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Friday Fun Link – The NHL’s Best Team Was Swept in Four Games…

..which makes the fact that the NHL’s second-best team, the Calgary Flames, lost in *five* games after a disastrous performance tonight only slightly less painful. I guess I’ll always have the regular season. 🙁

¶ Posted 19 April 2019 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

Best Overall Team in Regular Season, Tampa Bay Lightning, Swept In First Round of Playoffs

I occasionally do a post with my picks at the start of the NHL playoffs. I forgot to do so this year but it’s probably not worth it as quite a few series aren’t going the way I’d expected – my Calgary Flames are struggling after winning the Western Conference title in the regular season, […]

¶ Posted 16 April 2019 § Canada § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, hockey

Bowling Birthday

Her actual birthday is on Tuesday but we had great fun at Sasha’s “bowling birthday” today. (And as an aside, as someone who dabbles in creative writing, I love studying the ebbs and flows in the popularity of names from generation to generation.)

¶ Posted 14 April 2019 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, parents

Grit & Glory: Celebrating 40 Years of the Edmonton Oilers

I saw this book in my library today and had a good chuckle. I mean, the Oilers sucked for the first couple years of their existence, they sucked for the last decade plus and they have as many sub-.500% seasons as ones where they’ve won more than they’ve lost. So, at best, it’s maybe 20 […]

¶ Posted 10 April 2019 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, hockey

WWE Makes History At Wrestlemania 35

Tonight’s Wrestlemania 35 was the first to have a main event featuring women wrestlers – Ronda Rousey who was a former star in UFC, Charlotte Flair who is the daughter of one of the greatest wrestlers of all-time and an accomplished athlete in her own right, and Becky Lynch who is the ultimate underdog but […]

¶ Posted 07 April 2019 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, sports

Regina’s Heritage Classic Tickets Confirmed! #GoFlamesGo

¶ Posted 02 April 2019 § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, hockey

Friday Fun Link – Early Contender for Pace’s Next Birthday Party?

This is one of those times where you convince your child that they really want something that secretly, you as the dad really want!

¶ Posted 29 March 2019 § Family § FridayFunLink § Humour § Pace ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool

Friday Fun Link – “Any time you win five Stanley Cups, there’s a certain amount of mess that comes on the tail end of that.”

The only thing that’s made the Flames’ amazing season better is watching the ongoing dumpster fire that is their provincial rivals, the Edmonton Oilers, not just this year but over the past ten years. The smugness and arrogance in this clip from Oilers’ Old Boys Club management is an oldie but a goldie (oh, and […]