National Hockey Writer for The Canadian Press. Formerly CP Sports Vancouver. @ThePHWA member. @JSchool_CU alum. Ottawa native. 📧: joc@cp.org.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined April 2009
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Visited our great grandfather's WWI grave at Lapugnoy Military Cemetery and Vimy Ridge near the French/Belgian border last winter after the Olympics.
Peaceful. Beautiful. Heartbreaking.
#LestWeForget
Maple Leafs coach Jim Hiller:
"Our results suck. You can write those stories ... and we deserve that. But we've played some good hockey at times, and I thought (Tuesday) was another night where, for a large part of the game, we played some really good hockey. Didn't win."
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Connor Hellebuyck says he's thought about what he will say in Winnipeg:
"It's an extremely complex decision, and no one's really nailed it on the head because there's so many things that go into the decision."
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Connor Hellebuyck:
"I know there's a pretty sour taste in Winnipeg. I've heard that, but I can only speak to my memories and my cherished moments in the city. I've loved every part of my career there. However I'm perceived, I'm going to choose love."
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Connor Hellebuyck on this decision after shutting out the Maple Leafs 4-0:
"I'm disappointed, but I understand. Selfishly, I want to play, but when you're looking at the team and what's best for the team, I understand where they're coming from."
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The Canadian ministers of foreign affairs and immigration, along with the secretary of state for sport, release a statement on Russia and Belarus:
See my Joint Statement with @LenaMetlegeDiab and @vankayak on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in international sport.
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With the #Sens victory Saturday, Ottawa's professional sports teams improved to 1-15 this season.
Travis Green says Jake Sanderson re-aggravated a lower-body injury.
"We'll know more in the next few days, but Sandy was smart enough to pull himself early enough that he didn't reaggravate it too badly. He just felt that it was coming and took himself out."
#sens
Daniel Alfredsson joked he and Darcy Tucker have "kissed and made up" since he joined the Maple Leafs' coaching staff.
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The #Leafs would normally pay tribute to Cliff Fletcher tonight following his death in June, but the former executive's family is unable to attend Toronto's season-opener against Montreal.
Fletcher will be honoured by the team Oct. 15.
I asked John Chayka how Matthew Knies took the trade news.
His partial answer:
"I apologized to him for the noise over the last several months. I don't think it was necessarily fair to him. This was the only thing we seriously considered as a management group."
#Leafs
