If you’ve ever wondered what happens on an OHL Road Trip… now’s your chance to find out… I’m blogging live on my trip to Ottawa with the Belleville Bulls!!!!

2:04 – Just got to the rink… Boarded the bus and I found my seat (2nd row on the right.. Great Tv view!!!!!)… The rookies show up to load the bus… Must be fun on a nice cold day like this.

2:09 – I remember the bus has no cup holders.

2:19 – here come the players… Pillows in hand… Rookies at the front… Vets at the back… That’s how it goes.

2:24 – and we are off… I’ll check in alonng the way.

3:26 – an hour in and I find out Head Coach/GM George Burnett usually leaves the TV and Internet off before the game… Thats gonna make blogging kinda tough…I’ll keep this going and you guys can all catch up… Not sure where we are on the route… I’ll let you know when I figure it out.

3:34 – just passed the exit for Mallorytown…. Where?????

3:39 – Just into Brockville…. Now I have an idea where we are… Halfway?

3:55 – Hitting the 416 toward Ottawa….I can’t feel my right butt-cheek.

4:01 – Equipment Manager Matt Sands tells me we’re about an hour out…. Hour and a half if you include the upcoming Timmy’s stop… Absolutely necessary!

4:27 – Apparently we are taking the “scenic route”… Seriously… thats what the sign says.

4:40 – Timmy’s Stop

5:12 – The whole team finally made it through the line… Back on the road.

7:27 – Prep is all done… we’re on the air… listen live at www.cjbq.com!!!!!

8:57 – Two periods done and the Bulls defence has cost them… 3-1 67’s.

Hey Everyone… I know I’ve been real light on material lately… but it’s the holidays so can you blame me?

I’ve decided to make up for it by blogging live from the road while I’m calling Belleville Bulls games over the next couple weeks… we’ll start the series tomorrow when I hop on the bus to head to Ottawa!!!

The Dukes continued a four game home-stand in Wellington last night against the Peterborough Liftlock Stars. Here’s a highlight pack from the game. I’ve got the call along with my partner Joel Lavictoire.

Tune in to sister-station CJBQ for live play by play coverage of the Dukes vs Markham at 6:15pm on Sunday!

In case you’ve been wondering… I have decided to hold off on reaction about the Roy Halladay deal until it is final… trust me… I’ll have a lot to say when the deal OFFICIALLY gets done.

The final part of the Toronto Star’s “Minor Hockey… Major Problems” series has been posted at this link… looks like the final installation of this series finally discusses some solutions. Overall it’s been a good read… and a lot of fun to follow. Good on the Star for getting in depth into something like this.

I have to thank my cousin Simon for showing me this one…

On a recent Sportsnet broadcast… they showed a clip of Mike Komisarek “making it rain” at Air Canada Centre before a Raptors game… check it out.

Not bad eh…. hope you didn’t miss the little gag at the end.

Keep your eye on the F-Files… more to come before the weekend.

So long Bart Andrus! The Argos finally came to their senses today and “sacked” Bart Andrus as their head coach. It was a garbage season for the Argos who finished 3-15… and really couldn’t muster anything all season.

For more… check out TSN’s article.

The Toronto Star has printed Part 4 of the “Minor Hockey… Major Problems” series on their website. This most recent article talks about coaches and their verbal abuse of officials.

Check it out!

Might not have time for anything more today.. have a nap and a Dukes game to call later… but check back just in case!

Another visit from the Peterborough Petes… and another shootout loss for the Belleville Bulls at the Yardmen Arena last night.
Despite a 41 save effort from rookie netminder Tyson Teichmann… the Bulls just couldn’t get it done… letting a two goal lead slip away… with Peterborough’s Pat Daley netting the shootout winner.
Kyle Decoste and Michael Curtis did the scoring for the Bulls who get on the bus and head north today.
They get set for a matchup with the red-hot Soo Greyhounds tomorrow… and the Sudbury Wolves on Saturday.

I was lucky enough to have the call on the game for TV Cogeco… check out some highlights below.

The Bulls head up north to take on the Soo Greyhounds and Sudbury Wolves over the weekend.

Stay tuned.. more F-Files to come later today.

The first thing I want to show you guys to start off Round 3 of the F-Files is a series currently being printed by the Toronto Star. It’s a series titled “Minor Hockey, Major Problems”, and part one was put out in this past Saturday’s edition. Part one deals with racism in minor hockey…. here’s the link.

Part 2…. deals with the rise of incidents involving players abusing officials.

And… Part 3 will be printed today… it deals with “head shots” and kids ending their careers as early as 13.

I seriously suggest you read these articles… and please feel free to comment with your thoughts!!!!

Keep it locked… I’ll post the other links when the stories are released.