My stepson Denis Brel in St. Petersburg did this for his Russian site Brel’s Hockey

Years ago, through an autograph dealer in New York, I bought a little rolodex-style Barclays bank card for $150, a card that had once been issued to John Lennon. This little card stated that anything under $200 in Lennon’s account could be withdrawn by his two lawyers without permission, but over $200 must be authorized by Lennon. The [...]

Tim Thomas has just signed an exclusive autograph deal with some company which obviously has money to burn, for $300,000 for one year. I pulled out my trusty calculator and found that if Thomas signed 8×10′s that sold for 20 bucks, he would have to sign 15,000 in one year for this company to get their money back. That’s [...]

It’s certainly not very clear but written on George’s chin and neck is “To Dennis, Best Wishes, George Harrison.” As some of you already know, I’m a big Beatles fan. Always have been, right from the beginning. I was a fan before they even played the Ed Sullivan Show. I went through my teen years [...]

He’s a ladies man, a world-traveler, an ex-con, a horrible lecher, a big Habs fan, a nasty drunk, he can’t be trusted, and is a complete asshole. Now I find out he was sort of a fifth Beatle. “Gaston wasn’t a musician in the band,” says an Abbey Road spokesman, “but he ran everything. He looked after the [...]

The summer of 1965 was a fine time for Habs fans. The team had captured the Stanley Cup that spring by beating the Chicago Black Hawks four games to three, and Jean Beliveau became the very first winner of the Conn Smythe trophy for playoff MVP. Joyfully, at least for Habs fans, the team would win the Cup again in the [...]

Things were going so well. Rinks in Montreal, New York, Toronto, Boston, Chicago and Detroit were filled with people looking like they were going to church and went in the wrong building by mistake. Fedoras, shawls, hats with feathers in them, polished shoes, diamonds, all on display in the seats above as players grunted and spit and [...]

Before I start I’d like to convey my deepest sympathies to Gary Bettman for having a cold right now. I feel terrible about this. By trading their 27th and 57th pick to the Phoenix Coyotes for the 22nd and 113th picks, Montreal grabbed a big, physical 6’3 plus defenceman named Jarred Tinordi, son of former [...]

  Tomas Plekanec almost had a fine year. The turtleneckian-one led the team during the regular season with 25 goals and 45 assists, and I thank him for that. Thank you, Tomas. Unfortunately, he was asleep for much of the playoffs, and I don’t thank him for that.  He was needed so much in the [...]

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 [...]