Author Archives: Fred Wallace

It snowed last week- a lot. So, with nowhere to go, and the good sense to stay put, I sat in my chair and watched NHL Hockey. One of those games, which was the key entry on my ProLine ticket, was the ...

I was shooting the breeze with my psychiatrist this week, you know the usual stuff, when I added that I might be developing acute paranoia too. She was curious about the development and, since it was ...

Putting on skis again, and returning to the World Cup circuit, are two vastly different scenarios, and no one knows this better than Larisa Yurkiw of Owen Sound. A year ago, Yurkiw was injured badly i...

The Canadian Junior Hockey Team final cuts are today, but here in Owen Sound, the cut was yesterday, and the healing of the wounds continues today, and maybe for some time. We’ll see. Three memb...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, no question, but as time has passed, the most wonderful time of the year has evolved into the most expensive time of the year. Added into the stew of fi...

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...