Thursday, January 06, 2005
You know how it is. You get sidetracked, there are a zillion other things that demand your focus, and before you know it ... Ooh, squirrel!
Ahem. So, back for another instalment. Next one pencilled in for 2009, still a few years shy of a Leafs cup win, and at the way we're going lucky to have seen any NHL at all.
Which is where we start this rebirth of blogging. Hockey. There are plenty of people bleating about the demise of the NHL season, and wailing "bring back hockey", but really - hockey never went away. It's alive and well and in a rink near you. The very fabric of Canadian culture will unravel if hockey really goes away. It's part of the soul of Canada, and it's expression is in strapping on the skates, keeping your stick on the ice, and beating the crap out of the guys on the other team.
No, really - go see a CHL game, a minors game, even a pee-wee's game, but go see one. You get a feel for the heartbeat of this country, and it's pulse races whenever there's a slapshot, a boarding or (heaven forbid) the singing of "O, Canada". I've seen Guelph Storm play a number of times this season. Admittedly they lost each time, but it was still a fun time no matter what. In fact, we're off to see them again next week. It's much cheaper than going to an NHL game, you can actually get a ticket, it's closer, and maybe in a few years you can point to the player holding aloft the Stanley Cup and say "I saw him play junior hockey".
So get off your backside and stop moaning that you hanker for millionaires-on-ice.
PS Go Leafs!
Ahem. So, back for another instalment. Next one pencilled in for 2009, still a few years shy of a Leafs cup win, and at the way we're going lucky to have seen any NHL at all.
Which is where we start this rebirth of blogging. Hockey. There are plenty of people bleating about the demise of the NHL season, and wailing "bring back hockey", but really - hockey never went away. It's alive and well and in a rink near you. The very fabric of Canadian culture will unravel if hockey really goes away. It's part of the soul of Canada, and it's expression is in strapping on the skates, keeping your stick on the ice, and beating the crap out of the guys on the other team.
No, really - go see a CHL game, a minors game, even a pee-wee's game, but go see one. You get a feel for the heartbeat of this country, and it's pulse races whenever there's a slapshot, a boarding or (heaven forbid) the singing of "O, Canada". I've seen Guelph Storm play a number of times this season. Admittedly they lost each time, but it was still a fun time no matter what. In fact, we're off to see them again next week. It's much cheaper than going to an NHL game, you can actually get a ticket, it's closer, and maybe in a few years you can point to the player holding aloft the Stanley Cup and say "I saw him play junior hockey".
So get off your backside and stop moaning that you hanker for millionaires-on-ice.
PS Go Leafs!
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