Author Archives: Fred Wallace

Today is the first of two days of the annual Bluewater Track & Field Championship at Kincardine. The Davidson Center Complex has held the annual meet for years and as far as I’m concerned, i...

Did you catch the news last week ? Right out of the blue, the Collingwood Blues of the Ontario Junior Hockey League announced they will be the host center for an NCAA College Showcase Weekend in 2010....

The other book I read when I was away on vacation recently was by Dave Hanson called ” Slap Shot Original- The Man, The Foil, The Legend “. As you can imagine, it’s a very funny book...

In my high school days, there was a cat in my grade named Reid Tilson. Reid’s nickname was ” Weed ” Tilson. Guess why. I’m pretty convinced that old ” Weed ” Tilson...

I know it seems early, but it’s a pretty big night for the Owen Sound ProTeam NorthStars. In fact, it’s a pretty big sequence of lacrosse games in Owen Sound starting tonight. In Junior B ...

I’ve got a viewing dilemma tonight. What do you watch ? Game 4 of the Robertson Cup for the Ontario Hockey League Championship or Game 3 of the Pittsburgh-Washington series ? Difficult choice. I...

The weather over the last two weeks was not spectacular, but while I was away I managed to read a couple of hockey books. One was called ” As the Puck Turns ” by former Toronto Maple Leaf ...

The Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection was staged Saturday. And the question today is, how much of a priority is the Priority Selection ? In my mind, the best two teams in the OHL last year were...

The local harness racing season begins tomorrow night at Hanover Raceway. The preparations for the 2009 season at Hanover have been underway for months….but, as you can imagine, when you get clo...

There was an incident on the SMHLPA trip to Buffalo & Pittsburgh that I can’t shake. The trip had 30 tickets for each game, and there were 28 SMHLPA members, therefore 2 extra tickets per ga...