Steve Beisswanger
Steve Beisswanger is a communications and media relations professional who has held strategic leadership roles in diverse sectors of activity such as air transportation, broadcasting, higher education, sports marketing and telecommunications. Possessing a true passion for hockey, he has written about the Concordia Stingers Men's hockey team and has published op-eds for the Montreal Gazette. He is currently working on his first book about the evolving significance of hockey to Canada's social fabric.
Author's Posts
Montreal Canadiens Need to Adapt to Early Injury Bug
November 23rd, 2019 During one of my regular weekly beer-league games last week, one of our most reliable players caught a rut in the ice and fell awkwardly into the boards, injuring his shoulder. He immediately left the ice for the dressing room. After the game, we all inquired about his status and learned that he would, most likely, miss the remaining...
Scotty Bowman: A Coach's Life
November 21st, 2019 On a chilly late October evening outside the doors of the Eric Maclean Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of Loyola High School in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG), a line of people is starting to form. Some of them are wearing now ill-fitting Montreal Canadiens hockey jerseys emblazoned with the names and numbers of hockey legends...
Max Domi: Balancing Life and Hockey
November 10th, 2019 It is somewhat uncommon for a father and a son to share the same idol. Generational differences often create interests and tastes that are disparate to the point of generating mocking comments and eye rolls from the younger of the two. Whether it is in music, films, food, or fashion, agreement and consensus is often a futile...
Montreal Canadiens' 10-Game Scorecard
October 25th, 2019 Many NHL coaches like to breakdown the season into five- or ten-game segments. This process allows for adjustments to be made to lines, play systems and strategies as well as for the roster to be modified as appropriate. Especially early in a season, the right course corrections can have significant effects on the performance of the...
Serge Savard: Memories of a Hall of Fame Career
October 21st, 2019 On the walls of a small house in Landrienne, Quebec, a tiny rural community in the Abitibi region 645 kilometers north of Montreal, hung three pictures: one of Pope Pius XII, one of Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis and the other of Maurice “The Rocket” Richard. These iconic personalities not only represented the main areas of...
Canadiens' Poehling Combating Early Career Adversity
October 15th, 2019 Ryan Poehling's NHL debut at the end of last season electrified Canadiens fans. Will he successfully bounce back from early career adversity?
