Archives for: July 2008

Sapurji: Ex-OHLer Cornacchia gets jail time

07/31/08 18:19 , Categories: blog

Recently returned from a trip to Mountain Top, PA in the beautiful Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area.
There was no internet access while I was gone, so when I turned my computer this afternoon there were a couple MSN messages expressing the shock over the sentence handed former OHL defenceman David Cornacchia.

07/27/08 23:19 , Categories: blog

Former Peterborough Petes head coach Vince Malette will be back coaching in the Ottawa area after taking a job as bench boss of the Central Junior Hockey League's Gloucester Rangers.

07/26/08 18:13 , Categories: blog

First, there was the NBA's Manute Bol on ice and now thanks to the shameless attention-seeking AHL's Iowa Chops, the offer is open to NFL star quarterback Brett Favre.

07/26/08 17:43 , Categories: blog

American defenceman David Mead says the Soo would be a "great place" for him to play this year according to a story in the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin.

07/22/08 23:27 , Categories: blog

Sad new to pass on as former Belleville Bulls and Sarnia Sting defenceman Rob Guinn was killed in a car crash on July 13.

07/15/08 18:04 , Categories: blog

In the continuing saga of Dave Frost, the disgraced former agent of Mike Danton (nee Jefferson)...

07/13/08 00:12 , Categories: blog

I'm not sure why, but I couldn't help think of the infamous scene from Deliverance when I heard that Iowa's new AHL franchise would be called the Iowa Chops.

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Sapurji: Montana vs. Gretzky?

07/11/08 22:47 , Categories: blog

Go figure: Joe Montana's son, Nicholas, will be facing off against Wayne Gretzky's son, Trevor, for the job of starting quarterback at Oaks Christian high school.

07/11/08 17:32 , Categories: blog

One of the most action (and profanity) filled hockey-related court stories finally came to an end today as one Justice Martha Zivolak cleared former NHLer Ryan VandenBussche of three assault charges.

07/09/08 23:43 , Categories: blog

Former Erie Otters assistant GM and NOJHL commissioner Mark Seidel was granted an absolute discharge by an Espanola court on Tuesday.

07/09/08 23:28 , Categories: blog

Came across this blog posting by the great Tery Frei of the Denver Post. In it he recalls a trip to Kamloops in 1995 to profile the life of a junior hockey player -- one Darcy Tucker.

07/09/08 18:53 , Categories: blog

My little vacation from the site is over. I've been busy with various and sundry issues: moving, playing tour guide, setting up the PS3 for wireless internet and getting mentally ready for the hell that will be working the desk for the Beijing Olympics.

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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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