Posts About "Quebec"
NHL Expansion Process Moves Forward
July 21st, 2015 The July 20 deadline has come and gone for stage one of the NHL expansion process, and the league has announced that, of the 16 application packets sent, only two applications have been submitted. The two markets, Las Vegas under the Black Knights Sports and Entertainment LLC banner and Quebec City group Quebecer, surprised no one...
NHL Expansion Roundtable: Quebec City
September 30th, 2014 Expansion was the talk of the summer when news broke that the NHL was planning to move into four cities. For every reason you can possibly think of, this gripped sports fans across North America. This tweet from Howard Bloom of the Sports Business News sent the Sports-verse aflame in late August: NHL expansion – four teams added by...
Is There a 2014 NHL Expansion Draft on the Horizon?
October 14th, 2013 With cities across North America clamoring for the rights to an NHL franchise, there is no lack of intrigue when discussing which locale may end up with a team. Since the expansion of the NHL into a 12-team league in 1967, the National Hockey League has held a total of 10 expansion drafts, allowing new teams to select players from...
Jamison and Coyotes Get A New Lease on Life, For Now
November 29th, 2012 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...
Is Discrimination Hurting the Habs?
November 28th, 2012 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 someone who couldn’t speak the...
Quebec City Ready to Start Digging for New Arena
September 4th, 2012 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...
The Phoenix Coyotes Saga Dragging On
June 11th, 2012 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 CEO of the San Jose Sharks,...
Book Review: Maurice Richard
January 7th, 2012 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...
