Author Archives: Fred Wallace

Make no mistake that in hockey circles and sporting circles, these are historic times for Owen Sound. I honestly hope in this day and age of camera-video recording, Internet documentation and more, yo...

Boy, when I miss or short change a story, I do it in a big way. I say this in response to a piece last week in which Rob Hellyer of Lion’s Head and Alex Morrow of the Saugeen District Royals wer...

How big ( or small ) is the margin between winning and losing ? Using the Mastercard Memorial Cup as an example, the wedge is pretty slim. The St John Sea Dogs with two one goal victories, the first o...

If you’ve caught your breath from the hockey week gone by, inhale deeply, as the 2011 Mastercard Memorial Cup begins tonight at Mississauga. The host St Michael’s Majors will open the tour...

Canada’s failure to get a medal at the recent World Hockey Championship in Slovakia has been met with great concern. Hockey Canada President and C.E.O. Bob Nicholson deemed the showing, a second...

There are times when you wonder if you aren’t missing the really big story. I’m not referring to the Owen Sound Attack because everybody is talking about the Attack- in fact, to their cred...

I almost don’t believe it……. The Owen Sound Attack are the Ontario Hockey League Champions. They won their first ever championship based out of Owen Sound after 22 years in the city,...

Let me get the sequence of events straight here…… New York Rangers forward Sean Avery, a former Owen Sound Platers, issued a tweet announcing his support of same-sex marriage. First of all...

Owen Sound City Council defeated their own bylaw proposal to eliminate the Lord’s Prayer at the beginning of council meetings, and replace the prayer with a moment of silent reflection…...

For the first time since 1990-something, I’m going to miss the Bluewater Track & Field Championship which begins tomorrow at the Davidson Center Complex in Kincardine and concludes Friday. A...