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The Homophobic Version of “Laurel” or “Yanny”?

There was lots of controversy on Twitter (but when isn’t there?) a couple days ago when Leafs defenseman, Morgan Rielly, was accused of yelling a homophobic slur on the ice. There were conflicting opinions with some people thinking the on-ice mics caught him yelling “Fucking faggot” (which wouldn’t be the first time this has happened […]

¶ Posted 13 March 2019 § Censorship § Meme § News § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey, language

Oilers Are A Team That Performs Like They Expect To Lose

The only thing making the Calgary Flames’ amazing season even more enjoyable is how absolutely terrible the Oilers have been…

¶ Posted 06 March 2019 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, hockey

Behind the Scenes in the Calgary Flames A/V Room

Not to turn this blog into “all Flames all the time” (er, suck it, Chiarelli) but came across this video and found it very interesting, especially the behind-the-scenes of switching the Kiss Cam! 😉

¶ Posted 23 January 2019 § News § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

Calgary Flame’s Unexpected Run To The Top in 2019

Back in October as the NHL season began, I did a post about many of the reasons I was excited for the Flames 2018/2019 season. Coming off a couple very disappointing years (and really, about 15 underwhelming years with only a couple exceptions – unexpected 2003/2004 Cup run, making the second round of playoffs in […]

¶ Posted 22 January 2019 § Canada § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, hockey

Johnny Gaudreau Best Dangles

God, the Flames are so much fun to watch this year, in large part due to this guy who’s now getting consideration for the Hart Trophy! (In completely unrelated news, we went skating at the local outdoor rink today and I got my ass handed to me by a bunch of 12 year olds doing […]

¶ Posted 13 January 2019 § Canada § Jobs ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

The Flames Are Proving They’re For Real

Watching the Islanders-Oilers duke it out during my formative years in the late 1970’s-early 1980’s set the bar pretty high. Being in Calgary during the Flames surprise magical run to game seven of the Stanley Cup final in 2004 was unreal. 2015 was amazing. But I don’t know if I’ve ever enjoyed watching hockey more […]

¶ Posted 16 December 2018 § Canada § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, hockey

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Go #Flames Go (December 2007)

My son has been a Flames fan since his first Christmas in 2007. I’ve been a fan a bit longer – I’m not sure when I switched from the Islanders being my favourite team to the Flames (mid-90’s?) but my fandom definitely clicked into overdrive in 2001 when Shea and I moved to Calgary and […]

¶ Posted 06 December 2018 § Baby § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, cute, hockey

RIP Dynamite Kid

The Dynamite Kid is the reason I’m a wrestling fan. I was fortunate to grow up in Western Canada during the heyday of Stampede Wrestling and I remember coming across this strange “ring-a-ding-dong dandy” spectacle on the TV when I was 7 or 8 years old. Many of the wrestlers had interesting names and personas […]

¶ Posted 05 December 2018 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sad § Wrestling ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: alberta, health, television

Pace’s Current Favourite Skateboarder

¶ Posted 27 November 2018 § Pace ‡ Comments (0) °

Old Time Hockey!

One of the best games I’ve seen this year – felt like watching a game in the 80’s *and* the “Cardiac Kid” Calgary Flames once again staged a third period come back to win 4-2 after being down 2-0 for much of the game.