This is very cool. A Google Maps mash-up showing the birthplace of every player that's ever played in the NHL. Although there is the expected broad swath through Canada, the northern US, Europe and Russia, I was surprised at how many countries and continents are actually represented. (If you zoom in on the map, you'll […]
The person who submitted this Letter to the Editor to the Calgary Herald didn't give their title. But I suspect it might be “Agent for Henry Burris”.
Tonight, the Riders clinched the CFL's Western Division for the first time in thirty-three years. (We won't spend time contemplating this level of futility in what has long been a four-team division – yikes!) Anyhow, since I used my most current Rider-themed photo last week, I thought I'd dig in the archives for one from […]
I promise I'll stop writing about my poor little hockey boo-boo but I saw this on Reddit and couldn't resist posting it – a video highlighting some of the gutsiest performances from the NHL in 2008-09. (Warning: some potentially disturbing imagery) Of course, the big difference between me breaking my leg then getting up and […]
[Edit: I just realised that “Saturday Snap” was probably never more appropriate as a title!]No, not it does not! Just that none of the other options (bright orange, glow-in-the-dark white, camouflage) appealed to daddy's highly evolved sense of fashion. Man, thinking more about it – I played rec hockey with this team for almost ten […]
ESPN recently did a poll of various sports scientists and other experts to rank the most difficult sports using a variety of factors – strength, flexibility, endurance, hand-eye coordination, etc. etc. In the end, boxing came out as the top sport across all categories but was followed closely by ice hockey.Which leads to my next […]
An interesting graphic of how different NHL teams break down by region/country, size, weight and age. I'm not going to do the math but I'll just assume that, with 40 players for a population of a million people, Saskatchewan is still the most heavily represented jurisdiction in the NHL on a per-capita basis, both on […]
You could pitch this as a movie but you might get told it's too unrealistic – a pint-sized hockey player who's short on stature but big on heart overcomes incredible odds to not only make the Calgary Flames but become a prolific scorer and team leader helping the Flames win the team's only Stanley Cup […]
So a few entries ago, I once again posted my predictions for the NHL playoffs. I didn't take the time to do any analysis or anything – just posted a list of my picks using a unique style of picking teams based on a descending scale of 1) do I like the team? 2) Is […]
