NHL

As the Easter weekend approaches, it always calls to mind the decades of the 1980s and 1990s for me. Back in those days, it seemed that every Easter, I was packing up and going out of town to play in a hockey tournament. They were usually in Ontario or in the province of Quebec. I … Read more

Spring is a time when a man’s fancy turns to something. Maybe sometimes, a man would be better served to have done nothing. Every year near the end of March, one might see the remembrance of a certain event that occurred in an arena in Philadelphia. It was not the anniversary of some profound accomplishment, … Read more

Canada’s population is quickly approaching 38 million people, and if social media is any indication in recent days, there are about 30 million Canadians who either know Walter Gretzky or have met him and have a story or a picture with him. Yes, I exaggerate, but I do so in the spirit of appreciation for … Read more

We all know that Willie O’Ree was the first black player in the National Hockey League.  O’Ree was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1935 and began playing with the Quebec Aces of the Quebec Hockey League in the 1956-57 season. The next year, when injuries hit the Boston Bruins, O’Ree was called up to … Read more

Of all the championship trophies in North American sport, none has the beauty and grandeur of the Stanley Cup. In the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, and Major League Baseball, their league trophies are made new each year and while they are surely wonderful to win, they all seem to suffer from a … Read more