Category: Hockey

  • Wysh and a Prayer: Clever Headline, eh?

    Last night, flipping between hockey games in my current hovel in Memphis, TN, I saw this tweet come across my twitter feed. Oh nothing. Just me and NHL referee Tim Peel doing a tequila shot. #BreakTheInternet #NHL #MvsW pic.twitter.com/KPUBq4byhs — Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) January 30, 2015 And my immediate thought was this: You better tell…

  • Kessel and the Lack of Kindness in Hockey Coverage

    Did you see Phil Kessel lash out at a reporter yesterday after Randy Carlyle was fired from the Leafs?  The Toronto Star’s Dave Feschuk asked Kessel if he was uncoachable.  It’s a pretty rough question to ask.  Kessel, obviously miffed, answers, which takes some courage and anger management skills.  Then Feschuk presses and asks again,…

  • Lake Erie Monsters vs. Texas Stars: Cleveland Rocks

    I am not a basketball fan.  I don’t have any connection to the sport.  To me, the fact LeBron James returned to the Cleveland Cavaliers is little more than trivia and something to spout uneducated opinions on.  It makes little to no difference in my life. Were I a hockey fan that lived in Cleveland,…

  • Thin Air: Welcome Back, NHL

    Some hockey notes after the first day of the NHL regular season: – Well, that was fun. – Tommy Wingels got two goals last night, and nary a mention of his efforts.  His second goal was quite nice.  But he’s Tommy Wingels, so he won’t get the credit he deserves.  Still, the Sharks got their…

  • Keystone Ice Miners vs. Michigan Warriors: What Just Happened?

    Sometimes a team just has to get out-of-town, and that team often seems to come from Port Huron, MI.  When saw my first game in Port Huron, they were the Flags of the UHL.  They were the Beacons, until the team moved to Roanoke, VA for one season before folding (There was also a Port…