love the idea [...]

Hab-haters are in a giddy mood. They can’t wait for the series between Montreal and Washington to begin so they can be amused by the slaughter about to unfold. You’re screwed, you rotten bastard Habs, they exclaim with glee, a glee that probably rivals many of their best orgasms.
And of course on paper, these folks don’t have to be all [...]

This is my passport photo taken when I was 17. If you look closely you can see pimples.
I was getting ready to go on a big trip, which ultimately would cause me to miss almost the entire Montreal Canadiens 1968-69 season including playoffs. I’m unable to talk about Rogie Vachon and Gump Worsley in [...]

If the Washington Capitals walked unannounced into your living room, would you know they were the Caps or at least recognize anyone besides Alex Ovechkin and Jose Theodore? Maybe Brendan Morrison because he’s been in the league for awhile? Or Mike Green because the camera follows him?
Of course on the other hand, if Kyle Chipchura or [...]

 
They’re both Hall of Famers, both were left wingers, they both played 14 seasons, and both come from the same era.
One was a huge, tough player with great hands, and the other was smaller with great hands.
Both were extremely important players on their teams.
Who would you pick to play left wing on your team, Clark Gillies [...]

Turns out I’m older than I thought. Nobody knew who these players were so here’s the answers. And because I have the answers, I win the prize – an all-expense paid trip to Powell River to listen to the sea lions bark at night. Am I really that old?
 
Phil Esposito, Real Clouthier, Brad Park, [...]

These must be warm and fuzzy times for Boston Bruins fans. Their team is sitting pretty, rivalled only by the San Jose Sharks as the league’s best. They’ve won all four games against their biggest rival, the Montreal Canadiens, looked impressive in all four, and are a lofty 18 points better than the Habs. Their goalie, [...]

Sometime during the heat, or maybe a torrential rainfall, of the Quebec summer of 1972, somebody, probably in Montreal, bought two $7 standing room tickets to the very first hockey game of the classic Canada-Russia Summit Series. And for whatever reason, he and his friend or dad or kid or wife, didn’t go.
Most of us [...]

 GAME 3
During the regular season, Montreal’s power play looked like Sophia Loren - beautiful, lovely, graceful, nice to watch. But in this playoff round against the Bruins, Montreal’s power play resembles a drunken Britney Spears. Kovalev’s overtime goal in game two was a power play goal, but that’s it. The only one in three games.
And that’s the [...]

    Wednesday it starts, the quest for the Cup, with Ottawa visiting Pittsburgh, the Rangers are in New Jersey, Colorado goes to Minnesota, and Calgary takes on San Jose.
On Thursday, the other four series begin, with Nashville travelling to Detroit, Dallas goes to Anaheim, Philadelphia is in Washington, and, last, but not least, the best [...]