Posts About "Newfoundland"

Book Review: East Coast NHLers

East Coast NHLers: The stories of the lives and careers of players from the Maritimes and Newfoundland.  By Paul White.  (2011, Halifax, Nova Scotia: Formac Publishing Company Ltd. Softcover. Pp. 160.  $16.95. ISBN 978-0-88780-969-9)   While the Stanley Cup Playoffs are in full swing, most fans focus more on where their...
Cherries of Wrath! Don Cherry and Other Low Hanging Maple Leafs Fruit

Cherries of Wrath! Don Cherry and Other Low Hanging Maple Leafs Fruit

April 4th, 2012 If you’re not Canadian or if you’re not a hockey fan, you may not get Don Cherry.  He is a Canadian institution almost more so than the broadcasting corporation that he works for.  For 7 ½ minutes every Saturday night on Hockey Night in Canada, ‘Grapes’ as he is commonly referred, gets his time in the spotlight.  He is a...
Update from 'The Rock': Newfoundlanders in the Playoffs

Update from 'The Rock': Newfoundlanders in the Playoffs

May 3rd, 2011 In a province of just over half-a-million people (comparable to the population of the city of Hamilton, Ont.) there’s no shortage of fertile NHL talent coming from the East Coast area of Canada, otherwise known as ‘The Rock’. Four Newfoundland-born players are having successful runs with their respective NHL teams in the...
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