Greetings from an entirely new zip code, and apologies for making like a Maple Leafs’ first-round draft pick and disappearing (hey, at least I’m back before 2012). We are now pseudo-settled in our new home, where I have an internet…

Backyard-Hockey Links (Discombobulated Edition)

The Hockey Bucket List: Skate the Rideau Canal
The Hockey Bucket List is a haphazardly-created jumble of hockey-centric things that I would like to see, experience, or be a part of before I hang up my skates for good. Have an idea for this series? Email me! There is…

NHL Prospects Learn Skills, Develop Passion On Backyard Rinks
These days, professional hockey prospects have the greatest training in the world at their disposal. Â Once a young player is tabbed as a potential draft pick, there is no limit to the amount of on-ice instruction, off-ice training, and nutritional…
Sidney Crosby’s ‘Sticks’ Gatorade Commercial
If we’re rolling with the hockey purist television ads, we might as well go back to the vault for this 2006 Gatorade/Sidney Crosby gem. My tardiness is forgivable, since (a) this ad played exclusively in Canada and (b) this blog…

Savard’s Stick Pic Not Surprising
Google “Marc Savard” right this second and you’re bound to come up with a bunch of news stories that speak of ‘Bite-Gate’, or the non-story told by Flyers pest Dan Carcillo that claims that the Bruins’ forward bit his finger in…