Month: November 2009

  • Bad Timing Does Not Make a Bad Rule

    Rule 32.2, which is basically the “intent to blow” rule, is under fire at the moment. So we are clear on what the rule says: As there is a human factor involved in blowing the whistle to stop play, the Referee may deem the play to be stopped slightly prior to the whistle actually being…

  • Reading Hockey Blogs the Easy Way.

    The internet is awesome, isn’t it? I mean, we have all sorts of things to keep us occupied, like hockey blogs, and hockey podcasts, and… other hockey blogs! But clicking around the internet is tedious work, and disappointing when you visit a site over and over only to find it looks exactly the same as…

  • The Perfect Third Jersey Comment

    This was so spot on, I thought it deserved it’s own post. Mark from Alaska wrote this comment about the Avs 3rd jersey: They look like a replica of an old fashioned sweater using new technology/fabrics. I don’t buy into the fact that a sleek fabric makes a player better or faster. Constant gut-checks, love…

  • Thin Air: Hockey Thoughts on a Sunday Afternoon, November 15th, 2009

    Stuff that would normally go into the ether, were I still dealing with twitter. – I went to a Spokane Chiefs game with Jason Cohen, author of Zamboni Rodeo, still one of my top five hockey books. Jason was a lot of fun, and I thank him for showing up. Now, if only the Kamloops…

  • Avalanche Unveil 3rd Jersey… Which I Won’t Be Buying

    The Colorado Avalanche finally showed off their latest abomination to the hockey world powered by Reebok 3rd jersey to the world, and while it has elements of the original 3rd, it really isn’t any match. (the picture is from Icethetics, who got it somewhere else) Great, the Avs will be playing in a Snuggie. Look,…