Apr 18
Like many of you I too have watched the replay of the Torres hit on Hossa over and over. Much like Brendan Shanahan will be doing today I’m sure. The hit was late and Torres skates come several inches off the ice, in other words he really launched himself into Hossa. It was an opportunity …
Mar 19
And the beat goes on. ( My column on concussions in minor hockey is reprinted here with additions courtesy of Centre Ice newspaper, published in Ottawa by Anderson Publishing.) It’s looking more and more like I will attempt to run my own symposium on body checking, body contact, hitting in hockey and the epidemic of …
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 …
Jan 12
Cue the violins for the Bruin fans. Has a nerve ever been hit with the Brad Marchand suspension of five games handed out by Sherriff Brendan Shanahan in wake of Marchand’s brutal cheap shot on Sami Salo of the Vancouver Canucks during last Saturday’s (January 7) much anticipated Stanley Cup rematch. For starters Marchand …
