![]() You can, however, head up to the Dufferin-407 area to watch Sydney Crosby skate around, or hear Wayne Gretzky blow a whistle.Įx-NHLer Jim Thomson runs the show (and a hockey school there), and while no NHL teams have booked ice time just yet, wait til the season actually starts. If you’re “of a certain age” you might remember when you could simply stoll into Maple Leaf Gardens to watch the Leafs practice but those days are long gone. ![]() It was built and they came: teams like the Coyotes and Penguins practiced at the venue and practices were open to the public and free. Its arena was designed to NHL specifications (even the dressing rooms) with the goal of luring visiting teams for practices when they’re in town. Last year a new mega-sports-complex called The Pavilion opened in Vaughan. But while they could never challenge the Mecca that is Toronto, the burbs (already home to the Ice Dogs, Generals and much more) are trying to get their foot a bit further in the door. ![]() Well, despite the co-dependent relationship that keeps you and the Boys in Blue together, there is plenty of other hockey in town, from the Marlies on down. On this, the eve of the 2006-07 NHL season, take a moment and consider how unhealthy our relationship with hockey in this town is.ĭespite the fact you know the Leafs are gonna suck again this year (or at least let you down in the end), if a buddy offered you free greys to watch them play Columbus you’d rearrange your week and snap em up wouldn’t you? Wouldn’t you!? ![]()
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