Head Tale

Tag Archives: hockey

Saturday Snap – Free Food Family (Thanks @TheCDNBrewhouse)

Got a surprise call at work from Great Canadian Brewhouse East who have a weekly promotion where they deliver pizza to a random nearby business or organization for Free Friday Lunch. Delicious and a great way to end the week! (I wonder how many businesses they deliver to end up even sharing with a couple […]

¶ Posted 07 January 2023 § Family § Humour § Jobs § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Sports § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, food, parents

Camouflaged Cameraman Blends in While Being Front and Centre at World Juniors

Pretty interesting innovation for hockey…

¶ Posted 03 January 2023 § Canada § Jobs § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: television

Saturday Snap – Popcorn Pace

Pace worked at the Pats game last night slinging popcorn and drinks as a fundraiser for a school trip…

¶ Posted 10 December 2022 § Family § Jobs § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics

Carey Price and the Price of Not Knowing

On Dec 4, just before the December 6 anniversary of the Ecole Polytechnique Massacre, longtime Montreal Canadiens goalie, Carey Price, waded into the gun control debate with a poorly timed tweet defending his rights as a hunter and attacking the most recent changes to gun control legislation by the Justin Trudeau government. In his initial […]

¶ Posted 06 December 2022 § Canada § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, history

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: economics

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: alberta, economics

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 […]