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Tagged With: Make It Seven

Children of the Rink – The Hockey Child

Where our love for the game stems, and the buildings and people who fostered our life-long passion for this game.   This post can now be found on HNIH.ca (Hockey Night in Hamilton) A week old Saturday paper sat on my living room chair. It had been a busy week at work and I simply hadn’t … Continue reading »

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The Canada in Hockey And The Year That Wasn’t

    An Accidental Memory.   I have written a lot about the game of hockey in my lifetime. I have written about coaches who have inspired me, how the game brought my father and me together, the friends I have met through playing this sport, and what hockey in general has meant to me … Continue reading »

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Showing Our Colors – Our Love For Our Teams

Tonight, one team will lay there heads on their pillows, having been one win away from realizing a childhood dream – playing for the Stanley Cup. The other, will have that dream realized. I believe humankind as a whole, loves to show their colors. Whether it’s a jersey of a favorite sports team, a tatoo, waving … Continue reading »

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Make It Seven Day – The Faces of a True Hockey Fan

As I drove downtown mid-morning, I spotted a CBS truck making its way towards Copps Coliseum. Then I remembered. It was Friday. It was Make It Seven day. When I returned home a short while later, I stuffed my pack with a recent garage sale find, The Rink – Stories from Hockey’s Hometowns by Chris … Continue reading »

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Did you say Calder Cup, or Stanley Cup?

What Game 7 of the Calder Cup Finals meant to all that have, all that are, and all that will be, children of the City of Hamilton. – by Larry Thomas Pattison, Jr. Hockey Night in Hamilton. At least that’s how it looked in the opening pages of a 100 page story I wrote as … Continue reading »

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