“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
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A BCer in Toronto: Phoenix Coyotes vs. Winnipeg Jets
When I saw that the Coyotes would be playing their home-opener vs. the Winnipeg Jets the day after I was scheduled to leave Phoenix on my work trip, I knew I had to extend my trip to catch the game. Here’s some pics and video from Saturday. Was a tough…
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 readingHarper Jets snub Harper
Looks like the the new NHL franchise in Winnipeg may not be as friendly to its adoptive ‘owner’ and his political party as one would think. The club, dubbed the Harper Jets because of its modified Conservative logo and the aggressive manner i…
Continue reading"This doesn’t look like it was anything more than a lapse in judgment."
This has nothing to do with ‘judgement’ but with racism. Pure and simple.London police nab the man who threw the banana peel at Philadelphia Flyer Wayne Simmonds. He was charged with ‘engaging in a prohibited activity on a premise under the provincial …
Continue readingYou’re right Mr. Harper, I no longer recognize Canada: banana peel thrown at LA Kings’ Wayne Simmonds in London, ON
I never thought I’d see this but in a hockey pre-season tilt in London, ON, a black player was the recipient of not one but two banana peels, one of them reaching the ice. That player, Wayne Simmonds, took this vile racist act with class, saying, “I’m …
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 readingHarper planning to steal thunder from Winnipeg Jets home opener
There’s much to celebrate in Winnipeg and in Canada with the rebirth of the Jets NHL franchise, beginning with the opening home game October 9. It will be a big night for the NHL in Canada so much so all eyes – newspapers, TV and social media – will be…
Continue readinggay 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 readingWise Law Blog: The Winnipeg Air Canadas Unveil Their Logo
How incredibly original. And come to think of it, it’s high time that an NHL team had a maple leaf featured in its logo to celebrate our great nation, don’t you think:Trademark lawyers, care to chime in? – Garry J. Wise, TorontoVisit our Toronto Law F…
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 readingGame 7
It has been called riveting, strange, even nasty. The Vancouver Boston series has been one of the most interesting series I have ever watched. I won’t do any analysis, I don’t think that at this point it would be worthwhile…
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Things that bug me about the Stanley Cup
One thing that really annoys me is banks making commercials trying to gain favour by going all nationalistic and pulling out the “Canada hasn’t won a Stanley Cup in 18 years!”. A newsflash to them and to a lot of fans saying the same thing: this isn’t the Olympics. This is 2 teams representing their cities, not their countries. There are as many Canadians on Boston’s team as Vancouver’s. Last year’s Stanley Cup champions, the Chicago Black Hawks, had the most Canadians of any team in the playoffs. Why weren’t they “Canada’s team?”
Let’s save the fervour of cheering for your country at actual Canada vs USA games at […]
Continue readinggay 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 readingAaron Rome is suspended
Aaron Rome is suspended for four games of the Stanley Cup Final.Good.However, before the Bruins get too ahead of themselves, becoming holier than thou, remember the name, Max Pacioretty. The Bruins are hardly angels, and that Zdeno Chara is playing in …
Continue readingNHL’s Winnipeg team sells out seasons tickets at 13,000.
Congratulations, Winnipeg! It took only four minutes! You’re on your way to a long and exciting NHL life.
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 readinggay persons of color: Watch: Sean Avery endorses marriage equality with video
“I’m Sean Avery, and I’m a New Yorker for marriage equality. I treat everyone the way I expect to be treated, and that applies to marriage.”After New York Rangers left winger Sean Avery declared his support early in 2011 for any hockey player who m…
Continue readingThe Global Express: The Truth About Fighting in Hockey
Lets break it down into 2 scenarios. 1) You are playing street hockey with a bunch of guys, and all of a sudden a fight breaks out. Fighter A punches fighter B and breaks his jaw. Where does this fight end? In the court room where Fighter A is charged
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