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Friday Fun Link – #NHL Tankathon

The Playoff Race isn’t the only exciting part of this year’s NHL season. The race for the bottom to see who drafts first overall and takes Connor McDavid, projected as the first generational superstar since Sidney Crosby, is heating up as well. Behold the Tankathon!

Posted 13 March 2015 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Edmonton Is No Good

The Calgary Flames are having an amazing year as they move past the the quarter way point and head towards the halfway point of the season with no signs (well, maybe one or two) that they’re going to fall back to earth. Being in a re-build mode and with predictions of a bottom 5 finish […]

Posted 05 December 2014 § Canada § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

“Is Hockey Hard?” The Beauty of Hockey: NHL Opening Night Montage 2014/15 #nhlfaceoff

You owe it to yourself to watch this video right to the end…

Posted 08 October 2014 § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Pace: 2, Team Yellow: 1

Although he enjoys swimming, gymnastics, diving and other similar sports, Pace has never shown much interest in team sports. But we keep trying… Our local community centre has a “Give It A Try” program where kids can try different activities every Friday night – broomball, yoga, floor hockey, ju-jit-su and possibly others as well. Friday […]

Posted 04 October 2014 § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

70% of Canadians Are Lefties, It’s the Exact Opposite in the US and No One Knows Why (Oh, And This Isn’t A Post About Politics, It’s About…

…what hand we use to shoot in hockey. (I’m a lefty but my dad’s a righty.   Pace and I were on the driveway playing tonight and he was shooting right as well.  Weird.) (via Reddit)

Posted 13 August 2014 § Canada § Pace § United States ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , ,

Journey to the Grey Cup: The 2013 Saskatchewan Roughriders

Great TSN documentary (that I feel like I’ve posted already but if so, it’s worth watching again!)

Posted 06 August 2014 § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Journey to the Grey Cup

A TSN documentary about the Roughriders journey to the 2013 Grey Cup.

Posted 27 July 2014 § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

How Fan Loyalty Changed Throughout the World Cup / World Cup Footballs Throughout History

Congrats Germany! A couple final World Cup links… How fan loyalty changed throughout the World Cup World Cup footballs throughout history A cool fan-made video does a great job of capturing what it’d be like to be there, taking in the World Cup festivities (although he seems overly taken with the “RAF from England shot […]

Posted 13 July 2014 § Infographic § List § PopCulture § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – A Few Links About The World Cup of Soccer

* Jon Oliver on the mixed emotions football fans feel towards a game that’s more like a religion for most of them and the corrupt body that oversees the quadrennial tournament… * Twitter has enabled graphic hashtags of national flags for the World Cup. * Brazil’s inequality summed up in one stark football-related – although […]

Posted 14 June 2014 § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § UK § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Because It’s The Cup…

The second team to make it to the Stanley Cup Final was decided tonight as the Los Angeles Kings beat the Chicago Blackhawks in overtime of Game 7 of the Western semi-final. The Kings will meet the New York Rangers, starting later this week. To celebrate another Stanley Cup, here’s an amazing video featuring a montage of every […]

Posted 01 June 2014 § Canada § MemoryLane § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,