It’s a big year for the Montreal Canadiens, who are celebrating their 100th year as a hockey club. As a born and raised west coast-er, the Habs have never been one of my favourite teams (go Canucks go!).
It was interesting, then, when I was asked to write a piece about the exhibit celebrating their centennial [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins had just lost to the Boston Bruins in what would be their first of two in a home-and-home series. The media was (and still is) pressing the players about their slump and blaming coach Michel Therrien for not being able to get them out of it.
The team had a players-only meeting only [...]

After my exciting morning watching the Pittsburgh Penguins practice, I headed back to the Igloo to catch the game against the Boston Bruins. Arriving at the arena early, I gratefully walked past the snaking line up and into gate 3 with a flash of my media pass.
This led me to the “Media Lounge,” where I [...]

The main purpose of my trip to Pittsburgh was to interview Penguins goaltender Marc-André Fleury. As Tuesday morning rolled around, I walked from the nearby Doubletree Hotel, where I was staying, to Mellon Arena.
There were teenagers hanging around one of the gates, clearly waiting for the players to appear. They were promptly kicked out, as there’s [...]

Just after Christmas, I headed over the Pittsburgh, PA to interview Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Marc-André Fleury. I was overly thrilled to see the Penguins play and meet Fleury, a fellow Canadian.
What I didn’t expect was to like the city of Pittsburgh as much as I did. It is clean, the people are friendly and there are [...]

I was delighted when local broadcaster and writer Kuljeet Kaila contacted me to be featured in her column, “View Asks You!” in Vancouver View Magazine.
She asked a handful of professionals around the city the question, “How have you managed travel and work in your career?”
Since I travel for a living, I had a few things [...]