The Globe and Mail - Allan Maki Columns

Campbell used to being the least popular man of the postseason

Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00 EDT

amaki@globeandmail.comColin Campbell has this much down to an exact science: Something bad happens in a Stanley Cup playoff game, he and his staff review it and, if a suspension is warranted, Campbell announces it.

'All the hockey experts go to Tim Hortons'

Tue, 19 May 2009 22:43 EDT

NHL's lord of discipline Colin Campbell is used to being the least popular man of the postseason

Staal v. Staal: Good for hockey, bad for family get-togethers

Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00 EDT

For Henry Staal, watching the Stanley Cup playoffs is supposed to be relaxing, entertaining - a fine way to spend an evening.But that changes tonight. For the puck-loving, sod-busting landscaper from Thunder Bay, the NHL Eastern Conference final series between the Carolina Hurricanes and Pittsburgh Penguins is about to be as painful as open-heart surgery on only half the anesthetic. It'll be the oldest son versus the third-born. Carolina's Eric Staal against Pittsburgh's Jordan Staal.

No more brotherly bond: Staal v. Staal

Sun, 17 May 2009 21:59 EDT

Eastern matchup is good for hockey, bad for family get-togethers

Regan Lauscher

Sat, 16 May 2009 00:00 EDT

She's as pliable as silly putty, as bendable as a pipe cleaner and for a time that was a good thing for Regan Lauscher. She could find the perfect form as she slid feet-first down an icy canyon; body flat to the sled, head slightly raised to see where she was going.

Game on (again) for Bettman and Balsillie

Thu, 7 May 2009 00:00 EDT

amaki@globeandmail.comThis is it for Gary Bettman - his Waterloo against the man from Waterloo, Ont.Having basked in the glory of a salary cap after the lockout, only to be rocked by troubled franchises in the very U.S. Sun Belt that was going to save the day with a juicy U.S. television deal, the NHL commissioner now faces a monumentally blended challenge: what to do with the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes and Jim Balsillie, the billionaire BlackBerry maker who refuses to go away?

Bettman's neck on line in battle with Balsillie

Wed, 6 May 2009 22:03 EDT

If the NHL commissioner can rally the owners to stop Balsillie, he will live to serve another day. If he can't?

Nicholson set to rejoin Argos

Wed, 6 May 2009 00:00 EDT

Bob Nicholson is expected to make his return to the Toronto Argonauts' presidency today when the CFL team announces a front-office lineup that will also include Michael (Pinball) Clemons. Nicholson last served as team president in 1999..

It takes a thief to win for the Kelowna Rockets - the 'Guggenburglar'

Wed, 6 May 2009 00:00 EDT

They're calling him the Guggenburglar, a little word play on Mark Guggenberger's surname, and the way he's thieving wins this postseason it makes for perfect sense.Not only has the 20-year-old goaltender won 15 of 19 playoff games this spring, he's helped the Kelowna Rockets to a 3-0 WHL championship series lead over the Calgary Hitmen. Another victory tonight at Prospera Place in Kelowna and the Rockets will be heading to the 2009 Memorial Cup in Rimouski, Que.