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Thunder vs. RiverKings: One Bounce
In the 2005-06 season, I took a road trip through half of the Central Hockey League and the entire 14 team (at the time) United Hockey League. One of my early stops was in Wichita, Kansas, to see the Thunder take on the Oklahoma City Blazers. The third period was the longest period of hockey…
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Stewart Fights, Doesn’t Break Himself
Last night, Chris Stewart got in a fight with Derek Dorsett, and as you can see from HockeyFights.com, he overwhelmingly was declared the victor. Heck, as you can see from the video, he was the victor: And he did it all without breaking himself, much less his hand. While Avs fans wanted to wrap…
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Deadline Day Favorite Tweets
I wanted to compile a list of some of my favorite trade deadline day tweets, just to share the love as an overview. [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/darrendreger/status/42251154725408768″] [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/darrendreger/status/42251413694320640″] I kind of liked the first one better. [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/wyshynski/status/42273057171177472″] Hey, welcome to the new media landscape. Anyone else getting a little tired of this complaint from the…
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Twitter, Dater, and the Block of Love
So my good buddy and Avs Hockey Podcast partner Jay found a special treat today: he was blocked by Denver Post reporter / blogger Adrian Dater. For Avs fans, Dater is two things, necessary and polarizing. The necessity of Dater is due mainly to a lack of a second newspaper in Denver (the Rocky Mountain…
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Andy
I wasn’t sure I wanted to write about Craig Anderson tonight. Then I watched this: It’s been a weird day after I got a text message from Scotty Hockey asking me about the trade. My head wasn’t completely on work, just wondering what had happened. Why it had come to this. What had happened to…