My 2004 World Cup Team (Nov 2003)
For me the announcement of Wayne Gretzky, Kevin Lowe and Steve Tambellini heading up the management team for Team Canada at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey was very exciting. [ Click for more ]

Steve Thomas - Timing Is Everything (Nov 2003)
For some players in the NHL, timing is everything. New Jersey forward Michael Rupp had to play in only 26 regular season and four playoff games before celebrating a Stanley Cup Championship with the Devils last season. [ Click for more ]

A Ridiculously Early Guess at Canada's World Cup Team (Nov 2003)
As soon as Hockey Canada named Wayne Gretzky executive director of Team Canada for next summer's World Cup of Hockey, speculation began as to who will be on the team. [ Click for more ]

Smaller Goalies Should Mean More Goals - Right? (Nov 2003)
The NHL believes that what the fans want to see are high scoring games. With the focus of many teams on "the trap" and on defensive play, fans and critics alike have been lamenting the decrease of offensive play in the league. [ Click for more ]

Frontenacs Fall To Majors (Nov 2003)
TORONTO - No loss is easy to take. Especially the ones where you do everything you're supposed to do to win. [ Click for more ]

MAJORS DEFEAT SOO (Oct 03)
In order to play the role of giant slayer, you don't always need a sword. All you really need are strong special teams, good execution and steady goaltending. [ Click for more ]

Money and Youthful Stupidity the Cause of Tragic Accident (Oct 03)
With so much money being handed out these days to young athletes who have barely learned to shave it is actually quite surprising that more accidents, like the one that claimed the life of Dan Snyder, don't occur. [ Click for more ]

Kick-start your Fantasy Hockey Game Search (Oct 03)
The business of Online Fantasy Sports is booming; it is predicted that for the fiscal year of 2003, this industry will bring in $50 Million (US). [ Click for more ]

Majors Edge Gens (Oct 03)
TORONTO - Coming into Sunday's game against Oshawa, having lost their last three, the Majors did what struggling teams are supposed to do. [ Click for more ]

2003 NHL Off-Season Review (Sept 03)
September is just about over and although it's almost playoff time for Major League Baseball, pre-season hockey dominates the sports headlines here in Canada. [ Click for more ]

Owners Setting The Table For Prolonged Battle With Players(Sept 03)
The NHL recently released a report stating that collectively the clubs lost approximately $300 million last season, and declared that most of the losses were attributed to high player salaries. [ Click for more ]

Fan Discontent Prompts Leafs' Sudden Moves (Sept 03)
Over six days, from Sept. 4 to 9, the Toronto Maple Leafs settled accounts with Robert Svehla, re-signed F Nik Antropov, offered free agent D Ken Klee a contract, renewed their pursuit of free agent F Magnus Arvedson and topped it all off with the signing of free agent C Joe Nieuwendyk. [ Click for more ]

Ferguson Just Another Body In The Maple Leaf System (Sept 03)
If there any Maple Leaf fans out there who are under the illusion that newly hired General Manager John Ferguson Jr. has control over the club's hockey operations then those fans are living in a dream world. [ Click for more ]

Pat Quinn is Hurting The Leafs (Sept 03)
There is a good chance the upcoming NHL season will be the last of its kind. The Collective Bargaining Agreement between the league and the players’ association expires in the summer of 2004, and most hockey analysts believe a new system will be put in place to control salaries and revenue in the NHL. [ Click for more ]

And the Cup goes to ... (April 03)
The Stanley Cup playoffs are a time when anything can happen. [ Click for more ]

Leafs Bolster Roster (March 03)
There are two sure signs it’s March in Toronto: the bars sell that "lucky green beer," and Maple Leafs fans start talking about [ Click for more ]

To Waiver or not to Waiver (Feb 03)
Generally, waivers are used when there is a risk of being held responsible for something that should not be your responsibility. In the case of sports, it is a known that accidents do happen. [ Click for more ]

OTTERS GNAW OUT WIN AGAINST MAJORS (Dec 02)
TORONTO, ONT. - On an afternoon when the Toronto St. Michael's Majors honoured one of their heroes from the past the Erie Otters responded by calling on a hero of the present. [ Click for more ]

PETES BLOW AWAY MAJORS (Dec 02)
TORONTO - Two points are two points. But some wins just taste a bit better than others. [ Click for more ]

MAJORS EDGE MISSISSAUGA (Dec 02)
TORONTO, ONT. - The best way to beat strength is with more strength. Not necessarily the kind of strength you need to check ... [ Click for more ]

ICEDOGS FIGHT ERIE TO TIE (Dec 02)
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - Sometimes successful games plans are built around the concept of intimidation. [ Click for more ]

5 Hockey Guys I Hate (Dec 02)
For the past year or so, I’ve had a subscription to the bible of hockey, “The Hockey News. [ Click for more ]

I BELEAF! (Nov 02)
Another season. Success? Disappointment? A visit by Lord Stanley?. [ Click for more ]

The Only NHL Preview You'll Need (Oct 02)
I’m not sure if I’m the only one who’s noticed, but there’s been a different odour in the air the last couple of weeks. [ Click for more ]

Summit Series Overload (Oct 02)
I would like to preface the following diatribe by saying that I love sports nostalgia as much as the next person. [ Click for more ]

The Year in Review & Dissecting the Offseason ( Sept 02)
First instalment of a three part series to prepare fans for the 2002/03 NHL season. [ Click for more ]

How Should the Sports World Handle Sept. 11, One Year Later? (02)
Not a single person from our generation, or the one directly preceding us, will ever forget September 11, 2001. [ Click for more ]

The Ultimate Sin (Sept 2002)
In all my years as a die-hard Toronto Maple Leafs fan, I've never seen anyone walk away from the team like Curtis Joseph did. [ Click for more ]

It Was Now or Never For The Toronto Maple Leafs (Aug 2002)
What was shaping up as possibly the most exciting Stanley Cup final in some time has inexplicably become a good old Amercan... [ Click for more ]

Canada's Game, a Thing of the Past? The European (Aug 2002)
Contrary to popular opinion, the state of Canadian hockey is just fine, thank you very much. [ Click for more ]

NHL FINALS PREVIEW, ANALYSIS & PREDICTION (June 2002)
If I were the Carolina Hurricanes I would watch re-runs of the World Series, Superbowl and Grey Cup [ Click for more ]

Two hockey kids a dog and a mortgage - Cutting costs (May 2002)
If you've been blessed with a hockey kid or maybe two, you've also inherited some big time costs. "Why couldn't they have [ Click for More ]

It's Time To Get Cup Crazy! (April 2002)
April is upon us once again and that only means one thing; it's time for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The madness is about to begin. [ Click for More ]