Sigmund Brouwer

w, hen I think of the hockey play that made Riley Judd an instant rookie legend, I always remember it beginning where he's alone against two Spokane Chiefs defensemen. After all, most times a forward should not be able to beat even one defenseman. The defensemen have too many options. They can...

K leats, you bone-headed jerk!" The voice came from above me, at the top of the Plexiglas of the penalty box. The guy sounded like he was using a megaphone. I heard him clearly above the yelling of thousands of fans, glad to see me get a penalty here in Saskatoon. The score was 3-3 with only...

s trangers don't smile at me. Even though I'm only seventeen, I'm too big to get smiles. I'm too wide. My nose is too squashed from being broken too many times. I give myself my own crew cut with hair clippers once a week because it saves me money at the barbershop. In other words, I'm about as...