The 43 Postcards Project: Montreal
I kicked off 2020, by adding intriguing visuals from my lifetime of travels around the world and called it the 43 Postcards Project. So far, my quest has taken me to places familiar and others remote, in 43 countries and counting, from the deep Pacific to the deserts of the Middle East to the snow-crusted landscapes of the Arctic […]
GREENLIT! A New Media Guy Book
Okay, so where am I? I am doing a little happy dance because I’ve been GREENLIT! Yes indeed, my little pitch about writing a book on the wacky, wild, and sometimes great Kontinental Hockey League has been accepted for a 2021 publish date by Penguin Random House Canada. I mean, who would have thought that […]
Cardboard Magic
I believe hockey cards have supernatural powers. This is why, in the winter of 1975, I starting arranging my Los Angeles Kings cards like players on a hockey rink on the top of my mammoth hand-me-down stereo console. And then challenged the NHL All Stars—or at least the cards I was able to collect—to a […]
Behind the Curtain: A Peek at the KHL
Repping the great Ilya Kolvachuk at a KHL game will earn you mad props. © Michael Lloyd I took a wild trip to Moscow to get up close with Russian hockey. I wound up meeting Igor…read on! While we wait for the boys to return from the combination All-Star break and mandatory five-day bye week […]
The Worst Fans in Hockey—10 through 1
Note: Part I can be found here. Part II. I’m back from the holiday break and what did we learn (or were reminded of) between the trading freeze and today? Drew Doughty is an All Star. The Kings have fantastic goaltending and goalie coaches. Willie D. has no idea how to build team chemistry. The […]
The Worst Fans in Hockey—20 through 11
Number 14 – Big Hat Guy (c) Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports It’s time for a break from criticizing the Kings, so I turn my gaze on some fans instead. I started this column a few weeks back by previewing and revealing the Number Five Worst Hockey Fan: Obnoxious Loud Guy. Today, I look at the […]
Career Killers and How to Avoid Them
Read the new column: click here. Okay, so where am I? It’s almost time to leave town…vacation style. Well, working vacation. Actually just working at my moonlighting gig. Shhhhh, it’s top secret… Before I get to the business at hand in this column, I want to report on the homework assignment I spoke of in […]
