There are three final cheers in the running now from the Pepsi Join the Cheer contest – from Grimsby, Laval and Etobicoke, and they’re all great. You can hear these cheers and vote by going to Pepsi.ca. The winner of this contest wins a trip to the World Juniors in Saskatchewan and the World Championships in [...]

  I could hardly wait for that New Year’s Eve of 1975 when the Russian Red Army team would show up at the Forum to play my team. I had been mesmorized by the events of the 1972 Summit Series, and we had seen what this far-away power could do. But this was going to be different. This time the foreigners [...]

Ilya kovalchuk scored in overtime against Canada to give Russia the gold medal in the World Championship. Wasn’t Ilya Kovalchuk The Man From Uncle’s cool sidekick? Remember when Kovalchuk, in the World Junior’s a few years back, skated in on a breakaway to Canada’s empty net and waved one arm as he went in? I’ve always wondered why [...]

Watching Henrik Lundqvist get yanked in Sweden’s 5-4 loss to Canada in the World Hockey Championship reminded me of something. Lundqvist speaks English with no accent whatsoever. At least that’s what my ears have heard in the couple of interviews I’ve seen of the Ranger goalie on TV. Speaking perfect English is an amazing thing when it’s [...]

I saw the Canada-Germany game today from the World Hockey Championships, and Germany was not dancing with the stars. Not by a long shot, getting pummelled by the Canadians 10-1. Tournaments like this don’t really start to heat up until the Germany’s and Latvia’s etc. are long gone and the big boys come out to [...]