This must be the calm before the storm. It’s 4.30 in the morning and I can’t sleep. I’ve put some Amos Lee on and I’m slinking around in sweats. And I’m thinking about hockey…
The Summit Series of 1972. We’re pulled from our classrooms to watch Canada battle Russia. Paul Henderson scores three consecutive game winners [...]
I spent Friday in a daze, worried that the dream match-up could not possibly happen (would Slovakia - Finland fire you up?).
Hey, I’m a fight fan.
But after one of the most heart stopping third periods in Olympic history, we have the mouth watering showdown every Canuck craves, USA vs. God’s Team of Angels, err, I [...]
ICE…congratulations to the Canadian Women’s Hockey club for a gold medal performance against the Americans last night. The athletes celebrated in stylish fashion, picking up cigars, champagne and a gold Canadian flag and then zooming back onto the ice to whoop it up. God luv em! Faux outrage from disgruntled Americans and pompous Olympic officials is to [...]
It was an amazing night. The tension at The Rail was palpable as the Canada - Russia game got underway. It was a noisy, raucous crowd with the event bolstered by the peculiarities of the attending throng. Ginner had discovered his inner communist and was cheering for Team Ovechkin - he was banished to a [...]
It was amazing to have the Meridian read on air by Mike Stafford of AM 640 yesterday. And, further, I appreciate his reference to yours truly as a “brilliant” writer (uh, no, that’s not going to get old anytime soon). Yep, that sent my suddenly unchecked ego down to the Rail to chill with Goose, [...]
Canada took a lacklustre 1-3-1 record into the final games of the 1972 Summit Series. The challenge was immense. They needed to keep Phil Esposito sober and peel off three consecutive wins. They nailed the three wins…
In 2002 Canada opened the Olympic tournament with a loss to Sweden, a narrow win over Germany, and a [...]
I’m feeling New Zealand-ish today. The famed All Blacks have entered the last five Rugby World Cups as favourites and have lost every time. They continue to be ranked as the top Rugby side in the world and will be prohibitive favourites again in 2011. Like Canada and hockey, New Zealand has embraced Rugby as [...]
I don’t know about Brad Pitt, leaving that beautiful wife to go hold orphans for Angelina. I mean, how long is that going to last? - Actor Michael Douglas, trashing Brangelina in GQ Magazine, circa 2006
My friends are very cheeky and the inebriated imps saucily queried why, since the book was called “Brangelina”, I wrote [...]
RAIL…out celebrating a birthday last night (Happy B-Day, homegirl!), there was one topic that dominated conversation. Haiti? The Olympics? Nope and nope. It was the photo of Lady Ga Ga’s vagina posted on the What Would Taylor Durden Do site. Taken at the Brit awards earlier this week, Ga Ga has a wardrobe malfunction which [...]
Michael Babcock made a strategic error last night by essentially bumping the Thornton/Marleau/Heatley combo to top line status. That should never have been the plan. The San Jose Shark combo can excel and provide scoring punch from the third line (in fact, they’ll thrive). But when the onus was put on the unit to win [...]
