pucksandbooks : Substantively, that was a strong speech by no. 9. He conveyed his enduring love for hockey (”in the alley, on dirt roads”), and in referencing the game being “in great hands,” he credited not the commissioner but rather the young guns. Who can disagree with him?

Gustafsson: Is there a kid for each nominee backstage or only the one with the winner?

pucksandbooks: Where are the parents?

Empty Maybe: At next year’s awards they should cram the stage with bloggers.

DC Sports Chick: Even Logan the 12-year-old speaks better than Datsyuk.

OrderedChaos: Apparently youth hockey is only played in Canada, as there isn’t an American youth up there to be found.

pucksandbooks: No surprise — Lidstrom takes the Norris. It’d be nice if the Academy Award winners’ speeches carried this evening’s economy of expression. Each one of those lasts longer than the NHL season.

Empty Maybe: I want to take a moment to thank Canada for being unassuming enough to run an awkward, earnest, awkward awards show. The geniuses in L.A. would have Ron MacLean sliding down a firepoll with Eva Mendez and Charisma Carpenter on each arm (stunt technology at it’s best), sip a martini, and then declare that Canadian bacon actually is ham, and that Moosehead beer has been bought out by Coors and will now be called Roadkill Lager.

Gustafsson: Have I missed Milbury accepting best broadcaster?

Empty Maybe: Billy Smith is on stage to present the Vezina. How is it that all of Al Arbour’s players from the ’80s look older than he does?

pucksandbooks: Who accompanied Brodeur to the awards tonight, his wife or her sister?

Empty Maybe: Maybe he’s moved on to the family au pair.

OrderedChaos: It’s Hart time!

Gustafsson: Ovie!

pucksandbooks: Ovie!

DC Sports Chick: Ovie!

Empty Maybe: Shocker!

OrderedChaos: Ovie!

Gustafsson: “You know . . . its all about my team” Perfect.

pucksandbooks: Mayor Fenty, you have a 4:00 appointment tomorrow. But I think you knew that.

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Happy Birthday, Mr. Hockey

By The OFB Team
Monday, March 31, 2008

80 years young today

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For more on Howe, check out David Amber’s article on ESPN.
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