Tag Archives: NHL Playoffs

Alfie

December 29, 2016 · by · in Sports, Uncategorized · 1 Comment

Ottawa is honouring Daniel Alfredsson, the retired captain of the Ottawa Senators hockey team, with a special ceremony today retiring the sweater number he wore for 17 seasons. The game is expected to be a sellout. Alfie holds a lot of team records, for goals and assists among others. He was a bona fide superstar […]

The Athlete

April 24, 2016 · by · in Family, Sports · Leave a comment

When my children were younger I wrote a weekly column, “Modern Parenting” for The Pembroke Observer newspaper. Being a stay-at-home dad was rare in our small town in 1991; people wanted to hear about my adventures. When I started this blog I promised to republish some of those old pieces, then I got sidetracked.   Over […]

The Blown Call

April 27, 2015 · by · in Sports · Leave a comment

The Ottawa Senators unlikely hockey playoff run ended last night. In the end the team was not beaten by their on-ice opponents, the Montreal Canadiens, but by an officiating mistake. I pity the referee whose early whistle cost the Senators the tying goal. By losing sight of the puck he, in theory, could have cost […]

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