http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=a9b0f9a5-7b21-4dec-89b6-1bfed58007b8&k=46884 A disappointingly perfunctory obituary of one of the league’s great characters, goalie Gump Worsley, by another of its great characters, sports writer Red Fisher. Fisher’s a sportswriting legend; he’s still telling it like it is fifty years after his first game – the infamous night that started the Richard riot. A better summation of […]
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Legends of Hockey – A Legendary Induction Weekend
http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/ind06cele.htm A warning to all non-Canadian Stumblers or Americans who don’t follow hockey: All the raving that follows will be completely indecipherable to you. I’m still recovering from Monday, in which I had a terrific bit of luck cross my path. A hockey-mad coworker with terrific connections had wangled two tickets (worth $350 each) to […]
Yahoo! Sports – Sports News, Scores, Rumors, Fantasy Games, and more
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=At1TA8qmhC.dKnOOQcMMAy57vLYF?slug=ap-flyersshakeup&prov=ap&type=lgns They’ll get their chance after a dramatic Broad Street breakup Sunday that saw Clarke surprisingly resign in his second stint as GM and Hitchcock fired only a month after signing a new deal with the Flyers 1-6-1 and with the fewest points in the NHL. “I deeply regret not being able to bring the […]
Yahoo! Sports – Sports News, Scores, Rumors, Fantasy Games, and more
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=Ah6hZUwNS_b742Fg8L1Uv1t7vLYF?slug=ap-redwings-yzerman&prov=ap&type=lgns Hockey’s two big headlines this morning couldn’t be further apart on the class spectrum. Ironically, both involve fan favourites, but that speaks to a class spectrum, too. First up, Leafs “enforcer” (read: thug who would do well to keep his helmet for daily use) has retired amidst rumours of an affair with heiress and […]
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http://www.celsiusdesign.net/sabres/jerseys.html The Buffalo Sabres were a late-60s expansion team, but their fans are rabid to the point of sounding like Original Sixers. A leaked picture of the upcoming uniform and logo change has said fans in a tizzy, and they are responding with petitions, protests and very creative alternative suggestions. The link appears to be […]
The Hockey Sweater – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hockey_Sweater Last hockey Stumble for the night – I promise! You’d be hard pressed to find a Canadian who hasn’t seen The Hockey Sweater. You’d be even harder pressed to find one who doesn’t quote liberally from it when the title is mentioned. But who knew that this delightful little allegory for the Anglo/Qubec divide […]
Legend of the Octopus – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Octopus More hockey lore, this time illuminating the Detroit practice of throwing octopi on the ice during playoff runs. (And as usual, PETA has to step in and break up the fun.) Since 1952, because the tossing of octopuses is generally viewed as a successful symbol of good luck, the practice has persisted each year; […]
Stanley Cup – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Cup Without a doubt the most attractive and photogenic of professional sport’s trophies, the Stanley Cup. Tracing the evolution of The Cup from gift to de facto property of the NHL is interesting, but the real fun starts with the Anecdotes and Misadventures section…
Hartford Whalers – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Bonanza I’ve been reading up on hockey history, mainly about now-defunct clubs. Following a link in the Whalers’ Wikipedia entry brought me to the Brass Bonanza – “one of the most distinctive, if maddening, bits of music in NHL history” – which is new to me but apparently very, very old to many others. (Surprising, […]
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http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/Hockey%27s-New-Rules.article.jpg I don’t bother much these days with the infographic, but I did love the Mark Messier line…