Tag Archives: National Hockey League
Sleep Deprivation
I’m tired. I’m not getting enough sleep. Blame it on my Canadian pride. I’ve always been an early riser. I just can’t seem to sleep much beyond 5 a.m. When I was doing morning radio, my alarm was set for 3:30, and I usually woke up before it went off. Normally I compensate by going […]
Turns Out I’m Dead
I’ve been feeling a little tired as 2020 draws to a close. You too perhaps – it has been a stressful year. Turns out I’m not as tired as I feel. I’m actually dead. That is me in the picture. This comes as a great surprise to me. I don’t feel dead. I don’t remember […]
Game Day
Some days it seems as if time flies by. Today’s post was written in October, but somehow got stuck in my phone and never published. So, a little later than intended, here it is. There were plenty of tickets left, and with the rest of the family out of town, I took in a hockey […]
Stopping The Puck
Maybe it was the subject matter. Maybe they wanted too much money. Maybe they don’t want to celebrate the past. For whatever reason, it was absence that struck me most about Goalie, the Terry Sawchuk biopic I watched on a flight this week. Absent from the film were any mention of National Hockey League team […]
Pool Time
I didn’t watch a National Hockey League game all season. My hometown team, the Ottawa Senators, finished last in the league. Why would I join a playoff hockey pool? I asked myself that when I got the email. Years ago I took part in a pool, so now I’m on a list. Thousands of dollars […]
Racing For The Bottom
Living in Germany can be difficult for a hockey fan, unless you are willing to lose some sleep. The National Hockey League is far away, which means the best games start after 1 a.m., a time when I prefer to be sleeping. As an Ottawa Senators fan that has been pretty much a blessing this […]
Cinderella Story
Not only is Cinderella is going to the ball, but it looks like the coach may not turn into a pumpkin. It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. The Las Vegas Golden Knights are in the Stanley Cup finals. To say the hockey world is stunned is probably the understatement of 2018. The Knights are […]
The Canadian Bandwagon
Canada is a hockey-obsessed nation. That’s ice hockey not the type played on grass. The game was invented here, refined here and the best players still come from here, though the rest of the world now produced excellent players. Hockey is part of our national myth. Americans of my generation can tell you where they […]
They Called Him Mr. Hockey
He was 47 years old and the best player on the ice I grew up watching Gordie Howe on television, though by that point, the early 1960s, his star was somewhat dimmed. He’d been in the NHL since 1946 – a league where the average player career is about six seasons. At that point he […]
Everyman
I could have posted today about the death of Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship leader Paul Kantner, but I’m not going to. If I post about every rock star that dies it’s going to be a long year. So, on a lighter note, this afternoon the National Hockey League showcases its talent in the annual All Star […]
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