Oil Droppings

It was a magic time. If you didn't live through it, it's hard to comprehend what a record-breaking machine Wayne Gretzky was. He did...

As a lifelong fan of international hockey, I have followed the Spengler Cup since Canada first got involved in 1984, and have watched it fai...

Where's Waldo? Friday night the call came about 20 minutes before the opening face-off. "Bruce, something's come up, would you ...

At the beginning of the season I identified Ladislav Smid as a player of interest . A third of the way into the campaign, his development h...

Over at the always-interesting and usually-civil Game Day Thread at Lowetide, yours truly has been happily eating crow about Ales Hemsky. I...

There's good news and there's good news, I'll let you decide which is which. The one is that I'm back from a rather more pro...

Facts, stats, and observations about the Oilers defence corps 20 games in. Scoring **** GP, G-A-P PPP P/GP ------------------------------- S...