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There’s A Lot of Bad News in Hockey These Days…

…and with horrible accusations and scandals right now involving Hockey Canada, the Oiler’s farm team’s head trainer, Tampa Bay Lightning d-man Ian Cole, the Chicago Blackhawks, and more, the attention is very warranted. (On Twitter, there was talk of this being the hockey equivalent of #MeToo – #PuckYou or #PuckToo?) At any rate, as the […]

Posted 11 October 2022 § Canada § Jobs § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

A Day On The Farm With Darryl Sutter

I went from thinking I might not watch hockey this year after Johnny Gaudreau walked for nothing to barely being able to wait for the season to start after the Flames made a blockbuster trade for Matthew Tkachuk and signed highly coveted free agent Nazim Kadri. Darryl Sutter is also a huge part of my […]

Posted 14 September 2022 § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Stanley Cup Winning Goals (1933-2019)

This video isn’t as relevant tonight as I’d hoped it would be.  But oh well, the Avs will hopefully add their own contribution to this montage on Sunday!

Posted 24 June 2022 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Stoll-ley Cup? (August 2012)

As the Stanley Cup Finals are coming to an end (Go Avs!), it makes me think how I have very tangential connections to a handful of NHLers. Though he was a couple years older than me, my main “connection” was growing up on the same street as Dave Karpa (who regularly used my testicles for […]

Posted 23 June 2022 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Stanley Cup Champions Over The Years

 

Posted 08 June 2022 § Infographic § News § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Stanley Cupple

Another Wordle variant, Cupple is one by the NHL where you try to guess a player by narrowing down various facts, stats and categories (division, position, nation, points, goals and Stanley Cup wins.) Requires a fairly encyclopedic knowledge of current NHL players which means that 10-year old Jason would likely blow nearly-50 year old Jason […]

Posted 03 June 2022 § FridayFunLink § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Brian Burke Explains Controversial Carolina Goal

Unlike the Flames’ controversial “kicking motion” goal that seemed to go against numerous previous rulings in similar situations, the Colorado “off-site-that-wasn’t” *has* happened before with a similar ruling…  

Posted 01 June 2022 § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Go Avalanche Go!

Good Regular Season Goals: https://twitter.com/6aba9ool/status/1530085055057563648   Not A Good Goal in the Playoffs: Now that a few days have passed since the Flames lost to the Oilers in the first Battle of Alberta since 1991 and I’ve read a lot of commentary about the game and series, I can share some of my own thoughts… […]

Posted 31 May 2022 § Canada § Sad § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Did Alberta Just Win The “Battle of Alberta”?

https://www.twitter.com/KatyIngraham/status/1527087671700467714 Pretty big news day in Alberta with the first game of the Battle of Alberta in the NHL playoffs… …but way bigger news with the announcement that Jason Kenney is stepping down as Premier and Leader of the You See Pee party of Alberta after barely passing his leadership review with 51.4% support.

Posted 18 May 2022 § News § Politics § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Facing off with gophers/Man it ain’t the same/As being home at the Saddledome/For the Oilers and the Flames”

This song which mentions the Flames vs. Oilers feels appropriate after the Flames heart-stopping OT win in Game 7 versus Dallas which triggers the first playoff Battle of Alberta since 1991… A couple other Oilers/Flames themed songs…

Posted 16 May 2022 § Canada § News § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,