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Friday Sad Link – RIP Mike Bossy (1957-2022)

Sad to hear that my absolute favourite NHL player of all-time, Mike Bossy, passed away today after a lengthy battle with lung cancer (almost unbelievably, one of the greatest goal scorers of all-time was also a heavy smoker, especially early in his career.) How much did I admire Bossy?  To this day, I used “22” […]

Posted 15 April 2022 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Sad § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Mike Bossy: Letter To My Younger Self

The Player’s Tribute site has some brilliant writing by famous athletes. Today’s post is by my favourite hockey player of all-time. Dear 14-year-old Mike, I write to you today as a 60-year-old man, and I have some news from the future that you probably aren’t going to believe. There are 30 teams in the NHL […]

Posted 07 June 2017 § Canada § MemoryLane § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Legends of Hockey: The New York Islanders

When I started following hockey as a young kid around the age seven or eight, the Islanders were the best team in the league. (Interestingly, I clearly remember friends who cheered for Boston, Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Philadephia but no one else seemed to have latched on to the Islanders which is another reason […]

Posted 09 June 2021 § MemoryLane § News § Saskatchewan § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

50 Reasons This Has Been The Most Enjoyable Season of #NHL Hockey I’ve Watched In My Life #flames #yyc

Like many Canadians, I’ve always been a huge hockey fan.  I’ve got the requisite pictures of myself around three years old playing hockey against my grandma’s legs as she sits on the couch, I was one of those kids who could name every player on every team plus their hometowns, stats, and shooting hand. But […]

Posted 15 April 2015 § Canada § List § MemoryLane § Sports ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: ,

The Driveway Dream

For a number of Canadian kids growing up in the 1980’s like I did, hockey was life. In the days before Nintendo and the Internet, I would spend hours playing street hockey with my friends.  I would keep scrapbooks with stats of my favourite players.  A lot of my love of reading is probably due […]

Posted 15 June 2011 § Family § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Calgary v. Edmonton (The Stanley Cup Edition)

I honestly don't know what a Calgary Flames fan should do with the Edmonton Oilers one game away from the Stanley Cup Finals in a run that's reminiscient of Calgary's similar run two years ago, the last time NHL hockey was played.  Most of the posters over at the CalgaryPuck message board are adamant that […]

Posted 25 May 2006 § Main Page ‡ Comments (4) °