Chip Shotwell

Alright folks, listen up! You got Game 7 staring ya right in the face. The pressure? It’s off the charts, buzzing louder than a packed arena! And what’s the most important thing when everything’s on the line? It ain’t some fancy system or trick play; it’s that pre-game attitude, how these young fellas walk into […]

Well now, let me tell ya, there was a real buzz in the air after that one! The Toronto Maple Leafs, they didn’t just get a win; they dug deep, forced a winner-take-all Game 7 against those Florida Panthers with a solid 2-0 shutout victory. And you know who’s feeling that excitement bubble up the

Alright, let me tell ya somethin’, folks, especially you good hockey fans up in Barrie and across Canada! When you’re lookin’ at a two-nothin’ series hole, and the pressure’s on, what makes the difference? It ain’t just skill, lemme tell ya. It’s that deep down, gut-check thing, that fire in the eyes that screams, ‘I

Well now, let me tell ya somethin’ folks, you could cut the tension with a knife in the Eastern Conference playoff race, and right now, it’s the Toronto Maple Leafs who are standin’ tall! They’ve gone out there and put the Florida Panthers right behind the eight-ball, grabbin’ themselves a mighty fine 2-0 series lead.

Well, there you have it, folks. The Toronto Maple Leafs, right in the thick of the Stanley Cup hunt, and what happens? Their main man between the pipes, Anthony Stolarz, is knocked out. This ain’t just a speed bump; this is a crater in their road to the Cup, happening when every game is do-or-die.

Boy, oh boy, did you see that one, folks? The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Florida Panthers, locking horns again! Echoes of the 2023 playoffs, but the Leafs, they came out absolutely smokin’ to take Game 1 on home ice. You talk about classic Stanley Cup playoffs intensity, this had it all! Let the fun

Alright, let me tell ya somethin’. The first round’s done, dusted, and the boys in blue sent Ottawa packin’ in six games – good stuff! But now the real work begins, folks. The NHL has dropped the schedule for the second round, and the Toronto Maple Leafs know exactly who, when, and where they gotta

Alright, let me tell ya somethin’! You wanna see goals? You wanna see good Ontario boys lightin’ the lamp? Then you shoulda been in Oshawa Thursday night! The Oshawa Generals, yeah, those Generals, they put on a clinic, a real show, dumpin’ the Barrie Colts 8-4 to finish the sweep and march right into the

Let me tell ya, that one stings. You play your guts out, you think you got it, and then BAM! Lights out. The Barrie Colts went into Oshawa Tuesday night, played maybe their best game of the whole series, and still came out on the wrong end of a 7-6 double overtime gut-punch against those

Listen here, folks. Sometimes the puck just doesn’t bounce your way, and sometimes, you just don’t make it bounce your way. The Barrie Colts found that out the hard way Friday night. Right there on home ice at Sadlon Arena, in the opener of the OHL Eastern Conference Final, their offence just went dry. Couldn’t