Month: September 2011

  • Words Will Never Hurt Me, Maybe

    The very first post on this blog was of a youtube clip of a classic game where the players on the bench were yelling at a guy from the opposing as he lined up for a face off. The language they were using was… salty. It was an entire salt lick worth of salty. It’s…

  • Using Twitter this Hockey Season

    I’ve been talking on twitter lately about some of the ways I feel people are misusing twitter when talking about hockey games, and ways to correct it.  I don’t believe there are any real Social Media Guru’s out there, just like there aren’t that many real SEO “Experts.” It’s mostly just trial and error, and…

  • The Message was Lost in Translation

    You should really go read Ryan Lambert’s ‘What We Learned” post for this week on Puck Daddy.  No, really, you should.  At least, the first part about the Drew Doughty contract negotiations, because it’s really good. I mean, it’s one of the more well thought out posts I’ve read about what the Kings are doing…

  • Hockey Podcast Poll

    The hockey podcasting season is getting underway, and the field, just like the field of hockey blogging, podcasts are seeing some changes, like the end of Puck Daddy Radio, or the start of Smashville 24/7.  But podcasting, much like pimpin’, ain’t easy.  It’s hard to get good feedback about your show, since there isn’t an…

  • Another Tragedy

    I have nothing but sadness over today’s plane crash that claimed the lives of the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv team.  Two former Avalanche players were on that plane, along with other former NHL players.  There is much better coverage of this tragedy elsewhere. I was wearing the last practice jersey Karlis Skrastins wore with the Avalanche yesterday.  It’s…