Author Archives: Fred Wallace

The Hockey Hall of Fame inductions were last night in Toronto. In a year bereft of NHL hockey, it was strange to see four of the games’ best honoured last night. Pavel Bure, Adam Oates, Joe Saki...

What was the greatest Stanley Cup Final of all time………….? I ask this in light of a new book produced by author Eric Zweig and Firefly Books titled, ” Stanley Cup- 120 Yea...

It’s Championship Friday in a Championship week of sport in the Bluewater Athletic Association. Yesterday, OSCVI hosted the Bluewater Senior Boys and Junior Boys Volleyball Championships. The Fa...

This was a topic of much discussion over the weekend- the potential of the Brampton Battalion shifting their Ontario Hockey League franchise to North Bay. Well, discussion came much closer to reality ...

A movement is afoot to celebrate 25 years of Ontario Hockey League action in Owen Sound. Next season will mark a quarter century of OHL play at the Harry Lumley-Bayshore Community Centre and the Attac...

It’s Friday and I’m in Erie, Pennsylvania. I’m looking forward a full day at the Mill Creek Mall, a flick at Tinseltown, a lengthy walk along State Street, a night at the Plymouth Ta...

It’s the first day of November and in terms of Canadian golf, it’s “conversion” day. The Canadian Golf Tour, effective today, is now known as PGA Tour Canada. The alteration fo...

Happy Halloween. Trick or Treat. As Count Floyd on SCTV used to utter, ‘ isn’t that SCARY, kids “. That was funny. But on Halloween, here’s what scares me. It seems no matter h...

The auto racing tracks in our region have been closed for more than a month, the green flag not expected to drop until mid Spring at Varney and Sauble. However, once the snow flies there’s a num...

It’s amazing when you run into fans of the Detroit Red Wings-they act as if the 1970’s and 80’s never existed. Sure they’ve won the Stanley Cup four times in a decade & a h...