Canadian hockey defenceman Andrew Ference who plays for the Boston Bruins came out in support of gay athletes last week in an article discussing open displays of religious fervour by professional football players, namely Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow. From NESN: “It’s the same thing with anything in sports,” Ference
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Blevkog: Derek Boogaard article in the New York Times
This is a very well-written, well-researched article that describes the life and death of Derek Boogaard. For those that don’t recognize the name, Boogaard was a feared and respected enforcer in the NHL. He died of a drug and alcohol overdose last May at age 28. It’s a long, three-part
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Douglas Coupland on Hockey and the Canadian Identity
“Canadian winters are long. Life is hard and so is ice. Canadian teams playing within the NHL are, in effect, a microcosm of Canada’s ongoing process of trying to remain a country – battling constantly not only against Americans but against other teams from within their own country. It’s ugly
Continue readingTrashy's World: Cherry gets humble?
… not a frickin’ chance! So Big Don says sorry for calling a few ex-NHLers “pukes”… big whoop! And now commentators and Tweets and Letters to the Editor are all a-gummy about this! “Takes a big man to say sorry” “Cherry eats humble pie” – this crap is everywhere! Well, NO! I’m sorry, but it […]
Continue readingTrashy's World: Following up on my Don Cherry rant..
From Ken Gray’s blog… Facebook friend Jean-Pierre Allard commented on my blog post Don Cherry Must Go Because of Latest Outrage. To read the post with the original and infamous Don Cherry Coach’s Corner segment on hockey violence, click here: “Not sure our otherwise fine country could ever recover (without Cherry) as there will be […]
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: If Don Cherry is Right it Means Banning Hockey
I have always tried to give Don Cherry some credit for his knowledge of the game so I listened when he said fighting was necessary as a relief valve for players because otherwise they would take cheap shots and inflict even more violence when the offic…
Continue readingTrashy's World: A piece of dung…
… has more sense than Don Cherry. And it likely smells better too. I have already expressed my opinion on the fool, so I don’t need to repeat myself (too much). But his latest tirade supporting hockey violence and calling out those who oppose it is yet another example of the degree to which this […]
Continue readinggay persons of color: Chicago Blackhawks visit gay community centre
Niklas Hjalmarsson Source: http://www.sharkspage.com/?p=1344Hockey is for Everyone™ is the mission statement and name of the NHL’s primary youth development and grassroots program that provides support to nonprofit youth hockey organizations tha…
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: The Hockey Season Cometh
Overheard in Fast Track: Grandmother: (pointing to hat on child with a Canadiens emblem) Who are they? Who’s your favourite hockey team? 3-year-old child: Habs! Some other patient: Losers! I tell you, she had some nerve, that child. In Toronto, no less. Filed under: Life in the Emergency Department, What Passes for Humour Around Here […]
gay persons of color: RIP Rick Rypien
Winnipeg Jets center Rick Rypien was found dead in his Coleman, Alberta, home Monday afternoon, and reports say that it was a suicide. He was 27-years-old and the second NHL player to die this off-season, as New York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard pas…
Continue readingThe Skwib: Ten indisputable facts about Canada (Part Two: Culture)
To commemorate Canada Day, I decided it would be useful to clear up some common myths people have about Canada and its culture. I thought it might be especially helpful here at The Skwib, since many of its readers come from other parts of the world. You may want to read Part One, about Canadian […]
Continue readingSports—tribalism in full cry
The now infamous Vancouver hockey riot has done a pretty good job of smearing the city’s reputation around the globe. Shocking as it was, it wasn’t entirely surprising. Rioting seems to be part and parcel of professional team sports. The reason, of cou…
Continue readingWise Law Blog: NYT: Flaws in the Canuck Character?
Did you notice any Canadians yesterday wrestling “with questions about possible flaws in the national character after a riot in Vancouver?”I didn’t (and isn’t that a bit of a racially – or at least nationally – loaded suggestion). But like many, I sur…
Continue readingTrashy's World: Rioting in the streets of Vancouver
I don’t know what to say. I am almost speechless. Almost.
This was shameful. No. Excuses. Whatsoever.
Congrats to the Bruins.
And as a sidebar, I really hope that, when they win the Cup next year, Toronto fans show more class than the Canuck fans did last night. In fact, I’m sure that they will!
And […]
Trashy's World: ‘Nucks or Bruins? Does Orr trump all?
For me, this is more complicated than it seems.
I grew up just outside Parry Sound, Ontario – the birthplace and hometown of Bobby Orr – the best player EVAH! AND DON’T FRICKIN’ DEBATE ME ON THAT!
And in P Dot, you were either a Bruins fan or a Leafs fan. No one else was tolerated.
Habs fans […]
Excited Delirium: A Proposal for a Canadian National Hockey League (CNHL)
I post these thoughts as I wait in an airport watching everyone gear up for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup.
I’m not a hockey fan.
I think I’m one of those very few Canadians that openly admit this.
I really don’t like the idea of spending …
gay persons of color: Watch: The Legacy of Brendan Burke
The CBC’s The Fifth Estate recently rebroadcasted the stellar 2010 documentary, The Legacy of Brendan Burke, which tells the story of the life and death of the youngest son of Brian Burke, general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team. Brendan…
Continue readingWhat else? – The Jets!
Way back in the before time, when I was a young’un, in my circle of friends there was an arrogant little shit by the name of Scott Browntree. In addition to being little, and more than a little arrogant, Scott always had an undeserved sense of self-entitlement about him and a very annoying habit of being […]
Trashy's World: Hooray for Winnipeg!!!!
About time!
Now let’s see about getting a team back to Québec City and another one for Ontario and maybe the Maritimes!
Bettman? Your great experiment is a failure!
I do happen to feel a little sorry for those fans in Atlanta… all 60 of them!
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Continue readingHerbinator: Some improvement.
My hockey skills improve … slightly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1sTRwxX2YQ That is J playing centre..
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