The Disney finish in 2009 led to a two more seasons in Nashville and then time as a Penguin and a Coyote. In the world outside of the glass and dashers, thirty-eight is a mere youngster, practically a zygote. From his viewpoint as one of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen seeing the rare air that comes with joining the One Thousand Game Club, this makes him an accomplished elder statesman.
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor Gaet Lepine, the Timmins bartender who gave Connors his start as a professional musician, would remain a friend and collaborator of the performer for the rest of his life. Maintaining such a connection over the years was typical of Stompin’ Tom Connors. An important part of his larger than life ...
In the 22nd installment of Roy MacGregor’s Screech Owls series, Face-Off At The Alamo, the gang heads to San Antonio, Texas for an invitational tournament that puts them at odds with dirty teams and grittier villains. For the uninitiated, MacGregor’s series of chapter books for tween to teen readers combines the best of old school mystery series with solid writing about hockey.
If they and by extension, you are a hockey fan, you’ll want to visit Long Pond in Windsor, Nova Scotia. At first blush it might look like any other natural pond. Depending on the season, you’ll see a stretch of still water or ice surrounded by trees. Near the pond is a small, square sign, a comparatively humble indicator of the location’s history. According to novelist Thomas Halliburton, hockey was born on Long Pond. He wrote that students from the nearby Kings Collegiate School moved their games of hurley to the frozen pond on Howard Dill’s farm, thus setting motion the evolution of the game that would eventually become integral to Canada’s national identity
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editrix The NHL is back! There were some pretty nice moments during opening week. O Captains, Our Captains! A few teams named new captains before opening day. In Philly, EA spokemodel, Claude Giroux, proved he was more than a pretty face when he accepted the C from Flyers GM, Paul Holmgren. In ...
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor While a few of the NHL faithful eschewed sleep in order to get the earliest possible word about the CBA talks, the rest of of North America stretched, yawned and blinked, fuzzy mouthed and bleary-eyed as gleeful fanatics caroled about the long national nightmare being over. “Hockey is BACK!” some fans ...
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor and general purpose grouch In the last 117 days, the big stories of the season happened at locations that are not normally associated with North American major league hockey. While NHL franchises scrambled to stay in the public eye with charitable activities and opportunities to skate where the big boys ...
by Jas Faulkner, a fat but cute little ball of mad and contributing editor Hello to the seven of you who are reading this. Last week Louisiana led the charge to secede from the United States. Okay, I wasn’t around the previous time someone in the US tried this, but judging from contemporary reports, ...
by Shinny Baggataway Boo! Welcome to the Halloween edition of Ask Shinny! This week’s questions are all in honour of my favourite holiday. So bring on the questins about costumes and masks! Adam G. age 9 from Dallas, TX wants to know: Why are goalie masks so much bigger than everyone else’s. Do the other ...
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor The images beamed from the other side of the globe (or at least halfway there) make it seem like Planet Hockey is a reality. as the NHL continues in a state of suspended animation, in a place remote to many of us, Evgeni Malkin is a the third star of ...
