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If there’s one thing we’ve learned through eight months or so of this pandemic, it’s that people love the hockey stories. Love, love, love them. What I find most amusing is that very few of the legendary tales actually include any stories from the ice! And nobody can spin a […]
(Fleury Family Photo courtesy Radio-Canada) 1 – The leaves have long turned orange and gold here in the Wheat Province and several have already fallen off the trees. That’s a sure sign that it should be hockey season around here but as we all know, it isn’t. After bathing my […]
1 – BEDARD TO SWEDEN: The biggest news in the Dub this week actually sent waves across the entire country. 15-year old Regina Pats phenom Connor Bedard is headed to Sweden to train with a team until the WHL season gets underway. The WHL’s first-ever Exceptional Player is going with […]
1 – VIVE LAS VEGAS: It seemed nobody saw Monday’s news coming that the AHL’s Henderson Silver Knights have hired WHL great Emanuel Viveiros as the franchise’s first-ever head coach. The San Antonio Rampage were purchased by Black Knight Sports & Entertainment this winter and moved to the Las Vegas […]
1 – ON POINT: Brayden Point has unleashed an assault on the Tampa Bay Lightning record book in these Stanley Cup Playoffs. The former Moose Jaw Warrior (2012-2016) has become the fifth player in Lightning history to score multiple career playoff OT goals joining Martin St. Louis (3), Vincent Lecavalier […]
1 – A lot of us junior hockey followers are disillusioned with the fact the 2019-20 WHL season was cut short by COVID-19 and the 2020-21 season has been delayed until December 4. And that’s best-case scenario since the current Health & Safety guidelines here in Saskatchewan don’t even allow […]
1 – It’s opening weekend in the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs and something that struck me was how littered the NHL coaching staffs and management teams are with WHL grads (and for that matter, the SJHL too). Obviously most hockey fans are spellbound with the talent on the ice but […]
In these uncertain times, there’s one thing you can take to the bank: Connor Bedard will, at one point or another, suit up for the Regina Pats wearing #98 and he will take the Western Hockey League by storm. The Western Hockey League’s first-ever Exceptional Player was drafted #1 overall […]
