So, we're standing under the stands of the Brandt Centre in Regina before Monday's game with the Senators and who should be there than former Lightning defenseman Jamie Heward, who is from Regina and helping out with the junior team there, the Pats.

Heward's Lightning career basically ended on Jan. 1, when he was run from behind, head first into the corner boards at the Verizon Center in Washington by Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin. Heward sustained a concussion and had to be carted off the ice into an ambulance. The thing that made the situation even more compelling was that Heward and Ovechkin were good friends when Heward played for the Capitals. And for what seemed a long time, Ovechkin never tried to contact Heward to apologize.

Every few weeks, we would ask Heward if Ovechkin had called or sent a message and always Heward said no. ... Read more