This is a story I wrote for Icenetwork on Yuzuru Hanyu’s opening competition of the season at Autumn Classic in Barrie, Ont., Canada: http://www.icenetwork.com/news/2015/10/16/154661142/amid-hysteria-hanyu-goes-about-business The presence of Yuzuru Hanyu at the humble Autumn Classic in Barrie, Ont., a small city north of Toronto, was a game-changer for some this past week. No longer listed […]
Autumn Classic
Fun bits at the Autumn Classic
Oh didn’t we have fun at the Autumn Classic today! The fun bits: Seeing Jeffrey Buttle working as the one-man Ice Bucket Brigade during resurfacing. Filling the holes with his bare hands. As the day wore on, people in the audience began to notice that it was him. Up in the stands, Buttle watching Nam […]
Orser coming home to Autumn Classic
The Calgary Olympic uniform that Brian Orser wore as flag bearer is still on display at the Allandale Recreation Centre in Barrie, Ont., where he trained for most of his career. It’s Canada-red with white fringe that goes forever. So, it seems, does Orser. He walked into the Allandale Recreation Centre for the first Autumn […]