The 2014-2015 regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL) has been completed and we are now ready for the first round of the playoffs.
The New York Rangers won the Presidents’ Trophy, finishing the regular season with a league leading 113 points beating out the Montreal Canadiens by three points for the trophy and guaranteeing themselves home ice advantage throughout the playoffs. Continue reading
With the NHL’s 2014-2015 regular season about to wrap up, the talk about what team will win the draft lottery has heated up. At the same time, there has been talk about the lottery.
In brief, the draft lottery is essentially a lottery of the worst teams in the league to see who will win the first draft pick in the June draft. The odds of winning the first pick is weighted based on the team’s position in the standings as the end of the season, with the team that finished with the least points receiving the best odds to win the first pick. There is only one pick (first pick each round), while the rest of the draft order is based on league standing. Continue reading
Gerry Hyman has another article for the Toronto Star. Let’s discuss some of the questions raised:
QUESTION: At our annual general meeting, an owner nominated himself as a candidate for the board. There was only one vacancy and no other candidate. The chair declared the candidate elected by acclamation without a vote. Is this legal?
ANSWER: It is not unusual for the chair of the AGM to announce that an owner may nominate himself, especially when there are otherwise no candidates.
The Noël Coward play Blithe Spirit is currently playing at the Princess of Wales theatre in Toronto as part of the 2014-2015 Mirvish season. I attended the evening performance on March 11th.
The production stars Dame Angela Lansbury as Madame Arcati, Charles Edwards as Charles Condomine, Charlotte Parry as Ruth Condomine, Melissa Woodbridge as Elvira Condomine, Susan Louise O’Connor as Edith the Maid, Simon Jones as Dr. Bradman, and Sandra Shipley as Mrs. Bradman. The musical interludes were sung by Christine Ebersole. The director is Michael Blakemore.
The plot revolves the visit of a medium (Madame Arcati) to the home of a successful author (Charles Condomine) and the return of Mr. Condomine’s late wife, Elvira, as a spirit. Continue reading
Map of the Commonwealth of nations. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today, March 9th 2015, is Commonwealth Day in the countries that are members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Commonwealth Day, celebrated on the second Monday of March throughout the Commonwealth, as its name suggests celebrates the Commonwealth. Continue reading
The Toronto Blue Jays have announce their list of pre-season games which will be broadcast on Sportsnet in Canada.
The following games will be broadcast on television: Continue reading
Publicity photo of Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner as Mr. Spock and Captain Kirk. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Leonard Nimoy, the actor who portrayed Mr. Spock in the Star Trek franchise, has passed away at the age of 83. The cause of death was Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Mr. Nimoy was an accomplished actor, author, and director. However, he is fondly remembered by many as Mr. Spock, the half-human, half-vulcan in the original Star Trek series and its first six movies.
Mr. Nimoy also directed Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. In addition, he directed an episode of Night Gallery, the 1987 movie Three Men and a Baby, and the pilot episode of Deadly Games. Continue reading
The Four Season Centre.
I attended the February 13th, 2015 performance of Richard Wagner‘s Die Walküre currently being performed by the Canadian Opera Company at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
The performance starred Christine Goerke as Brünnhilde, in her first staged version of the work; Issachah Savage as Siegmund; Heidi Melton as Sieglinde; Dimitry Ivashchenko as Hunding; Johan Reuter as Wotan; and Janina Baechle as Fricka. The performance was conducted by COC Music Director Johannes Debus, with sets by Michael Levine. The production is directed by Atom Egoyan. Continue reading
The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame has announced its 2015 inductees.
The inductees are as follows:
Carlos Delgado: Delgado has appeared once on the ballot for Cooperstown and will not be on the ballot again due to not meeting the threshold for remaining on the ballot going forward. However, the player who leads the Toronto Blue Jays in many categories (homeruns, slugging percentage, walks, runs, total bases, doubles , and intentional walks to name only a few), and was a popular player with the Blue Jays. He spent most of his career with the Blue Jays and is one of only six players to hit at least 30 homeruns in 10 consecutive years. Continue reading
Four Seasons Centre in Toronto (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Canadian Opera Company (COC) has announced its 2015-2016 season. All performances will take place at their opera house, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
The season is a mix of familiar works, along with some less familiar works, and a world première. A total of six operas are being performed over the course of the season.
The season breaks down as follows: Continue reading
Edward Brain's Blog 