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A Few Quick Things
Just a few notes around the hockey and blogging world (most of them are a little selfish, but there you go): – One of the funnier reviews of my podcast, The Rink I have ever seen came from Dirk Hoag, AKA The Forechecker on his excellent blog, On the Forecheck: James “Tapeleg” Gralian and Tom…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…