Category: Minors

  • I Don’t Want to Talk About It

    There are three kinds of hockey we can talk about: Hockey I can see, hockey I can’t see, and the lockout, which is to say, no hockey at all.  And I want to talk about hockey. Of course I don’t like the lockout, but what really annoys me is that we’ve heard and read everything…

  • Texas Brahmas vs. Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees: You Cannot Unsee

    First, a warning.  I am going to have a photo or two in this post which probably is Safe For Work, but I don’t 100% guarantee it.  And I don’t know if you are going to like it or not.  But damn it, I was there, and I will share with you the sights I…

  • Huntsville Havoc vs. Pensacola Ice Pilots: My First SPHL Game

    Near the end of the season, I diverted to Huntsville, AL to take in a SPHL game, the first I had ever seen of that league.  I’d been through Huntsville a few times, but never to see a game. Yesterday,  I showed you a few of the ‘lovely’ trophies the various Huntsville teams had won…

  • Huntsville Havoc and the Carnage

    A few months ago, I stopped in Huntsville, Alabama to see a Huntsville Havoc hockey game.  If you didn’t go back and read that first sentence again, you are doing OK.  Yes, there is hockey in Huntsville.  There has been a lot of hockey in Huntsville, actually. The game I went to was the day…

  • Around the Minor League Championships

    Last night ended the final championship series in the minor leagues.  A few leagues wrapped up quite a while ago, and wrap up who won what.   In the AHL, the Binghamton Senators won the Calder Cup, beating the Houston Aeros four games to two.  The Senators won behind a rookie goaltender, and a first…