Buy and Sell: Some NHL Teams As Stocks
Snap back to reality, and just like that, the multicolored rings, skin-tight lycra and Giant Inflatable Beavers are a thing of the past. Last night, the puck dropped on Colorado – Detroit, and some very important points changed hands. Before last nights NHL game, I was seriously...
Team Canada Finds Olympic Glory
First, a major thank-you to the Americans and all the other countries for being, from what I’ve read, great guests up in Vancouver, BC. After starting the Olympics on such a horrible, sad note, it sounds to me like things pulled together nicely, save for a few not-so-serious gaffes. Apparently...
A Golden Thought: Do We All Win With a US Victory?
This is just a thought, Canadians, so take a xanax, have a glass of wine, and give the logic a chance: We love us some hockey north of the border. Air, ball, bubble, floor, roller, dome, knee, tonsil, ice, field, whatever, the prefix isn’t important, as long as it ends in “hockey”, we’re...
Canadian Women, Olympic Questions
First, here’s the link to my article for The Hockey News, explaining why Canadians want the US hockey team to fall on their keys (that really hurts, BTW). ***** I am officially a fan of the Canadian women’s hockey team. Honestly, that gold medal celebration got them goalie bags full...
Canada-Russia, Rambling Theory on Journalism
…And the collective blood pressure of Canadians recedes to a normal level. That felt good, didn’t it? ...until we meet again, friend. How quickly Canadian outlook turned around. All the sudden we’re in the final four with Slovakia, the USA and Finland, which is a draw we’d...
Canada/Germany, America Cares, Easton Z Shock Helmet
Canada vs. Russia, the widely predicted gold medal game, has shown up wayyyy too early. But still, aren’t you kind of glad it’s happening? If the Olympics are only every fourth year, you’d hate to go through the whole thing and not play the American and Russian squads, and...
Canadian Lines, Getzlaf, and Ovy on Jagr
I ran this song a while back, but I figured I’d run it again because I’m “Beggin’” Team Canada to figure it the f**k out. ***** Goooood morning! It’s a new day, and I’m feeling much better after spending yesterday dealing with Canada’s loss like...
WHAT DO YOU THINK TODAY’S BLOG IS ABOUT???
Sorry, was that title a little testy? Well, it looks like our Canadian boys feel like taking the road NOBODY TRAVELS BECAUSE IT’S COVERED IN POISON AND THORNS AND SHARKS WITH LEGS, but hey, who can blame ‘em? Oh, I can? Sweet. I love writing. Right from the Rafalski nightmare 41...
(Olympic Hockey) LIVE BLOG, Tiger Woods Press Conference
LIVE BLOG starts a few paragraphs below, skip on down if you don’t care about my thoughts on Olympic hockey. I don’t blame you if you don’t. I barely do. ***** Resuming a debate from yesterday: If you were a GM building a team, would you rather have Rick Nash or Ilya Kovalchuk? ...
Milbury and McGuire Try To Solve a Sudoku
Mike Milbury and Pierre McGuire try to solve a sudoku, the transcript: Pierre: You see what’s happening here, Mike, is they’ve given us the “medium” level Sudoku to solve right off the top. MEDIUM. That’s how advanced these guys know we are. Our first ever attempt...
Avatar, Figure Skating, Lockouts, Milbury, Tiger
I finally got around to seeing Avatar last night, on a Bri-sponsored date. A must-see. We did it the right way – IMAX, 3D, a sack of popcorn bigger than the screen, all that good stuff. And I’ve gotta say…. WOW. Just wow. That movie was unbelievable. I was 90% certain I...
Olympic Hockey: Day One
Ahhh, that Canadian hockey rap kills me. I used to love that Tupac song. So much so that I just YouTubed the actual song and realized how much I miss the “Westsiiieeede!” sign. I lived in Kelowna’s Westside growing up, so I didn’t actually play for “Kelowna”,...
Canadian Hockey Rap. Sad. Funny. AWESOME.
I’ve decided it’s ridiculous that when I add stuff to my blog during the day, I add to the bottom of that current day’s entry. Nobody ever checks back to see the same blog. I always just liked how neat and orderly it kept things, one entry a day. Fuggit. I’ma start...
Canadian Lines, I Want To Punch Rick Reilly
It’s easy to be a hater when someone else is making the player decisions, and for Canadians, it’s been a lot of fun telling everyone the picks we would’ve made. I myself would like to see the roster be a little different (as I tweeted yesterday), but, at some point, the roster...
Breaking For The Olympics Is The Right Move
Well hi! Welcome to the best site for Olympic hockey coverage, assuming you like it covered once a day and with Canadian bias. You do? Cool. ***** Don't worry Iggy, linemates are coming! Olympic hockey is unparalleled. After each of my college seasons, the team would agree to meet once...
I'm a hockey player turned writer. After playing for Alaska Anchorage in the WCHA (NCAA), I carried on with a NHL tryout (New York Islanders in 2007) before spending a couple seasons in the AHL/ECHL. My father, Bob Bourne, won four Stanley Cups with the Islanders in the '80's, as did my fiancee's dad, Clark Gillies. I'm now a columnist for USA Today, The Hockey News and Hockey Primetime.com.