Author Archives: Fred Wallace

Hi, this is Fred Wallace with ” Off the Wire “. We mentioned last week that the harness racing season at Hanover Raceway will commence as scheduled, albeit with a number of alterations, th...

Hi, this is Fred Wallace with ” Off the Wire “. I drove by Duncan McLellan Park in Owen Sound yesterday and from a distance the playing surface looked terrific. Of course nobody much has b...

Hi, this is Fred Wallace with ” Off the Wire “. The National Hockey League Entry Draft remains a topic of much discussion and debate. When to stage it ? How to determine the order of selec...

Hi, this is Fred Wallace with ” Off the Wire “ Over 3 decades, I’ve seldom picked the winner of the Red Tilson Trophy correctly, and as mentioned yesterday, apparently I was wrong ag...

Hi, this is Fred Wallace with ” Off the Wire “ The Ontario Hockey League announced last week that Marco Rossi of the Ottawa 67s was the winner of the Red Tilson Trophy. The Tilson Trophy i...

Hi, this is Fred Wallace with ” Off the Wire “. Hanover Raceway announced last week that their 60th season of live Harness Racing will commence as scheduled on Saturday June 6th. Long befo...

Hi, this is Fred Wallace with ” Off the Wire “. I have good news…and I have bad news. The bad news was the confirmation earlier this week that the Ontario Series had cancelled the 20...

Hi, this is Fred Wallace with ” Off the Wire “. There are many historic myths and untruths about hockey in Owen Sound. The two most common sentiments are; 1) ” the ice surface at the...

Hi, this is Fred Wallace with ” Off the Wire “. I’ve mentioned before that one of my favorite baseball books is ” Big Hair & Plastic Grass ” by Dan Epstein. The book ...

Hi, this is Fred Wallace with ” Off the Wire “. One of the few redeeming aspects of being somewhat sequestered has been watching the Netflix documentary, ” The Last Dance ” cen...