Comments on: Pink Think Hits the Rinks

By: Grooven

Grooven — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:50:01 +0000

You’d think if they were going to do something like that, change the line colors. Why not have the red line be white? You know… like a film negative?
But no one got sick at the game I’m sure. Not when the ice is made of Pepto.

By: The Peerless

The Peerless — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:09:04 +0000

I’m color blind…if I was playing for Hartford or Norfolk on that stuff, I’d have had to have been a healthy scratch, or I’d be offsides all night.

By: JR

JR — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:39:11 +0000

Don’t get me wrong, but I’m sick to death of breast cancer awareness, ok?! Who made breast cancer king? (queen?) There are so many afflictions, including tons of different cancers, what’s wrong with CANCER AWARENESS? And the pink has to stop. Pink ribbons, pink unis, pink ice. When did society as a whole lose all ability to say “NO - ENOUGH!”

By: darth kittius

darth kittius — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:05:59 +0000

OMG! It’s the return of the PINK!!!

*pauses*

At least it’s not targeted to women this time. And a piece of clothing that’s not available in team colors. Or with hearts on it.

*pauses again*

But who exactly thought that this could be a good idea?

*pauses yet again*

As to your main point — it’s always interesting to me that most of the big events for breast cancer give only a small portion of the money to research. Most end up going towards planning, organizing and hosting the event and/or big administrative overhead on the larger organizations. How much money did it cost to die that ice pink and then clean it up after?? I agree with your ending quote — I usually just give my money directly to a small, well-respected center for research. That way I know it’s actually ending up doing some good and not paying for some free pink pencils that are going to be handed out at the next event. Although I suppose there is something to be said for raising awareness.

By: haveyouseenlucky

haveyouseenlucky — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:47:04 +0000

It looks like a giant liver or something. They should have just drawn two giant boobies.

And yeah, how much did it cost to do that?

By: cody

cody — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:48:29 +0000

They did this same thing in Alaska with the Alaska Aces (ECHL). The ice looked similar to in this picture prior to the game after being Zamboni’d, but became light pink and white after players took to the ice, like a scene from Cat in the Hat.

By: pepper

pepper — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:01:29 +0000

Yes, cancer is everyone’s problem, so awareness is important. But, as lighting up a pink ice clearly affects game play, that particular idea may overwhelm the outlet for charity support.

But hey, maybe auctioning jock straps could generate some serious bids. Is that a bad thing to say?

By: pucksandbooks

pucksandbooks — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:14:13 +0000

Hey Dan: All of us, including me, have largely appreciated your omnipresent attentions on the blog this week, but there’s such a thing as misplaced and misfired wit. Like: yours here. Our newest blogger put a good bit of research and thought into this piece. My opinion is that it deserves more than graffiti from you. Or nothing at all. It’s pretty easy to message me directly in this forum — or via the addy you’ve used before: pucksandbooks@onfrozenblog.com

By: Dan Steinberg

Dan Steinberg — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:49:29 +0000

Hey all, just wanted to send a heads-up, Mike Wise might have a Caps column in Wednesday’s paper. If one of y’all could check on Pucks and Polemics tomorrow, might be a good idea, since this’ll kind of fiddle with his world view.

Word is, Wise thought there was a Wiz game at the VC and went by mistake.