I'm happy to announce that the manuscript for Path to the Summit: Part II is finally complete. On Monday, my graphic designer will begin formatting it for publishing on Amazon. The release is later than planned, but it should be available as a last-minute order for your Christmas

As I wait for Path to the Summit: Part II to be formatted for publishing on Amazon, it's time to sit down and sketch out the framework for Part III: The 1972 Summit Series. If anyone has information or articles from the Soviet perspective of the series, please reach out. I

Did you know that in the 1960s, the Soviet national team would visit Lloyd Percival at his Fitness Institute in Toronto and allow him to test their players? Percival had cutting-edge equipment to conduct oxygen uptake tests (essentially VO2 max measurements), and he could

Success bred enemies for Anatoli Tarasov, whose abrasive personality, defiance of bureaucrats, and unwillingness to compromise clashed with powerful figures such as Andrei Starovoitov. From 1946 to 1951, Starovoitov was a key player for CSKA. In addition to establishing a

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas 🎄

It’s late Christmas Eve & time for my annual ‘Reindeer Walk’ where I grab my sleigh bells & go for a 45 minute walk around the neighbourhood while I jingle the bells. Is anyone awake? Does anyone hear me? I have no idea. But I like to think there’s at least one child lying

An update on Part II. The decision has been made to delay the release until early 2026. This is the cover. Back Cover Narrative: Path to the Summit: Part 2 offers a captivating deep dive into the tumultuous world of Soviet hockey from 1957 to 1972. Amid Cold War tensions, the

The 2026 World Junior Hockey Championship game is underway #SWECZH #IIHF

Congratulations to Team Sweden, 2026 World Junior Hockey Champions. #SWECZH #WJC2026

An updated version of the rear cover. Some ongoing editing is underway to reduce the overall size of the final book. Hopefully I will have a release date for you soon. =========== Path to the Summit: Part 2 offers a captivating deep dive into the tumultuous world of Soviet

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The Vancouver Canucks announced today that Joe Borovich, the man who designed the original ‘stick-in-rink’ logo used by the Canucks when they joined the NHL in 1970, passed away on December 31, 2025. Born in East Vancouver, Joe attended Notre Dame Secondary and later studied

Legendary hockey broadcaster Jim Robson who was the Vancouver Canucks’ play-by-play announcer from 1970 until 1999, has passed away. Robson was the Canucks’ first play-by-play announcer when the franchise entered the National Hockey League in 1970. He was 91 years old.

BREAKING: The FBI just arrested a former U.S. Air Force Major who spent 26 months in Beijing training Chinese fighter pilots. But the story everyone is missing is not the arrest. It is the network behind it. Gerald Eddie Brown Jr. Call sign “Runner.” 65 years old. 24 years in

Yuri Vasilyevich Korolev, the Soviet hockey administrator remembered in Canada as head of the Soviet delegation during the 1987 "Punch-up in Piestany" brawl at the World Junior Championships, died today. A Honoured Coach of the USSR and IIHF Hall of Fame inductee (Paul Loicq

New article by Oskar Tallqvist for SIHR on hockey officiating in the early 1900s. sihrhockey.org/2020/columns/a…