Jonathan McDonald

@Freedland Thank you, Jonathan, and thanks to @guardian, for running the excerpt today. Just read it at 4 am in Vancouver, waiting to get on a ferry. Cannot wait for the book!

Indebted to the great Anthony Horowitz for what he says about The Traitors Circle, which is out in the UK on Thursday. You can pre-order at a discount here linktr.ee/jonathanfreedl…

So heartwarming to see former Canuck Jonah Gadjovich finally win the Stanley Cup. Jonah, you will always be a Canuck!

Hey @JeffMarek, I love your show. But even just once it would be awesome if @FriedgeHNIC didn’t sound like he was calling in while swimming underwater or perhaps walking from cave to cave in Kandahar. There’s great new technology that can make Elliotte understood!

@KMaximick @PaulChapman_ @provincesports I too have a Bert head!

@PaulChapman_ @provincesports @jonnymac68 I just moved into a new place and unpacked the Bert head today lol

New addition to the Playoffs towel. Recognize this @provincesports @jonnymac68 @PaulChapman_ ? Lol #canucks

@risingaction Hands-down, your greatest tweet ever. Might as well retire now.

Sportsnet airing Flyers-Oilers '87 SCF this a.m. In the span of about 3 minutes, analyst Harry Neale has 1 openly discussed an injury Mark Howe was dealing with 2 referenced a Jim Croce song 3 randomly promoted a NHLer-heavy celebrity softball tournament in Niagara Falls

@TheStanchion @botchford @PaulChapman_ Wyatt, here’s one thing you and Botch had/have in common: being true originals in a business where there aren’t many. Zero surprise we chose you and @jBowmancouver to succeed @SadClubCommish and @MikeHalford604 as star bloggers at @provincesports … enjoy tonight!

Bit of a surreal day today for me. Covering a Canucks playoff game at home from press row. Long journey from 2012 to now. Thinking of @botchford today. Wouldn’t be here without him. And @PaulChapman_ and @jonnymac68 as well. The Province will always be special to me.

‘24 Matty McDonald | Catcher @UBCThunderPBL McDonald ties the game in extra innings with a lead-off oppo single. #BeSeen🇨🇦

@htsumura @SteveEwen @PaulChapman_ @risingaction @TheRealJJAdams @sd42news @GlobalBC @longbomb Howie, have you got a photo from that shoot when Tyler was in Grade 12? If so, let’s see it!

MLB history tonight for Maple Ridge's Tyler O'Neill! The Province's 2013 Head of the Class alum with 5 straight Opening Day HR's! tinyurl.com/mryv6uy5 @SteveEwen @PaulChapman_ @risingaction @jonnymac68 @TheRealJJAdams @sd42news @GlobalBC @longbomb

@PaulChapman_ @JasonBeck82 @maellericker @WhistlerBlckcmb @BCSportsHall @sekeresandprice @DonnieandDhali @ProMOTION_Plus @CanadaSnowboard @SnowboardCanada @bcsnowboard @worldsnowfed Shocking how decent and descriptive the story is. Usually his writing was quite crappy!

December 14th - On This Day in BC Sport History: 1996 Vancouver snowboarder Natasza Zurek edges North Vancouver's Maelle Ricker @maellericker to win the halfpipe competition of the women's FIS World Cup snowboarding event held at @WhistlerBlckcmb Mountain. Calgary's Tara.../2

During my decade running @provincesports, Steve and @htsumura enjoyed a quiet battle over who could produce the most bylines. Even when Steve was sick the first time, he didn’t want to take time off because there were so many stories to tell. Selfless, tough bugger. Go Steve!

Is it prudent to ask an 85-year-old taxi driver to not flip through and read a map book while he’s driving? I don’t want to seem rude but would also prefer not to die in this fashion. The story won’t start, “Jonny Mac died doing what he loves.”

@patersonjeff But when it comes to contract time the team will claim that the second half of a lost season was basically garbage time. That strong performances are meaningless when there was nothing to gain beyond playing out the string.

#NHL scoring since Tocchet took over #Canucks

How badly do the #canucks need Conor Bedard? Dude scored six points in a game where his team reportedly scored five goals!

@gettleman Jeffrey, thank you for telling their story. Powerful and heartbreaking.

Unlike Russia that has sent prisoners and conscripts to do its dirtiest fighting, Ukraine is reaching deep into all levels of society to fight this war. It is losing some of its “best of the best.” The tragic story of one professional couple …. nytimes.com/2023/02/20/wor…

Dear Mr. MP, thank you for the beautiful 2023 calendar. For more than a century, MPs have been sending calendars to their constituents. A time-honoured tradition. Only question: Why were the calendars sent in mid-February? We are well over 10 per cent into 2023!

@patersonjeff When Boeser had a small sample size of games to start his career, at the end of 2016-17, he impressed. The club played it down, hinted that the games were meaningless. A baffling response. Let’s remember that if Tocchet somehow “succeeds” … with the team’s season in the tank.

Bruce was bang on to point to the timing of this coaching decision. He had to run the gauntlet. Now 14 of #Canucks remaining 36 games (40%) are against teams 23rd or lower in #NHL standings CHI & ANA 3 each ARZ & DET 2 each CBJ, SJS, OTT & PHI

@CanuckClay Clay, I too was lucky enough to be at Bruce’s first game. It was, quite simply, a joyous affair. I’ve rarely had that much fun at a Canucks game. The very first “Bruce, there it is” chant and the feeling that, for at least one night, things were good. Seems like a long time ago.

I was at Bruce Boudreau’s first game as #Canucks head coach on December 6, 2021 (a 4-0 win over the Kings) and his likely final game as head coach tonight. 😢 Thank you, Bruce and may God bless you and your family in the future!

Great piece of marketing received by email from the #canucks tonight. No shame in framing a game between the worst team in the Eastern Conference and a team that would be tied for second-worst if it were in the East as Islanders-Oilers circa 1983.

@Mkor1980 Excellent piece, Mike!

My story on what Sunday means to Buffalo.

In the past two-and-a-half weeks I’ve been invited to two Canucks games that they’ve lost by a combined score of 10-2. Both times the host has apologized profusely for the team’s performances, lacklustre and disinterested. Poor guy, paying to watch that crap.