Last month a former equipment manager at Maple Leaf Gardens pleaded guilty to enticing 24 boys with hockey tickets and then sexually assaulting them from 1969 to 1988. Another usher was also charged with sexual assault. It makes one wonder what Conn Smythe, who built Maple Leaf Gardens in 1931, would say. Hockey spreads Not only will the Olympics feature NHL players for the first time this year, but the Games also feature women's hockey for the first time, with teams from Finland, Sweden, Japan, and China competing against the United States and Canada. The Americans won the three Nations Cup in December.
True fans know where the darn puck is, and where it's going.
Even the Village People performed after a game for the Canucks' AHL affiliate last season. Escape from Canada Quebec bails for Colorado and wins a Stanley Cup. Similarly, Winnipeg loses its Jets to Phoenix. And they are stars. To be fair, the knock on international stars is they are not accustomed to the feisty game played by North Americans, particularly Canadians.