Posted by thesportsjunky on March 4, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Gary Bettman took a trip to Calgary and made comments regarding the health of the Flames but when it comes to the worst teams he never seems to want to talk about it despite their many struggles.
Posted by thesportsjunky on October 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The NHL had a little focus on a small election up North as a political decision was going to have a lasting effect on the future of a team in Canada even if it isn’t as big of a political decision as many in the USA.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on December 31, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Canadian sports have been nailed down to one season and one sport and has been this way for years. The Canadians have never been considered a summer sport nation and have seen hockey as the true Canadian sport. This has been the case for decades with Canadians taking ownership of hockey and winter sports as their own and using it as a sense of pride.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on July 2, 2013 · Leave a Comment
When disaster strikes people look to something to help them find a sense of normalcy that has been taken away. This is what happened in Calgary in the past two weeks as the city and surrounding areas would find themselves under water. Heavy rainfall would bring river levels to dangerous heights leaving many of the surrounding areas needing to be evacuated.
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