Category Archives: *Sports

The replay debate is alive and well following the Las Vegas Golden Knights' Game 7 Stanley Cup playoff loss to the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night. The Sharks scored four goals during a five-minute, ...

Can anybody name the Dallas Stars' general manager? No idea? Nill? Actually, that's a pun. It's Jim Nill. An Alberta native, Nill used to play junior hockey for the Medicine Hat Tigers. His playing ca...

Four years ago, Mike Babcock arrived in Toronto and you'd think the Maple Leafs won the coaching Stanley Cup. Fast forward to present day and you'd think Babcock is one of the worst coaches in the NHL...

Mitch Marner, Toronto's leading point producer in the NHL regular season, hasn't had a shot on goal in the Leafs' past two playoff games against the Boston Bruins. In Game 5, the Leafs somehow pulled ...

No NHL team is having a better playoff performance than the Detroit Red Wings. Yeah, yeah. The Red Wings didn't even qualify for the post-season, for the third straight year. And they haven't won a pl...

Please don't let 'em play in Game 7. It happens a lot when, all of a sudden, the whistles get put away when it matters the most. The officials feel in hockey that they don't want to dictate the outcom...

My co-author is having a great playoff season for the New York Islanders. So are some of the other Saskatchewanians I spoke with for my book called "Fire on Ice: Why Saskatchewan Rules the NHL" - Jade...

OK, I get it! The Toronto Maple Leafs will not be embraced as Canada's team. After the Calgary Flames and Winnipeg Jets dropped out of the playoffs, I dared tweet that the Leafs were now 'Canada's Tea...

I'm lucky enough to play a very small part on a host committee for the 2019 Saskatchewan Hockey Hall of Fame induction dinner. Last year, the event was held in Swift Current. This year's dinner is Jul...

So bad. Like almost every other prognosticator, I foresaw the Tampa Bay Lightning advancing to the Stanley Cup final. Worse: Against the San Jose Sharks. Offered a do-over, I'm going to pick the New Y...