tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906875144542272320.post8165735375646054942..comments2024-03-08T23:13:42.780-06:00Comments on Hockey Blog In Canada: With Authority!Teebzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00538474727022437837noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906875144542272320.post-75004140264936142242011-01-06T05:27:56.384-06:002011-01-06T05:27:56.384-06:00I enjoy your blog very much, and I enjoy the jabs ...I enjoy your blog very much, and I enjoy the jabs in a friendly rivalry...(U!S!A! U!S!A!)...how's your Tim Horton's? Someone should have told Team Canada a game is 60 minutes...<br /><br /><br />To use your own words " - it hurts me to say this - how quickly the [Canadians] (sic) speed and skill folded under this intense pressure brought by [Russians] (sic) in the game."<br /><br />Canada only played 40 minutes, Russia truly showed what 2 goals in 13 seconds and why you must play hard no matter what the score...<br /><br /><br />Great game, and congrats to Team Russia!!Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906875144542272320.post-50849747771941834632011-01-05T08:53:31.003-06:002011-01-05T08:53:31.003-06:00First off, I loved your post. I'm a Nova Scoti...First off, I loved your post. I'm a Nova Scotian who now lives in the US but don't hold that against me. <br /><br />As a fellow Hockey Enthusiast, I thought you might feel the same way I did about the following article and I wondered if you might be willing to post anything that could get the word out.<br /><br />Thanks, and keep your stick on the ice!<br /><br />Here's the article (from CBC.ca):<br /><br />The Nova Scotia town that calls itself the birthplace of hockey could soon lose its shrine to the sport's beginning.<br /><br />The board of the Hockey Heritage Centre in Windsor said the small museum is broke and badly in need of volunteers.<br /><br />"If we don't get new board members to succeed us, then we'll have to close the museum," said board member Richard Cole.<br /><br />"Windsor's the birthplace of hockey and to have the centre that focuses on that and explains that story gone is a huge blow to us," said Cole.<br /><br />On top of that, the centre is strapped for cash. A tax error has forced the facility to unexpectedly dole out thousands of dollars to the Canada Revenue Agency.<br /><br />According to the centre, the sport of hockey originated around 1800 when the boys of King's College in Windsor adapted the field game of hurley to the ice of local skating ponds. Ice hurley gradually developed into ice hockey. Soldiers at Fort Edward in Windsor eventually took up the new game, carrying it to Halifax where it gained popularity<br /><br />Windsor Mayor Paul Beazley said losing the centre would be unfortunate because people come from all over to visit the unassuming mecca of hockey.<br /><br />"It brings a lot of people into this town. It's easy to think that there'd be less people in town if it closes," said Beazley.<br /><br />"We've spent the last 10 years trying to let people know we have an active and open museum for people to come to see artifacts from years gone by in the game of hockey. When people find out they can't come and see it, it's going to certainly hurt the tourism sector of this town."<br /><br />Hants West Progressive Conservative MLA Chuck Porter said he believes more people will volunteer their time, but the centre also needs provincial funding.<br /><br />"I don't know if it's a few thousand dollars or if it's $15,000. I don't know right now, but whatever it is we'll be asking for it. We're not looking for it every year. We're looking for something to carry us over."<br /><br />Local leaders will meet later this month with the provincial minister of tourism, culture and heritage to discuss the centre's future.<br /><br />For now, the centre is closed indefinitely.<br /><br /><br /><br />Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2011/01/05/ns-hockey-birthplace-in-trouble.html?ref=rss#ixzz1AAfOcGzsDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10673925135250227345noreply@blogger.com