Teammates on the 1976 Canada Cup team - No. 4 and the Riverton Rifle

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Originally posted by Owen

Yes indeedy!!     

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Well, she ain't in Jackie's league, but then again... neither am I.

Can you PM me her number?

Just a hunch, but IF I had her number, sumpthin' tells me I'd not be sharing it.   

However, I can give you Amber's number .... got it from the cubicle wall at a gas station .... "For a good time call Amber 255-4217."  

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Originally posted by eagleisland

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Originally posted by Owen

Yes indeedy!!     

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Well, she ain't in Jackie's league, but then again... neither am I.

Can you PM me her number?

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You say hawks,, I say HAWKS ,

Looks like we've got a sufficiency of cheesecake already... Jackie has informed me she's taking this page off.

Opening-night rosters are due in nine hours and change.

Facebook tells me it's been 54 years today since Canada 6 - USSR 5.  

Espo ( I call him Espo [a former St. Catharines junior, btw] even though he doesn’t know me from Adam) tells how the Lightning got their name.

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From Hockey Forever >> Facebook >> BHO ... the latest I've heard on Arizona state player Matthew Mayich: 

Arizona State University men’s hockey players have asked for head coach Greg Powers to be placed on leave after he orchestrated a military-styled workout that led to Matthew Mayich being placed in a coma.

In a 26-page letter sent to ASU president Michael Crow on Monday, the players disputed numerous findings from the university’s initial review of the Aug. 20 workout, revealing that Mayich did not receive water and was provided inadequate medical care after his collapse.

“The head coach and his assistant coaches were all on the field on August 20, all remain in their positions, and together they decide our playing time, scholarship levels, and roster status,” the players wrote. “No one has separated us from them since that morning.

The players added, “We should not have to choose between telling the truth about August 20 and keeping what we have worked our whole lives for.”

Powers told them Mayich needed only an IV after he suffered “just a little heat stroke” and he had “seen this a million times.”

Powers told the players the day after the incident that Mayich would be fine.

“From what we could tell, at no point did Coach Powers seem to appreciate the severity of the situation,” the players wrote.

It's opening day.

I fully support "to each his/her own," but for me "Opening Day" means biesbol.  Today is just "first day of the regular season."    But, but, but, it's one day closer* to the "playoff implications"  [of any given game], so the universe is unfolding as it should.    Go, 'abs, Go!  

* and one post closer to p. 183. 

A team can’t make the playoffs in September, but they CAN lose a playoff berth in September. Dunno who said that,, maybe Bab Mikecock

This popped up on Facebook this aft.   https://www.facebook.com/763974464/videos/pcb.10168060410914465/987072484431516 and/or   https://www.facebook.com/763974464/videos/pcb.10168060410914465/1984987605469027

I think Opening Day in Grise Fiord was some time back: Monday, Sep. 28th. Ice skating, playing hockey in sunny Grise Fiord. Skating around for about 2 hours now, since after school. There were more skaters, an hour ago.

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I fully support "to each his/her own," but for me "Opening Day" means biesbol.  Today is just "first day of the regular season."    But, but, but, it's one day closer* to the "playoff implications"  [of any given game], so the universe is unfolding as it should.    Go, 'abs, Go!  

* and one post closer to p. 183. 

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And the return of Jackie.

Even so, seems odd, given that Baseball, despite being played throughout the Western Hemisphere and a not-iconsequential part of Asia, is essentially an American game (with grudging respect to the Brits). Whereas hockey, as we know and love it, is rooted in Canuckistan.

What does it say that a Yank considers the start of the Only Sport That Really Matters is a 'Murrican fan of a truly Canuckistanian game, and you argue - from north of the border, no less, and in a nation that can't even keep two beiseboll teams alive - that I'm wrong?

PS: we're coming for the rest of your NHL slots, too. The economics work better here, for both the teams and the players. 

Oh, I'm not arguing that you're wrong.... only regurgitating that for me opening day = baseball.

I've heard [some of] the stuff about ecomonics favo(u)ring US-based NHL teams* .... maybe les Habs can come through one more time before doomsday is upon us?? 

Let's hear it now:   one! ... more! ... time!  /  One!! .... More!! ... Time!!  / ONE!!! ... MORE!!! ....TIME!!!

* "Money doesn't talk; it screams/yells/swears."

I’m thinking thares a long history of l’ockey in the Granite, Mainiac, and Bay states,,, à frozen Walden Pond makes for a good rousing pick-up game.

The more things change,,,, the more they stay the same

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I realize "things" have changed a bit in hockey [no reference to ^^ post].

I've never see this pic before ... has me thinking: Is this for real, or has it been staged/"doctored"? [Ostensibly it was prior to the warm-up skate.]

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10164774609670590&set=a.126099400589

I have a hunch this has been posted before; regardless I find it pretty interesting: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1627509692364274&set=a.775066674275251

Ron Hextall:  "I left home fairly early, when I was sixteen, to play tier-two junior in Melville, Saskatchewan. One time we played the Prince Albert Raiders, in Prince Albert, and I had over a hundred shots. They scored 21.  I let in three goals in the first, I let in six in the second, and I let in twelve in the third.
In the third period I couldn’t even get up. Literally, I would go down on the ice and I was so tired I couldn’t get up.

They picked me as the first star. Something was wrong there: 21 goals against and you’re the first star. (Laughs) I think we had eight skaters. We were the worst team in the league when we had our whole team, so you can imagine what we were like when only eight guys showed up.

But it was a good year for me, a good developmental year. What is it they say? If you want to be a good goalie get with a bad team."

That smokin' locker room has become my favorite picture!
I'm sure there wasn't any English spoken in there.

I'm lovin me some hockey! Longtime coming!

Quebec is known for smoking and BrasD’or pints back in the day. Guy LaFleur used to sneak a puff or two right on the bench between shifts!

On a sad note, our frequent guest here - Jackie Redmond- is mourning the loss of her father, as related an hour ago by hockey colour man/former player Eddie Olczyk. Our condolences.

"Canadian sports broadcaster Jackie Redmond experienced a close family loss when her father, Stephen James Patrick "Stevo" Redmond, passed away on September 10, 2026, following a battle with prostate cancer."

Sometimes I’m embarrassed by the goofiness of some nitwit Canadians….

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On a sad note, our frequent guest here - Jackie Redmond- is mourning the loss of her father, as related an hour ago by hockey colour man/former player Eddie Olczyk. Our condolences.

"Canadian sports broadcaster Jackie Redmond experienced a close family loss when her father, Stephen James Patrick "Stevo" Redmond, passed away on September 10, 2026, following a battle with prostate cancer."

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Thank you for posting that. I was going to make mention of it this morning. Perhaps we'll give Jackie another page or two off.

From a page back ... Skip: PS: we're coming for the rest of your NHL slots, too. The economics work better here, for both the teams and the players.    Owen: Money doesn't talk, it etc., etc.

This a.m. this appeared on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=29103522985906842&set=a.184960501523142

Dozens of top Minnesota high school boys hockey prospects are bypassing the high school season for the 2026–2027 year to compete full-time in junior hockey leagues like the USHL or join the U.S. National Team Development Program (NTDP).
Key Trends & Reasons for Leaving

• USHL Commitments: Recently, 82 top Minnesota high school players signed exclusive Standard Player Development Agreements (SPDAs) with the USHL, pledging their junior rights and opting for Tier 1 junior development over returning to high school squads.
• U.S. NTDP: Seven elite Minnesota under-17 players (including Moorhead forward Joey Cullen) relocated to Plymouth, Michigan, to play for the national development team's 2026–2027 roster, requiring them to forgo high school hockey.
• Team Cancellations: At the high school level itself, programs like Faribault High School have had to cancel their varsity boys hockey schedule entirely for the 2026–2027 season due to low participation numbers.

I don't know enough business/economics to know If there's any connection [trickle down?] but I do wonder about the over-all wisdom of concentrating on the elite at the expense of the base. [Maybe the universe isn't unfolding as it should??    ]

Go Habs/Yankees, Go!

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Originally posted by Owen

I don't know enough business/economics to know If there's any connection [trickle down?] but I do wonder about the over-all wisdom of concentrating on the elite at the expense of the base. [Maybe the universe isn't unfolding as it should??    ]

Go Habs/Yankees, Go!

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It's a fair question, Owen. That said, isn't this essentially the same thing that the Canadian major junior leagues, under the CHL banner, has done since  1975? Or that the major development leagues in Europe (including Russia) do?

Exceptional junior players have been scouted and developed for a very long time - e.g., Bobby Orr. The organization of the CHL and the US national programs simply appear (to me) to formalize the process with national standards.

What concerns me more is the education and supervision these kids get while they're developing. I don't know of any significant scandals involving the US programs, but problems in the CHL and its affiliates are well-documented. I presume that there are education requirements for kids on both sides of the border, and I know that both essentially rely on "billet families" to house young players, and in those families one presumes that the host family has some responsibility for ensuring reasonable study and behavior.

I still wonder, however... Every year, approximately 230 young players are selected in the NHL draft. Have done some AI-driven number crunching recently out of curiousity - and learned that after pick #28 of the first round, more than 50% of drafted skaters never reach success as NHL players (my arbitrary definition of "success" - 100 or more NHL games played) and the numbers drop steeply with each successive round. Congratulations, kid, you've been picked by Les Habs. Good luck actually getting there.

Raw odds alone, most kids who dream of reaching the NHL never get there - even if they come up through formalized development programs. What do these programs give these kids beyond ice time and hockey coaching? What else do these kids actually learn how to do?

I don't know the answers. It does concern me, however.