Team Canada: What's The Worst That Can Happen?
Kristian Urstad
February 15 2010 10:55AM
There was an old proverb which said that misfortune weighs most heavily on those who expect nothing but good fortune.
THE CANADIAN IN KESLER
Kristian Urstad
February 09 2010 04:00PM
There is an intimate connection between Canada’s geography and environment and the characteristics of Canadian hockey players. The sorts of qualities it takes to face the rugged, mountainous climate of our land or pioneer praire farms is mirrored by those our players bring to the game – passion, toughness, allegiance to team, and most of all, humility. This stands in sometimes stark contrast to American players, where, not unlike the John Wayne ethos of that country, individuality, pretentiousness and brazenness seem to dominate.
The Canuck's Story
Kristian Urstad
February 06 2010 08:22PM
If we consider the Canuck season as a kind of story, I wonder, will it end up being a good one?
Luongo and Leadership
Kristian Urstad
February 04 2010 04:56PM
When he’s on his game, Luongo is a formidable goaltender, no doubt about it. He’s a wild predator around his crease, with stealth reflexes unparalleled around the league. But, athleticism aside, sometimes I feel that he still has some things to learn about leadership.
The Sedins: A Marriage of Substance and Style
Kristian Urstad
February 01 2010 11:38PM
We are living in the age of what I will dub the scientism of hockey. And like any view which has an authority over all other interpretations of some area of life, it is bound to generate its own apostles, produce its own soldiers. These are the majority of hockey players today.
