Writings on the Rink

Serendipity and the Outdoor Rink

Have you ever experienced a moment of complete serendipity? It can come in many forms, but for me personally, it came by way of...

The 1990s were a great time for hockey…

A friend and I were arguing (well, he was angry and I was...

Countdown to Sochi: 35 Days

We are a mere 35 days (5 weeks!) from the Opening Ceremonies of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. I

Kids take over Stockton Thunder vs San Francisco Bulls Sunday Matchup

The Stockton Thunder let "Kids Take Over the Stockton Arena" for the Sunday matchup against the San Francisco Bulls. Kids had the opportunity to...

Equal Space to Female Players

  by Rochelle Bergman I may be many things, but I am fair. So on that note, I will write this column. I will give equal...

Countdown to Sochi: 50 Days

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are only 50 days away from the start of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi,...

A mite-y loss to local hockey

  I heard the awful news today that a child in my hometown's youth hockey program was killed in a tragic snowmobile accident over the...

Fights, Players and the NHL

I had this week's column almost ready to print when I read something that made me sick to my stomach. I decided to change...

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Jagr?

Sean Avery. Matt Cooke. Dan Carcillo. Esa Tikkanen. Darius Kasparaitis. Theo Fleury. Jordin Tootoo. Claude Lemieux. Besides being a list of some of my favorite...

The Book about Hockey!

I heard the news and I realized that not just an era was gone, a piece of me was gone also. If you really...