Peter Chau
A former novice/atom player, timekeeper and fan of the game, Peter has lived and breathed hockey throughout his life, covering hockey happenings in Edmonton, Vancouver, and currently in Saskatchewan. He is now a contributing writer for the Hockey Writers.
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Back to Eighty-Five
January 7th, 2015 When the year 2015 hit a few days ago, pop culture experts and historians recalled the Back To The Future movie trilogy with esteemed interest. In Back To The Future II, Marty McFly, Jennifer and Doc jump ahead in time from 1985 to the year 2015. Supposedly, the world was supposed to experience the Hoverboard, the Hovercar, Food...
Crisis In Edmonton
December 19th, 2014 During the Christmas break, I will be spending time with family in my childhood home of Edmonton, Alberta: Formerly known as the City of Champions. This didn't come as a shock to me because that moniker has been synonymous with winning. Edmonton's sports teams have won many championships between the late 1970s and the early 1990s. The...
Next Into The Hall Of Fame
December 2nd, 2014 Mike Modano,Peter Forsberg, Rob Blake, Dominic Hasek, referee Bill McCreary and the late Coach Pat Burns, were ceremoniously entered into the Hockey Hockey Hall of Fame on November 17th, 2014. Because of their individual accomplishments, championships and awards, every single one of them deserved to be in the mecca hockey shrine. Each of...
Once A Leafs Fan
November 22nd, 2014 I am sure it has been very trying times those that cheer for the blue & white. After a full week of two embarrassing blowouts, star player controversies, coaching & management insecurities, another tossed jersey, and finally a home team snubbing the very fanbase that paid their tickets, the Toronto Maple Leafs are clearly in a...
Dissecting 1989, Part Two
November 15th, 2014 Okay, here is another revelation of mine. Back in 1989, I really thought that the doomed music duo Milli Vanilli was the real deal. Turns out that they lip-synced their way to stardom, were stripped of their Grammy Award, and one of them went into depression and died of an overdose. I was laughed at in school because I simply liked a...
Dissecting 1989 (Not Taylor Swift)
November 15th, 2014 I will tell you only one recent revelation. Everyone kept saying that the new Taylor Swift album titled "1989" was a slight move away from her country music roots. After listening to her entire album (only once), I must admit that I like the new pop sound that Taylor has produced. For a guy approaching 40, and slowly feeling apathy...