Wild Bill Hunter Should Be In The Hockey Hall Of Fame
It’s great that western Canada’s Ed Chynoweth will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as builder in November’s ceremony. He deserves it. But Bill Hunter deserves it too. When is this going to...
View ArticleHabs Wake Up In The Third. And A Whole Lot Of Other Stories
Talk about doing it the hard way. Sleepwalk through most of the game, fall behind 4-1, then storm back in the third period and shock everyone in the building by coming alive and winning the darn thing...
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Doug Wickenheiser Showed What Real Life Is
Doug Wickenheiser was going to be the next big centreman for the Montreal Canadiens. Sort of like Jean Beliveau in a way, but of course that was an unfair expectation. There was only one Beliveau. But...
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Big Night In A Small Town. A Tribute To Gary Lupul
Powell River, the little semi-isolated town up the coast from Vancouver, boasts a junior team, the Kings, in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL), and one of the best senior squads in all of...
View ArticleLook Out Whitehorse
New Brunswick Minor Hockey Team Scores Big! Team to travel to Whitehorse in February for Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada as winner of Scotiabank’s BIG SAVE contest PETITCODIAC-SALISBURY, NB, Dec. 15...
View ArticleYou Can’t Keep A Good Man Down
In 1987, Brad Hornung was a speedy 18 year old playmaker for the Western Hockey League Regina Pats, and all was right in his world. He had ambitions to make it to the pros, and he very well might have....
View ArticleNew Press Release
PRESS RELEASE MONTREAL – Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin announced Sunday the signing of defenseman Darren Dietz to a three-year contract (2013-14 to 2015-16). As per club policy,...
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John Kordic Fought To Play
John Kordic, as you know, was a rough and tough enforcer for the Habs in the latter part of the 1980s, and would eventually die at just 27 years old from a drug overdose and a scuffle with nine police...
View ArticleTim’s looking Good
Sent from Jesse and very much appreciated. The day after Habs prospect Tim Bozon was released from a Saskatoon hospital following his critical meningitis battle, he was at the Cranbrook rink where his...
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Chick Webster
Yes, yes, he’s wearing a Rangers uniform. Please don’t hold that against him. Over the past few months I’ve chatted and exchanged emails with 93-year old John “Chick” Webster and his son Rob, both of...
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Live, From The Edmonton Gardens
Neat old 4-page program I came across years ago, featuring the visiting New York Rangers playing the minor pro WHL Edmonton Flyers in an exhibition game prior to the 1955-56 season. It’s actually a...
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Gary Lupul
Powell River, separated from Vancouver by two ferry rides and 120 long and winding kms, boasts a junior team, the Kings, who play in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL), and at one time had one...
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Young Gally as a Giant
A nice glimpse of Brendan Gallagher doing his thing with the Vancouver Giants of the Western Hockey League. He hasn’t changed a bit since then. Gallagher was one of the last cuts at Habs training camp...
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