If I had paid a hundred bucks or so, or more, for a ticket tonight in Minnesota, I’d ask for my money back. Because even though the Canadiens won 2-1, this sad excuse for a game was a combination of sloppy play by the Habs, boring hockey by the Wild, and a never-ending amount of penalties called by [...]
October 30, 2008 in Bob Gainey, Calgary Flames, Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Islanders, Uncategorized
Tags: 1970's Habs, Bob Gainey, Calgary, Calgary Flames, Columbus Blue Jackets, Continental Hockey League, defencemaen, Doug Risebrough, Dryden's book The Game, Guy Lafleur, Guy Lapointe, Habs, Hamilton, Jacques Lemaire, Ken Dryden, KHL, Lady Byng trophy, Mario Tremblay, Minnesota Wild, Montreal Canadiens, Moscow, Moscow Dynamo, New York Islanders, Pavel Valentenko, Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia Phantom, PJ Stock, Quebec Aces, Quebec City, Steve Downey, Toronto, Toronto Maple Leafs | 4 Comments »
Now that the dust has sort of settled on getting the season underway, it’s a little disturbing to see the Buffalo Sabres playing so well. They have the same record as Montreal – 4 wins and a shootout loss for nine points, for goodness sakes. Even with those George Jetson jerseys.
The Sabres will come back down to earth shortly. [...]
October 19, 2008 in Buffalo Sabres, Edmonton Oilers, Minnesota Wild, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals
Tags: Barry Melrose, Buffalo Sabres, Edmonton Oilers, Florida, Florida Panthers, Halifax, Hamilton, John Tortorella, league standings, Miami, Minnesota Wild, Montreal Canadiens, National Hockey League, New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers, NHL, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Quebec City, San Jose Sharks, Saskatoon, snowbirds in Florida, Stanley Cup, Steve Downey, Tampa Bat Lightning, TSN, Washington Capitals, Winnipeg | 8 Comments »
When I was young and not too bright, I hitchhiked across much of Canada three times. There was never any money for motels or hot meals in restaurants, only a few bucks for potato chips and cigarettes. These smelly, mosquito-bitten trips usually took about eight days or more each way.
I was always a hitchhiker. At 14, [...]
July 30, 2008 in Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins
Tags: Bobby Orr, boxing, Bracebridge, Canada, Canadian boxing, George Chuvalo, hitchhiking, hockey, Los Angeles, Mohammed Ali, Muskoka All-Stars, Orillia, Orillia Pepsi's, Plains of Abraham, Quebec, Quebec City, St. Hyacinthe, Vancouver | 4 Comments »
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