Feb 29
First of all prayers and thoughts to the Beliveau family as big Jean fights his latest health battle, this time a stroke which has hospitalized the Hall of Fame former player. Beliveau’s nickname is from a movie of the same name, Le Gros Bill, released in 1949 which featured a song of the same name. …
Feb 24
Best historical data on the 3 players the Leafs that have announced they are not participating in the 1962 Stanley Cup reunion this weekend.( February 25-26,2012) 1) Dave Keon. Keon was a Calder Trophy winner in 1961, Lady Byng winner in 1962, 1963 and Conn Smythe winner in 1967. He is a former Captain of the …
Feb 23
The details and descriptions of the NHL rules are quite varied. I have to admit however, that I had no idea there were examples in the rules that allowed for a coach’s option in several different shorthanded scenarios. In fact in the rules it states it’s a ‘captain’s challenge’ but clearly and as we saw …
Feb 20
Imagine all of the hockey games played by all of the greats in various leagues and championships the world over in the past 120 years – then imagine that in the eyes of many, mine included, you are the player regarded as having played the most inspirational, heroic, incredible twenty minutes of hockey, ever, with …
Feb 17
This is a response I post ed to twitter after reading Mr. Stephen Brunt’s piece on the ’81 Canada Cup. Stephen Brunt honours the Soviets, whoop de doo… Wow Stephen thanks for the great walk down memory lane about the 1981 Canada Cup. I’m wondering if I scour the archives if last year …
Feb 16
As much as the Leafs have improved this year and may be poised for their first playoff run since 2004, for the time being the mere mention of 1967 conjures up certain memories. Leaf fans know it was the last time their team won the Stanley Cup. The black and white footage of the parade …
Feb 15
So it’s official. Rick Nash is on the market. It’s an interesting scenario given he has this incredible combination of size, strength, solid skater with a great shot yet has not really produced a ton of points in his NHL career. Yet the thinking is if/when Columbus GM Scott Howson deals him he will command a …
Feb 13
I’ve been roaming the twitter universe since this past January and I have to say, it’s been a blast. Hooking up with the various hockey media, old friends, making new ones and discussing and debating hockey has been the rule in the 5+ weeks I’ve been on board. Before I go into some detail about …
Feb 11
Starting in the year 2000 and for the next seven years I worked extensively on researching how every single player that played for the Montreal Canadiens, became a Montreal Canadien. Following is a story, first printed in 2007 with a few changes to update. I look forward to any response. The Montreal Canadiens have won …
Feb 06
It was one thing to get up to the second updates on Sam Gagner’s eight point game against Chicago on Thursday February 2nd but when he picked up right where he left off on Saturday night with two goals and three points in the first period of Edmonton’s game against Detroit the twitter world just …
