While the lockout continues, hockey fans in the desert and northern Providences are occupied with the Phoenix Coyotes. Taking the stand at Tuesday’s Glendale city council meeting, prospective Coyotes owner Greg Jamison, Coyotes supporters and opposers had the chance to speak on the major item on the meeting’s agenda, the arena lease agreement with Greg ...
When the call went out last spring that the Montreal Canadiens were in the market for a new GM and head coach there was a clear disclaimer, those who could not speak French need not apply. In fact, if French wasn’t your mother tongue, you would probably be wasting your time as well. Not that ...
The first official shoveling of dirt for the construction of the new arena in Quebec City occurred Monday afternoon near the Old Colisee Pepsi, where 20,000 people gathered to participate symbolically to the “J’ai ma pelle” (I Have My Shovel) day. Overall, more than 20,000 shovels were sold by the organiser of that special day, the ...
With the Stanley Cup final between the New Jersey Devils and the Los Angeles Kings coming to an end this week, everyone thought the Phoenix Coyotes saga would be over by now and that the NHL-owned team would have a new owner ready to turn things around in Glendale, a suburb of Phoenix. Greg Jamison, former ...
Maurice Richard: The Most Amazing Hockey Player Ever. By Chris Robinson. (2011, Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, Ltd. Softcover. Pp. 128. $9.95. ISBN 978-1-55277-900-2.) “Don’t let anyone say that it’s just a game…” Eddie Vedder wrote those lyrics a few years ago for the song “All the Way,” his ode to being a long-suffering Cubs ...
Deep in the majestic mountains of Kelowna, British Columbia lives a humble giant. Twenty-six years old, prime of his career, rehabilitated knee, and passion for the game. Josh Gorges wakes up with the eyes of the hockey world upon him. A one-year contract for $2.5 Million. No arbitration. No long term deal. No bed of ...
By Steve Kendall With the general managers of NHL teams meeting this week, it is a perfect time to chime in with the things I would do to make the sport I love better and help it grow: 10. Eliminate the instigator penalty When this rule was instituted in 1992, it was designed to not ...
Montreal has been going through a lot of changes since they were ousted in the semi-finals of this year’s Stanley Cup race. Some of the changes have been good, but others… well, we’re just going to have to see what the 2010-11 season will hold. Here’s a re-cap of some of the recent goings on up in southern Quebec.
One of my fondest memories, from the time I was ten years old, was spending Tuesday nights with my dad at the Montreal Forum. At the time, Junior hockey was thriving with three teams representing Montreal – the Royals, the Nationales and the Junior Canadiens. Every Tuesday there was a doubleheader involving two of the ...
Even the average fan has to ask, has Colorado done enough to return to the post-season this Spring or
