It's been a couple weeks

Well, a so-called soft launch of Hound Central 5.0 is about two weeks old. Thankfully, we've had NHL players and prospects filling rink...

Flashbacks 08.10

Here's another player's-only stroll down hockey-hounding memory lane: March 9, 2009: St. Louis' T.J. Oshie Jan. 31, 2009: Hall...

Yeah, me, too

I know we're dab smack in the dog days of summer, when thoughts of baseball, beaches and back-to-school bargains fill our minds, but I s...

No surprise here

Eyebrows didn't even flinch this time. Going in, I knew, without even a hint of doubt, that Hound Central 4.0's readers would show o...

The envelopes, please

After careful tabulations, double-blind accounting and pacts of secrecy authenticated by verification experts at the highest levels, the ina...

Like looking at pictures?

Good. Check out these five galleries from the 2008-09 hockey-hounding season down here in Hockey Bay: April 8, 2009: Pittsburgh Penguins Ma...

Update: 10 Big Sigs

Before the 2008-09 hockey hounding season down here in Hockey Bay, I predicted that these items would be added to the collection. Let's...

Reasons to believe

Every so often, in my hockey-hounding travels, I stumble upon a piece of hockey memorabilia that appears to have seen some game action in th...

It never hurts to ask

This week's 5 Big Sigs, a feature within each Sunday morning homily where I name the top autographs I hope to get within the next seven...

Don't listen to Cujo

Though the team's star power may have dulled a bit over the past season, with Mats Sundin 's move to southwestern Canada and the dea...

Four's plenty

Perhaps I am too much of a kid at heart. But, at 47, I still get psyched whenever a player signs four cards at a time. Why four cards? I...

Oh, Cujo, grow up

Deep down inside, I should just be happy that Toronto goalie Curtis Joseph stopped to sign this Notre Dame Hounds prep school puck Tuesday...

Thanks for the memory

When it comes to a player like Toronto's Brad May , there's no problem calling him a pest. He's the kind of player who fans eith...

Gallery: Toronto Maple Leafs

The biggest difference between this photo gallery of Toronto Maple Leafs players signing autographs and one submitted by Al, Hound Central 4...

Gallery: Toronto Maple Leafs

Here's something a little different: a hounding gallery from up in Toronto taken during the holiday break. How can I tell? Well, if memo...

Loafs aren't that bad

Being a Buffalo Sabres fan, it is my Hockey Gods-given duty to heap as much grief upon the Toronto Maple Loafs organization as I can. Howeve...

Trade analysis

A few thoughts on the 22 NHL deadline-day deals that went down today: Most interesting Toronto gets G Olaf Kolzig , and D Jamie Heward and...

Equal opportunity

Just because I grew up in Western New York, where despising the Toronto Maple Leafs is a God-given right, doesn't mean that I won't ...

He's true to his school

It's no secret that Toronto's Jason Blake doesn't enjoy signing autographs. Oh, sure, he'll stop when asked, but he usually...

Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy

For the most part, I try to give NHL players -- especially the veterans -- the benefit of a doubt when it comes to the quality of their auto...