Author Archives: Fred Wallace

There are road trips and then there are ROAD trips. The Owen Sound Greys of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League are about to embark on one of the all time ridiculous examples of poor scheduling i...

Reading and talking about ” The Making of Slap Shot ” by Jonathon Jackson last week revived a very special memory. Worldwide, there are individuals who know every line of the dialogue from...

If I didn’t have to get up so early, I would have read Jonathon Jackson’s book, ” The Making of Slap Shot ” in one sitting- it’s that good. Jackson, who wasted years work...

The Owen Sound Attack & Niagara Ice Dogs have essentially swapped rosters in the Ontario Hockey League. The Attack and Ice Dogs have exchanged 6 players and 5 draft picks in 3 deals over 2 months ...

Time flies, doesn’t it ? Rona Welsh called a while ago and is spearheading an effort to operate a Senior Ladies Fastball team in Owen Sound. On air we got talking about it and it struck me that ...

Two down & 7 to go for the Owen Sound Minor Hockey Group. The local Minor Hockey Association staged their first two tournaments of the year over the weekend, hosting the Minor Midget Silver Stick ...

Major League Baseball wraps up this week. Actually for the Toronto Blue Jays, it wrapped up quite some time ago. In a familiar pattern, one that has been played out for more than a decade, Toronto wil...

A bomb was dropped yesterday in local sporting circles when Owen Sound Woodsmen President Randy Jackson confirmed the major sponsors of the club were ending their sponsorship agreement with the Senior...

The Ontario Hockey League season opens tonight with 2 games, both of which feature terrific rivalries. In the West, the back to back Memorial Cup Champion Windsor Spitfires host their cross border riv...

With Fall officially underway, hockey season isn’t far off. Actually, that traditional equaltion has long since been reveresed, and by & large, hockey starts long before the third week of Se...