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The Final Buzzer Sounds For Stompin’ Tom Connors
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...
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Book Review: Face-Off At The Alamo
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.
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The Long Pond Heritage Classic Takes Hockey Back To Its Roots
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
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Dropping the Gloves: New Captains, LAK’s Ring and Banner.
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...
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Dropping the Gloves: The Bolts Recharge, USAH Sleds to NC
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...
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Dropping the Gloves: Now What?
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...
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Dropping The Gloves: No Belles, No Princesses & No Fear Here
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...
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Ask Shinny Baggataway: Costumes & Masks
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...
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Your Next Piece of Fan Gear Might Be A Club Scarf
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...
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In Russia, KHL Plays Stars
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor Sometime, roughly about the time you are getting your second cup of coffee or chatting up your colleagues as you wait for a late morning...
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Dispatches From Planet Hockey: “Vox Populi” Edition
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor, sometime martinet BEGIN TRANSMISSION: TERRESTRIAL TIMESTAMP//1059-10-NEENERTEEN-TWENTY-ONE-TWO First, some good news… Todd McLellan Explains It All Positive Coaching Alliance is working with NHL coaches across the country...
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Ask Shinny: Faceoff Ejections, Rink Logos, and Why Teams Move
by Shinny Baggataway Happy Monday to everyone who is on Fall break or enjoying a day of school! By the way, thanks to all of you who sent in...