The Walrus feature article this month is a review of the current state of hockey in Canada. David MacFarlane and Michael Adams take a look at how Americans are hijacking our game. It’s an up-dated review of an old lament as MacFarlane travels to arenas in Nashville, Florida and Phoenix.
http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2010.06-sports-hockeyland
What makes this article noteworthy [...]
Earlier this year, we were fascinated with the story of “the oldest hockey stick from the 1850’s” being sold for $2.2 million on e-Bay.
http://cgacommunications.com/bygeorge/?p=833
Well now there’s another claim of a stick dating to the early 1800’s. Here’s the latest:
“The dendrochronological data fit well with the archival details suggesting the stick was originally [...]
On a humourous note, my hockey-crazed boys’ favourite hockey song at the moment is The Zambonis’ Hockey Monkey. It’s a catchy tune and the video does make you laugh (well, maybe not as much as my boys.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1dPIfra9DY
From reports the whole of the Canuck nation watched spell-bound as our Canadian heroes battled victoriously for the gold medal of hockey! Canwest News writes:
More than 22 million Canadians were glued to the tube when Canada’s Sidney Crosby scored his Olympic gold medal-winning goal against the United States on the final day [...]
Here’s an update on our January post about the world’s oldest hockey stick. Canadian Press reports:
For the modest sum of $2.2 million, what’s believed to be the oldest hockey stick in existence is now the property of an anonymous Canadian buyer. And despite spending all that money on what has the potential to be a [...]
Sidney Crosby’s overtime goal will be etched in the memory of every Canadian who watched that gold medal performance. Like the Canada-Soviet ’72 series and Paul Henderson’s heroics was for generations of Canucks, the Crosby goal will be the defining moment of our country’s game for younger generations.
It was a glorious goal. That goal will live [...]
Here is a video offering of 20 beautiful goals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO1OMo6jJpM
Unquestionably, here is the best hockey commercial on the air. It’s “Hockey in Sydney Crosby’s own words”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTrmIJ7SkC0
“Hockey’s our game. But really it’s much more than just a game. It’s a passion that brings us all together on frozen ponds, at the community rink, and in our living rooms. It’s the feeling you got the first [...]
I saw this on the Canwest newswire this morning:
A curved piece of wood controversially billed as “the world’s oldest hockey stick” — and reputedly appraised at $4-million–is to be auctioned in Vancouver next month during the Winter Olympics.
The object known as the “Rutherford Stick” has been displayed at the Hockey Hall of Fame in [...]