The poor, poor Maple Leafs. They blew a 4-1 lead with 10 minutes left in the 7th game of their series with the Boston Bruins. Then they lost in overtime. The Maple Leaf horror just continues. Will it ever end?
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Maple Leafs collapse on May 13, 2013 Leave a comment
May The Force be with the Maple Leafs, even if it is from the Dark Side! Leave a comment
The cursed Toronto Maple Leafs are still alive and kicking in the 2013 NHL playoffs. They can use all the help they can muster.
New Winnipeg Football Stadium Almost Complete Leave a comment
The new football stadium (official name Investors Group Field) is 95 percent complete and will be ready for action in the next few weeks. It has to be ready for a huge religious event in the first week of June. I’m sure those event organizers are praying for everything to be on schedule. It will be a great venue and I can’t wait to check it out.
| Location | University of Manitoba Chancellor-Matheson Road Winnipeg, Manitoba |
|---|---|
| Broke ground | May 20, 2010 |
| Opened | May 26, 2013 |
| Owner | Winnipeg Blue Bombers City of Winnipeg University of Manitoba |
| Operator | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| Surface | Turf |
| Construction cost | $200 million |
| Architect | Raymond S.C Wan |
| Capacity | 33,422 (40,000 with temporary seating) (football) |
| Executive suites | 46 |
| Tenants | |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) Manitoba Bisons (CIS) | |
The facility will have very spacious and comfortable locker rooms.
Winnipeg Jets 2013: It was a mighty fine year! Leave a comment
The Winnipeg Jets season came to an end last night. The Jets just missed making the playoffs which is the bad news. But the good news is the Jets improved immensely from last year. The Jets have a young talented team that will only get better in the years to come. Jets captain Andrew Ladd had a great year. Ladd improved immensely from last year. He creates many opportunities and is always a threat out there. Blake Wheeler has proven to be a real force. And the third member of the first line, Bryan Little, is a solid and talented centreman. Evander Kane is going to be a superstar in the NHL. At 22 years old this guy is already an amazing player. He is big and physical, and he has talent like no other Jet. He is a very fast skater and has one of the hardest shots in the league. Watch out for Kane in the years to come. Back on defence Zach Bogosian and Dustin Byfuglien are top of the line NHL players. And there are a couple young prospects coming up next year. Jacob Trouba and Mark Scheifele will be dominant players. And we have the coach with the best sound bites in the league. Claude Noel appears to be a very competent coach. And his lines are hilarious. So thank-you Jets on a great year and can’t wait for next year.
Claude Noel Soundbites
Winnipeg Fun Facts. Leave a comment
You know it’s a bad night for your hockey team when the banter taking place between the announcers is more entertaining than the product on the ice. That was the level the Florida Panthers reached on Thursday night late in their blowout loss to the Winnipeg Jets.
With eight minutes to play in the third period and the Panthers trailing 7-2, the Fox Sports Florida announcing team of Steve Goldstein and Bill Lindsay spent several minutes discussing several Winnipeg fun facts, including its title of “Slurpee capital of the world” thanks to the 400,000 Slurpees the city sells per month.
Who knew?
The first known experiment with a national emergency telephone number occurred in the United Kingdom in 1937, using the number 999. The first city in North America to use a central emergency number (in 1959) was the Canadian city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, which instituted the change at the urging of Stephen Juba, mayor of Winnipeg at the time. Winnipeg initially used 999 as the emergency number, but switched numbers when 9-1-1 was proposed by the United States. In the United States, the push for the development of a nationwide American emergency telephone number came in 1957 when the National Association of Fire Chiefs recommended that a single number be used for reporting fires. In 1967, the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice recommended the creation of a single number that could be used nationwide for reporting emergencies. The burden then fell on the Federal Communications Commission, which then met with AT&T in November, 1967 in order to come up with a solution.
Strange Sports from around the World Leave a comment
Jets solidify first place position Leave a comment
The Winnipeg Jets won a huge game tonight as they thumped the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1. The Jets are now 6 points ahead of Carolina. A first place finish would be great to begin a playoff run.
For the curious, the logo on the Hurricanes jersey is a storm warning flag flying on a hockey stick.
Go Jets Go!
The Winnipeg Jets Scandinavian Twins Leave a comment
If these guys were the same physical size coach Claude Noel would have a really hard time telling who is who. One sure can tell they come from the same gene pool from Scandinavia. Tobias Enstrom and Ollie Jokinen are twins. Check for yourself below.
Toby Enstrom
Age: 28
- DOB: 1984/11/05
- POB: Nordingra, Sweden
- Height: 5-10 Weight: 180lbs
- Shoots: L
- NHL Seasons: 5
- Drafted by Atlanta in 2003 (8/239).
Ollie Jokinen
Age: 34
- DOB: 1978/12/05
- POB: Kuopio, Finland
- Height: 6-2 Weight: 210lbs
- Shoots: L
- NHL Seasons: 14
- Drafted by Los Angeles in 1997 (1/3).
It sure is good to have Enstrom back from injury. Knock on wood.
Revenge of the Geeks Leave a comment
The spectacularly dorky Harvard University band celebrates its school’s upset win over third-seeded New Mexico in the NCAA tournament Thursday.
The Jets are a tackling the washroom problem. Leave a comment
Hitler should know that the MTS Centre has opened a couple new washrooms in the basement level.
