No big surprises so far in the draft. Islanders pick Tavares; Tampa Bay gets Hedman; and Matt Duchesne is an Nordique Avalanche. Big trade so far is Chris Pronger going to Philly for two 1st Rounders and some spare parts. Most fun, watching Brian Burke blow steam and not beContinue Reading
It looks like it’s a sad day for Rene Angelil and Quebecor as news has broken that members of the Molson family will once again take control of the Montreal Canadiens Hockey Club. L I N K “Mr. Molson said he is conscious that the Montreal Canadiens Hockey Club isContinue Reading
Here goes a few missives that I’ve received. I’ll post comments to them after this post: ” Letter to the Editor: Watkwanonweraton – Greetings I remember being taught by my great teacher Ray Tehanetorens Fadden about my own Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) identity. He relayed to me something that made me veryContinue Reading
Andre Marc Fleury caressed his cross bar in the dying minutes of last night’s 2-1 victory for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The ping was heard around the world as what would’ve been the tying goal ricocheted away in what ultimately would unthrone the defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings. MarionContinue Reading
L I N K Tyler Kennedy scored the winner as Marc Andre Fleury redeemed himself after giving up 5 goals in game 6. Jordan Staal also scored for Pittsburgh and Kris Draper scored Detroits Goal. Game 7 will be back in Detroit. So far the home team has won eachContinue Reading
L I N K Now Cornwall has to finance at least $9 Million dollars of funding if not more and then of course the cost of the upkeep. I’m still against this project as are a number of other people. I still feel that the groups that use this arenaContinue Reading
Almost everyone not named Hossa scored last night as the Detroit Red Wings took a 3-2 lead in the Stanley Cup Finals. Pavel Datsyuk returned playing alongside Henrik Zetterberg as the Red Wings showed that they were not a tired bunch of old men, but Stanley Cup Champions. L IContinue Reading
What a weird and odd way Hockey sometimes works. For some reason someone at the Montreal Canadiens head office though perenial under achiever Jacques Martin was the man to stir the Habs to victory this season. Mr. Martin signed a multi year deal to leave Florida and jump into theContinue Reading
Who thought this it’d be a close series? It sure would be a heck of a thing for Pittsburgh to beat Detroit in this series, but to come back from a 2-0 deficit is as likely as Alex Kovalev wearing a C on his jersey for the Habs next year. OfContinue Reading
L I N K Marian Hossa had 3 shots, Sidney Crosby had 2, and the refs let the boys play hockey in Game one of the Stanley Cup finals last night. The goalies and depth were the difference last night. It’s going to be a good series, but unless CrosbyContinue Reading
Today the Conservative mess we call government announced the biggest ever single year deficit in Canadian history. At the same time, Cornwall Ontario, a small city of just over 40,000 people with a tax base of less than 15,000 awarded a contract to a Whitby firm for $1, 367,500.00 toContinue Reading
Some people just can’t drive in the rain as our photos show. A 3 car crack up in front of the Sunoco on Brookdale. No injuries reported at this time. OPP were present on the site. Photo courtesy of J.Gilcig Photo courtesy of J.Gilcig If you see news email usContinue Reading
This year’s Stanley cup looks to be a “fowl” affair. (my apologies to those that hate puns) As the Pittsburgh Penguins advanced over the Carolina Hurricanes in a 4-1 victory last night. Crosby and Malkin did not score but were present. It should be an exciting series and I’m notContinue Reading
Detroit showed why they won the Stanley Cup last year as they pounded the Black Hawks 6-1 and are now one win away from a return to the finals. Playing without Niklas Lidstrom and Pavel Datsyuk the Wings as a team stepped it up especially Marion Hossa who scored aContinue Reading
Wow, Evgeni “Geno” Malkin scored a Hat Trick as the Penguins take a 2 games to 0n lead on the Carolina Hurricanes. This is starting to look like a sweep as all of Pittsburgh’s BIG GUNS got to play. Carolina just couldn’t keep up with the scoring. In other NHLContinue Reading
Detroit used their experience and depth to take a 5-2 game one victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. Johan Franzen had 3 points as the Wings outshot the Hawks 43-32. B O X S C O R E In other NHL news Commissioner Gary Bettman has been quoted as saying thatContinue Reading
Well the Bruins blew it and Carolina moves forward to face Pittsburgh. The Wings, thanks to their depth with players like Darren Helm beat the Ducks and now get to face The Chicago Black Hawks. Looks to be some good hockey and it’s starting to look like a Pittsburgh –Continue Reading
Sid the Kid and friends knocked off the Washington Capitals in game seven of their series 6-2. It was never close with Crosby opening the scoring. Where was Mike Green and his 30 goals for Washington? Were there really no calls to be made against Pittsburgh as the Penguins didn’tContinue Reading