Russian anti-war protesters being arrested and scooped off the streets in Russia within minutes. No hot tubs, bbq’s or incessant horns for weeks on end. Think about that for a second. #cdnpolitics
Our stadium is back up and running which means our game this weekend against the Grand Falls-Windsor Blades are going ahead! Puck drop 7:30 Saturday and 2:00 Sunday. Looking forward to seeing the best fans in the CNHL back at The George!
It was on this date in 1972 that Paul Henderson scored "The Goal" for Team Canada to win the Summit Series against Soviet Union. Here's column I wrote a few years ago about the iconic Paul Henderson CCM helmet he was wearing that became a Canadian classic: https://t.co/n0qaRMIYUF
A quick but important reminder: Blown calls suck and we all hate them, but widespread replay review for penalties would be a disaster that wouldn't make anyone any happier, and at some point you just have to accept that it's sports and some stuff will get missed.
My timeline reminded me that we should be patient with this core because even Ovechkin took some maturing before he figured it out.
As a reminder, here are Ovi's pathetic, immature fukn training-wheel playoff stats in his first 5 career NHL seasons:
28GP 20G 20A 40PTS +14
Jason Spezza on what the Game 2 win meant after losing John Tavares:
"The only way we can see John [again] is to win hockey games. We want to do well for him, so we're going to try and win as many games as we can and get him back in the lineup."