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What is Branding?
What is all this talk about brand? It seems like the big buzz word in business these days. Bigger than “synergy” was a few years back. But ‘brand’ or ‘branding’, in my opinion, isn’t a fad or something that’s going to go away. The interesting thing about branding is that ...
read more »New Service: Hockey-Card.ca
This past March I photographed my 23rd hockey team of this season. My goal was to shoot 30 teams but 23 is far bigger than last year’s total of 8. When doing orders I had quite a few parents ask for hockey cards. As the requests built up, my response went from “No, sorry, I [...]
read more »Playoffs – Quarter-Finals vs. Neebing Hawks
A week or two before the playoffs, we learned that our captain, Gage Bechard would be travelling with his high school basketball team to Southern Ontario for a championship tournament. Gage would miss the first two games of the series. So we’d have to win at least one game in this series to stay alive without, ...
read more »Games 27 & 28 vs Beavers & Canadiens
Game 27 vs Thunder Bay Beavers This would be the biggest game of the year up to this point. One the line: Second place in the league which gives you a first round bye. The Beavers had to win this game. For us, we needed either a win or a tie and then at least [...]
read more »Games 25 & 26: Slump Busted
Game 25 vs. South End Jr Stars This was the matchup with maybe to two most desperate teams in the league. We were trying to break out of a 4-game losing streak and get back into contention for a first round bye. South End needed to win this game to keep their playoff hopes alive. [...]
read more »Games 21-24: The Slump
This is the tale of a slump. Slumps happen to every team just like hot streaks. It’s hard, maybe impossible, to explain why they happen. When you’re hot, you get away with the odd defensive lapse and you can’t seem to help but score goals. When you’re slumping you get punished for every mistake ...
read more »Game 20 vs Neebing Hawks
When I compare this year’s Elks 82s to the team we had last year that went 24-3-1, it’s a bit of an apples and oranges comparison just because of the level of competition this season. For instance, last season we finished the season with 49 points. The second place team had 30 points and were [...]
read more »Elks Tournament 2013
Game 1 vs Neebing Hawks Neebing got off to a great start when in their first shift, Brody Rau sent Grant McKay in on a breakaway and Grant would snip the top corner to put the Hawks up 1-0. Mullet Power Before the period was out though we’d tie the game as Keiron Kakepetum would scoop up a [...]
read more »Game 19 vs West End Bruins
Monday night we took on the West End Bruins. You can usually expect a shootout with the Bruins. In our three games against them this year there’s been a combined 30 goals. So it was a bit unexpected when in the first period, we skated to a 0-0 draw. We had called up Zach West [...]
read more »Game 18 vs VP Bearcats
Have we met? The last (and only) time we face the VP Bearcats this season was on November 7th. It was one of the best all-around games we’ve played as well as a great goaltenders duel between Morgan Plummer and Chandler Laing. I was hoping for a repeat performance. Game Tape I arrived at Delaney [...]
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