Archives for: March 2008

Sapurji: 'Hillbillies' head to Belleville...

03/29/08 20:53 , Categories: blog

For those of you who missed the Brampton-Barrie series (if Game 5 was any indication, you didn't miss much), there was a lot of off-ice hubbub after Brampton's website referred to Barrie as "hillbilly" before the Colts ousted the Battalion in five games.

03/25/08 18:06 , Categories: blog

Former Mississauga IceDogs/Belleville Bulls goaltender Michael Mole has been called up to join the NHL's New York Islanders.

03/24/08 17:45 , Categories: blog

As if Mississauga St. Michael's Majors owner Eugene Melnyk didn't have enough problems -- what with his OHL team on the verge of elimination and his NHL Ottawa Senators in the tank -- now the Biovail billionaire has come under fire from both the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC).

03/22/08 19:22 , Categories: blog

It wouldn't be the OHL playoffs if you didn't have people -- fans, media, coaches, players -- complaining about the level of officiating in the league.

03/16/08 23:06 , Categories: blog

Congrats go out tonight to Kitchener Rangers forward Justin Azevedo who won the OHL's Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy as the league's top scorer with 43 goals and 81 assists for 124 points in 67 games.

03/13/08 17:55 , Categories: blog

The last couple of weeks I was working on a story for the Living section about how to properly clean and care for hockey equipment.

03/07/08 22:57 , Categories: blog

Some OHLers are not happy about wearing the new mandated neck protectors. They started a Facebook group. TSN and CTV reported on it and created a tempest in a teapot.

03/06/08 17:17 , Categories: blog

It's been a while since I've gone on a full-blown rant, two days at least.
Today, I'd like to rage against the OHL website and the inaccurate information which can be regularly found on its pages.

03/04/08 17:33 , Categories: blog

The OHL announced today that the league will be instituting mandatory neck protectors for all players beginning the week of March 10th.

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Loosepucks.com: Sunaya Sapurji

Sunaya Sapurji is in her tenth season covering the Ontario Hockey League for the Toronto Star. She was called up to the AHL beat in 2003-04 to follow the Toronto Roadrunners, but they skipped town sending her back to junior.

Prior to joining the Star, Sunaya worked in television, covered Tier II Jr. A hockey, university hockey (CIAU) and hosted an OHL radio show. She graduated from York University with degrees in English and Mass Communication.

As a youngster she followed the OHL's Toronto Marlies and her favourite player --Brian Collinson.

"I was 10 years old and he signed an autograph for me - automatically making him my favourite player," she recalled. "He's probably selling insurance now."

Sunaya has also done work for ESPN Magazine and a number of U.S. papers. As a proud Canadian, she is also a big supporter of Tim Hortons coffee, which she consumes daily and in large amounts. In addition to reporting on OHL, Sunaya is a full-time copy editor in the sports department at the Star.

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