Comments on: Alan May Makes Radio Waves http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2010/02/02/alan-may-makes-radio-waves.html A Haven for the Hockey Malnourished Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:47:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Steve Smith http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2010/02/02/alan-may-makes-radio-waves.html/comment-page-1#comment-17741 Steve Smith Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:05:20 +0000 http://www.onfrozenblog.com/?p=7598#comment-17741 Alan May played for the Carolina Thunderbirds in Winston Salem, NC back in the late eighties. He was a take no prisoners type of player who was a brutal checker and the best with his fists. He always took on the tough guys for the opposing team when they started trying to intimidate our best players. We still talk about Alan in this area even though the team is no longer in existence. I'm glad to hear that he's still involved in hockey. We would see Alan after the games and he was always polite, soft spoken and never said a bad word about the goons that he had just beaten up an hour earlier. We really enjoyed watching Alan play for the Capitals. His style of play is what puts people in the stands. Washington has done a great job of putting together an outstanding team. There's no reason that they can't win it all this year. I enjoy watching them play our Hurricanes. We have had a disappointing season this year, but the Capitals/Hurricanes games are usually pretty exciting. I hope that Alan becomes more involved with the Capitals as he played his heart out for them. Alan May played for the Carolina Thunderbirds in Winston Salem, NC back in the late eighties. He was a take no prisoners type of player who was a brutal checker and the best with his fists. He always took on the tough guys for the opposing team when they started trying to intimidate our best players. We still talk about Alan in this area even though the team is no longer in existence. I’m glad to hear that he’s still involved in hockey. We would see Alan after the games and he was always polite, soft spoken and never said a bad word about the goons that he had just beaten up an hour earlier. We really enjoyed watching Alan play for the Capitals. His style of play is what puts people in the stands. Washington has done a great job of putting together an outstanding team. There’s no reason that they can’t win it all this year. I enjoy watching them play our Hurricanes. We have had a disappointing season this year, but the Capitals/Hurricanes games are usually pretty exciting. I hope that Alan becomes more involved with the Capitals as he played his heart out for them.

]]> By: Dan Walker http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2010/02/02/alan-may-makes-radio-waves.html/comment-page-1#comment-17164 Dan Walker Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:33:12 +0000 http://www.onfrozenblog.com/?p=7598#comment-17164 Today I caught an interview on NHL Home Ice Radio with Mike Ross and Boomer Gordon. They were interviewing Wyshienski about the Alan May comments. Neither of the hosts could believe that anyone would insinuate that Canadian media showed any bias against the Caps. The irony was that after dismissing the comments as silly, Gordon took a backhanded shot at the Caps saying that perhaps the Canadian media simply viewed the team as 'entertaining' and would take them seriously once they 'do something in the playoffs.' Talk about proving May's point. I listen to HNIC Radio, NHL Home Ice and watch several hours of hockey coverage per week on the NHL Network. Whether they want to admit it or not, Canadians have no vested interest in covering the Caps closely and it does come through in their broadcasts, articles and blogs. After the 8th win of the current streak, Adam Proteau blogged on The Hockey News, not about the positives currently going on with the Caps, but about how they must address their 'crease concerns.' This happens way too often to be a coincidence. I shudder to think what the media coverage of a Maple Leafs 11-game win streak would be like. They make a couple trades, beat the Devils and break their losing streak and folks up north are ready to have a parade. It's just sad that the Don Cherry 'good ole Canadian kid' mentality has trickled down to jade the coverage of so many in Canada's hockey media. The worse part is that they often don't realize they're doing it. Today I caught an interview on NHL Home Ice Radio with Mike Ross and Boomer Gordon. They were interviewing Wyshienski about the Alan May comments. Neither of the hosts could believe that anyone would insinuate that Canadian media showed any bias against the Caps. The irony was that after dismissing the comments as silly, Gordon took a backhanded shot at the Caps saying that perhaps the Canadian media simply viewed the team as ‘entertaining’ and would take them seriously once they ‘do something in the playoffs.’ Talk about proving May’s point. I listen to HNIC Radio, NHL Home Ice and watch several hours of hockey coverage per week on the NHL Network. Whether they want to admit it or not, Canadians have no vested interest in covering the Caps closely and it does come through in their broadcasts, articles and blogs. After the 8th win of the current streak, Adam Proteau blogged on The Hockey News, not about the positives currently going on with the Caps, but about how they must address their ‘crease concerns.’ This happens way too often to be a coincidence. I shudder to think what the media coverage of a Maple Leafs 11-game win streak would be like. They make a couple trades, beat the Devils and break their losing streak and folks up north are ready to have a parade. It’s just sad that the Don Cherry ‘good ole Canadian kid’ mentality has trickled down to jade the coverage of so many in Canada’s hockey media. The worse part is that they often don’t realize they’re doing it.

]]> By: John J. Bobinger Jr. http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2010/02/02/alan-may-makes-radio-waves.html/comment-page-1#comment-17145 John J. Bobinger Jr. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:19:28 +0000 http://www.onfrozenblog.com/?p=7598#comment-17145 Alan's comments are prescient. The Canadian hockey "experts" don't like anything about the Washington team and have been totally against any recognition of Ovechkin, Green, and many others going back to the 80's and 90's (Scott Stevens, Mike Gartner, Olie, etc.) as elite and highly skilled players. They have similar condescending attitudes to any US team outside the original 4. The only thing to do is never acknowledge their ignorant, silly comments without rebutting them completely. Alan’s comments are prescient. The Canadian hockey “experts” don’t like anything about the Washington team and have been totally against any recognition of Ovechkin, Green, and many others going back to the 80′s and 90′s (Scott Stevens, Mike Gartner, Olie, etc.) as elite and highly skilled players. They have similar condescending attitudes to any US team outside the original 4.

The only thing to do is never acknowledge their ignorant, silly comments without rebutting them completely.

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