Archive for the 'Hockey' Category

Apologies to our American Friends

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

I’m posting this here due to Kimu’s blog not showing my comment for some reason.
Rob. As a Canadian, I have to apologize on behalf of one of our national sports. The other being lacrosse.
I apologize that hockey is too fast to follow.
I apologize that hockey is too violent even though baseball has more brawls these [...]

Bucci is Back

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

Buccigross is back for the 2006-2007 season and he’s off to a great start.
You can’t see the puck? Can you see a baseball being hit? How often do you see the football on TV? Can you see when Tiger Woods hits the golf ball outside of the short game? If you are simply trying to [...]

Another Aldergrove Adventure

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

As mentioned previously, my first double of the season was going to have me reffing the second game. I have to admit, I really wasn’t looking forward to wearing the bands without a few more games under my 40″ belt.
The night started off with a Bantam A battle between Aldergrove and Seafair. Seafair was quite [...]

Adventures in Aldergrove

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

So last night I was back on the ice with stripes on for the first time in a couple of years. It was good to strap on the blades again and actually do something I enjoy that involves exercise.
Being away from officiating was a useful thing for me as the abuse had started to get [...]

Canada vs USSR: Lights out

Sunday, May 14th, 2006

Back in 1987, I wasn’t watching the World Juniors during the Christmas break. I missed this historical event. I finally found it on YouTube.


They turned the lights off after a few minutes and eventually, Canada was disqualified from the tournament.