Hi everyone! That’s right… how to taste a smell. That is not a typo, but rather some key words in the headline of the article I have posted this week about the Cleveland Barons ending their awful 15-game winless streak in the dying weeks of the 1977-78 schedule. It seems the team tasted the smell of success, whatever that means. Maybe you’ll find some sort of explanation in the article itself, but I sure couldn’t find anything. If you want to read up on one of the Barons’ very last wins as an NHL franchise, you can head on over here to the articles section.

It will be a short update this week, as I’ve been invited to participate in a new thread about my book on HFBoards, which houses a bunch of a message boards and interesting forums all about hockey and the NHL. It’s a great place to chat with other hockey aficionados, post comments, ask questions, and hob-nob with a few people who have written hockey books and articles. On Sunday, I’ll be starting a new thread about my book on the Seals, so if you want to contribute by submitting questions or comments, please feel free, the more the merrier! The thread isn’t up yet, but if you go to https://hfboards.mandatory.com/forums/the-history-of-hockey.126/ you’ll find my thread there on Sunday. If you go now, you’ll find a whole bunch of other interesting topics and some threads created by other writers who have just released books. I’m actually kinda lucky to be participating in this Society for International Hockey Research Project since it’s been almost three years since my book was published.

Anyway, that’s about it for this week. Keep enjoying the Stanley Cup playoffs as we never truly know how long they are going to last this year. So far, so good. Players are keeping their noses clean and staying inside their bubble, so we may actually crown a Stanley Cup champ this fall.

Until next time, stay gold!