Contact made with descendants
One of my emails sent out last week has yielded results. After a Google search on "Eddie Oatman" I found a family tree that had him in it. I sent an email off to the contact person and he responded. I now have family photos of Eddie Oatman,…
Sometimes you have to take advantage of the situation
Yesterday, I was part of Five Hole for Food in Victoria. I was part of the VIP game and ended up with a really cool team. One of my team-mates was Mike Walker from CHEK-TV so I asked him how to get in contact with Ryan Wade who both played and…
Enough microfilm for a while
I have finally finished going through old newspapers for a while. I finished up to the end of the Victoria Maple Leaf era. Luckily for me, most of the articles on the Salmon Kings are online. I cannot even estimate the number of pages of microfilm…
Looking for players to interview
I am at the stage where I need to talk with more former players to get their view on playing hockey in Victoria. Also, I need to talk with descendants of those early players who pioneered the sport here. I just sent off letters to some former…
A new source of information
Found a goldmine of newspaper clippings at the BC Archives today. Now they have been digitized and you can save them on a USB stick. Sure save time - and money for copying. I thought I had read everything on the Patrick family, but I was wrong.…
Interview with Jim Robson
I am so excited. I just finished an interview with legendary broadcaster Jim Robson and he is going to send a letter of support for the induction of the 1966 Victoria Maple Leafs into the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame. He also gave me…
The Stanley Cup that wasn’t
On March 30, 1913, the Victoria Aristocrats beat the Stanley Cup holders Quebec Bulldogs in a series between the east and west. Had the Stanley Cup been offered for that series, Victoria would have won it very early in their hockey history.…
Progress on research
I have finally finished reading all the newspapers for the early version of the Victoria Cougars (also Aristocrats). Luckily there was only one sports page in the early 20th century so the news is fairly easy to find. Even when the Cougars won…
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