Understanding Ray Ferraro
For those who read me before I joined The Province, you will remember this chart I made back several months ago. For the record, I love Ray Ferraro. He is one of the best in the business with his...
View ArticleRay Ferraro imitates Dion Phaneuf. Hilarity ensues (Warning: Language)
Quick Update: I am a HUGE fan of Ray Ferraro’s, I don’t mean for this to be mean spirited at all. I just view it as a random mistake that could happen to anyone. It just happened to be hilarious. Since...
View ArticleWorld Juniors – Canada vs Germany, a TV watching journal
It’s been so long since hockey has been on that I jumped at the chance to write about the World Junior tournament. The problem is, I know every single starving hockey writer in Canada will be covering...
View ArticleWorld Juniors – Canada vs Slovakia, a TV watching journal
As always, I will be attempting to watch the Junior games live, so you don’t have to. I will be expressing my hopes, dreams, thoughts, wishes, and possible Wall Street takeover plans (I saw it in...
View ArticleWorld Juniors – Canada vs USA, a TV watching journal
Just like I did for the Germany and Slovakia game, I have kept a detailed log of my experience watching the junior games in the middle of the night, so you don’t have to! Sure, you could just watch the...
View ArticleGallagher: On dull NHL trade deadline day, fisticuffs tales from McSorley,...
Province Sports columnist Tony Gallagher reports from Rogers Arena, where the Canucks are practising and team management continues to hunker down behind closed doors on trade deadline day … With all...
View ArticleWill Canucks still look to bring Torres back to Vancouver?
If you’re in Vancouver and outraged over the Raffi Torres suspension, you may want to pace yourself. You may need some of that anger next season, and some of those “Free Torres” T-shirts. Torres,...
View ArticleHat Trick: Why Lucic is one of the early Conn Smythe favourites, how the...
Province Sports columnist Ed Willes delivers the Hat Trick — three things he’s pondering today in the world of hockey … 1. Interesting Twitter exchange between TSN’s Ray Ferraro and Sportsnet’s Mark...
View ArticleThe 10 O’Clock: What now for TSN’s excellent Cuthbert, Miller, McKenzie and...
And they say times are tough in the newspaper business. OK, they are, but they’re not quite as dramatically topsy-turvy as broadcasting, where you’re the king of the castle one day and, the next,...
View ArticleSo You’ve Lost Your NHL Broadcasting Rights (Chin Up, TSN)
It’s a great day to be a Canadian NHL fan who loves watching games on Sportsnet and CBC. If you’re a fan of watching NHL games on TSN however, it’s a different kind of day. The kind that rhymes with...
View ArticleCanucks Hat Trick: NHL stats not satisfactory, too-many-men for good reason,...
In the early days of advanced statistics in the NHL, it is abundantly clear that NHL statistics are not only open to interpretation, in some rinks they are downright flights of fancy. And as we examine...
View ArticleThe Morning Skate, Aug. 7: Greatest Canucks go head to head, Lulay pens a...
A year ago, we were all still in recovery after a train wreck of a Canucks season. Torts taking on the entire Calgary Flames roster. The last image of Roberto Luongo as a Canuck being on the bench at...
View ArticleRyan Miller says Ray Ferraro is why people are talking about the size of his...
KANATA, ON — Admittedly defensive, Ryan Miller punched back at those who believe the answer to the NHL scoring woes is shaving goaltending equipment. Miller has been involved heavily in past reductions...
View ArticleRay Ferraro interviews son Landon during Bruins game with Maple Leafs, says...
Ray Ferraro had plenty of background on one of his intermission guests Monday night. Ferraro, the TSN analyst, got to toss some questions at his son Landon, 24, a centre who was making his debut with...
View ArticleAs November closes, 10 Canucks thoughts
1. Ryan Miller slides. Remember that great start Ryan Miller got off to? Yeah, neither do we. The Canucks threw caution into the wind, played their 35-year-old goalie in back-to-backs and 14 of the...
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