Across the Pond Hockey The long awaited, and immaculately conceived love child of Eric “Big Daddy” Germain finally arrived on August 31, 2008, after at least 9 months of labour, as the ancient Antediluvians descended from on high to the formerly sacred neighbourhood of Bruntsfield in Edinburgh, Scotland. As the bundles of hockey sticks circled the luggage conveyor at Edinburgh International, (not to be confused with the fishing rod bags) there was a sense that slapshots, slap