21 March, 2010

Category Archives: Hockey Legends

Chance To Look Real Red, White and Blue Good for These Winter Olympics

10 February, 2010

My filmmaker friends Tommy Haines and Andrew Sherburne recently placed my review of their terrific new documentary, ‘Forgotten Miracle,’ on the film’s website. I’m beyond flattered. More importantly, if you haven’t seen it, get over to the site and add it to your DVD library, even if you consider yourself only a moderate sports fan. [...]

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A Defense Pair’s Conflict of Colors

17 January, 2010

The best-laid plans . . .
At the start of this week I had ahead of me the prospect of one of the more appealing visits to Hershey, Pennsylvania, I believed I’d ever make. It was the return home to Hershey weekend for American hockey hero John Carlson. But as Joe Murphy’s law would have it, the [...]

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Ten-Minute Video Scrapbook of Gold Medal Glory

6 January, 2010
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"If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It!"

22 September, 2009

I’m not much of a fan of reality shows, especially shows like “American Idol” and “Dancing With The Stars.” However, there’s one reality show that I would love to watch- if only I could.

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Meet Herb Driscoll of America's Heartland, Eyewitness to the Miracle on Ice

22 February, 2009

Framed in the living room of his St. Albans, Missouri, home are tickets Herb Driscoll and business associates used to attend a very special hockey game in Lake Placid, New York, on February 22, 1980. That Driscoll made it inside the Olympic hockey arena that fateful Friday night is a small miracle in itself.

Also filed in Hockey Heroes, Hockey Movies, Miracle, Miracle On Ice, USA Hockey | Comments (5)

Canadian MasterCard's Brilliant Ad

19 October, 2008

I love how they form the MasterCard symbol at the end. And the fact that the ad never mentions the player’s name is just perfect–after all, in Canada at least, Bobby Orr is certainly one of those “needs no introduction” types.

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Skate with The Great One

15 October, 2008

If you’ve always wanted to say, “Yeah, Gretz fed me this beautiful pass and I buried it top shelf,” and happen to have $11,000 lying around, check out the Wayne Gretzky Fantasy Camp VII.
“Participants will spend 4 days skating with Wayne plus other NHL stars and celebrities. Other camp highlights include a guaranteed game [...]

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The Importance of Being a January Baby

30 September, 2008

Chris Bourque, Mathieu Perreault, and John Carlson all enjoyed standout training camps with the Washington Capitals this month. Bourque is still enjoying his. To slightly varying degrees, all three enjoyed prodigy player status early on in their hockey careers. On a hunch, I checked their respective birth dates. All three share the birth month of [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Chris Bourque, Hardcore Hockey Fans, Hockey Rituals, Jaromir Jagr, Mathieu Perreault, Morning cup-a-joe, Peter Bondra, Prospects, Sergei Fedorov, Washington Capitals, Wayne Gretzky | Comments (6)

Great TV

7 August, 2008

As one who criticized the NHL Network for a meagerness of programming this summer, I need to be quick on the draw to commend the outlet for what it did for hockey fans last night. Wednesday night’s documentary on the 1988 trade of Wayne Gretzky from Edmonton to LA, labeled ‘A Day that Changed the [...]

Also filed in Edmonton Oilers, Hardcore Hockey Fans, Hockey, Los Angeles Kings, Morning cup-a-joe, NHL Trades, National Hockey League, Wayne Gretzky | Comments (0)

It's Time To Realign and Bring Back the Heat Among Hated Rivals

9 June, 2008

I have six principles guiding a much-needed, rigorous realignment of NHL teams for the 2009-10 season. They are:
(1) There is widespread support among general managers, owners, players, media, the presidential candidates, and hockey fans to have the Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby rivalry, such as it is, coronated formally in a [...]

Also filed in Conferences, Eastern Conference, Gary Bettman, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, The Great Old Patrick Division, Washington Capitals, Western Conference | Comments (32)

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