Author Archives: Fred Wallace

One of the reasons I dislike the OHL is the perpetuation of mythology as it pertains to the Owen Sound franchise. When a player, player’s family, player’s agent, a rival team, or all of th...

This is Canada. Our National sports are Lacrosse in the summer, and Hockey in the Winter. But based on the news this week, you’d think our National sport, or at least the provincial sport for On...

Today, I apologize to the Original Caste…….

The number of Owen Sound Attack players invited to the National Junior Team’s Selection Camp has risen to 3, which in these parts is unheard of. Jamie Storr, Adam Mair and Wayne Simmonds are the...

Who, in their right mind, would want to buy the Toronto Maple Leafs ? We ask this in light of the speculation last week that Rogers Communications was making overtures to purchase the Leafs from Maple...

You’ve got to hand it to Hockey Canada for being vigilant as it pertains to the National Junior Hockey program. There have been many years when the suggestion was made that the National Junior T...

It’s an American weekend more or less, with hockey stops at Plymouth & Saginaw, Michigan and then to Sault Ste Marie, which based on it’s proximity to the U.S. border, has a heavy Amer...

What was the Greatest Hockey Game ever played ? Depending on who you are, and where you are, or maybe on where you were when….the answer will different from fan to fan. Of late, a new book by To...

November isn’t the most glamorous month on the calendar, but from a sports standpoint it certainly went out with some pop. In these parts, there was big news yesterday when it was confirmed that...

A little bit of fastball today. We start in Port Elgin with the Blue Devils where Manager Jim McKinnon was honored recently by the Ontario Amateur Softball Association. McKinnon, the longtime field bo...